It's my little play house

What is it to speak, what is it to chat? Words can become hollow as people do.

[moo-nstone]

Nikola Stojanovic’s degree theory 

— you can learn more about his theory here and here. he was the maker of this theory, i’m simply passing the knowledge i’ve researched on him in a more simplified way!!! trigger warning for mentions of death and violence for the 11º, the 15º, the 18º and the 22º degrees 

according to nikola’s research, each degree is connected to the sign it rules: 

aries degrees — 1º, 13º, 25º - taking action, fighting spirit, not giving oneself up to fate, struggle, war, can indicate abuse, labor, diligence, leadership, beginnings, etc

taurus degrees — 2º, 14º, 26º - money, food, the earth, stability, luxuries, voice, singing, etc

gemini degrees — 3º, 15º, 27º - communication, gadgets like televisions or phones, self-expression, books, siblings, neighbourhood, etc

cancer degrees — 4º, 16º, 28º - home, nurture, traditions, loyalty, faith, mother, water, etc

leo degrees — 5º, 17º, 29º - attention, life, fame, light, children, creativity, self-expression, monarchs, entertainment, strength, hair, etc

virgo degrees — 6º, 18º - to diminish, to make smaller, improvement, health, work, routine, pets, to be of service, etc

libra degrees — 7º, 19º - fairness, law, business, partnerships, fashion, beauty, charm, luxury items, music, art, etc

scorpio degrees — 8º, 20º - the 8º specifically is connected to death, wealth, to take from others, manifestation, secrets, insurance, sex, jealousy, pregnancy, etc

sagittarius degrees — 9º, 21º - abundance, expansion, wisdom, college, travelling, to explore, etc

capricorn degrees — 10º, 22º - to take control, public attention, coldness, fear, depression, rationality, ambition, father, etc

aquarius degrees — 11º, 23º - divorce, surprises, high places, high tech, new technology, humanitarianism, organizations, friends, networking, etc

pisces degrees — 12º, 24º - sleeping, drugs, alcohol, lethargy, the unconcious + our psyche, emotional dejections, feet, madness, shadows, unclear, endings, etc

0º represents the basic characteristic of the sign - it acts in its purest form. for example, if you have the 0º in aries sun, aries here acts in its most potent, pure way. 

that way, if you, for example, have your ascendant in pisces at the 13º, you’ll express aries characteristics + all that is connected to taking action, to fight. now, knowing this, this theory can manifest itself in different ways. 

i’m going to give an example that he talked about in his website that i found simple to understand yet powerful. when nikola was discussing with another astrologer, he wanted to talk about his degree theory, so he took a look at the birth chart of the wife of the other astrologer, and after a minute of analyzing it, he said as follows: “Your wife called a carpenter to the house and ordered a larger bed to be made. When the carpenter had finished the job, you went to bed and realized that the work was not properly done. One measure was right – the bed was long enough - but the other one wasn’t – the bed wasn’t wide enough, it was still narrow”. the look the other astrologer gave him told him that his brief analysis was absolutely correct.

his reasoning behind it was that the wife’s 12th house (which rules sleeping, beds, bedrooms) cusp began at the 21º of aries, and the ruler of that house, mars, was at the 6º in virgo. aries simbolizes to create and the 21º, a sagittarius degree, simbolizes to enlarge. so, his wife wanted to create (aries) a larger (sagittarius/jupiter) bed (the 12th house). because mars, the ruler of the 12th house, was placed in virgo (someone who renders services, a worker), she called the carpenter to the house. her mars was, however, in virgo at the 6º which is a virgo degree (virgo simbolizes diminishing, making smaller), which meant the measure of the bed had to be smaller than needed. therefore, the cusp of the 12th house (the bed) at the 21º (sagittarius - larger, longer) signifies that the bed was both long enough (enlarged), and mars in virgo at a virgo degree (6º) meant that it was not wide enough (it was narrow). nikola established connections between degrees, the signs, the planets and the houses where they fell and the aspects that they made in order to make this kind of predictions. 

he also found a few degrees to be connected to significant things. 

THE 2º DEGREE - SUPREME POWER 

nikola, through the research of the birth charts of many people throughout history, observed how those who contained planets, houses and aspects (+lunar nodes, arabic parts, vertex and of course, the four cardinal points: the IC, MC, AC and DC) in the 2º degree were those who made remarkable achievements, who wielded extreme power and were highly respected. he got to this conclusion by analyzing the birth chart of queen victoria - other rulers at the time had more powerful aspects than she did, but allas, they weren’t the ones to almost rule the entire world - it was her, so he began noticing the pattern between power and the 2º. literal jesus himself had his mercury in pisces in the 2º. i myself have four degrees at 2º, so it’s nice to know my dreams of starting a revolution, overthrowing the government and achieving world domination are supported by the astros

THE 5º DEGREE - EROTICISM 

this degree is connected to beauty, desire, sex appeal, receiving sexual attention. many sex icons like marilyn monroe, jean harlow and mata hari had it present in their birth chart. nikola talks about this being the best degree in his eyes. considering that it’s a leo degree, it’s all about living, having fun and enjoying life. 

THE 11º DEGREE - DIVORCE / SUICIDE 

both the 11º and 23º degrees of aquarius indicate divorce, but, according to nikola, the 11º is connected to suicide.

THE 15º DEGREE - CAR ACCIDENTS 

this degree, when connected to scorpio + the 8th house, can indicate car accidents.  

THE 18º DEGREE - PURE EVIL 

simbolizes a bad destiny. to nikola, this is the worst degree you can have. it can indicate rare deseases, tragic accidents. he says there’s no good about this degree but i absolutely disagree. not to be a hopeless optimist or to pretend to possess half the knowledge that he does but i think it’s pretentious to assume that a degree is literally all bad and that there’s nothing we can do about it — that takes away from our free will and our inner strength. Many, many people have this degree present in their charts (i believe nikola had it himself), it’s all about facing hardships but, well, that’s life.

THE 22º DEGREE - TO KILL OR BE KILLED 

nikola has found this degree in the birth charts of murderers + people that were murdered. his significance of “to kill or be killed” is quite literal. now, i want to remind you that this is the worst case scenario and that this degree can manifest itself in many diferent ways - just like the 18º and the 8º. the death can be figurative. for example, donald trump’s chart: he has his sun in 22º, and his mercury in 8º - and I’m afraid he’s quite alive at his old age and kicking it, even if he’s suffered a public destruction. @saintzjenx in her degree theory post talked about how this placement can also indicate abandonment. i agree, i have my sun at 22º in the 10th house (the house of the father) and my father was very emotionally absent + physically as well (his work has him working at other cities during the entire week) 

THE 29º DEGREE - CLAIRVOYANCE/PROGNOSTICISM 

the 29º indicates someone with clairvoyant potential, someone who makes accurate predictions, with great intuition. it’s to note that nikola himself had a 29º in his chart, and that he became known for the predictions he made using the degree theory (for example, he predicted that america would have its first black president ten years before barack obama was elected). but he does like to say that he has absolutely no intuition, though - what prompted him to study the degrees was his virgo rising, acording to him, his need to study and put his brain to work. still, he observed how many clairvoyants had this degree. other astrologers talk about this being a degree that means destruction (and when you analyze trump’s birth chart and how he has his ascendant and his 11th house at the 29º, you can very much argue about the truth behind that theory) but all in all, nikola talks about this degree as benefic. 

in case you’re feeling bad, remember i have the to kill or be killed 22º, plus the 8º of death, plus the 11º of suicide, plus the 23º of divorce, plus two of the 18º of pure evil! let’s suffer together besties. on the upside i have four of the 2º so we riding to eternal glory! 

but now seriously, i know some of this is very hard bc obviously life isn’t all fun and games but. remember that we all have free will, life isn’t determined and having a lot of these in your chart doesn’t mean impending doom!! i have them and i’m very much kicking it and i’m not intending to stop. it’s all about acceptance, learning how to work with even the worst degrees in order to make the best out of them. plus, the degrees can manifest themselves in a lot of different ways and a lot more matters than just them being present - like the signs that they’re in, the aspects with which they make and how harsh they are, the house where they fall etc etc. 

please do take your time to read through his website + to watch the interviews nikola did on youtube!! he was an amazing astrologer whose theory greatly impacted the way astrology is studied today. he’s fun to learn from, too, which is a plus

[daylightfantasizer]

His looks brought oceans to my veins, the cries of my soul wondered how long it’ll take for my eyes to denounce such effects of thunder that took a striking each time we found each other’s gaze following one another.

[gallusgalluss]

his self-portrait

[homeofhousechickens]

Love the colors

[quotemadness]

“You intoxicated me. It was just as though you were making me love you by some invisible force.”

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

[daylightfantasizer]

Raindrops

The tiny tips of raindrops, falling

Or rising from above our heads?

To which we witness it fall dead, in form it adapts to the ground of no end. Quick, it pours, the earth grows cold, a weather of shelter, for a ranger in danger.

Let's take our rain back to our fire in red lights. We should keep our heads back in case, there's some raindrops.

[daylightfantasizer]

His eyes that carried the words that one's tongue is in charge of, or so the secret desires that ignite in me by peeking into them, the drift of a seek to be, one hidden glance all it took to take one's breath away.

[raptorsandpoultry]

For those of you who don’t know, I have been working at a raptor center for the last four years, and this is where I learned everything I know about animal training. We use a contemporary, stress-free and force-free method of training that is used by many other professional animal trainers, which follows an “A-B-C” guideline. I’ve gone on to use this method on the lab chickens and turkeys I study as a poultry welfare and behaviour researcher, and I also spend nearly all of my spare time at home training my personal backyard chickens to perform a lot of the same behaviours I’ve trained on other groups like falcons and hawks. This is a very short clip of me training Arty, one of the hens I adopted from my lab to do “hops”, or short, horizontal flights. Here’s how the A-B-C method is broken down:

Antecedents: This is anything and everything that precedes a behaviour. The most obvious example in here is the double-tap I do on my forearm, which I shaped Arty to respond to in less than a day. Before she learned this “cue”, however, the antecedent was me waving a treat, or reinforcer, above my forearm. Eventually, I was able to incorporate the double-tap, and fade out having the reinforcer in plain view. There are many other different types of antecedents, though, and some may cause a behaviour that you don’t desire/intend to train. For example, any disturbance like a loud noise or a more dominant hen pushing Arty out of the way would have been antecedents for a different behaviour, such as walking or flying away from me. When training an animal, it’s important to be aware of all possible antecedents, and “arrange” them in a way that sets the animal up for success.

Bridge: This is a signal, such as a click, whistle, “good boy/girl”, etc., that acts as a line of communication with the animal, letting it know that he/she has successfully done the behaviour you asked for, and that a nice treat is coming. Timing is very important here, as you want to make sure that you are reinforcing the specific behaviour that you want, and nothing else. Bridge immediately, but only once the behaviour is completed (e.g. I only click as soon as both Arty’s feet are in contact with my arm or the perch), and deliver the reinforcer as soon as you can afterward. Note: Some facilities/trainers say that the B stands for Behaviour, which is anything that an animal does - whether it’s a desired (flying to the trainer) behaviour, or undesired.

Consequence: At its simplest, this is what happens after the behaviour. The most successful (and ethical) type of training is through operant conditioning with positive reinforcement. Here, Arty gets rewarded, or positively reinforced, as soon as both feet land on my arm, after I’ve given the cue. Use reinforcers that you know the individual you’re training loves (I literally share my meals with my chickens, but here I’m just using whole-wheat tortilla bits), and the process becomes much easier for both the trainer and the animal, and trust is built up quickly! What are the consequences of “undesired” behaviours, for example, if Arty became startled and took off? This means she gets to avoid and escape from whatever threats she perceives, whether it was the loud noise or punishment from a dominant hen. In any case, it is important for the animal’s welfare that they have the choice to do so. Whether she comes to my arm or not is up to her, and if at any point she decides she is no longer interested, or feels unsafe, she is free to go. This also helps develop trust between the trainer and the animal, and almost guarantees positive sessions.

It honestly hurts me a bit when I see or hear about chicken owners chasing their birds into their coop at the end of the day. This is totally not necessary. All it takes is just a few minutes every day building trust with them. This is usually done with food - again, take the time to figure out which reinforcer works best with each individual. Some of my hens love (whole-wheat) pasta, some don’t, my rooster would inhale blackberries whole, half of the hens don’t care for it at all, and (unfortunately) cuddles/petting don’t work as well with chickens as they do with dogs, parrots, etc., as primary reinforcers. Bridge every time before you present a reinforcer, and you’ll be surprised how quickly they learn to pay attention to it, even when they can’t see any treats. In a pinch, I get my flock to recall (come to me from wherever they are) or follow me around when I click, because they know for sure that I’ll give them the good stuff soon. Ideally, there should be a separate cue for calling them over, then bridging and reinforcing once they’re where you want them to be, but this way still works. I start clicking as soon as I get out of the car after a long day at school/work, and I can’t tell you how wonderful it feels to see them literally fly and run to me from an acre away just to greet me. I haven’t had to chase them anywhere in years, and doing so does not give them a choice and causes fear. This way is so much easier, and entertaining!

[todaysbird]

part of a male bowerbird’s courtship display includes elaborate dances. sometimes, these dances can be perceived as threatening by the female, particularly younger females with less experience. studies suggest that male bowerbirds react accordingly and, like gentlemen, adjust their dance to a pace that she prefers.

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[daylightfantasizer]

Anime: Fruit Basket The Final  Episode: 3 screenshots Character: Shigure Sohma 

[quotemadness]

“You are so brave and quiet I forget you are suffering.”

— Ernest Hemingway

[quotemadness]

“I take great care of myself by carefully shutting myself away.”

— Vincent van Gogh

[quotemadness]

“You touch me like I am everything you asked god for. Underneath your hands I become poetry. This is the alchemy that you do.”

— T. James

[ahistoryofwar]

Experiments conducted by Unit 731

Vivisection  Victims were subjected to live autopsy without anesthesia where upon they were purposefully infected with diseases (including pregnant women who were impregnated by doctors). The reasons for this; to study the effect on human organs and avoid decomposition from affecting results, amputate limbs to study blood loss and effects of rotting and gangrene (some limbs were later attached to the other side of the body), and to remove parts of the stomach, liver, brains and lungs to observe the effects (the removal of the stomach was replaced by a direct connection from the esophagus to the intestines). 

Weapons testing  Grenades were detonated near living targets to determine the effects of the explosion with regards to different distances and angles to determine how long victims could survive with their sustained injuries (if at all possible), while others were tied to stakes and were subject to the use of biological bombs, chemical weapons, and other explosive material. 

Germ Warfare  Male and female prisoners were injected with venereal diseases in the disguise of inoculations (or sometimes infected via rape) to determine the viability of germ warfare, victims were infested with fleas in order to communicate the disease to an organism which could be later dropped onto a populace. Fleas themselves were also tainted with cholera, anthrax, and the bubonic plague (as well as other plagues) which were later dropped in the guise of clothing and supplies which resulted in the estimated death of 400,000 Chinese civilians. This was the origin of the “flea bomb” which infected large geographic areas and polluted land and water. 

Other  In other experiments victims were hung upside down to observe how long it took for one to die due to choking and the length of time until the onset of embolism occurred after inserting air into ones blood stream. 

[quotemadness]

If you have been brutally broken, but still have the courage to be gentle to others then you deserve a love deeper than the ocean itself.

Nikita Gill (via quotemadness)

[quotemadness]

Your life is a puzzle, dont waste your time trying to place people where they don’t fit.

Wiz Khalifa  (via quotemadness)

[astral-obscura]

- THE SEXUAL SYMBOLISM OF CAPRICORN -

*Note: this is not, in any way, a universal interpretation. This is one perspective on one aspect of one version of an archetype. I’m only analyzing symbolism, so you don’t have to take it literally or personally or at all if you don’t want to.

The symbol of the goat is historically notorious for its primal & powerful sexuality. Caprine deities and mythological creatures have run rampant in pursuit of physical pleasure throughout many different cultures, and these ancient perceptions of the goat (among other concepts) were adapted into the tenth Zodiac sign, Capricorn (from Latin Capricornus meaning “horned goat”).

Capricorn’s personification as the “sea-goat” (half-fish, half-goat) was inspired by the Sumerian deity Enki, god of water, mischief, and creation – both artistic and sexual, as he rules over craftsmanship but also fertility & virility. From this, the male libido can be represented to some extent in the sign of Capricorn, lending itself to the notion of Capricorn as the “father” archetype, a creator through sex.

Similarly, the Pagan goat-god Pan has always been the ultimate symbol of raw erotic energy, and thus the quintessential figure of caprine sexuality. Pan is infamously out of control, and represents a form of sexual madness; to associate this with Capricorn seems counter-intuitive, because we all know Capricorn to be the stoic, the disciplined, the sane. But no one is born with perfect discipline. Capricorn does possess the carnal chaos of Pan – however, it is punished and forced into silence by the nature of Saturn’s rulership over the sign. Capricorn’s impulses are repressed, hidden, and that’s not discipline: that’s bondage.

In the traditional Rider-Waite illustration, “The Devil” tarot card is portrayed as a winged satyr with authority over two chained slaves. This card is symbolically linked to Capricorn, and represents self-imposed psychological prisons, often of a sexual nature – sexual vices, sexual self-destruction, power dynamics in sex, and sadomasochism can be associated with The Devil, and these battles for control (over self or another) are often a part of Capricorn’s navigation of the sexual realm. Capricorn can be plagued with fears and uncomfortable fetishes that make sex a shameful experience early on in their lives, as their Saturnine energy scolds them inside-out for the ravenous needs they possess.

The devil in general is a caprine figure outside of tarot as well, particularly in religious contexts. The Catholic Church has played an immense role in the demonization of the goat archetype through its desperate conversion of pagans to Judeo-Christianity. To do this, they weaponized fear, successfully associating Pan with ugliness, deformation, & disease and portraying that hideousness as a curse for sexual immorality. This is a cultural allegory for Saturn’s punishment of Capricorn’s sexuality – though Saturn isn’t “evil” and it is not meant to be cruel, it can manifest in cruel ways. In the Bible (Lev. 16), a Jewish chief priest lays the sins of his people upon a goat and sends it out into the wilderness; this is where the term “scapegoat” comes from. As Pan became a scapegoat for the takeover of Christian values, Capricorn makes itself a scapegoat of its own sexual corruption, obsessing over the unhealthy parts of its psychosexual nature in a chaotic attempt at karmic (Saturnine) self-purification.

This is not the fate of Capricorn’s sexuality. Mars, the planet often linked to sex and sexual action, is exalted in Capricorn, suggesting great power and wisdom in this dimension of the archetype. When Capricorn can let go of its ‘scapegoat’ mentality, learn from & heal from the punishments of Saturn, and no longer wield its sexual energy as a weapon of destruction against self or other, it can find immense release in sex and realize the profundity of carnal humanity in a constructive, beautiful way, finally expressing its vitality with grace and ultimately free from its inner prison. Repression is the root of evil, not the cure for it.

[arisoracle]

My Astrology Observations, 2.🧞‍♀️

- Mercury moons (gem & virgo) tend to have a lot of anxiety or tend to overanalyze or think everything, they need constant stimulation. They tend to get along quite well. 

- Pisces risings can tend to attract a lot of people who want to just dump all their problems on them, or vent to them. 

- I do not believe that the moon sign can influence your relationship with your mother, however scorpio moons tend to hold a lot of issues with motherly figures. 

- Lilith in the fifth house makes one very comfortable with sex and talking about sexual things

- Capricorn risings are very critical over their appearance and they tend to care about looking good at an old age, it is good for them because they age like fine wine. They may even have an obsession with looking good and being immortal lol. 

- Sagittarius moons are huge procrastinators. more than the suns. 

- Taurus mercuries love to cook lmao 

- Pisces moon are hella intelligent with their manipulation however people can underestimate them, as they can come across as naive or innocent when in reality they are very decisive. They can use this to their advantage as well. 

- If you have a fire mars (especially Aries and Sagittarius)  with heavy earth placements in your chart, your anger may be very much so repressed but you guys may have very significant anger issues. 

- Sagittarius prioritize family much more than people think they do, they can be rebellious against their family however deep down they care and would put them first. 

-  it is very hard for a scorpio Venus or moon to let go of their crush or someone they love. They provide sooooo much. I would personally love to date one. 

- VIRGOS ARE SO FUNNY when they want to be. 

- after water signs, fire signs are the most emotional honestly. 

- Manipulation does not need to be like centered to a specific placement or aspect, typically all signs are capable of being very manipulative ive just noticed that water signs are much better at doing so. 

- it is extremely hard for a Venus in taurus to get over someone they truly loved, sometimes they may never even move forward in their heart they will hold some sort of emotion for them.

- taurus and libra risings. i think we already know this, but so gorgeous. 

- pisces always have some sort of fantasy, and wherever pisces is in your chart can signify what you fantasize about more. For example, Venus in pisces can think about love a lot while mars in pisces can think about sex or their passions a lot. But overall, pisces placements love to daydream. They can be very imaginative.