waves are crashing

I've always admired the ocean. So powerful. So free.

[that-millennial-chick]

WHAT’S YOUR PERSONALITY?

I am SUN, and MOON is what makes me feel emotionally happy, but I express myself in MERCURY way. When it comes to love, I will be VENUS, but when I get angry, I become MARS. Though people see me as RISING. 

Life systematically challenges me to SATURN. My sense of humour is JUPITER. I’m URANUS when it comes to changes and I have the imagination of NEPTUNE. My secret energy and individual powers are aimed at PLUTO. 

Oh, and not to forget, I’ll be absolutely successful as MIDHEAVEN.

My deepest inner self can be compared to DOMINANT PLANET/DOMINANT SIGN.

SUN:

Aries: A REBEL Taurus: A GUARDIAN Gemini: A MASTERMIND Cancer: A ROMANTIC Leo: A RINGLEADER Virgo: A HEALER Libra: AN ARTIST Scorpio: AN ENIGMA Sagittarius: A WANDERER Capricorn: AN OWNER Aquarius: AN INNOVATOR Pisces: A DREAMER

MOON:

Aries: CHALLENGES Taurus: STABILITY Gemini: COMMUNICATION Cancer: CARE Leo: PRAISES Virgo: SECURITY Libra: INDIVIDUALITY Scorpio: POWER Sagittarius: EXPERIENCES Capricorn: AUTHENTICITY Aquarius: FRIENDSHIP Pisces: ART

MERCURY:

Aries: A DIRECT Taurus: A PRACTICAL Gemini: A LIGHTHEARTED Cancer: A SENTIMENTAL Leo: A DRAMATIC Virgo: AN IMPATIENT Libra: A TACTFUL Scorpio: A PIERCING Sagittarius: A PLAYFUL Capricorn: A CONCISE Aquarius: A LOGICAL Pisces: A VAGUE

VENUS:

Aries: PASSIONATE Taurus: RELIABLE Gemini: REASONABLE Cancer: NURTURING Leo: GENEROUS Virgo: HELPFUL Libra: THOUGHTFUL Scorpio: INTENSE Sagittarius: FLIRTATIOUS Capricorn: PROTECTIVE Aquarius: INTRIGUING Pisces: COMPASSIONATE

MARS:

Aries: AGGRESSIVE Taurus: STUBBORN Gemini: DESTRUCTIVE Cancer: NASTY Leo: LOUD Virgo: DISTANT Libra: CRITICAL Scorpio: VENGEFUL Sagittarius: INDIFFERENT Capricorn: VIOLENT Aquarius: SARCASTIC Pisces: SELFISH

RISING:

Aries: THE FIGHTER Taurus: THE MASTER Gemini: THE CHARMER Cancer: THE HELPER Leo: THE INDIVIDUALIST Virgo: THE PEDANT Libra: THE AESTHETE Scorpio: THE SCEPTIC Sagittarius: THE COMEDIAN Capricorn: THE VINTAGE SOUL Aquarius: THE ADVISER Pisces: THE ANGEL

SATURN:

Aries: BE TOLERANT Taurus: LOSE WHAT I LOVE MOST Gemini: MAKE QUICK DECISIONS Cancer: FACE LONELINESS Leo: SACRIFICE MY DIGNITY Virgo: DEAL WITH DISASTERS Libra: FIGHT Scorpio: CONTROL MY INSTINCTS Sagittarius: BE STUCK IN A RUT Capricorn: FACE FAILURE Aquarius: BLEND IN Pisces: FACE OVERWHELMING STRESS

JUPITER:

Aries: TEASING Taurus: GROSS Gemini: BONDING-IN-THE-MOMENT Cancer: PARODIC Leo: HYPERBOLIC Virgo: DARK Libra: IRONIC Scorpio: DRY Sagittarius: ANECDOTAL Capricorn: SELF-DEPRECATING Aquarius: WITTY Pisces: QUIRKY CULTURAL

URANUS:

Aries: ENTHUSIASTIC Taurus: CAUTIOUS Gemini: FLEXIBLE Cancer: IMPATIENT Leo: PUSHY Virgo: PASSIVE Libra: CURIOUS Scorpio: DISTRUSTING Sagittarius: ECCENTRIC Capricorn: ANXIOUS Aquarius: IMPASSIONED Pisces: UNPREDICTABLE

NEPTUNE:

Aries: A MADCAP Taurus: A STRATEGIST Gemini: A SCHIZOPHRENE Cancer: A CHILD Leo: A POET Virgo: A SHAMAN Libra: A DAYDREAMER Scorpio: A MANIAC Sagittarius: AN IDEALIST Capricorn: AN OCCULTIST Aquarius: A VISIONARY Pisces: A PROPHET

PLUTO:

Aries: SEXUALITY Taurus: IMPROVEMENTS Gemini: INTELLECTUALITY Cancer: EMOTIONAL INTENSITY Leo: DOMINATION Virgo: OBSESSIONS Libra: RELIGION Scorpio: BLACK MAGIC Sagittarius: EXPLORATIONS Capricorn: AMBITIONS Aquarius: MANIPULATION Pisces: INTUITION

MIDHEAVEN:

Aries: AN ATHLETE Taurus: AN ARCHITECT Gemini: A TEACHER/PROFESSOR Cancer: A WRITER/POET Leo: AN ACTOR/A FILM DIRECTOR Virgo: A DOCTOR Libra: A DISIGNER Scorpio: A PSYCHOLOGIST Sagittarius: A POLITICIAN Capricorn: A LAWYER/JUDGE Aquarius: A SCIENTIST Pisces: A MUSICIAN

DOMINANT PLANET:

Sun (Solarian): A MAJESTIC Moon (Lunarian): A TENDER Mercury (Mercurian): A FATAL Venus (Venusian): A FASCINATING Mars (Martian): A POWERFUL Jupiterian (Jupiter): A CHAOTIC Saturn (Saturnian): AN ANCIENT Uranus (Uranian): AN IRREPRESSIBLE Neptune (Neptunian): A WAVERING Pluto (Plutonian): A MYSTICAL

DOMINANT SIGN:

Aries: LIGHTNING Taurus: FOREST Gemini: NORTHERN LIGHT Cancer: SEA Leo: HEAT Virgo: FOG Libra: RAINBOW Scorpio: TSUNAMI Sagittarius: WILDFIRE Capricorn: VOLCANO Aquarius: STORM Pisces: MARSH

[renissance]

mythology: aphrodite, goddess of love 

“Aphrodite just kept smiling. Because she was just doing what a goddess does-the same way that a tornado rips houses apart or a fire burns down a forest.”

requested by anonymous

[draiochtaguscait]

// hiking and getting lost in the neverending glory of the Universe 🙏🏼

[orriculum]

simple kiss spells 💋

these are simple spells that can be done with little more than a kiss

💋 seal an envelope or jar with a kiss to impart 

💋 blow a kiss to ensure safety on travels until you meet again

💋 kiss hands to place protective magic over someone

💋 break a spell by gently kissing something you once enchanted

💋 kiss bruises to offer healing support

[heatherwitch]

Valentine’s Witchery

Witchy things for everyone on Valentine’s day, not just the hopeless romantics! (More related masterposts linked at the bottom!)

Correspondences:

Flowers: Roses, jasmine, lilacs, daisies, marigold, most flowers!

Spices and Herbs: Vanilla, lavender, chamomile, pepper, basil, cinnamon, bay leaves.

Crystals: Rose quartz, pearls, opal, citrine, jade, clear quartz. 

Incense: Amber, cherry, jasmine, rose, sandalwood, ylang-ylang [X]

Glamour:

Aphrodite glamour water

Siren’s lipstick spell

Basic glamour spell

Affinity potion

“Life of the party” glamour charm

Attracting Romance Spells:

To attract a desired lover

Attracting lover spell

Simple love attraction spell

Love spell for a third party

Love drawing bath soak

Romance Tarot Spreads:

Valentine tarot spread (3 card)

Love tarot spread (4 card)

What are the chances here? (6 card)

Anti-Romance Spells:

Ice queen breath spray 

Repelling unwanted romance

Love repression spell

Banish an unwanted lover

Anti-lust spell

For the Brokenhearted: 

Mend the heart spell

Spell for emotional healing and moving forward

Simple spell to heal the heart

Selkie spell to ease heartbreak

Broken heart bath

Self Love Spells:

Lavender self love jar

Self love spell

Simple self love spell

A simple self love spell

Romance myself spell bath

Self Love Tarot Spreads:

Beautiful you tarot spread (3 card)

Self love spread for V day! (6 card)

Self love spread (7 card)

These lovely masterposts:

themanicnami’s list of love spells

sylvaetria’s list of magic for strengthening romantic bonds

orriculum’s valentine’s day masterpost

[lockscreenlock]

[confusedwriter99]

Aphrodite

What a lovely being she was:

Beauty personified and pleasure she emanated.

If only a whore she was not,

If only she was humble… penitent.

If only she were docile,

Submissive and meek.

If only she was dutiful,

Obedient and compliant.

Those were their whispers;

Those were their words.

But they were men:

Born with birth rights of the gods.

And goddess or not

She was but a woman.

Born for nothing but the satisfaction

Of bearing heirs and rearing offsprings.

But she was so much more,

So much different.

She was not born of a womb,

She was born of the sea.

She was born of the hidden land

And the heavy storms.

She was born old as the waters

And bare as the barren lands.

She was beauty and love,

Pleasure and lust;

And she was proud and strong

In the body gifted to her by the wild.

She was more than just the goddess of love:

She was the goddess of self-love.

She was the goddess of owning your body

And doing with it what is pleasurable.

 She was the goddess of allowing women

The gifts that man had stolen.

She was the goddess of choice:

Of giving women the choice to their bodies.

Ironic, that that same choice was cruelly snatched

From her in a wedding bed.

Ironic, that the beauty she proudly wore

Was used against her.

Even so,

She looked them all in the eyes,

And whispered softly,

I will not be tamed.

So she went on as though she was not tied

In holy matrimony

To one so ugly

As to have allowed such a thing.

She went on laughing

She went on loving,

She went on lusting,

She went on living.

She was a goddess:

Of beauty, of love,

And to hell with them all

Who though that she needed to be tamed.

-Emrys

[andhetakesandhetakesandhetakes]

lms if this changed ur life as it did mine

[themadrebel]

Aphrodite is a fickle goddess. But I have seen her.

She stands at the mirror with you in the morning, primping and preening even if the only thing you did was wash your face.

She stands behind you as you stammer out your feelings to another, and remains even if you are rejected. Even a Goddess can be spurned, but she knows love returns.

She claps her hands in delight as you flaunt that outfit you have been too afraid to wear for too long.

She steadies the hand of the young man who shakily picks up a shimmering highlighter.

She proudly watches the young woman who aggressively snips her hair fiercely short at her bathroom counter.

She is a soft shoulder to cry on when you had to leave someone who did not give you your righteous due.

She’s there for the first kiss and there for the thousandth.

She’s in every moment you give a piece of your heart to another. And the ones you have for saved yourself.

And though I struggle to see her in me. I have seen her, in each and every one of you. 

- Hey, it’s another one of those write-ups! Aphrodite is a goddess I’ve never felt particularly drawn too, for more than a few reasons, but I’ve been inspired by @orriculum to write a little something. She embodies everything pink, warm, sparkly, and lovable so I thought this might be fitting. Give her a follow.

[dodekatheismresources]

I have been doing a lot of research and feel ready to start worshipping the theoi, but i don’t know where to start. I don’t really have anything and my dad isn’t really willing to buy me anything because he thinks it’s just another phase that I’ll stop doing in a week. I have a couple tea candles but that’s about it. Do you have any advice?

So the thing is, you don’t have to have anything to worship the Theoi really. You don’t need a shrine or altar, although those are nice things to have that makes it a bit easy for us, you essentially just need yourself.

Here’s some things you can do:

- pray and say their hymns

- get a cup full of water, and pour it as a libation outside

- if you want to use tea lights, you can also use those as an offering, or if you also have an oil warmer around the house, you can use the tea lights for that

- if you have access to incense, it costs only around $1 or so at Walmart, and an incense holder doesn’t cost too much at all either. You can use incense as an offering as well

- you can cook a meal and then share it with the Theoi, or dedicate cooking it as a devotional activity or offering

- if you’re into poetry or writing, you can write for the Theoi as an offering, or read a poem to them

- same with music; you can create a playlist for one of the Theoi and play it as an offering or when you think of one of them

- I don’t know what part of the region you’re in, but you could get flowers/pick flowers as an offering. This one is one of my favorites as it’s very subtle and you can place the flowers anywhere in the house

All these are pretty subtle ideas that don’t need a shrine or altar, or much material that you wouldn’t have laying around the house (with the exception of the incense/oil warmer). If you have other hobbies or interests of your own, you could probably incorporate them into everyday worship as well. I hope this helped!

- Ronan

[hecatescaoranach]

Empath/ Witchy Self- Care

This is going to be a list to help with self-care for empaths but it can be used for witches in general, I’ll be listing many tips. Some may work for you, others may not- feel free to alter them to fit you. The biggest strategy for empaths would be to have layers of wards and intentions around them and on them as a means of protecting themselves from energies that are not wanted and amplifying energies that are wanted/ needed.

Safe guarding your environment.

You can use sigils placed above doors, by your bed, and other places to promote health, good sleep, to keep away spirits, to ward against specific energies, etc. Whatever you need.

Smoke cleanse or cleanse with bells. Use a bell with a ring that inspires happiness or positivism in you. Make sure to get corners and dark spaces- they collect pockets of energy like more open spaces don’t.

Keep your spaces clean and organized- this gives less of a chance of ‘energy cobwebs’ and begets an overall peaceful energy.

Set your bed clothes and blankets with specific intentions or wards. Ideas for this include: anti nightmares, deep sleep, overall comfort, or encompassing love.

Keep reading

[b4phomet]

Offerings for Aphrodite

Fruit

blueberries

strawberries

raspberries

blackberries

cranberries

coconut

lychee

Fruit she doesn’t like

watermelon

lemons

grapes

bananas

papayas

Vegetables

kale

spinach

artichoke

peas

corn

Vegetables she doesn’t like

celery

broccoli

squash

green beans

Tea

rosehip (her favorite)

vanilla chai

english breakfast

white

black

Tea she doesn’t like

earl grey

oolong

green

chamomile 

Herbs and Spices

dill

parsley

rosemary

bay leaves

cinnamon

Herbs and Spices she doesn’t like

thyme

basil

garlic

nutmeg

Seasons

spring

summer

Time of day

dawn

Colors

yellow

white

baby blue

purple

silver

Colors she doesn’t like

pink (shocking, I know)

green

black

red

Music

something soft and slow

love songs

Music she doesn’t like

anything hard or heavy

Meat

none

Drinks

rose water (her favorite)

red wine

vanilla vodka

vanilla flavored coffee

cranberry juice

Drinks she doesn’t like

ale

tequila 

anything carbonated 

white wine

Incense

rose

lavender

juniper

patchouli 

Incense she doesn’t like

sandalwood

cedarwood

sage

Trees

weeping willow

Animals

birds

rabbits

cats

Animals she doesn’t like

dogs

fish

Crystals

pearl

ruby

sapphire

moonstone

rose quartz

Crystals she doesn’t like

aquamarine

rhodonite

jade

[orriculum]

a grimoire and a necklace make do for a divination board and pendulum 🌿

[dolorisme-deactivated20200619]

You burn me

[rose-quartz-and-red-roses-blog]

I am determined to make this year full of love.

[darkwithinlight79]

Oh of beauty She sure is.

[celeste09]

Not knowing is half the fun,“ Aphrodite said, "Exquisitely painful isn’t it? Not being sure who you love and who loves you? Oh, you kids! It’s so cute I’m going to cry!

Rick Riordan, The Titan’s Curse (via dikshaforeveryoung)