Beginner's Blog to Magic

22. Virgo. Herbivore, Cat lady. Eclectic witch with a focus on nature and divination.

[gothiccharmschool]

My stylistic moods:

Vampire aristocrat. Lives in a gloomily decorated mansion, has an entire room of velvet frock coats and ruffled shirts, and more candelabras than anyone thought was possible.

Eccentric lady who lives in a cottage in the misty forest. Owns a lot of cats. Can often be found gathering plants in the middle of a moonlit night. Probably a witch, but no one has been brave enough to ask. 

Governess wearing a flowing white nightgown, flickering candle in hand, exploring the secret passageways of a gloomily decorated mansion. She suspects the owner is a vampire.

[unclefesterkin-deactivated20200]

in 2018 we will stop feeding ducks bread bc we realise it’s bad for them nutritionally and isn’t great for their water either and feed them good shit like oats, corn, lettuce, defrosted frozen peas, duck pellets and a bunch of different kinds of seeds. 

[pervocracy]

Fun statistical fact: Cows are about 300 times more likely to kill you than coyotes.

Minor sidenote to statistical fact: If it was common for people to keep several hundred coyotes on their property and routinely chase them into a corral and handle them, this statistic would be different.

[ajaegerpilot]

#thats why presentation of data matters #to prevent misinformation

[anamorphosis-and-isolate]

Terry Tempest Williams from When Women Were Birds

[ghostlysea]

aww nasa has a page for space technology terms you can use in science fiction

nerds

[ceruleancynic]

THIS IS THE BEST THING

AAAAAAHHH

[cutting-you-off-deactivated2020]

Holy crap!!

[animaladoptions]

Slightly different adoption

[queenotrera]

History wants so badly for Cleopatra to be beautiful. Like they can’t conceive of Rome being intimidated by anything less

[terpsikeraunos]

because being a linguist, fleet commander, and powerful ruler doesn’t matter, only her looks

[destroymales-deactivated2023032]

Her Arab contemporaries raved about her being very interested and knowledgeable in the sciences.

She completely reformed the system in Alexandria, and Egypt at large; making it much more of a functional powerhouse. 

She did what 300 years of her ancestors couldn’t: Managed to get the support of both the Greek AND Egyptian subjects she ruled.

There is a sculpture that has been identified as her, through comparisons to coins minted under her rule, that proves beyond a doubt that she wasn’t particularly beautiful.

It isn’t that people just happen to believe it by mistake. Rome was fucking terrified of her and painted her as a vapid, scheming, beautiful, sex obsessed queen to discredit her to their people. She was a threat, and that was how they handled it. The unfortunate thing is that that is the most surviving record of her. A smear campaign against one of the smartest, most powerful women in human history. 

[jinxmyride-deactivated20161103]

This is a woman who became her father’s co-ruler at nearly 14 years old in order to train for her actual ascension to the throne, who was forced to marry her own siblings in order to keep her power, and it’s widely believed that she poisoned them so she could rule alone. She’s a Pharaoh who led Egypt into a new era of wealth, who went fearlessly into war to protect her rule and Egypt’s independence from the Roman empire, a woman who took her own life rather than face being raped and tortured by her conquerors, knowing full well that she was leaving her surviving children in their uncertain mercy. Cleopatra is one of the most interesting, morally ambiguous, complexing historical figures we have and the media has turned her into a tantalizing sex object for the male gaze.

Even after Cleopatra died her influence on those around her lived on: her daughter, Cleopatra Selene, was the only child of Cleopatra’s to live to adulthood, and she became queen of Mauretania along with her husband Juba and it’s believed they married for love, which was extremely rare for that time period, especially among nobles/the upper class. Not only did she grow up in the house of her mother’s worst enemy and technical murderer, but she still went on to become a queen who possessed an equal amount of political power as her husband, even having her face minted on coins on the opposite side of his likeness, showing they were equal rulers.

Cleopatra and her influence on history, and her daughter’s legacy, have both been brushed aside in favour of the sexy Cleopatra visage. It’s bullshit. Egyptian mythology is interesting and vivid, and full of powerful women and it’s bullshit that we take some of the most powerful women in Africa’s history and try to turn them into fashion icons or sluts who only ruled through toying with men. 

[luthienmuse]

I LIVE FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW THIS, people still refuse to believe that a woman can/could have achieved anything without beauty or fucking magical powers  

[fujoshijpeg]

if you want to buy moonstone jewelry like…please be aware that half the people on etsy and wherever selling “moonstone” jewelry are actually selling you opalite which is just….glass with added effects. moonstone and opalite are not the same thing lol….so many people are getting ripped off on etsy because of this and it kind of bothers me

[fujoshijpeg]

this is real, natural “rainbow” moonstone: 

this is opalite, which is synthetic opalised glass:

[the-feral-mystic]

I’ve been trying to warn people about this for years! It’s such a huge issue, just like heat-treated amethyst being sold as ‘citrine.’

[evilsupplyco]

Build a life of small, wicked pleasures.

[rainbowcolouredshoes]

One day I hope I am the girl that walks into a room and all eyes are on her. 

[andthebluestblue]

The trick is to get a really big hat and then scream

[danger]

[eilooxara]

The tooth fairy is fae propaganda

It teaches your kids that it’s ok to invite the Fae into your home and sell them parts of your body

[bighonkinqueeniesbadbadbackstory]

I feel like this post woke me up to something evil

[miranda-mundt-art]

The timing on this is terrible I’m sorry asldkfjalsklkj but I tried

Weather Witch Stuff on Redbubble! (One) (Two) 

[ika-art]

Little herbalist spreadsheet!

[tea-with-mrs-mourning-dove]

[dumbbbunnnyy-deactivated2021021]

Astronomical & Astrological Events in November 🌌

November 1st: Moon at Aphelion; Jupiter conjunct Haumea

November 2nd: Saturn square Chiron; Moon conjunct Eris

November 3rd: Jupiter quintile Pluto

November 4th: Full Moon in Taurus; Taurids Meteor Shower

November 5th: Mercury enters Sagittarius; Moon at Perigee; Taurids Meteor Shower

November 7th: Venus enters Scorpio

November 10th: Moon conjunct Ceres; Last Quarter Moon in Leo

November 11th: Saturn trine Uranus; Venus conjunct Haumea

November 13th: Venus conjunct Jupiter

November 14th: Close approach of the Moon and Mars; Moon conjunct Makemake

November 16th: Moon conjunct Haumea and Venus

November 17th: Leonids Meteor Shower

November 18th: New Moon in Scorpio; Mars conjunct Makemake; Leonids Meteor Shower

November 20th: Moon conjunct Mercury; Moon at Perihelion 

November 21st: Sun enters Sagittarius; Moon at Apogee

November 22nd: Neptune Direct; Jupiter sesquiquadrate Chiron; Moon conjunct Pluto; Mercury at Greatest Brightness

November 24th: Mercury at Greatest Eastern Elongation

November 26th: First Quarter Moon in Aquarius

November 28th: Mercury at Dichotomy; Mercury conjunct Saturn

November 30th: Moon conjunct Eris

[poisonappleprintshop]

SUPPORT HANDMADE 🖤 Throughout the next couple of weeks, I’ll be sharing some of my favorite artists, designers, and small businesses in honor of the upcoming holiday season! When you buy from handmade sellers you not only receive a totally unique, hand crafted item, but your purchase gives the gift of support to the artist, allowing them to further share their craft with the world and bring joy to others. Please consider shopping handmade and small businesses this holiday season. Your generosity goes further than you think! 🖤 I can confidentially say I am a little obsessed with the candles of @gravediggercandles. They are beautifully crafted from 100% all-natural beeswax, allowing them to burn for quite a while. This new little owl is probably one of my favorites in their shop. The black beeswax picks up all of the hand carved details and looks even better with age, as the beeswax blooms. Also available from @gravediggercandles are the spine candles you can spot in the background and in some of my other posts. Check out @gravediggercandles and support handmade! 🖤 #gravediggercandles #owlcandle #supporthandmade