Mother sage.

Woman. Witch. Warrior. She/Her. Virgo Sun, Taurus moon, Mercury Rising, 9.

[the-real-ted-cruz]

[everythingfoxes]

[foxpost-generator]

it fucken WIMDY

[ourspecial]

ever since i first saw this post, “it fucken WIMDY” is easily one of the top ten most commonly used phrases in my household.

[foxpost-generator]

My job is done.

[gypsymoonsister]

Brighid

[neko-wafer]

Preparing for Imbolc.

[headboardlights-deactivated2021]

So, you wanna wear your cool pants with your cool shoes.

Your pants have a super cool print and you wanna wear em with some bitchin boots, but the problem is, even though they fit fine, they do this with the boots:

So you’re like, okay, cool, I’ll just cuff them, but then you realize you can’t because they look like this on the inside:

So now you’re like aw man what do I do?? I want the cuff to match the pants but they won’t :(

Step 1! Fold the hem up about to here, make sure the fold is crisp and clean all the way around:

Step 2! Fold the white part up again so it’s the same width as the original hem, keeping it crispy:

Step 3! Fold that original hem down and over, and you guessed it, crispy again:

You have now created a cuff that matches the rest of your pants! Now go, wear your stompy boots with funky pants and be gay

[sevenelevenprophet]

Reblog to save a gay

[13chancess]

push yourself to get up before the rest of the world - start with 7am, then 6am, then 5:30am. go to the nearest hill with a big coat and a scarf and watch the sun rise.

push yourself to fall asleep earlier - start with 11pm, then 10pm, then 9pm. wake up in the morning feeling re-energized and comfortable.

get into the habit of cooking yourself a beautiful breakfast. fry tomatoes and mushrooms in real butter and garlic, fry an egg, slice up a fresh avocado and squirt way too much lemon on it. sit and eat it and do nothing else.

stretch. start by reaching for the sky as hard as you can, then trying to touch your toes. roll your head. stretch your fingers. stretch everything.

buy a 1L water bottle. start with pushing yourself to drink the whole thing in a day, then try drinking it twice.

buy a beautiful diary and a beautiful black pen. write down everything you do, including dinner dates, appointments, assignments, coffees, what you need to do that day. no detail is too small.

strip your bed of your sheets and empty your underwear draw into the washing machine. put a massive scoop of scented fabric softener in there and wash. make your bed in full.

organise your room. fold all your clothes (and bag what you don’t want), clean your mirror, your laptop, vacuum the floor. light a beautiful candle.

have a luxurious shower with your favourite music playing. wash your hair, scrub your body, brush your teeth. lather your whole body in moisturiser, get familiar with the part between your toes, your inner thighs, the back of your neck.

push yourself to go for a walk. take your headphones, go to the beach and walk. smile at strangers walking the other way and be surprised how many smile back. bring your dog and observe the dog’s behaviour. realise you can learn from your dog.

message old friends with personal jokes. reminisce. suggest a catch up soon, even if you don’t follow through. push yourself to follow through.

think long and hard about what interests you. crime? sex? boarding school? long-forgotten romance etiquette? find a book about it and read it. there is a book about literally everything.

become the person you would ideally fall in love with. let cars merge into your lane when driving. pay double for parking tickets and leave a second one in the machine. stick your tongue out at babies. compliment people on their cute clothes. challenge yourself to not ridicule anyone for a whole day. then two. then a week. walk with a straight posture. look people in the eye. ask people about their story. talk to acquaintances so they become friends.

lie in the sunshine. daydream about the life you would lead if failure wasn’t a thing. open your eyes. take small steps to make it happen for you.

[neko-wafer]

This is beautiful advice. 

[reddenedglass]

Basic Protection Magic

Colors: black & red

Planets: Mars, Jupiter

Herbs: acorn, amber, aloe, angelica, bamboo, basil, bay, birch, black pepper, blackberry, blueberry, calendula, cayenne, chives, cinnamon, clove, clover, coconut, coriander, corn, cotton, cumin, curry, dill, dogwood, dragon's blood, elm, fennel seed, fern, foxglove, frankincense, ginger, garlic, holly, lavender, leek, lettuce, lime, mandrake, marigold, marjoram, mint, nutmeg, onion, plantain, radish, raspberry leaf, rice, rowan, sandalwood, sea salt, spanish moss, spearmint, sunflower, valerian, vervain, vinegar, wormwood, yuca.

House plants: aloe, cactus, club moss, cyclamen, irish moss, ivy, venus fly trap.

Other: broken glass, black salt, salt, rusty nails, iron, needles, evil eye, gorgon head

Spell Bottles

Combine broken glass, needles, and protective herbs into a bottle. Seal with wax (preferably from a white, red, or black candle. Place somewhere hidden in your home or carry it with you.

You can also add sigils to the bottle.

Sigils

Design your own protective sigils. You can use affirmative statements such as "I am safe" or "[deity] protects me" and remove the vowels and duplicate letters.

Ex) "I am safe" -> "m sf"

Now combine your letters (or shapes resembling them) into a sigil. You can also incorporate planetary and astrological symbols appropriate to your intent.

There are many other ways to make sigils as well. Experiment and find what works for you.

Broken Glass Charms

You can inscribe sigils onto broken glass pieces and turn them into protective charms. I wrap them with twine to hang where the light will hit. Try using paint in protective colors.

Plants

Houseplants will naturally protect your space. Some plans, such as aloes and cacti, are especially protective.

Deities

Deities can play a powerful role in your protection magic. Consider reaching out to an apotropaic or protective deity such as Nergal, Taweret, Athena, Bast, Thor, etc.

[neko-wafer]

Our home needs a good cleansing and reblessing this new decade. 

[youresafenow]

2020 will be kinder

2020 will be happier

2020 will be full of love

[adamthegirl]

[starinyourhand]

Do it for your foremothers that never got the chance.

[atopcat]

Translation: America can’t celebrate 100 years of female suffrage until 2065

[showtimechamaco]

[safitheartist]

Power move.

[newtgeiszler]

one of the most aesthetically beautiful displays of protest i’ve seen

[unthrash-deactivated20151110]

rocky horror is the worst and is also transmisogynistic can we please finally get over this shit movie

[fagtrender]

ok but like the writer is transgender nonbinary and the language used in the play was the preferred language by trans people of that time can we not deny parts of our history because we’ve evolved since then thanks

[minim-calibre]

So fucking much this.

PS, youth of today: you’ll be saying the same damn thing about art from this time before too long, for good or for ill. Terminology will, in fact, change. Definitions will, in fact, shift. It always does, they always do. 

PPS, it is pretty much impossible to overstate how life-alteringly important this movie was to kids who didn’t conform to standard expectations of gender and sexuality, back in the day. Especially when back in the day was the mid-to-late 1980s, when the only queers you saw on TV were neutered AIDS tragedies, Bowie was playing straight, and even Elton John was married to a woman, and midnight showing of RHPS were pretty much the only place that felt like home. It was mental life raft for a lot of people.

I was one of them.

[counttwinkula]

#the queer youth of today has forgotten all its history and is spitting on its ancestors and i hate it (via @gaythreats​)

beautifully phrased

[sosuperawesome]

Asja Boros on Instagram / Tumblr / Society6

[birdsofrhiannon]

Brighit by ThaliaTook

[dankmemeuniversity]

[womenandhaikus]

she carried the weight

as a promise to herself,

she'd get through this storm.

[neko-wafer]

This is you. I see you and I’m proud of you. 

You don’t carry it alone, you know. 

[womenandhaikus]

her eyes translate war.

horrors from battles ago,

her thoughts load like guns.

[kikiscauldron]

Alone Time Reading for my December theme of “comfort and joy.” A great reading to try out for when you are feeling a little down or if you want to turn your attention to self-care and self-love.

[emphasisonthehomo]

Things Not to Do in a Cemetery

By someone who works at one. 

Please don’t leave glass items on your loved one’s grave. I understand the urge, really I do. But those vases/picture frames/beer bottles/fancy solar lights/etc are gonna break eventually, and be a pain in the ass for everyone involved. 

Different cemeteries have different regulations when it comes to what’s allowed in the park and what’s not, and some are more lenient than others about enforcing those regulations. If you’re not sure, ask someone who works there.

If you put up tiny plastic fences and solar lights and garden decorations around your loved one’s space it will probably be removed at some point bc y’all… The grounds crew needs to mow the grass. And some of that stuff is probably technically against the rules anyways, but everyone’s trying to be nice about it. 

Do not sit on or lean against any of the markers or memorials. They may all be made of granite, but the upright ones will flop right over if you push them hard enough, and if the ground is wet the flats will sink into the dirt. Also it’s fucking rude. If someone sees you sitting on their mom’s headstone, they might just kick your ass. 

Decorations around a grave will be removed if they are broken, or if a grave side service/ burial is going to take place nearby. We do need to bring heavy machinery in to dig graves, and for outside services there are also tents and chairs laid out. If you notice the decorations have been disturbed, it’s probably not vandalism BUT if you’re not sure, it never hurts to ask. 

I personally don’t care if you want to place food or drink on your loved one’s grave. It’s very common. But if you complain about ants all over the headstone, and I go out to see that it’s because you left a whole ass packet of oreos and an open six pack of corona, I’m not gonna be impressed or happy. Like I’ll be nice about it, but I will think you’re a dumbass. 

If the cemetery allows you to bring pets into the park, that’s great. That’s chill. Please pick up after them. No one likes to see a big pile of dog shit in the middle of the cremation garden. 

Do not fuck in the cemetery. I swear to fucking god. Don’t even make out in the cemetery. You shouldn’t be doing that shit in public anyways. I don’t care about your morbid goth fetish. Some grandma is going to see you getting frisky next to her son’s grave, and beat you to death with her purse and the ten pounds of silk floral arrangements she brought to place there.

Don’t be afraid to visit. We want these parks to be a place where you can both mourn and celebrate the person who died. I regularly see families who have picnics out there, especially on holidays. If you haven’t visited in a while and aren’t sure where your loved one is, ask someone on staff. It’s our job to help you find them, and no one is going to judge you for visiting for the first time in like 10 years. 

[emphasisonthehomo]

Due to recent events, I have decided to update my list.

Do not be naked in the cemetery.