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reverse ‘i knew about it before it was cool’. i refuse to consume it until it is borderline irrelevant.
someone being patient with u is one of the softest forms of love
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FIRE SIGNS - EARTH SIGNS - AIR SIGNS - WATER SIGNS
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Myths in astrology: gray zone 🌓
Why no placement is inherently 100% "good" or "bad" ☄️
• jupiter is always good news : YES, jupiter represents wealth, wisdom, higher education, optimism and faith/morals HOWEVER, the jupiter principle lies in EXPANDING, it's greedy, whatever it touches is inflated, no matter if its a good or a bad thing. It encourages to overindulge. Jupiter can be active in charts of accidents, what could have been contained is now too big to have under control. Jupiter-pluto conjunctions can signify disasters and has been linked to pandemics.
Having venus-jupiter in hard aspect could make us OVERSPEND, or over-love, in aspect to mercury, overthink, etc.
• Trines are always good news : YES, trines allow a harmonious easy flow of energy between planets, it aids and helps in them manifesting in a way that's tension-free, its our line of least resistance and represents what we fall back onto to feel good, its what comes naturally to us. HOWEVER, trines make us lazy, they prompt us to lay back, its more or less passive (unlike a sextile aspect which is more active), we may not even recognize the talent that comes with the trine because it comes so easily to us we may miss it and fail to see just how amazing it is because we may be inclined to assume everyone possesses similar abilities. Having too many trines in a chart can make someone thats not very productive, or who had a too easy childhood to the point that they're not well equipped to deal with life's trials. In accidents, a trine allows the damage to flow easily as well. Its bad news for the observer but good news from the standpoint of the destructive energy that is met with less resistance than a square for example.
• squares are always bad : YES, squares create tension, its two planets that are at variance, each one tugs in a different direction except instead of one going left and the other right (opposition), one is going left and the other up, (venus square uranus : one's uniqueness and independence feels at odds with one's need to fit in and be popular/well liked or there could be a desperate need to incorporate both into the equation which generates lots of friction) HOWEVER, squares make us more aware of our boundaries, our abilities, our strengths and weaknesses, they urge us to test these boundaries, FRICTION CREATES ENERGY. Having two fists up creates more energy than two hands being held together (trines), the tension allows us to tap into a well of potential if the energy is properly handled.
While a trine can make us complacent and willing to accept any given situation, good or bad, a square's uncomfortableness pushes us to break free of it.
• Pluto and saturn are all bad : pluto is taboo, the collective shadow, what we hide from, the ugly parts of ourselves that we keep under wraps, too afraid and paranoid to lift the lid on, it alludes to trauma, and things that we bury, its death (more psychological than physical) HOWEVER, pluto is power, it gives intensity, it bestows the ability to transform, evolve and reinvent one's self, it aligns us with nature's cycles of life and death, the phoenix rises from the ashes, right when the fire has consumed each fiber of its previous form, when despair hits rock bottom, and when the night couldnt get darker, is one the glimpse of light befalls us all, carbon can only turn into a pretty bright diamond after it endures immense levels of pressure. Pluto urges us to dive deep within ourselves, dig into our psyche to allow the nasty parts to resurface, working through them, like a buried treasure.
• same with pluto, saturn gets dragged, but saturn is your school teacher that was so strict you quacked in your boots at the sight of him, the type to be breathing down your neck as he looks over your homework, pulling on your ear when he sees a mistake and turning your attention to the ways you can improve, the classes are hours long and the teacher restricts breaks, further testing your boundaries so you can thoroughly understand the material. The teacher you only get to appreciate once you get older and could reap the benefits of his teachings, now that the material helps you navigate through life easier than before. Saturn restricts, makes you feel inadequate, instills fear and builds walls so you can be as sturdy as lead, it delays to make sure you never rush through anything, take your time and learn.
• neptune is all glamour and artistic abilities, YES, neptune rules media and arts, dreams, the collective yearning, glamour, enchantment, transcending to a dimension thats extraordinary, ethereal. HOWEVER, in its pursuit to purify everything it touches, neptune cuts the edges, polishes the planet its aspecting to the point it becomes hard to reach, unrecognizable and synthetic. It lends to disillusion, dissipates boundaries and makes us thirsty to get more, and do more to the point we reach perfection and a lofty ideal, but unlike saturn, we cant see the boundaries anymore, reality is hazy, foggy and out of reach, it puts us under a spell. It rules leaks as well and operates through infiltration, you never know that you're under its spell until it has wafted its way through the cracks and you're already wrapped in its mist, be careful of neptune.
• venus is all love and light : while venus does rule cooperation, giving and sharing, pleasure, arts and everything delectable, it doesnt do it out of a sense of selflessness, it usually shares and gives to get something in return : love, money or popularity "i want what you want", unlike mars thats more straightforward and honest about it " i want what i want", having too many venus contacts, especially to the angles, or too much venusian energy in a chart can make you complacent and indecisive for the sake of keeping peace and harmony, not tipping the scales, or too preoccupied of beauty and pleasure and comforming, unable to really get deep.
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"What does it mean to hold you?" . . . This question gets asked so many ways. What is your love language? How do you want to be cared for? I like this language though...what does it mean to hold you? We often focus on how to hold others. Emotionally or physically or spiritually. And now I am asking, truly, what does it mean for you to be held? What does it look like? How does it feel? What impact does it have on your body, heart, mind, entire life? . . . Covid doesn't make it easy. I know so many people craving touch that we have been missing. I know the ache too. The longing for being held without fear. There is grief here. There grief in this loss, absence, or lacking. There is grief in the unknowing...how long will this last? This grief cannot be ignored. How do you mourn? How do you release without putting up barriers? . . . Tell me, how have you been getting held? What does it mean for you? How has your idea of being held changed or become or deepened? What are you craving? This isn't rhetorical! I would love to hear from you. All my love and respect, always. https://www.instagram.com/p/CHa-VzAp7eV/?igshid=g1i6g8um63sx
COMMUNITY UPDATE: Regarding scheduling and new clients. . . . My loved ones! My health requires my attention. My health is requiring a new mode of connecting and being with you all. For my health and wellbeing, for my family, for my spirit, I have to limit my schedule. If you have received an email from me about not being able to continue, I hope we can still be in community with love together. If you haven't received such an email from me, we will continue to see each other as planned. . . . I will try to limit my one-time readings. If you know that you need or want a reading and it feels important, please don't hesitate to reach out. I promise to be honest about whether or not I can do that reading with you. . . . I will not be taking on new clients for the restorative journey offering until November 1st. This means that if you have already contacted me about doing this offering and we've already begun the scheduling process, I will be seeing you regularly for this offering as planned. If you were planning to contact me but hadn't yet, it's ok. We will find our time and way to connect. I am so sorry it isn't now or in this way. . . . It is both painful and liberating to do this. It is mostly painful today. But I have to show up for myself in this way or risk my health. My body has been sending me warnings, and I honor them with action. My love and respect for you all is strong and vast. I hope you can feel that. . . . I ask for patience over the coming weeks. Please extend me some grace as I adjust. If I haven't gotten back to you or sent you reading materials, feel free to reach out and check in. My heart expands in this moment of challenge. Thank you for meeting me here. Much love and respect, always. https://www.instagram.com/p/CDzZeJZpafV/?igshid=5ufpwy753e3m
"Even if it's not the worst, doesn't mean you have to stay" . . . 8 of cups, 2 of swords, and II high priestess come to support the queen of swords. Once we know to look, we look for bright red flags and toxic or abusive behavior as evidence to "leave". This could be about a job, relationship, way of thinking/feeling/coping. We don't give ourselves permission to trust that feeling somewhere in the body that says "this isn't it!" and instead require more "evidence". I'm here to tell you something you likely already know: you don't have to remain in this, whatever it is, just because you can't label it as the worst ever. You know what else leaves us feeling empty and confused? MEDIOCRITY. You know what else is harmful and bad for us? Sticking with something that isn't good for us even if we've been through worse. Consider moving towards what you want. What you TRULY desire. Consider moving towards what fills your soul and heart and body and mind and your actual self. Consider that in order to do this you must leave some stuff behind that isn't necessarily "the worst". Consider that your energy is precious and you deserve to have it returned and replenished. And consider this: you're not meant to suffer under the weight of just barely getting what you need. You are meant to feel wholly loved and fulfilled. And if it isn't the case, what are your dreams in regards to getting there? What will you have to let go of? Who will you decide to bring with you (internally and externally)? And if you feel it is impossible, who can you talk to and ask for help to make those moves? I believe in your ability to know what is right for you and to grow in that ability. I believe in your skills and in your desires. Get unstuck. That's the lesson I bring from my sessions this week. . . . Thank you for sharing in this moment with me. And may our work getting ourselves unstuck be paired with the work of getting our communities unstuck from mediocrity and survival. May our self work be a part of how we bring ideas to community, of how we heal in community. Self work in service of the entire community. Self care reimagined as and grounded in communal care. Much love and respect, always https://www.instagram.com/p/CDhhJ0GJFAN/?igshid=hol2jv5sl55f
"Just because you have the energy doesn't mean you have to do that thing" . . . Queen of Swords has been coming to me recently, through work with my clients. She's been coming through with the force of abundance. She claims what is hers on her time. This can apply to us all, no matter our gender. The queen of swords comes to remind us of our truest power. The power to use our energy effectively, to use our energy to make our lives what we have been hoping for and imagining. This doesn't mean that we should be able to overcome brutal systems designed to destroy us, it means that to truly live (while working to dismantle those systems) requires practice, compassion, and rest. It requires us to be honest with ourselves and others, whether or not others would be disappointed. The queen of swords does not let nostalgia or pettiness rule decisions. She breaks away from codependency and expects interdependence in her relationships. She says no when the answer is truly, even if she could say yes. She does not over give. She arranges her life so that she can be present, vulnerable, strong, and disciplined without giving up any of her heart and compassion. She is not cold or removed or unkind. She just doesn't do the thing when it's not her time to do it. And when she needs help to make that happen, she asks. . . . I learn just as much from sessions as my clients do. I am remembering how deeply this particular lesson resonates with my body. And every morning I wake up more ready to say what I mean, to ask for help, and to give real care both to myself and those I love. Thank you for sharing in this with me. All my love and respect, always. https://www.instagram.com/p/CDR0YDbpmFn/?igshid=ogzbe5w3utx2
WHAT SHOULD WE BE DOING? . . . It is tough to know exactly what to do every single day- how to keep this momentum. How can we utilize our bodies to engage in active anti racist work? How can we continue efforts to dismantle the current system while also maintaining our groundedness and cultivating our joy? Part of what we can do is engage in the tough conversations. I'm sure you've had at least a few already. Keep going. Something you can do to combat fatigue that comes when having these tough conversations is to prepare. Prepare your language, your heart work, your compassion, your tether to the reality in which we all live. Preparation gives way to more ease. Not to say that you will feel comfortable. But hopefully with preparation you can feel comforted- you have come to the conversation ready for others to be confused and angry. . . . There are many things you can be doing right now and there are many ways to prepare. I hope that these condensed 'definitions' can be helpful as you continue on in this work. I am certainly open to any difference you experience from me and therefore how I define things. Let's talk more and see where and why we disagree. Know that I am rooting for you in these conversations and that I am sending you love and respect, always. . . . Graphics made by @brujx https://www.instagram.com/p/CCG0bVKpU99/?igshid=1f32vkvvjyzja
NON BLACK POC AND WHITE PEOPLE: we are DECENTERING OURSELVES. we need to learn new ways of processing emotion and life experience. We are reworking processes in our bodies that have held us in colonized states of mind for our whole lives. When this happens, we may feel that the world is asking us to get smaller. To numb our pain in order to keep going. We may even feel unheard or that our feelings aren't being addressed. We may feel judged and dismissed. The reality is much different. The reality is that we are being asked to use our pain and fear and regret and shame and insecurity as fuel. There is urgency in all of our bodies, no matter where we are. And the response to that can be fear or stuckness. And maybe it will take time to feel Unstuck. And the reality is we do not have that time. We need to be learning new ways to process as we mobilize. Why? Because people have been dying. And there is no time left. Black people have given us many chances to figure it out with time and grace. And we have run out that time with complacency. We absolutely need to work through things at a pace that works for our bodies. And that work needs to be paired with movement NOW. it is not enough to process with friends and family, as much as we need it. It isn't enough. We also need to take action- not to be visible and thought of as "good". But to show up in protection of Black people. Not even just because Black people have been showing up for us while also regarding their fear and pain and trauma responses...its also because people are being murdered. How we respond is learned and ingrained. And we need to rewire FAST. this isn't about losing our connection to feeling. Its about reworking the process so that it includes action. Ask yourself, how can I utilize my body to protect Black people? How can I utilize my body and my talents and my fear and my privilege and my success and my mistakes and my joy and my heart and my spirit to protect Black people? And act on it. Continue being curious and loving with yourself about your emotional process and do not let that process cloud your movement to utilize your body to protect Black people. https://www.instagram.com/p/CBOBtcYAM1m/?igshid=j8r6fdesbb3q
IF YOU ARE WHITE UNDERSTAND THIS: you will need to give up many things in regards to your personal goals and careers not because you don't deserve good things but because you have gotten your chance at these opportunities due to your privilege which comes from WHITE SUPREMACY. sure you didn't or your parents didn't own slaves but your ancestors, immigrants or not, benefitted from whiteness at some point (at every point, honestly). Which means any wealth or status or combo that your family has access to comes from theft and exploitation of black (and possibly brown) bodies. If you come from a poor white family, sorry but this applies to you too. So you need to start preparing yourself to leverage any success you have by actively calling for black people to be hired instead of you, for black peoples ideas to be credited and compensated, for black people to be respected in the workplace and whatever environment you're in. I know this sounds like a lot. But you have to do it. And you can't ask for praise once you do. Full stop. . . . Graphic made by @patanjamama 💖 https://www.instagram.com/p/CBMGG-7pSLd/?igshid=ov74xr7xb7ug
Questions for white and non black poc to reflect on. All organizing is an extension of how how you treat people in your personal, one-to-one relationships. All our intention must be based in un learning and dismantling anti blackness. Why? Because it roots and grounds us in reality. When we are able to fully grasp the depth of the hatred that has been instilled in us, from all sides, we can mourn and move forward. How do we move forward grounded in this challenging reality? We mourn, we grieve, we work harder than ever to make new connections in our brains that reinforce respectful and curious thinking. This work of reflecting on these questions is not the entire picture. Reflecting is step 1. The next steps are grounded in movement. Use what you learned to ask more questions- ask people like me! People who are inviting that conversation very openly. Don't go to your black friends and ask them to do more work for you. Ask me. Im here. What do you do after asking more questions? You gather more information to help understanding. You redistribute funds. You put pressure on current systems until their flaws are revealed even to those who have decidedly refused to understand. And then? You keep going. Until it is not just a phrase touted in business emails or a black square post or single officers being charged but such a true statement we do not have to yell it with blood in our teeth: ALL BLACK LIVES MATTER. . . . Graphics made by @patanjamama 💖 https://www.instagram.com/p/CBEmGdSpdS4/?igshid=dxz09gf1mnpo
hey! I'd like to know if my sincerity/being the person that its going to address the elephant in the room can be explained by my chart: gemini sun/virgo rising/aries moon/gemini mars/cancer mercury/taurus venus (idk if its enough or too much) thanks!
yep i’d say it’s the combo of gem sun, aries moon, gem mars. your virgo rising is more likely to make you mention it or talk about it without actually TALKING about it but those placements i mentioned before point to wanting to TALK ABOUT IT and point it out and address it. sincerity could come from taurus venus and cancer merc for sure.
I seen you said that you don’t like Aries moon cause they don’t have the softness that you need. I see that you are a Gemini mom, and I was shocked that you said that. Most blogs make it seem like Gemini moons are cold and detached. But since you said you like softness and Taurus moons for that reason, do you personally think that Gemini moons negative stereotype isn’t true?
not necessarily ! my gemini moon lives in a water house, the 4th house specifically. so i have a different quality to it ! and i also have lots of scorp and libra in my chart- all placements that add different kinds of softness. i would also add that sometimes softness doesn’t look like what we usually think of. i would say that there are some aries moons that are VERY soft but not in the way that i need. so that’s true for gemini’s too <3
Do you think having the same planet in your moon as your midhaven could make a person easier to read?
nah i’d look to moon and rising for that ! midheaven is how the public sees you so i think it’s less about readability and more about how your genuine spirit comes across to big entire groups rather than individuals.