wild and free soul

[threefates]

lwenx ‘holy sword and iris’ details

[artmagicly]

Art by Maxine Vee

(check ALTs for piece titles)

[thecalminside]

To heal is to touch with love that which was previously touched by fear.

-Stephen Levine

[everythingfox]

One sleeps, the other guards

[fruitie]

theadventuresofminifinn on ig 🐮🍃

[fyblackwomenart]

Artist: Ivana Atanasovska

[lostinphases]

Tarot 101: Card Keywords

One thing many people struggle with when learning to read tarot is keeping track of card meanings. While I don’t recommend learning tarot like flashcards, you certainly can. But don’t think there’s anything wrong will using a guide book or your notes while you read your cards until you start to commit things to memory and develop your intuitive abilities and a relationship with your deck. It’s all part of the process. 

Remember! While each card does have keywords associated with it, cards work together in a spread like words in a sentence. It is incredibly difficult to get the full picture if you read each card only with a handful of keywords. Also, keep in mind that this is a short list of keywords for each card. Each keyword has its negatives, and there are many more that apply to each card. 

Numerical Keywords:

Ace (1): Beginnings, potential

Twos: Balance, harmony, dichotomy

Threes: Communication, interaction (think “three’s a party”), outside influence

Fours: Rest, Contemplation

Fives: Conflict, Loss

Sixes: Growth, challenges overcome, understanding

Sevens: Fate, confidence, truth

Eights: Work, change, perseverance

Nines: Consequences and rewards

Tens: Endings (end of a cycle)

Pages: Messages, youth, information

Knights: Movement, adventure, experience

Queens: Power, potential, advice (think motherly advice)

Kings: Authority, power, structure

The Suits

Cups: Emotions (love, feelings, relationships), Connections, Water, Intuition

Wands: Spirituality, Personality, Illusions, Impulses, Fire, Energy

Swords: Action, Power, Conflict, Judgement, Air, Thoughts

Pentacles: Material (money, property, etc.), Manifestation, Indulgence, Earth

The Major Arcana

The Fool: Beginnings, naivety, innocence, risks/reckless behavior

The Magician: Manifestation, inspiration, manipulation, talent

The High Priestess: Intuition, divinity, secrets, withdrawal

The Empress: Beauty, motherly nurturing, abundance, dependence 

The Emperor: Authority (fatherly), structure, rules, lack of control

The Hierophant: Wisdom, tradition, culture, religion, freedom

The Lovers: Love, balance, relationships, choices

The Chariot: Control, determination, action, discipline

Strength: Strength, influence, untethered emotions

The Hermit: Isolation, guidance, introspection

The Wheel of Fortune: Cycles, fate/destiny, luck, change

Justice: Justice, law, cause and effect, accountability

The Hanged Man: Martyrdom, surrender, change of perspective, delay

Death: Change, death, endings, transitions

Temperance: Balance, patience, healing, alignment

The Devil: Obsession, shadows, addiction, restrictions/limitations

The Tower: Chaos, dramatic change, awakenings, transformation, fear

The Star: Hope, spirituality, despair, disconnects

The Moon: Illusions, dreams, anxiety, intuition, emotions

The Sun: Positivity, warmth, success, optimism, lively spirit

Judgment: Judgement, rebirth, doubt, criticisms

The World: Completed cycles, accomplishments, movement (travel)

More Tarot 101: Welcome to Tarot / The Story of the Major Arcana

Next up in Tarot 101: Practice Makes Perfect

[abiding-in-peace]

“Our True Heritage The cosmos is filled with precious gems. I want to offer a handful of them to you this morning. Each moment you are alive is a gem, shining through and containing earth and sky, water and clouds. It needs you to breathe gently for the miracles to be displayed. Suddenly you hear the birds singing, the pines chanting, see the flowers blooming, the blue sky, the white clouds, the smile and the marvelous look of your beloved. You, the richest person on Earth, who have been going around begging for a living, stop being the destitute child. Come back and claim your heritage. We should enjoy our happiness and offer it to everyone. Cherish this very moment. Let go of the stream of distress and embrace life fully in your arms.”

— Thich Nhat Hanh

[fyblackwomenart]

Artwork by  Sean Eli Mensah

[brenna-ivy]

Modern Male Witch Project: Masterpost

A personal project that has become very important to me: male witches in their private dens, with their belongings surrounding them that show what kind of person they are and what kind of magic they practice. I try to make every single peace emit peace and comfort, but with a magical twist!

Separate pieces

Bedroom witch | Bathroom witch | Kitchen witch | Home Office witch | Attic witch

Buy prints on Redbubble and Society6

Buy me a Coffee!

[aurumgirl]

“Eros”

A shoot I modelled in and creatively directed for Valentine’s Day.

[did-you-know]

The Ouija Board “named” itself. According to its inventors, ‘Ouija’ was the game’s response to the question of what it wanted to be called. They also claim that when they asked what ‘Ouija’ means, it “replied”… 'Good luck’. Source

[humansofnewyork]

“I go to Miami every weekend to see my cats, Woody and Zoey. They live with my mother. I take the bus to wherever I can get the cheapest flight. Sometimes that’s Detroit. Sometimes Philadelphia. This week it was New York. The travel is exhausting but it’s cheaper than getting a pet friendly apartment. It was supposed to be a temporary situation, but I’ve been making the trip for about five years now. They rely on me. They’re like my kids.  And they’re getting old. I don’t know why I’m so attached. I get that way. Grey’s Anatomy has been dumb for the past twelve seasons but I still watch every week and cry. I could find the cats a new home, but how do you find the right person? Every amazing person already has eight cats. Anyway, my sister told me never to talk about my cats unless people ask. But you asked. Can we talk about my kidney instead? Last year I donated a kidney.”

[iamcvn]

I present to you “The Children of Adonis”

Instagram @beingadp

[rejectedprincesses]

Wild West abortion doctor and “Queen of the Bolsheviks” Marie Equi was born on this day in 1872. She is the only known lesbian to have been incarcerated in San Quentin for sedition. She had an affair with Margaret Sanger, mother of Planned Parenthood and pioneering figure of birth control. She threatened to stab cops with poisoned hatpins. She horse whipped a dude in the face once for disrespecting her girlfriend, and made the New York Times because of it.

Wildly difficult and extremely strong-minded, she was a terror to the political establishment and, unfortunately, to many of her loved ones. There’s evidence that she engaged in abusive and unfaithful behavior with her partners several times throughout her life.

I cover her story in my second book.

[weirdvintage]

Signor Martino uses his powers to levitate Mademoiselle Nita on stage, 1900 (from Getty Images’ book “Decades of the 20th Century—1900s” by Nick Yapp, scanned by WeirdVintage)

[the-wolf-and-moon]

Saturn Behind Luna