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newathens · 3 months
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not one of the ppl on the pjo show envisioning thalia’s tree as a tortured cypress and becky saying no it’s an eastern pine……..PLEASE
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albatris · 4 months
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I need to map out Darwelaide, New South Queensland
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sonyachristian · 3 months
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2023 - Happy Holidays all
As we finish the Fall 2023 semester, I’ve been enjoying seeing the holiday greetings sent out from colleges across the state.  Here are a few…. Antelope Valley College: Cypress College: Chabot Los-Positas Community College District: San Jose-Evergreen CCD: North Orange CCD: Good morning California.It is December 16, 2023.A good day to be a Community College Champion From California…
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hepdenerose · 4 months
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Burnished (Rawtonstall)
A rare crisply sunny day mid-November, we aimed to ride up to Blackshaw Head and return through Rawtonstall.  Google informed us a bus was due but the bus-stop displayed only services to Eaves and Smithy Lane.  Resigned to foot-slogging, we walked up Bridge Lanes, peered over walls at unofficial allotments eyed by a robin perched on the rickety fence, and crossed near the Fox & Goose.  Soggy…
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ravenvix · 11 months
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ohm-esque cypress bonsai radiating nostalgia
(thank you, albuquerque bonsai club - https://abqbonsaiclub.com/)
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rabbitcruiser · 11 months
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Italian Feeling
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astrolovecosmos · 2 months
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The Planets & Random or Obscure Associations
~Sun~
Creativity, vitality, head of state, the father, games, yellow and orange clothing, articles of value, jewelry, gold, brass, power, diamonds, citrine, topaz, jasper, amber, rhodochrosite, mistletoe, almonds, citrus, succulents, sunflowers, fevers, heart, back, spine, grapes, walnuts, rice, chamomile, frankincense, juniper, saffron, marigold, rosemary, rue, palaces, towers, luxury.
~Moon~
Eternal, cycles, silver, aluminum, pearls, moonstone, opal, selenite, chest, glands, lymphatic system, nervous system, emotions, mother, ancestors, nurture, rebirth, tides, baths, ocean, brew, boat, sap, willow trees, succulents, pale color plants, white flowers, cucumber, cabbage, lettuce, melons, shellfish, pumpkins, lakes, fountains, ports, fishponds, pools, springs, sewers, dairies, toys, reflection, blankets, objects of comfort.
~Mercury~
Communication, journal, pen/pencil, any writing tools, wings, phosphorous, mercury, agate, tiger's eye, brain, nervous system, eyes, respiration, thyroid, speech, hearing, intellect, vehicles, money, bills, paper, books, pictures, parties or social gatherings, scientific instruments, butterflies, messages, mail, hazel, mulberry, myrtle, seeds, aniseed, dill, fennel, lavender, liquorice, marjoram, parsley, valerian, hazelnuts, beans, mushrooms, pomegranates, carrots, celery, libraries, schools, markets, fairs, public spaces, tennis or badminton court, studies, banks, bowling greens, offices, blue, white, or light colored flowers.
~Venus~
Love, relating, lust, high-quality fabrics, copper, bronze, sodium, malachite, tourmaline, emerald, rose quartz, kunzite, sapphire, pastels, throat, kidneys, lumber region, art, music, aesthetics, social life, fashion, jewelry, wine, pleasure, alder tree, fruit trees, paint, ash tree, birch, pomegranates, early flowering, daisy, mint, marshmallow, meadowsweet, mugwort, plantain, tansy, roses, thyme, vervain, yarrow, potatoes, strawberries, wheat, sugar, nectarines, ballrooms, bedrooms, dining room, gardens, fountains, wardrobes, theaters, looking and feeling good.
~Mars~
Lust, conquest, desire, flaming sword, red things, fights, iron, brass, bloodstone, carnelian, cinnabar, pyrite, magnetite, ruby, garnet, hematite, muscles, reproductive organs, blood, kidneys, immunity, heat, action, arms, pepper, sharp instruments, cutlery, attacks, scissors, weapons, physical intimacy, bites, stings, scalds, burns, accidents, hawthorn, pine, thorns, cactus, aloes, anemone, arnica, belladonna, garlic, ginger, hops, mustard seed, nettles, wormwood, chives, onions, leeks, radish, rhubarb, tobacco, labs, furnaces, distilleries, bakehouses, ovens, smiths, butchers, fields, anger, passion, self-focus.
~Jupiter~
Expansion, optimism, religion, religious sites, tin, seduction, turquoise, chrysocolla, topaz, citrine, jasper, liver, pancreas, pituitary gland, sciatic nerve, excess, abundance, prophecy, philosophy, knowledge, universities, foreign travel, luggage, honey, oil, silk, fruit, distinct clothing, merchandise, horses, domestic birds, gambling, indulgence, entertainment, oak, dandelion, sage, endive, chervil, asparagus, figs, churches, temples, palaces, altars, courts, mansions, woods, orchards, winery, cornucopia, connecting with the soul.
~Saturn~
Limits, boundaries, father time, lord of death, shadows, lead, iron, steel, calcium, asbestos, sulphur, diamond, onyx, calcite, skeleton, spleen, skin, teeth, nails, joints, structure, crystallization, old age, blockage, anything dark, wool, heavy materials, agriculture, wheelbarrows, spades, farm houses and buildings, cold, laws, aspen, blackthorn, buckthorn, cypress, elm, toxic plants, hemlock, henbane, belladonna, hellebore, barley, beetroot, safflower, parsnips, spinach, deserts, woods, valleys, caves, church yards, ruins, coalpits, sinks, wells, mud, institutions.
~Uranus~
Eccentrics, mavericks, invention, genius, revolution, change, trends, disruptive science or tech, uranium, magnesium, lapis lazuli, sapphire, aquamarine, azurite, chalcedony, electricity, neon lights, plaid, nervous and circulatory system, pineal gland, chaos, violence, upheaval, astrology, steam engines, coal, machinery, coins, baths, fishponds, dangerous places, computers, magnets, quantum physics, research, welfare, humanity, hypnotherapy, railways, banks, gas, psychiatric hospitals, offices, hospitals, dispensaries, fortified places, chemicals, mingled/mingling, spirit and matter.
~Neptune~
Illusions, veils, diffuse, deception, water, oceans, mysticism, enlightenment, artistic pursuit and understanding, zinc, potassium, amethyst, fluorite, jade, sugilite, coral, aquamarine, pineal gland, lymphatic and nervous system, spine, mental processes, addiction, psychoses, disease, photography, music, substances, gas, religion, poetry, mimicry, chameleon, anesthetic, telepathy, empathy, dancing, psychic gifts, places near water, hospitals, places of healing, jeweler, painters, brewers, musicians, visionary.
~Pluto~
Power, influence, darkness, new life, what's hidden underneath, seeds, volcanoes, deep earth or ocean, bury, explosions, eruptions, abduction, plutonium, smoky quartz, obsidian, jet, pearl, deep reds, reproductive organs, the unconscious, nuclear, transformation, death, birth, rebirth, underworld, riches, earthquakes, big business, murder, detection, detective, invisibility, sneak, enforced change, hidden places, underground, drains, sewers, radioactive places, the occult, black magic, sacrifice, renew.
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stalkerofthegods · 4 months
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Apollo Cheat sheet
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God of - prophecy and oracles, Music, song and poetry, archery, healing, plague and disease, and the protection of the young, divine distance, fertility, knowledge, dancing, wolves, locust, doorways, mice, entrances, foreigners, happy travels, light, omens, averting evil and harm, boundaries, and borders, laurels, mildews, the god who punishes and destroys, he helps and wards off evil, he protects the flocks and cattle, the foundation of towns and the establishment of civil constitutions, protection of young boys, god of purification, he’s also a Psychopomp.
Symbols- The lyre, Silver bow & arrows, Dolphins, Swans, Crows, Ravens, Lions, Wolves, Wolves, Mice, Griffins, Hawks, Snakes, Laurel wreath, Fire/flame, The sun/sunlight, Tripod, Apples 
Incense/scents - Bay, Frankincense, Cypress, Clove, Cinnamon, Mugwort, Myrrh, hythincath, Rays of light radiating from his head, Branch of laurel, Wreath, amber, myrrh, lily of the valley, frankinscences, orange, lemongrass, marjoram
Colors • orange and yellow, red, gold and pure white blue, pink (means healing) purple and green (associated with the Oracle)
Herbs• Palm Tree, Apple Tree, Poplar Tree, Mistletoe, cinnamon, myrrh, bay leafs, sunflowers and red roses, oak wood, cypress (his veey dear friend ((not a lover or crush))), mint, heliotrope, Goldenseal, Date Palm, orange, lemongrass, marjoram
elements • his element is light
Day, month and festivals• Yule, Midsummer, May, sunday, his festivals are Noumenia, Delphinia, Thargelia, Apatouria, Pyanepsia, Asklepia (maybe), Pandia (maybe)
Patron of - medicine, mental health, physical health, therapy, the alphabet/words, defender of herds and flocks, justice, prophecy, and mental and moral purity, herdsmen and shepherds, anything in the medical field.
What I resonate with him • resseces pieces (I forgot why),  Raven, lyre, lemonade, yellow, sun, bob Ross, painting, singing, humming, melody, Oracle’s, prophecies, knowledge, Purification, suns/ stars  
Crystals•Sunstone, Citrine, Carnelian, Clear Quartz, Pyrite, Selenite, Lapis Lazuli
His sacred items - Bow and arrows; lyre; the wreath of laurel leaves (he wears that which is to be understood as Daphne’s hair.) 
Planet - The sun 
Tarot card- the sun, the chariot
Number - 7 
Animals - Wolf, griffin, dolphins, Swans, foxes, roe deer, swans, cicadas, hawks, ravens, crows, foxes, mice, and snakes
Signs he's reaching out• Significant Dream Encounters of him, Frequent Solar Imagery, Increased Interest in the Arts, Strong Connection to Healing, seeing his Symbols and Animals, having  Prophetic Experiences, finding yourself seeking the truth all of the sudden, Attraction to Light and Warmth
What u could put on his alter • Sun water, Wine (diluted with pure water), Milk, Olive oil, Herbal teas, Honey, honey cakes, Orange and lemon pastries, Lamb meat,  goat meat, Fruits, Cheeses, Wheat, Breads, Golden objects (ex- such as gold bowls, gold wine cups, flakes of gold), Bows and arrows (real or fake), art, Images of the sun, All musical instruments, (especially stringed instruments), Wolf imagery, dolphin imagery, Any images of birds (especially crows and swans), Yellow, gold, and white candles, Incense he likes. He likes his alters Neat, clean, not cluttered, orderly, surround him with who he loves (ex- past lovers, Leto, artemis) , add images of wolves, mice, and ravens, Wine, incense, gifts of solar imagery, oranges 
Other titles of apollon• ABAEUS/ Abaios (derived from the town of Abae in Phocis),
ACERSE′COMES/Akersekomês (Apollo expressive of his beautiful hair which was never cut or shorn.) ACE′SIUS/ Akesios (surname of Apollo, under which he was worshipped in Elis, This surname, which has the same meaning as akestôr and alexikakos as the god of averter of evil), ACESTOR/Akestôr (A surname of Apollo which characterises him as the god of the healing art, or in general as the averter of evil, like akesios), ACTIACUS (a surname of Apollo, derived from Actium, AEGLE′TES/Aiglêtês (that is, the radiant god), AGE′TOR/Agêtôr (a surname given to several gods, example is Zeus at Lacedaemon) AGO′NIUS/Agônios (a surname or epithet of several gods, like Zeus), AGRAEUS/Agraios (the hunter a surname of Apollo After he had killed the lion of Cithaeron), AGYIEUS/Aguieus (a a title describing him as the protector of the streets and public places), ALEXI′CACUS/ Alexikakos (the averter of evil, is a surname given by the Greeks to several deities like Zeus.), AMAZO′NIUS/ Amazonios, AMYCLAEUS/Amuklaios, ARCHE′GETES/Archêgetês (A surname of Apollo, under which he was worshipped in several places, as at Naxos in Sicily), Megara (The name has reference either to Apollo as the leader and protector of colonies, or as the founder of towns in general, in which case the import of the name is the same as theos patroôs.),  BOEDRO′MIUS/ Boêdromios (the helper in distress), CARNEIUS/ Karneiosx, CATAE′BATES/Kataibatês (invoked by this name to grant a happy return home, katabasis (to those who were travelling abroad), CHRYSAOR/Chrusaôr) (The god with the golden sword or arms), CLA′RIUS/ Klarios (derived from his celebrated temple at Claros in Asia Minor), CO′RYDUS/Korudos (from the temple eighty stadia from Corone, on the sea-coast),  CY′NTHIUS and CY′NTHIA/Kunthia and Kunthios (surnames of Artemis and Apollo from island of Delos, which is their birthplace), DAPHNAEUS and DAPHNAEA/Daphnaia and Daphnaios (surnames of Artemis and Apollo), DECATE′PHORUS/ Dekatêphoros (that is, the god to whom the tenth part of the booty is dedicated), DE′LIUS and DE′LIA/ Dêlios and Dêlia or Dêlias (surnames of Apollo and Artemis respectively), DELPHINIUS and DELPHI′NIA/ Delphinia (a surname of Artemis at Athens & The masculine form Delphinius is used as a surname of Apollo), EPACTAEUS or EPA′CTIUS/ Epaktaios or Epaktios (the god worshipped on the coast, was also used as a surname of Poseidon in Samos) EPIBATE′RIUS/ Epibatêrios (the god who conducts men on board a ship), EPICU′RIUS/ Epikourios (the helper),
EUTRESITES/Eutrêsitês (derived from Eutresis, where he had a ancient Oracle), GALA′XIUS/Galaxios a (from Boeotia, derived from the stream Galaxius),
HEBDOMA′GETES/Hebdomagetês (was derived from the fact of sacrifices being offered to him on the seventh of every month, the seventh of some month which became the god's birthday), HECAERGUS/Hekaergos (same meaning as Hecaerge in the case of Artemis),HY′LATUS/Hulatos (derived from the town of Hyle in Crete, which was sacred to him), INTONSUS/unshorn, (surname of Apollo and Bacchus showing the eternal youth of these gods, beacuse the Greek youths allowed their hair to grow until they attained the age of manhood), ISME′NIUS/Ismenios (A surname of Apollo at Thebes), ISO′DETES/Isodetêg (the god who binds all equally, is also used as a surname of Pluto),I′XIUS/Ixios (derived from a district of the island of Rhodes which was called Ixiae or Ixia.), LAPHRAEUS/Laphraios (a surname of Apollo at Calydon), LEUCA′DIUS/ Leukasios (a son of Icarius and Polycaste, and a brother of Penelope and Alyzeus. Leucas was believed to have derived its name from him), LIBYSTI′NUS, LOE′MIUS/Loimios (the deliverer from plague),
LO′XIAS/Loxias (derived by some from his intricate and ambiguous oracles), LYCE′GENES/Lukêgenês (describing him either as the god born in Lycia, or as the god born of light), LYCEIUS/Lukeios (the meaning is not quite certain, some derive it from lukos, a wolf, so that it would mean "the wolf-slayer;" others from lukê, light, according to which it would mean "the giver of light;"), LY′CIUS/Lukios (the Lycian, a surname of Apollo, who was worshipped in several places of Lycia),
LYCO′REUS/Lukôreus (A surname of Apollo perhaps in the same sense as Lyceius), MALEATES/Maleatês  (surname of Apollo, derived from cape Malea, in the south of Laconia),MARMARINUS/Marmarinos (the god of marble), MALLOEIS and MELUS/Mêlos (A son of Manto, from which the sanctuary of Apollo Malloeis in Lesbos was believed to have derived its name), MOIRA′GETES/Moiragetês (the guide or leader of fate, occurs as a surname of Zeus and Apollo at Delphi) MUSA′GETES/MUSAE (?), NO′MIUS/Noumios (surname of divinities protecting the pastures and shepherds sheared with Apollo, Pan. Hermes, and Aristaeus) ONCAEUS/Onkaios (a surname of Apollo derived from Oncesium on the river Ladon in Arcadia), PAEAN/Paian, Paiêôn or Paiôn (meaning "the healing," however, used also in the more general sense of deliverer from any evil or calamity, PAGASAEUS/ Pagasaios/the Pagasaean, from Pegasus, or Pegasae, (town in Thessaly, uses the surname of Apollo there.), PALATI′NUS, (surname of Apollo at Rome), PARNO′PIUS/Paruopios (the expeller of locusts) paruôps (a surname of Apollo, under which he had a statue on the acropolis at Athen), PARRHA′SIUS/Parrastos (A surname of Apollo, who had a sanctuary on Mount Lyceius, meaning “the helper”, PATAREUS/Patareus (derived from the Lycian town of Patara, where the god used to spend the six winter months in every year), PHILE′SIUS/Philêsios (surname of Apollo at Didyma, where Branchus was said to have founded a sanctuary of the god, and to have introduced his worship) PHOEBUS/ Phoibos (the shining, pure or bright, occurs both as an epithet and a name of Apollo), PHY′XIUS/Phuzios (the god who protects fugitives, also occurs as a surname of Zeus in Thessaly), PY′THIUS/Puthios the Pythian, from Pytho (the ancient name of Delphi, often occurs as a surname of Apollo), SALGANEUS/Salganeus (a surname of Apollo, derived from the town of Salganeus in Boeotia), SARPEDONIUS and SARPEDO′NIA/Sarpêdonia (a surname of Artemis, derived from cape Sarpedon in Cilicia, where she had a temple with an oracle, The masculine Sarpedonius occurs as a surname of Apollo in Cilicia.) SMINTHEUS/Smintheus (a surname of Apollo, which is derived by some from sminthos, a mouse, and from the town of Sminthe in Troas), SPO′DIUS/Spodios (a surname of Apollo at Thebes, derived from spodos, ashes, because his altar consisted of the ashes of the victims which had been sacrificed to him.), TEGYRE′IUS/Tegurêios (a surname of Apollo, derived from the town of Tegyra in Boeotia. where, according to some traditions, the god had been born), TELMI′SSIUS/Telmissios (a surname of Apollo derived from the Lycian town of Telnissus or Telmessus),TEMENITES/Temenitês (a surname of Apollo, derived from his sacred temenus in the neighbourhood of Syracuse), THEOXE′NIUS/Theoxenios (a surname of Apollo and Hermes), THYMBRAEUS/Thumbraios (A surname of Apollo, derived from a place in Troas called Thymbra, where he had a temple in which Achilles was wounded, or from a neighboring hill of the same name), ZOSTERIUS and ZOSTE′RIA/Zôstêria (a surname of Athena among the Epicnemidian Locrians, The masculine form Zosterius occurs as a surname of Apollo in Attica, on the slip of land stretching into the sea between Phaleron and Sunium)
Epithets•Abaeus, Apollo Acesius, Acestor, Acraephiaeus Apollo, Acraephius Apollo, Actiacus Apollo, Apollo Actiacus, Apollo Aegletes, Agetor, Agonius, Agraeus, Agyieus, Alexicacus,Amazonius, Anextiomarus, Aphetor Apollo, Aphetorius Apollo, Apollo Musagetes, Apollo Soranus, Apollo Apotropaeus, Apulu, Archegetes, Argyrotoxus Apollo, Apollo Articenens, Apollo Averruncus, Apollo Clarius, Apollo Coelispex, Apollo Culicarius, Apollo Cynthius, Apollo Cynthogenes, Delius Apollo, Apollo Delius, Apollo Delphinius, Apollo Didymaeus, Apollo Epicurius  Apollo Galaxius, Apollo Genetor, Hecaërgus Apollo, Apollo Hecebolus, Hekatos, Helius Apollo, Apollo Helius, Apollo Iatromantis, Apollo Iatrus, Apollo Ismenius, Kourotrophos, Apollo Leschenorius, Leucadius, Apollo Loxias, Apollo Lycegenes, Lyceus, Apollo Lycoctonus, Manticus Apollo, Apollo Medicus, Apollo Nomius, Apollo Nymphegetes, Paean (god), Apollo Paean, Apollo Parnopius, Apollo Patroüs, Apollo Phanaeus, Ptoion, Ptous, Pythius Apollo, Apollo Pythius, Apollo Smintheus, Apollo Sosianus, Thyraeus, Virotutis. (I’m not gonna put who, why or what the epithets are, cut me some slack 😔)
Equivalents• Abru (Berber), Horus & Ra (Egyptian), Aplu (Etruscan), Helios (Greek), Apollo & Janus (Roman), Nergal (Aplu Enlil) (Semitic)
Offerings•  Candles (he’s the god of light), Paint brushes/paints, Canvases, Colored pencils, markers, crayons, Collages, Journals, Art books, Art prints, Anything you mad, Sculptures, Zines, Stickers, Any art supplies, Music boxes, Records, CDs,Cassettes, Record players,radios, MP3, Headphones, Music posters, Band merch, Instruments (especially String instruments), Dance shoes, Concert tickets, CD book holders, Sun and Light imagery, Sunscreen, Aloe for sunburns, Golden objects, Matches, Candles, Sunflowers/sunflower seeds, First aid kits, Medicine, Pain relievers, Band - aids, Ice/heat packs, Rice socks, face Masks, Aloe, Ambulance toy cars,Adaptive aids, Darts, Bow and arrows, Arrow quiver, Dart board, Targets used in archery, Bullseye used in archery, Snake skins, Snake imagery (ex - Python), Laurels, Bay leaves (because of Daphne), Palm trees (based on his birth myth), Ravens/Crows related things,  Crow feathers, Cattle/turtles (related to Hermes birth myth), Swans (the animals Pull His chariot), Hyacinths (Hyacinthus is his past lover), Locks of hair, Vanilla flavored/scented things , Honey, Sunny D drink, Lemons/lemon juice, Oranges/orange juice, Citrus, Water, chocolate milk (UPG),  molten orange-scented wax cube used on an oil burner, The first bite of every meal (keep a tea plate close by at mealtimes), Pot Pourri, visit a clairvoyant, Welcome foreigners, teach others your own culture/language, make sure foreigners are able to find helpful resources and social life in your community, Make sure the street outside your house is clean and secure, Resin, Sun-shaped cookies or cakes, Wine, Golden cakes, Golden raisins.
Devonatal- Donate to medical charities, Support beginner indie artists and musicians, Sing to Him, Play musical instruments for Him, Hold dance parties in his honor, Make a playlist for Him and listen to it, Read poetry to Him, Take care of your mental health in his honor, take your medicine in his honor, Try/do archery in his honor, Try/do different types of divination (ex- Tarot/Oracle decks, Pendulums, Rune stones, Charm casting supplies, Crystal balls, Scrying bowls, Cookie fortunes, Tea leaves), Try and wake up early and watch the sun rise, Go for a walk and feel the warmth from the sun, Let more sunlight into your home/room, Learn a musical instrument, learn how to sing, Learn simple medical care (ex- CPR), research his family in his honor,  research Apollon, Attend pride, advocate for  LGBT+ rights, Wear yellow clothing in his honor, wear orange clothing in his honor, Honor Leto and Artemis in his honor, Pray to Him/ speak to Him often (ex- for guidance, healing/good health, and new inspiration, protection, improvement in your mental health, fertility, ecstasy, for everything going well in the health aspect),  Dance and sing to your favorite songs or songs you’d think He would like,  Throw a feast in His honor, Support/donate to your local Hospital in his honor, Exercise in his honor, Get vaccinated in his honor, Get STI tested in his honor, practice Self care in his honor, Keep a first aid kit at home/in your car in his honor, Learn about alternative medicine in his honor, Advocate for accessible in his honor, Advocate for disability rights in his honor, Volunteer at a hospital in his honor, Give blood/plasma in his honor; Volunteer at a retirement home in his honor, Learn about anatomy/biology/nutrition in his honor, Learn about health conditions/rare disorders in his honor, Eat healthy for your body in his honor, Help fund surgeries if you can in his honor, Trip sit for someone in his honor, Listen to your body when it needs something in his honor , Sunbathe in his honor, Wear sunscreen in his honor,  Start a garden in his honor, Make sun water in his honor, Music Go to a concert/show, Listen to music in his honor, Make a playlist for someone you love in his honor, dance in general in his honor, Sing in general in his honor, Support local bands in his honor, Explore new music in his honor, Daily tarot card/rune stones sessions in his honor, Make an oracle deck in his honor, Give divination readings in his honor, do Shadow work in his honor , do Colormancy in his honor, Make something in his honor, Draw in his honor, paint in his honor, craft in his honor, Color something for him, Make a zine in his honor, Go see a play in his honor, Get a tattoo in his honor, Throw darts in his honor, Use a slingshot in his honor, Go to a shooting range in his honor, follow and support artist/poet YouTubers and their social media, Check in with your neighbors, do Photography (painting with light), light a candle in his honor because he’s the of…light!
Crystal•Sunstone, Citrine, Carnelian, Clear Quartz, Pyrite, Selenite, Lapis Lazuli, amber, calcite (only the color honey/yellow), quartz (rutilated or clear), rose quartz.
Parentage• Zues and Leto 
Siblings• his full sibling was his twin Artemis, His half siblings were Athena, Hermes, Dionysus, Aphrodite, Ares, Hephaestus and Persephone, Heracles, Ares, Perseus, Hebe, Aphrodite, Athena, Some Muses, Eileithyia.
Works well with• people who are respectful, and are honest, and not boastful. 
Jewelry • friendship bracelets
Hates• saying that your better than him, (too boastful), being to stubborn to learn (he is the god of knowledge.), and anything contradicting his godlyness 
Mortal or immortal • immortal.
Zodiac • Leo. 
Curses• Sickness, and often seeing yourself lying, and in trouble.
Blessings• your healthy and protection and purification. 
Vows/omans• he swears he will be Hermes best friend, and that he will never marry (he still has godpouses, pretty frequently, just as a boyfriend) because he swore he would never because he couldn't choose between all the Muses.
Morals• Morally grey.
Courting• he is unmarried. 
Past lovers & crushes• Admetus (a crush), Daphne (rejected him and he fell so in love she had to run away and turn into a tree..), all the nine muses (couldn’t choose so decided to never unwed), Cyrene (a crush), Evadne (a lover who bore him a child.), Rhoeo (bore him a child and made him raise it..) Ourea (had a crush on Apollo and they hooked up on his exile and bore him a kid), Thero, Hyrie or Thyrie (said they were lovers but he made them suicidal so..idk..). Hecuba (bore the child who made Apollo kill Achilles.), Coronis (bore him  Asclepius), Creusa (bore him a child and left him to die and then to be raised by a priestess of Apollo.), Hyacinthus (his most dear male lover.),  Cyparissus (a dear friend but still a honorable mention.), Admetus (a crush), Branchus, Adonis (poly with apollon and Aphrodite), Helenus, Hippolytus of Sicyon,Hymenaios, god of marriage hymns, Iapis, Phorbas, minthe (who he turned into mint) 
Personality• He has a quick temper, He’s very energetic, cheerful, wise, honest and kind, but sometimes he could be jealous (from what I've heard.)
Fact• He was the god of so many things that even the Ancient Greeks got confused, Apollo was temporarily stripped of his immortal power by Zeus – twice (maybe y’all might have a little more in common with being atleast human once!), he tried to over throw his father Zeus once! (He failed.)
Roots• Greek mythology, born at Delos in Cyclades archipelago.
Appearance in astral or gen• depicted as a handsome, beardless youth with long hair and wears a wreath and branch of laurel, bow and quiver of arrows, usually accompanied with a raven, and holding a lyre.
Children• Acraepheus, Aeneus, Agamedes, Agreus, Amphiaraus, Amphissus, Amphithemis, Anius, Apis, Apollonis, Arabius, Aristaeus, Asclepius, Borysthenis, Cephisso, Chariclo, Cinyras, Coronus, Cycnus, Delphus, Dius, Dorus, Dryops of Oeta, Eleuther, Epidaurus, Eriopis, Erymanthus, Eumolpus, Eurydice, Eurynome, Hilaeira, Hymen (god), Ialemus, Iamus, Idmon (Argonaut), Ion, Ismenus, Korybantes, Laodocus, Lapithes (hero), Linus (Argive), Linus, Linus of Thrace, Lycomedes, Lycorus, Melaneus of Oechalia, Melite, Miletus, Mopsus, Naxos, Oaxes, Oncius, Orpheus, Phemonoe, Philammon, Philander, Phoebe, Phylacides, Polypoetes, Scylla, Syrus, Tenerus, Tenes, Troilus, Trophonius, Zeuxippus of Sicyon.
Pet• the swans pulling his chariot called the “singers of Apollo” or just “birds of Apollo”
Status• Greek mythology god, in the big theoi, not a Demi god. 
Prayers•
Prayer to Lord Apollon for Help with Divination
Hear me, Foreseeing Apollon, Son of Indomitable Zeus and Gentle Leto, Brother to Far-Shooting Artemis. He who speaks of truth, If I have ever revelled in your sunlight, accept this prayer, Apollon Leader of Fate, I ask you to be with me during this divination and to guide my cards with your knowledge, I ask for your favour with a token of my praise, I offer to you (offering)- @praise-to-the-theoi
To Lord Apollon when taking medication 
Hear me, healing Apollon, Father to Soothing Asklepios. He who controls both plague and healing, If I have ever honoured you, please accept this prayer, Shining Apollon, Please allow me to be safe when taking this medication, to aid it in its effectiveness, and to reduce the likelihood of negative side effects. I ask for your favour with a token of my praise, and I take this medication in your honour. -https://www.tumblr.com/praise-to-the-theoi
Prayer to Artemis and Apollon 
Praise today, O Lord Apollo and Lady Artemis, rulers upon the Sun and Moon. The Celestial Twins, on this date, join each other in the sky, shining upon us their divine light and presence. Praise the children of Great Zeus and Leto; Hail Lady Artemis, the oldest daughter, who helped her mother at birth. Godess of the hunt, divine virgin, patroness of girls, their childhood and innocence.  Hail Apollon, youngest son, born by his sister's hand. God of the plages and sickness. Patron of the arts, music and poetry. May they raise their bows and guide us towards their light. - serotoninbetweenpages
Prayer with his epithets in it-
Let us hymn Paean the great god, Apollo; Immortal, gloriously formed, unshorn, soft-haired, Stern-hearted, king, delighting in arrows, giver of life, Joyous, laughing, slayer of giants, sweet-hearted, Son of Zeus, slayer of dragons, lover of the laurel, Sweet of speech, of ample might, far-shooter, giver of hope, Creator of animals, divine, Jove-minded, giver of zeal, Mild, sweet-spoken, sweet-hearted, gentle-handed, Slayer of beasts, blooming, charmer of the spirit, soft-speaking, Shooter of arrows, desirable, healer, charioteer, Weaver of the world, Clarian, strong-hearted, father of fruits, Son of Leto, pleasant, delighting in the lyre, resplendent, Lord of the mysteries, prophet, magnanimous, thousand-shaped, Lover of the bow-string, wise, stiller of grief, sober,Lover of community, common to all, taking thought for all, benefactor of all, Blessed, making blessed, Olympian, dweller on the hills, Gentle, all-seeing, sorrowless, giver of wealth, Saviour from trouble, rose-coloured, man-breaker, path-opener, Glittering, wise, father of light, saviour, Delighting in the dance, Titan, initiator, revered, Chanter of hymns, highest, stately, of the height, Phoebus, purifier, lover of garlands, cheerer of the spirit, Utterer of oracles, golden, golden-complexioned, golden-arrowed, Lover of the lyre, harper, hater of lies, giver of the soul, Swift-footed, swift-voiced, swift of vision, giver of seasons. Let us hymn Paean the great god, Apollo.   
- Epigram from Book 9 of the Greek Anthology, translated by W.R. Paton (1916-18)
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Reddit · r/Hellenism5 comments  ·  1 year agosimple offerings for apollo? : r/Hellenism
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo#Children https://www.thoughtco.com/roman-equivalents-of-greek-gods-4067799https://www.reddit.com/r/Hellenism/comments/d20s5v/would_amber_be_an_appropriate_incense_for_apollo/https://www.reddit.com/r/GreekMythology/comments/du0z4k/did_the_olympian_gods_have_particular_color/https://www.tumblr.com/eldritchhorror06https://www.tumblr.com/themodernwitchsguidehttps://web.pdx.edu/~scarmody/art342/exercise2/index.html#:~:text=Animals%20sacred%20to%20Apollo%20include,foxes%2C%20mice%2C%20and%20snakes.
let the light in and let your truth of loving Apollo shine aswell
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mistydeyes · 10 months
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perfumes i think the 141 boys enjoy
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summary: Scent is one of the most powerful senses, so what kind of fragrance do the 141 boys + Alejandro like on their significant other?
pairing: 141 x Reader
warnings: none
a/n - i also work for a perfume company so I've had a couple of ideas about what scents the boys like :)
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price - loves expensive, smokey scents on anyone. imagine the scents of a fresh cigar-that's what price wants in a fragrance. notes like pepper, leather, tobacco, cedar wood, and iris will make him crumble.
masculine
oud wood - tom ford notes: oud wood, sandalwood, chinese pepper
osmanthe kodoshan - maison crivelli notes: leather, tobacco, sichuan pepper, apricot, peach
functional fragrance - the nue co. notes: cardamom, iris, palo santo, cilantro
unisex
hinoki fantôme - boy smells notes: tobacco leaves, oak moss, and smoked leather
jazz club - maison marigela notes: pink pepper, rum, tobacco
lumière d’iris - veronique gabai notes: rose, iris, cedarwood, amber
feminine
baccarat rouge 540 - maison francis kurkdjia notes: jasmine, ambergris, saffron, cedar wood
cuir béluga - guerlain notes: leather, powder, vanilla
platinum 22 - floris london notes: rose, violet leaf, blackcurrant, oat, black tea
soap - woodsy, floral scents are soap's surprising pick. it brings back memories of the scottish countryside, adventuring in the woods and smelling the fresh flowers his mam had. notice notes of herbs (sage, rosemary, mint), lavender, and violet.
masculine
sauvage - dior notes: pepper, amberwood, bergamot, powder
h24 - hermès notes: clary sage, narcissus, rosewood
new york wall street - bond no.9 notes: sea kale, cucumber, lavender, ambergris, vetiver
unisex
voodoo chile - dries van noten notes: rosemary, patchouli, hemp
libre - yves saint laurent notes: lavender, musk
dirty grass - heretic notes: black pepper, lemon, hemp, violet
feminine
melancholy thistle - jo malone london notes: thistle, english ivy, cool wood
portrait of a lady - frédéric malle notes: frankincense, black currant, raspberry, patchouli
la tulipe - byredo notes: tulips, cyclamen, fressia, rhubarb
gaz - FLORAL CITRUS will make this man fall in love with you. it reminds him of a warm summer day sitting in the grass and smelling flowers. look for summery fragrances with notes of citrus, lemon, sage, and fresh herbs.
masculine
bleu de chanel - chanel notes: citrus, labdanum, sandalwood, cedar
polo black - ralph lauren notes: iced mango, lemon, tangerine, sandalwood, sage, patchouli
l'homme - yves saint laurent notes: bergamot, ginger, cedar wood, vetiver
unisex
cactus garden - louis vuitton notes: maté, bergamot, lemongrass
velvet cypress - dolce & gabbana notes: pine, lemon zest, bergamot, clary sage
eau de campagne - sisley notes: grass, citrus, herbs, jasmine, lily of the valley
feminine
brazilian crush cheirosa 62 - sol de janeiro notes: pistachio, almond, sandalwood, heliotrope, jasmine
her blossom - burberry notes: mandarin, plum blossom, sandalwood
flora gorgeous jasmine - gucci notes: mandarin, jasmine, magnolia, sandalwood
ghost - likes a light, musky scent! he loves when a scent adds to a person's natural smell (he hates sugary, gourmand scents). ingredients like musk, ambrox, pepper, sandalwood catch his eye as he pictures fresh sheets and a rainfall in a forest.
masculine
geranium pour monsieur - frédéric malle notes: mint, aniseed, sandalwood, geranium, frankincense
atlantis - blu atlas notes: orris, oak moss, violet, musk, ambrette seed
gentleman - givenchy notes: pear, lavender, patchouli
unisex
glossier you - glossier notes: pink pepper, iris, ambrette seeds, ambrox
not a perfume - juliette has a gun notes: ambergris
santal 33 - le labo notes: violet cardamom, cedar wood, iris, ambrox
feminine
missing person - phlur notes: musk, bergamot, jasmine, neroli, sandalwood
golden nectar - nest notes: florals, orchid, amber, musk
apollonia - xerjoff notes: white floral, orris butter, white musk
extra! alejandro - if ghost likes it simple and light, then alejandro is the exact opposite. he loves when he can smell someone's fragrance across the room. focus on bold fragrances with spicy notes of nutmeg, myrrh, and rum that is mixed with the gourmand of vanilla, almond, and tonka bean.
masculine
the last day of summer - gucci notes: cedarwood, cypress, nutmeg, patchouli, vetiver
bibliothèque - byredo notes: peach, peony, violet, leather, patchouli, vanilla
london myrrh & tonka - jo malone notes: almond, vanilla, myrrh, lavender, honey
unisex
tobacco vanille - tom ford notes: tonka bean, vanilla. cacao
dark rum - malin + goetz notes: anise, plum, leather, rum, patchouli, amber
tao dao - diptyque notes: sandalwood, cedar, cypress, myrte
feminine
lost cherry - tom ford notes: black cherry, tonka bean, almond
brazil aroma - costa notes: white jungle flora, orange oil, pink pepper, bourbon, vetiver, patchouli
babylon - penhaligon's notes: saffron, nutmeg, coriander, cedar wood, vanilla, cypriol
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asiablog-universe · 2 months
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Forest train on railway with sakura in Alishan National Scenic Area, Taiwan, Asia: Alishan National Scenic Area is in central Taiwan. It's dominated by the Alishan Mountains, which feature cloud-ringed peaks and green valleys. The area is home to Tsou aboriginal villages, known for tea production. A narrow-gauge train, part of the Alishan Forest Railway, runs through high-altitude forests. The Giant Tree Plank Trail boardwalk winds past huge cypress trees, including the fallen Alishan Sacred Tree.
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whatabunchofalices · 1 year
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some eah fun facts from shannon hale’s books!
maddie takes chemythstry, riddling and storytelling 101 (she takes more classes but these were the ones mentioned!)
raven takes general villainy, home evilnomics, poison fruit theory, history of evil spells, kingdom mismanagement and music
when raven was younger her mother would tell her stories about the marsh king, the boogeyman, the scissorman, the wendigo, hungry witches, angry tigers and wicked sorcerers
when maddie is sad she’s hops arounds because who can be sad while hopping?
maddie has a flag language with her father (he spells out messages with flags). the mad hatter can also speak riddlish with flags
one of the cards the queen of hearts gave lizzie said “above all else, avoid these things: vats of poison, Jabberwocks, paper cuts in fingertips and Concern For Others. If ever you detect Concern For Others squirming into you, shout at people till the feeling goes away. Or the people do.”
lizzie throws hedgehogs at people but mostly she uses them for croquet (don’t worry wonderland hedgehogs are strong and are meant to be able to handle such activities)
lizzie carries around a butter knife with a heart engraved on the handle
lizzie can play the dulcimer
daring is a katy fairy fan (katy perry)
cupid loves when hunter does that hero pose where he rips off his shirt
cedar’s biggest fears are woodpeckers, wood-chippers, woodchucks, axes, fires, termites, never turning real, being stuck in a wooden body with an honesty curse forever, disappointing her dad and letting her friends down
apples’s ringtone is “you don’t know you’re charming” by one reflection (one direction)
apple always keeps a basket of candy and coins on her balcony
when hanging up on the phone instead of saying goodbye they say “the end”
there is a zip line inside the sleeping beauty palace
dexter bites his nails when he’s nervous (in this case he did it while thinking about his unknown destiny)
the charming family plays a game called “bag” which is similar to tag but when you get tagged the person who was “it” puts you in a bag and drags you around.
during summers lizzie and kitty are the only students to stay at eah. the white queen also stays
apple white has an one reflection (one direction) action figure collection
while maddie and lizzie are kitty’s friends, cedar is kitty’s “almost-friend”
ashlynn smells like a mix of cypress tree, lily of the valley, lemon cleaning soap, and the crinkly paper that lines new shoe boxes (according to kitty)
kitty also said that hunter smells like wood smoke, fir tree shavings, and soy turkey patties
raven has a tailor quick (taylor swift) shirt
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fushipurro · 1 month
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Red Lights Red Flags
Chapter 7 - Moonlight
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☆ Content: 18+ MDNI, f!reader, ronin!toji, courtesan!reader, jjk historical au, mentions of alcohol/past suicidal ideation, past non-con elements, forced prostitution, pet names, angst
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When was the last time you could honestly say it was quiet? Here’s a hint. Not since before you became a courtesan, that’s for sure. Granted, you’re sitting inside one of several wagons journeying through a valley so it’s hardly silent, but compared to the Red-Light District? It’s perfect. Peaceful.
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In every direction visible to you from the window, trees dotted the landscape reaching far into the distance alongside budding flowers, sprouting up from under a thin sheet of snow. For once, it may just be an early Spring.
The forest surrounding you on either side is alive and well with motion too. From the birds flying overheard to the rabbits darting between shrubs in search of food, all of them share one commonality.
Freedom.
They’re able to live their lives soaring high above the clouds or across the ocean expanse into the horizon. If you could, you would choose to be exactly like them.
Maybe you could be a graceful bird that flies wherever the breeze takes them. No cage to be confined in, no crowd to sing for, just the sun on your back and the world before. Then there’s the option of something terrestrial, such as a fox, or even a deer. Just happily running around the forest floor.
You lost track of time as you stared up at the skies. The sun long since hidden past snow-kissed peaks and the ground buried in a veil of darkness.
The caravan soon stopped abruptly in its tracks, the doors to the back opening for you to be let out. You and several other courtesans all stepped out and were briskly taken through the front gate into a large estate.
The buildings that decorate the property are old, Heian era if you had to guess. Even now at night, they’re still diligently being taken care of by the servants of this even older family you’ve come to visit.
All your life, you’ve only known the taste and smells your home village had to offer, but here? It’s otherworldly.
Rich scents of cypress and various other incense fill the air of this temple-like property. A welcomed contrast to the intoxicating smells of sweat, sex, and sake you were all too familiar with in your day to day.
Occasionally, you’d notice something nostalgic from a faint breeze, but those moments tended to be short-lived before the crushing weight of reality filled your senses again.
“Don’t look so worried, my little Marigold,” Shion tells you. No matter what you do, there’s never any point in hiding your feelings around her. Sometimes, you swear she can even read your thoughts.
How can I not worry?
“The Gojo family is much different from the Zenin clan.” Her smile brings you a reassuring feeling. “You’ll see that in due time.”
Tonight, you’ve traveled alongside your garden as well as three others the brothel had to offer, those being led by the high-rank courtesans Botan, Tsubaki, and Murasaki. The Gojo family spent what could only be described as a fortune for this upcoming celebration, one in honor of the heir to the clan. No normal family would ever dream of affording not one, but four women at the top of their field.
You have your doubts, but for now, you’ll just have to trust Shion’s words. Unlike her, you’ve never had the pleasure of meeting any of the Gojos. You’re aware they’re as prominent as the Zenins are, the two serving Emperor Tengen directly alongside the Kamo clan. There are a few other distinct families, but the founding three are without a doubt the most important.
The courtesans you’re with are all divided into their respective groups and then escorted into one of several rooms. Here, you spent the next while with your fellow lady-in-waitings making sure Shion is at her best for the upcoming performance.
She’s wearing one of her usual pieces, an extravagant, pure white kimono, coupled with aster flowers in shades of blue that dapple the fabric. The rest of her garden is wearing more subtle robes of solid blue coloring to show your distinction from Shion’s highly regarded status, and as a flower in her garden.
“My, my, don’t you look pretty in this shade?” She smiles at you, combing through your hair once more to ensure perfection. “I should have you wear this more often. You’re as beautiful under the moon as you are the sun.”
“Are you certain tonight will go alright?” Your voice is wary, still full of hesitation.
Her arms wrap around you from behind as she draws a mirror up in front of your face. “Don’t think so hard. I promise all you will need to do is keep their cups full and shower them in praise. You’ll be just fine.”
If Hanami were here and heard you speaking like this, you’d surely receive a punishment of some kind. It’s one reason you’re thankful she chose to stay behind to monitor business from home.
You’ve heard stories from other brothels in the district that their courtesans are all treated like family. Girls sticking together, making sure the experience is as pleasurable as can be. No pun intended. They’re respected as working individuals and humans like anyone else.
Sadly, this isn’t true for the one place you just had to be sold to. To Hanami, it’s all business and nothing else. You’re there to work by selling yourself. There is no in-between. Everything is a competition with beauty standards high as could be to prosper. While it works well in keeping her pockets full, it’s a terrible experience that’s left many six feet under.
Since joining Shion’s garden, she’s managed to fill some of the void in your heart of a maternal figure. Compared to Botan, she’s never been mean or put you in uncomfortable situations. She’s equally kind to her other flowers, but underneath the surface of you both lies a unique bond only you two share.
Outside of the room, you gather once more into groups to be escorted deeper in the estate to a courtyard where the celebration is to take place.
Leading the pack in front of Shion is Murasaki. She’s wearing a stunning purple kimono decorated in vibrant wisteria flowers. It pairs well with the long, silky smooth black hair she prides herself with. The ladies behind her wear a lighter lavender color, each one looking especially refined. It’s never been a question that Murasaki is the favored courtesan of your brothel, second only to Hanami back in her prime.
Behind your group is Botan wearing her signature peony robes and her garden in an equal shade of pink. Even as the youngest of the four, her experience and personality keep her very well regarded.
Trailing behind last is Tsubaki, another woman of similar nature to Murasaki. Her kimono is patterned with camellia flowers and her followers all in red. She’s on the older end of working courtesans, but that just makes her like that of finely aged wine to the proper suitor.
The courtyard you’re joined in now is larger than ones you’ve ever seen, featuring a center stage built up for the main performers of the night and several tables to ogle from. Shion casted you another reassuring smile before turning away to take her place on stage with the other three. Each were to take turns singing, dancing, and showing off their musical prowess from years of training.
You exhale a breath you didn’t realize you’ve been holding in, following the other courtesans to some carts set up, taking a pitcher filled with sake. Just fill their cups and praise them. Got it.
And to be honest, it wasn’t all that difficult to do. The Gojo family and their guests were utterly enamored by the four on stage to even focus on any of the women coming table to table.
Some others were happy just having a cute girl sit with them, not daring to try anything thanks to a No-Touch rule Hanami has in the agreement. It’s one other thing you can be thankful for. She’s insistent on sexual favors being done only under her own roof so that she remains in charge and ensures no one gets any funny ideas with her “property”.
You almost forgot you were even working as a prostitute for a while. If all you ever had to do for work was fill cups with liquor, you’d jump for the opportunity over what you’re forced to do instead. It wasn’t until you rounded a table to greet another guest that a woman in pink suddenly reminded you of your circumstances.
“Oops! I’m so sorry.” She feigns an apologetic look, but the grin she’s holding back doesn’t go unnoticed by you.
You’ve got to be kidding me.
Sighing, you look down to see the front of your robes completely soaked through with alcohol. A few surrounding the scene look to see what the commotion is but shrug it off as a new performance begins on stage, Botan flawlessly attracting attention.
The girl trots off, snickering to herself with satisfaction. Your eyes glance up to the stage where the Peony herself looks at you with a subtle smirk. You excuse yourself from the crowd in order to go clean off and change.
One “clumsy” courtesan wasn’t anything deemed important enough to need an escort, not with everything going on. For the short trip back, it seems you’re completely alone. Least, that’s what you thought before rounding another corner and colliding with something, or rather someone.
Okay maybe you are a bit clumsy, but that first time wasn’t your fault!
“I’m so sorry, are you okay?” You look down to see a boy standing completely unbothered with the most perfectly white head of hair you’ve ever seen.
When he meets your gaze, it’s like you were being spirited away to another world. One look into his sapphire eyes is all you needed to be pulled into his orbit. It was like your surroundings changed to that of an ocean floor with the light of the heavens illuminating through the currents as you stare up in wonder.
“Who are you?” he asks, plain and simple, snapping you back to reality.
“I’m Y/N, a courtesan here for the event.”
He narrows his eyes at you. “Why are you out here then?” His vision falls to the dark blotch over your chest, the pungent smell filling the space between you both.
“Ahh.” Your eyes follow his downwards to your robes. “I uh… spilled is all.” You smile innocently. “I’m heading back after I change into more suitable attire.”
“I don’t buy that.” His response is blunt. Those blue eyes of his soon turn cold as he seems to stare right through you and your lie. He’s just a kid, so what more does he need to know about your situation?
You flash him a look of confusion before attempting to excuse yourself. As you start walking again, you realize he’s following right behind you. You can’t help but wonder what’s with these families and having kids hanging around courtesans. It could be worse like that Zenin boy. This kid looks older by a few years, but still.
What if someone saw you both together? There’s no doubt you’d get in some sort of trouble since you shouldn’t even be out here. Is this kid a Gojo? What would his parents or any other Gojo do if they thought you were up to something? They’re a military family so at worst, you would not be leaving here alive. The thought of it takes the moisture right out of your mouth making the gulp you do right after feel akin to sandpaper in your throat.
Just ask him.
“What’s your name?”
“Satoru.”
“…Is that your family name?”
“My personal.”
Not helpful. But hey, it’s something as opposed to just calling him kid or blue-eyes, white dragon hair.
You tell him your own name as you enter the room from earlier. Moving behind a folding screen, you then change into one of the matching spare robes available. You can’t lie that it’s a bit difficult to do this on your own, but the challenge doesn’t come close to how it would be if you were Shion in one of her usual kimonos.
“Are you finished yet?” the boy calls out, watching as you come out from behind the screen a minute later.
“Yup! Good as new,” you answer, giving a once over at yourself using a hand mirror.
He pushes himself off from the wall and opens the door to leave. You follow him without question, assuming he’s taking you back to the courtyard.
The moon is high in the sky as you walk side by side with the boy called Satoru. You can’t help but wonder what Toji’s doing or if even knows you’re gone. You had no warning to tell him you would be away, and you find yourself missing his presence and the comfort he brings. It’s strange to you that you even feel this way. It’s like you’ve known him your whole life, but you only met him a few months ago. Perhaps this is what others mean when they talk about star-crossed lovers that find each other in every lifetime.
As a Zenin, he must be familiar with the Gojos. You wonder what his impression is of them or how much he’s seen of them. Even if they serve the same Emperor, there’s bound to be differences or rivalries of sorts present.
“I’m sorry again about earlier,” you say, looking down to him, “You’re not injured in any way, are you?”
“I’m fine,” he answers without hesitation. Those uniquely colored eyes of his remain shut as you two continue along the winding pathways. He must really know the layout, you think. Although, none of your current surroundings look familiar to the path you took earlier.
That thought was confirmed once you were brought to a completely new section of the estate with what appeared to be a koi pond centered in a garden. Satoru stood near the bank, staring idly down at the fish dancing beneath the waters.
You join him at his side again, allowing silence to hang over the air. In the distance you can almost make out the commotion of the celebration, but here it’s tranquil. If he is the heir, then shouldn’t he be at his own party? You decide to break the peace by asking him, “What do you do for fun?”
“I fight,” he says without missing a beat, not so much as even sparing you a glance after. A straightforward response from someone in a family of warriors, assuming he is in fact a Gojo.
“Why do you fight?” you ask him after a short pause.
“To become the strongest.”
For a fleeting moment, you remembered a similar answer to a time many years ago from a boy you once knew. Only this time, instead of the answer being “to get stronger”, it’s “to be the strongest”.
“Why don’t you run away?” he suddenly questions.
You’re taken aback by the inquiry. “What do you mean?”
“You know what I mean,” he says matter-of-factly, and he’s right, you do. It’s impressive how this kid is somehow able to see right through you as if those special eyes of his hold some secret power. “If you don’t want to sell yourself, then why are you doing this?”
Why are you doing this?
“I don’t have a choice.”
That’s right, you don’t. You were sold to this life. What do you think will happen if you ran away?
“Yes you do.” His voice is stern with a hint of growing frustration. “You always have a choice.”
Do you?
Your debt isn’t paid off, why would Hanami let that go?
She’s add onto it by choosing to hire someone to bring you back with full intention of breaking you down until you can’t run away again. Hanami would spend as much time as needed afterwards to crush your spirit until you’re nothing more than a tool at her disposal. A hole to fuck time and time again.
You’ve seen it happen before to other courtesans who thought they could get away. Why would it be any different for you?
“I can’t run,” you tell him, unaware to how your expression dims considerably. He knows without so much as even needing to look at you to confirm that fact.
If you even were to get away, then what? It’s your father’s debt, would she go after him? Why do you even care when it’s his fault?
He’s trying to be a better father.
Ishiro and Miyuki would hopefully be safe within their own families, but what about Koichi? Oh god, Koichi. You wonder how he’s been doing all this time. Does he even know what happened or where you are?
You must protect your family. If not for your father, then for Ishiro’s. For Miyuki’s. For Koichi. Even if all that makes you is a martyr for the safety of others.
“Then you fight.”
You’re joking, right? Have you seen me?
“I wouldn’t be able to win.”
Satoru clicks his tongue and turns his full body in your direction, putting off enough steam to practically melt the surrounding snow. “Then you train!” His eyes swirl with hot-blooded anger. “Train until you’re strong enough to win and when you do, you keep training until nothing else can beat you!”
For what reason is he so passionate about this? You never thought you’d see a day where you’re getting advice from someone barely into their teenage years, let alone a stranger at that. He reminds you a lot of Koichi, that stubborn bull always trying to protect you.
“There you are, Young Master Gojo!” a woman calls out interrupting the mood entirely. You both turn heads to see a woman trotting up, eyes darting between you and the boy. “What’s going on?”
Young Master? So he is a Gojo and the heir at that!?
The servant looks to you with a spark of annoyance, “You’re one of the courtesans, aren’t you? You should be in the courtyard with the others, what are you doing here with the Young Master?”
“It’s fine,” Satoru answers for you, his expression flipped back to the stoic look he had when you first met him. “I invited her here myself.”
She looks as though she has more to say but doesn’t have the right to question any further. “Your father has requested your presence for the celebration.”
Satoru closes his eyes and walks forward to the side of the servant. You take a quick glance down at the pond where a breathtaking white koi fish appears from the moon’s reflection, circling around where you could see your own face mirrored in the pool.
When did I start crying?
You wipe the tears with the back of your hand, careful not to smear your makeup. As you return to the courtyard, you’re met with several glances, namely snide ones from Botan and her garden or others wondering why you were following closely to the heir after disappearing for some time.
After that, you kept your head low and went back to performing the duties you were here for. At the end of the event, you and your fellow courtesans were welcomed to sleep the rest of the night away in the grounds to prepare for the journey back home the following day.
The route heading back was the same as before which left plenty of time for you to stare up at the clouds, daydreaming once more. Satoru’s words repeated themselves back to you in your head with each passing moment. Suddenly it wasn’t so quiet anymore.
Should you run, fight, or just accept your fate? You think back to how you almost ran away from it all in its entirety before you met Toji. Back then you didn’t even think about your family, so what’s changed?
That’s right. Toji.
If he were in your place, there is not a single question that he wouldn’t fight. You’re certain he would win in the face of any challenge no matter what he’s up against.
“I will save you.”
Is it even worth the risk? Are you worth being saved at the cost of others? You don’t know, and maybe you never will.
When the caravan arrived back at the brothel, you weren’t expecting to be summoned to the Rose Room right away, not even making it back to your own room to rest first. Fear flooded your thoughts wondering what Hanami was going to say. Did Botan say something about the embarrassing “spill”? Your disappearance that could be regarded as skipping work?
To your surprise however, you were greeted with praise for making a good name to the Gojo clan, specifically the heir of the family. She was in fact aware of the accident but is opting to forget about it in light of now having a solid link to an excellent source of business for her.
What came as an even greater surprise after was when you returned to your own seemingly empty room only to be met with a pair of thick arms wrapping around your delicate frame from behind.
“Toji!?” You nearly yelp from the shock. “What are you doing here? It’s the middle of the day!”
He takes a moment to rest his head on top of yours, inhaling the scent of your hair welcomely. “Missed ya last night. I wanted to make sure y’er safe.”
You lift your hands up and rest them over his forearms, settling into his touch. “I missed you too. I’m sorry I didn’t get the chance to tell you where I was going, it happened so suddenly.”
“It’s alright, hun.” He hums with relief. “Where’d ya even go, anyways?”
“The Gojo clan,” you tell him, not missing how his body begins to tense and his arms twitch ever so slightly. “You know them, I assume?”
“’Course I do,” he says after a brief silence, quickly followed by a sigh. “Did they do anything to you?”
You shake your head, “No, it wasn’t too bad. I met the heir, and he was well…unique, and nice in his own way I guess.”
“You met him?” Another heavy sigh leaves his lips. You find yourself questioning their history more. Maybe there is a rivalry after all between the clans? What are they even fighting about?
So much of what goes on within the clans and government affairs are shrouded in mystery. The most the average citizen are aware of is the fact that they’re the ruling powers serving under the Emperor. As the people living under their protection, you need only to thank them for all they do to keep you safe from danger as you live your peaceful lives under them.
Toji sits you down and the two of you chat for a while, catching up on everything since your last meeting like always. You’re glad no one intruded on your time with him, and at the end he left out the window before nighttime arrived and the start of another never-ending shift for you. You waved to him out the opening as he disappeared into the alleyway, only needing to blink once before he’s gone and out of sight.
Unaware to you, a visitor arrives minutes after to one particular room in the brothel.
“You’re here early, Daisuke. What’s got you so excited?”
“It’s as you expected.” He pauses, a lopsided grin stretching across his face. “And I saw it with my own two eyes.”
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☆ Notes: may or may not have been inspired by that one episode of apothecary diaries a few weeks ago. bless that anime for helping me with the immersion.
fr though this chapter was annoying as hell for me to write with trying to understand kid vs adult gojo personalities and the direction I wanted this to go especially for future events in the story. Had to rewrite this several times over before I was happy with it. Toji is one of the few characters whose personality I’m confident with in understanding.
I am sorry though to the person I was 6 chapters ago before finally adapting myself into a writing style I like. It almost makes me want to write the earlier chapters but god that’ll take forever. At the very least, I may go back and proofread and make small adjustments so that hopefully it establishes enough interest to newer people to want to keep reading to get to where I actually feel like I know what I’m doing. Do let me know though if you have any thoughts or opinions on this.
☆ Taglist: @fandomtrash5092 @catmania-choco
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cats-of-eden-valley · 27 days
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name: Jasmine
roles/skills: Hunter (canopy), Sewing, Warrior
age: Adult
sex: Molly
traits: Quiet, Curt, Serious
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parent(s): Pigeon, Arbutus, Aster (adopt)
sibling(s): Meadowsweet
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- Practically from the moment she could speak, Jasmine knew she'd been unwanted. She grew up on the story of a tragic night, when the Waking Storms finally crashed like a wave into the Valley, and her mother, Aster, was caught in the woods giving birth. Though her two kittens didn't make it, the ancestors had sent her two more on that terrible night: Jasmine and Meadowsweet.
- The pair are presumably abandoned by some Windveldt molly. At the time, relations with the newcomers had been touchy, and the founding of abandoned kittens fueled the distaste even more. All that mattered to Jasmine was that she'd been the one left to die.
- Aster had never let her feel that way, though, and her mate, Dogsbane, had been nearly as much a mother as Aster herself. Not long after becoming a paw, though, Aster was killed and Dogsbane took up an obsession of revenge, leaving Jasmine and her sister more alone than ever.
- Cypress became the only family they had left, and though she threw herself into training Jasmine in lieu of raising her own litter, she'd never been emotionally available. She taught Jasmine how to be strong, clever, and efficient, but none of that made her feel needed.
- As adults, Cypress and Arbutus met with Jasmine and Meadowsweet to confess their true heritage. The meeting went poorly, as Jasmine was outraged that the secret hadn't come out sooner, and they'd been left intentionally without a parent.
- It did open up something special, though: Amaranth, her grandmother, had also learned of their secret, and the two struck up a relationship.
- Eventually, the wound scabbed over again, and Jasmine grew close to Amaryllis. The pair are talking about kittens.
- Jasmine doesn't know about Amaranth's desire to make her heir--had always thought it was off the table, given the nature of the affair that conceived her.
- Keeps her pelt trimmed and well-groomed. It grows thick and woolly like a Wind's and retains heat. She keeps a mane, though, to look as much like Goldspring as possible
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kurimiaki · 11 months
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May I please ask for Primrose and Cypress with Malleus?
flower prompt list is courtesy of ddarker-dreams
tw: yandere, female reader, abuse, allusions to bodily experimentation
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Primrose - In the yandere’s ideal world, what would their relationship with their darling be like? 
Initially, he’s not entirely sure. You, child of man, will wither with time, one human lifespan comparatively ephemeral to an everlasting faerie. Malleus loves you, he does, but you do not fit into his life. You’re an inscrutable puzzle, a final piece that simply does not have a place in the kingdom to which he is bound. He’s meant to rule Briar Valley, and you simply lack the tenure and experience his future partner must have. Although overzealous in his lavish, ever-intimate proclamations of love for you, your prince is not delusional by any means. Malleus’ advisors try to dance around the blaring emergency that is you, bastardizing creature that you are, sneaking in portfolios of potential candidates and foreign crown princesses Malleus may deign to take as his queen. They know better than to overstep their bounds and outright declare you a threat to his position, a hindrance, only vaguely attempting to sway their heir apparent away from a human of no notable existence. Malleus initially makes no move to refute their persistent endeavor to find him a partner, disregarding it for as long as you’re unaware of their deriding chatter. It’s true: you’re not fit to rule. You could hardly gain a modicum of the experience he’s gathered in your lifetime; and again, that quality of experience is something the current queen demanded Malleus gain before he assumed the throne. Why would his future wife be exempt from such a cardinal expectation?
You are no one of significance, not in anybody’s eyes but his, or so he’ll tell you. A fleeting life, with your comparatively barren mind, that wisp of a presence. You’ll die unknown, loved only by the man who pried you from what creatures dared to.
These are qualities Malleus is very well capable of forcing out of you. If he wills it, your humanity can easily be reworked into something transient of time. Operating beneath his public’s watchful eye, or rather, shielded from it, he has the necessary resources to remold you in his image. Perhaps his grandmother, dutiful in her fervent maintenance of tradition, of a pure royal bloodline, one flush with magic, would have no qualms offering up knowledge of millennia-old transformation spells, should her devoted grandson request it. Given how rich with magical history Briar Valley is, vast and transcendent, it’s not beyond the bounds of reason to suggest that a human’s genetic makeup could be altered with the proper arcane wisdom. Malleus is capable of forcing his fanatical ideals, his hopes of a fully committed life with you, to take true form in reality. As you are now, a human born without magical reserves, his hopes are left an impossibility. As you are now, biologically unfit to rule alongside him. But you will be, in time. Your body’s very framework is collapsed, broken apart by his deft hands, and built you back up to the standard he’s subconsciously yearned for you to achieve. By making you something else entirely, a creature so fundamentally different from what you once were, he can openly claim you as his with no external complaints.
Cypress - How does this yandere comfort their upset darling? 
Hesitant as he is to admit it, Malleus hasn’t a clue of what to do when you inevitably suffer a mental break. Entering Briar Valley, a domain you’ll be constrained to for the foreseeable future (requests to visit outside are denied, denied, and denied again), proves to be the catalyst for your mental ruination. Malleus loves you ardently, to be sure. Any harm he inflicts upon you, intentional or otherwise, does not bring him a modicum of pleasure— but that’s not to say he suffers any guilt when you’re thoroughly rearranged to suit his needs. Whatever good humor you once bore is snuffed out, replaced by a despondent, melancholic countenance he doesn’t exactly know how to approach. And, regrettably, the irreparable damage you’ll imminently face as his lover, the pain of being reborn into something new, is not something he shows much pity for.
Your physical health, at the very least, is something Malleus is fully equipped to care for. Truly, he went to great lengths to ensure your sedation and complacency while work was done to distort you; to his luck, and your misfortune, his diligent efforts to keep you unconscious resulted in a foggy remembrance of the entire ordeal. Initially, there’d been a great display of defiance, a strong abhorrence and rejection of his monumentally deranged proposal to make you into something ‘eternal’. You fought, bucked and wailed and resisted, tried to flee, but even still awoke an ill-defined amount of time later, changed, exactly as he promised you’d be. The tether of your fragile mental integrity is something he snapped without care. And now, dealing with the aftermath of his recklessness, he must learn patience. The patience to rebuild you in another way, more gently now, to nurture your mind back to the quality it once was. It will feel as if your brain was carved out and sewed into the skull of someone new; even if, by large, your looks have hardly been altered. Malleus cannot be as hasty in meddling with your mental state as he was your physical— it’s a fickle and inscrutable thing, the mind. Even more so when you feel it’s not your own. Patience is something so easily applicable to every other facet of his life, with how rapidly time flits by. He’s never minded waiting, but of course, it isn’t the same with you.
For a time, he’ll try to justify his actions— although Malleus doesn’t truly believe he’s committed too grave of an offense towards you. It was for your benefit, he’ll claim, soft whispers while he soothingly stokes your hair. If it weren’t for what he did to you, the utterly dehumanizing dichotomy between his treatment and yours within his castle would go unchanged; hush-hush as servants and courtiers alike struggle to keep their rigid prejudices at bay. Without magic, in such a sacred place of sworn nobility, you would be eaten alive. Malleus disregards the complete truth. That, in reality, what he did to you was more irrevocably cruel than any derisory words uttered could ever prove to be.
The best way he knows to display comfort is to offer you an embrace. He hugs you quite often, in private, with a frequency that will grow to annoy you. It’s a light and tender hold, but not too lax, always tightening in some jarring manner should you attempt to pull away. He pets your head, soothes your back, rubbing up and down, an endlessly repetitive motion. He touches as if he were analyzing you, memorizing your every dip and curve, and enjoys sliding a lone finger up and down your spine, enjoying the way it makes you bristle— how you lurch forward, gripping his shirt, trembling and vulnerable. Like grabbing a kitten by the scruff of their neck. Malleus embraces you with the intent to soothe; but, selfishly, subconsciously, turns the intimate act into something akin to torture, for you. But, ultimately, if Malleus’ words ever seem to lack in sincerity, his touch will make up for it. At some point, you’ll come to intrinsically understand the extent to which he’s monopolized your every relationship— he’s all you have left. And so, if you turn away his offers to touch you, be it a hug or massage or something overtly sensual, there won’t be any opportunity to ask the same of another person. When your tears dry out, and all you’re able to do is helplessly gag and gurgle on the heady affliction that is your despair, he’ll be there to kiss your throat, to sweetly coddle you in the distorted way a true lover would.
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subsequentibis · 18 days
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Let me die, let me drown, lay my bones in the ground I will still come around when the time for sleep is through Over hill, over dale, through the valley and vale Do not weep, do not wail, I am coming home to you
flower meanings cheat sheet under the cut!
acanthus - art, immortality, rebirth alcea rosea - please remember me, epiphany, remembrance, nostalgia aloe - grief astragalus - your presence softens my pain bird'sfoot trefoil - revenge coltsfoot - justice shall be done cypress - death, mourning, despair, sorrow lime tree - fornication love lies bleeding - hopelessness marigold - pain and grief rainflower - i love you back, i must atone for my sins, i will never forget you scabius - unfortunate attachment, i have lost all
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magickkate · 29 days
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Witches! Today, let's dive into the mystical world of correspondences associated with the days of the week. Each day holds its own unique energy and significance, making them powerful tools in your magical practice. Here's a quick guide to help you harness the magic of each day:
🌞 Sunday: Sunday is the first day of the week, perfect for new beginnings. This day rules the conscious element of the human mind, the ego, the "real self." It is your confidence, your strength, your resilience, your personal power. The sun is life giving, it’s energetic, it inspires growth and accomplishment. 
Planet: Sun Color: Yellow, Gold Plants: Sunflower + Marigold Stones: Diamond, Amber, Tiger's Eye, Carnelian, Sunstone, Topaz, Gold Herbs: Cedar, Frankincense, Lemon, St. Johns Wort Foods: Orange God(s)/Goddess(es): Brigid, Helios, Apollo, Lugh, and Beli or Bel
🥈Monday: Mondays are ruled by the moon and the divine feminine energy that this celestial body is associated with. The cycle of the moon has long been associated with the menstrual cycle. Therefor it is an excellent planet to work with for fertility, transformation, and change. 
Color: white, silver, blue Plants: bluebells, jasmine, gardenias, or white roses Stones: moonstone, pearl Herbs: Jasmine, Lemon, Sandalwood, Honeysuckle, Myrtle, Willow, and Wormwood Foods: Melon God(s)/Goddess(es): Selene, Luna, Diana, Artemis, and Toth
🏮Tuesday: Tuesday is ruled by the planet mars who is associated with the roman god of war Ares. This day of the week is perfect for any areas of your life that requires strength, courage and speed. 
Planet: Mars Color: scarlet, red, black, and orange Plants: snapdragon, thistle, and holly Stones: garnet, bloodstone Herbs: Basil, Ginger, Black Pepper, Dragon's blood and patchouli Foods: carrots, peppers, and garlic God(s)/Goddess(es): Ares, Tiwaz, Tiw, and Tyr
🔶Wednesday: Wednesday is ruled by the planet Mercury, making this the perfect day for communication. If there’s a conflict that needs addressing, a big decision to discuss, a promotion you want to ask your boss for, or any other situation where communication will be your sword, this is the day to harness that magic. 
Planet: Mercury Color: purple, orange Plants: fern, lavender, lily of the valley, aspen Stones: citrine, agate, aventurine, mica, pumice, quicksilver, zinc Herbs: lavender, eucalyptus, jasmine, sweet-pea Foods: unknown. God(s)/Goddess(es): Odin, Athena, Hermes
🍏Thursday: Thursdays are ruled by the planet Jupiter. It is also associated with the Norse god Thor and the Roman God Jupiter. Jupiter is the largest planet and therefor the most powerful. Thursday is the best day to perform manifesting magic. Prepare that money magic, ask for that raise, have fun with friends and loved ones. 
Planet: Jupiter Color: blue, purple, green Plants: oak, wheat Stones: amethyst, lepidolite, sugilite, tin Herbs: Clove, Oakmoss, Cinnamon, Musk, Nutmeg, and Sage Foods: unknown. God(s): Thor, Jupiter, Zeus, Taranis, Perun, and Perkunas.
📘Friday: Fridays are ruled by the feel good planet Venus. This day is usually associated with reward and relaxation due to the end of the work week, but the influence is also due to the celestial body that governs it. Fridays are for indulging. It’s date night. It’s a luxurious bath with a glass of wine. It’s celebrating your free time. 
Planet: Venus Color: pink and aqua Plants: rose Stones: rose quartz, jade, lapis lazuli, coral, emerald, malachite, copper Herbs: Rose, Yarrow, Cardamon, Strawberry, Sandalwood, Saffron, and Vanilla, Thyme Foods: strawberries God(s)/Goddess(es): Eros, Venus, Aphrodite, Freya
✒️ Saturday: Ruled by Saturn, Saturday is ideal for grounding, protection, and banishing negativity. It's a great day for spells related to structure, discipline, and long-term goals.
Planet: Saturn Color: black and deep purple Plants: pansy, morning glory , cypress  Stones: obsidian, hematite, or jet, Coral, Hematite, Salt, Lead, Serpentine, Pewter Herbs: Cypress, Myrrh, Patchouli, Black Poppy seeds, Mullein Foods: unknown. God(s)/Goddess(es): Hecate, Saetere, Saturn, Cronos, the Norns, Loki.
As always, while these correspondences can serve as a helpful guide, feel free to adapt them to suit your own intuition and magical practice. Experiment with different spells and rituals on each day to discover what resonates best for you. Embrace the magic of each day and let it guide you on your witchy journey! 🌟✨
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