#plant associations

[deepintheground]

•~• Some Basic Pumpkin Magic •~•

Even though July isn’t even over yet and autumn is not as near as I would like it to be, I wanted to talk about one of my favorite things in the world - pumpkins! I always love when these bad boys come around in the autumn, so to be prepared for the coming autumn months, I thought I’d make a little summary of some pumpkin associations and magic!

Colors

When we think of pumpkins, we tend to think of the color orange, which is associated with attraction, creativity, and new opportunities. But pumpkins can also be found in other colors, such as green, yellow, and white! If you want the general associations of a pumpkin but want to use a different kind of color magic, maybe look into the less iconic but still wonderful varieties of pumpkins.

Pumpkin Associations and Uses

Pumpkins are often associated with abundance and prosperity due to their large size and many, many, seeds. The seeds are also a feature that promotes new life and expansion. Pumpkins also tend to last long periods of time when not disturbed, so the expansion aspect of the seeds can be longer-term as the pumpkin itself can last longer.

Pumpkins are also ruled by the moon and their element is water. Doing spells and rituals regarding the moon and/or water can be amplified by the pumpkin’s natural associations with these things.

Pumpkins are also used to ward off evil and for spirit protection. Carving them into faces is a common tradition and they became used in what we know as a jack-o-lantern as a replacement for the traditional turnip. If you want to double up on the protection aspect, carve a sigil, rune, or other protective symbol into the pumpkin instead of a face.

Which also leads me to the time of year that these are around. Pumpkins are an autumnal plant and are heavily associated with harvest festivals and spiritual festivals. The most well known would be Mabon and Samhain, with our modern day Halloween coming from Samhain, thus the jack-o-lanterns at this time of year outside of the magical community.

Other Magical Uses

Aside from the jack-o-lantern spells, the most obvious and my personal favorite way to use pumpkins is kitchen magic. I have sweet pumpkin tea that I stir clockwise to attract abundance and prosperity. You can also use them in baking, such as a pumpkin pie, or regular cooking, such as pumpkin soups and stews. They work really well with spices. If you’re working on spiritual protection with the pumpkin, using cinnamon to enhance the protection properties. Also cinnamon and pumpkin is one of my all time favorite flavor combinations so it also tastes amazing!

The pumpkin’s physical characteristics can also be used in spells. Carve out your pumpkin and use it as a bowl or container for your spellwork.

And last on this post but definitely not the last way to use it is the drying of its seeds and using the seeds throughout your magical year. As mentioned, these seeds are great for new beginnings, and as they are connected to a moon associated plant, new moon spells and rituals of attracting abundance and new beginnings work really well when adding some pumpkin seeds.

I hope y’all found this helpful and let me know if you want basic breakdown of anything else!

#green witchcraft #green witch #kitchen witch #kitchen witchcraft #witchblr #witch community #witch #witchcraft #magical correspondences #correspondences #plant magic #plant witchcraft #plant associations #plant correspondences #pumpkin #pumpkin correspondences #paganblr #pagan #samhain #mabon #wheel of the year #dirt.txt

[applestruda]

The Earth

#HE HAS SO MANY PLANTS I ASSOCIATE WITH HIM #sunflowerss and lilacs and poppies and bamboo and cactus #this guy is a whole garden 2 me #goodtimeswithscar #gtws fanart #secret life smp #secret life #traffic smp #trafficblr #my art #secret life spoilers

[deadmothsketches]

Promised y'all some wips. So heres one of the worlds best babygirl. Lol its almost done, been sketching during my lunch breaks at work.

#wips #fanart #osomatsu san #my art #karamatsu #akuma karamatsu #my wife everybody #sketches #unfinished #trying to add more stuff like backgrounds or at least more things associated with the AU #i see him caring for his plants and them caring back #like his little pets

[dreampearls]

hope this helps

#collei #genshin impact #this is going in main tags. #my horrible powerpoint thing on collei Not possible without the beautiful minds of @floralring and @haidengjie of course #i was going to make more slides on her plant associations + forest fire for new growth + ash as fertilizer #her being sent to tighnari whose notably both a physician and a botanist #and also include her voice lines/character stories for more elaboration #but i got tired take this

[prince-liest]

hey, while I have all you new followers here: come look at my fish!

she is called Her Highness the Shrimp Slaughterer. the pink-red accents on her fins represent the spilled blood of her enemies.

#personal #betta fish #aquariums #bettablr #fishblr #aquablr #planted tank #petblogging #this pic was taken like 45 seconds after she ate an entire shrimp whole #look at her smug face #the temptation to declare her real name Lucy (short for Lucifer) is high because it's damn accurate #but I feel like that is a little too fandom-associate now

[jillraggett]

Plant of the Day

Tuesday 27 February 2024

A strong plant association for winter interest is created around this Helleborus foetidus Wester Flisk Group (stinking hellebore). This evergreen perennial form has stems flushed with dark red and pale green flowers usually edged with purple.

Jill Raggett

#helleborus #stinking hellebore #winter garden #bergenia #cornus #dogwood #plant association #plants #horticulture #gardens #garden #herbaceousperennial #evergreen #perennial

[freakadr0id]

This has been sitting in the back of my mind since I first watched Rise, but it seems that the show hints at an underlying sadness to Donnie's character that appears very subtly over the course of both seasons.

(Long post after the cut)

I feel like Donnie longs for a normal, human life to some degree. It isn't a major part of his character but it's there. Maybe he doesn't exactly want to be human, but there are a few signs that Donnie wants, at the very least, a human experience.

We see a few nods to this throughout the show:

He has a knowledge and love of fashion and appearance, something he, as a mutant turtle, wouldn't need to know or care about. Sure, his brothers wear clothes several times in the show as well, but they don't seem to have as much of an interest or passion as Donnie.

In 'The Purple Jacket' Donnie initially wanted to fit in with the Purple Dragons, a human group of teens at a human school (although it was mostly for the jacket).

I mean, this is a boy who wants to actually go to school and even graduate college but we know that, realistically, he can't do either.

Seriously, just look at how happy he is to be at April's school!

Hell, he draws eyebrows on his mask for goodness sake. Yes, from a meta standpoint this is mostly for the sake of his character design since he would look really fucking stupid without them, but the key to any good character design is to have an in-universe reason for it as well. While some people headcanon that Donnie does this to better convey his emotions (which is totally valid and I kind of agree), I also think this could also be a way for him to seem just a bit more human.

I'm not saying this is a defining element of Donnie's character - IT ISN'T. Our boy Donnie is confident in his intelligence, his skills as a scientist and an inventor, and who he is as a person overall - he doesn't want to change those things about himself. However, it is possible that maybe some small, quiet part of Donnie still longs for the things he could experience if he was a human, as opposed to a mutant turtle.

Hopefully, I'm not the only one who sees this because I think there are interesting things you could do with this part of his character - especially when you consider his closer friendship with April and the potential isolation he feels with his brothers.

I don't know, maybe this is just me overthinking things or looking for angst where there is none, however, this little thread of Donnie's character appeared often enough in the show to at least acknowledge it.

#yeah I'm not sure how I feel about this post #I might be crazy here #and maybe I'm grasping at straws #but I noticed it enough in the show that I just HAD to mention it #Rise also reinforces it visually by constantly framing and pairing april and Donnie together #and planting the idea that Donnie has a closer association with humans in the mind of the audience #BUUTTT #I still think it would be super fun to explore more of this in fanon and canon #we're getting that season 3 I'm sure of it #(they said in complete denial) #Just think about it #he is a softshell turtle who likely feels that he's different from his brothers #if you consider those insecurities #it makes his subtle longing for humanity and the human experience that much more interesting #maybe someone with better writing skills than me can play with this idea a bit more #*hint hint* #and who knows #this could be an established part of Donatello's character in TMNT already #Rise is the only TMNT thing I've seen so I have no idea #rottmnt #rise of the tmnt #rottmnt donnie #rottmnt donatello #rise donnie #rise donatello #analysis #character analysis #rottmnt analysis

[wist-eri]

// undertale yellow neutral route spoilers

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quick question!

which character has the most messed up distorted sprite in the meta flowey fight and why is it starlo (i jest)

no but really. i feel like his distorted ver is so different?? from the others??

instead of his face straight up being blocked out / erased it’s just,,, completely covered in vines. his whole body too if you look closely. the only distorted version that does something similar is gardener (which makes sense because of the plants and everything else in her design), but my question is why starlo out of all people, and why is it to this magnitude? also weirdly enough, i think as a still image starlo’s is the least glitched out compared to the other heavily distorted characters that appear in the neutral route boss fight

obviously there are other clearer ones like dalv, el baliador, etc but those are more off-putting. starlo’s just looks really abstract and messed up (in a really good way)

#okay but WHY IS HE COVERED IN PLANTS #is this because of him being a farmer?? and like being directly associated with them????? #or is he actually a humanoid flower monster species like merg said he was???? #i don’t fucking know anymore #also feel free to reblog and say who you think has the most messed up distorted sprite #wist talks #undertale yellow #starlo #undertale yellow spoilers #uty spoilers #also. why does killing him give you so much exp #like huh

[irradiatedsnakes]

a little bit grown up!

#mp100 #kurata tome #reigen arataka #kageyama shigeo #people that are so transgender. #(draws mob with plants) (draws mob with plants) (draws mob with plants) (draws mob with plants) #draws mob with plants and draws shou with birds. ill figure out more associations eventually #art #mp100 timeskip

[transastronautistic]

i want to make a sewing piece with flowers from different liberation movements — e.g. lavender for queers, poppy for Palestine...

anyone have information on flowers linked to other movements / cultures? For instance, Black liberation or Latin American / Indigenous liberation?

#rn i'm thinking of doing a rose for Indigenous America because they #are native to here + are meaningful to various cultures #+ they make me think of Latin American liberation theology bc of their association with our lady of guadalupe #and the flower of a black-eyed pea for Black liberation because enslaved Africans were able to bring those plants with them #to the americas and nourish themselves with that memory of home #could also do sunflowers as an important staple crop to many Native American cultures (“the fourth sister”) #plus apparently sunflowers were used in some feminist movements? but i'll have to look into which ones Just In Case #averygaypost

[nartblartmallcop]

so dearly in love with the silly wa bros shenanigans in that miracle book from MP6 theyre literally being a delight

#super mario bros #mario party #smb wario #smb waluigi #smb toad #doodles #also a pirahna plant and a monty mole because those are in the minigame AND theyre enemies i associate with each of them #(waluigi is obvious but the wario connections to monty mole are a bit more subtle. BUT THEYRE THERE I SWEAR!!!)

[arkiwii]

Thoughts on Kafka, her relationship with Silence, and analysing it in the context of Lonetrail stuff?

My thoughts on Kafka? Simple. [rolls my head over my keyboard]

I LOVE Kafka and she's an amazing character who is ABSOLUTELY underappreciated. I already had so so so much thoughts about her, and with her operator record now, I have EVEN MORE of them because it reveals SO MUCH about her character and how she met Silence. I'm so feral

WHAT I THINK ABOUT HER she's an absolute adorable young woman who CARES a lot. her files talks about how she lived in the Columbian grey zone and was involved in gang and criminality to make a living, as she is an orphan, and an infected. It caused her to adopt a "mask", the one we can see in Mansfield Break, a very impish, maybe bad intentioned girl, one that you can't trust. This was her way to stay safe, and it suceeded! People were afraid of her, avoided her, so this way, she was able to mind her own business and stay far from anything bad happening.

But, well, it's just a mask! She's truly caring, deep inside. In her operator record, we can see that she stole Silence's lunch, but had slided a coin to her to pay her back, and even more, it wasn't even for herself, because she gave the snack to a homeless boy. It already shows that she's very altruistic and watches the wellbeing of those youngers than her.

And the fact she enjoys plants! Being a gardener means a lot of patience, having to take care of living beings, to carefully watch them... She's truly very sweet

Her relationship with Silence particularly made me melt. Silence had shown a care for Kafka that she never had before from a complete stranger. It made Kafka realize that Silence might be a bit naive, she's a good person, and someone who will do great things. Kafka accepted to help her because she just decided Silence was a good person

Kafka's files made me cry for real I can't explain. Silence had dragged her in Rhodes Island, and while Kafka wasn't really wishing to stay here, she ended up accepting. And it helped Kafka to grow outside of the toxic environment that was Columbia's streets. She started to show herself, her true self, a genuine one, someone who cares, and started to truly smile. The way she looks after the children in Rhodes Island, that she became a good friend of Perfumer and hangs out at her garden... I'm just so moved by how she changed and how she grew up. And now that Silence doesn't need to look after her, the roles changed, and it's Kafka who looks after Silence.

I'm disappointed Kafka didn't appear in Lone Trail, but I always imagined Kafka being a really supportive character to Silence. Post-Lone Trail, Silence is the executive advisor of Control, but also Rhine Lab's representative of the Scientifical Ethics Committee. And it's seriously pressuring for her, she mentions it often in her voice lines, this new life is one she's uncomfortable with, but one she knows she must follow. Kafka would be an amazing emotional help, a way to remember Silence that what she does had saved her life, and many other people's - it's thanks to Silence that Anthony was out of prison and safe. It's thanks to Silence that Robin joined Rhodes Island and can get help for her dad. It's thanks to Silence that Ifrit is still alive, and can enjoy a normal life outside of a laboratory. Kafka is here to remind her this, that what Silence does is far from useless, that she can only save more lives. And Kafka is also here to distract her and be goofy when Silence needs to change her ideas from work!

Anyway, Kafka, big thumbs up. Really a big goofy baby. I WANT to see her again in the game, please drop Mansfield's Break 2 Hypergryph

#ILOVE THIS GOOFY BIRDD #i also forgot to mention Kafka's module #ABSOLUTELY sweet #the way silence looks after her... #AND the symbolism #norizc doesnt joke on symbolism #Silence is associated to plants #Kafka is a gardener #aka Kafka's job is pretty much to take care of plants #it's amazing to me #arknights #askiwi

[sboochi]

Hijack week 2022 Day 5: Coffee/Flower/Book shop AU

After two very domestic prompts I thought I could take the most mundane one give it a fantasy twist! The idea of Hiccup owning a flower shop where he grows magical plants lives rent free in my head now. Luckily a travelling sorcerer volunteered to help him with a particularly vicious one.

#first proper illustration of the week woohoo #hijack week 2022 #hijack #frostcup #httyd #rotg #hiccup horrendous haddock III #jack frost #does jack decide to accept hiccup's offer and stay as an employee after this? you bet #i imagined hiccup as some kind of newt scamander but with plants #something different from the usual animal association #my art

[dearmahiru]

— Short List of Shidou and Mahiru Parallels

some of these are only speculations! ill probably update this after i love you drops

1). Shidou killed other people for his family because of love / Mahiru killed her lover because of love

2). Shidou is a husband with children / Mahiru wanted to be a wife and have children

3). Shidou wanted to die because of his crimes (or to see his loved ones again) / Mahiru is only living because of love

4). A phone call led to the beginning of their murder. Shidou's call about the accident his family was involved in / Mahiru waking her boyfriend in the middle of the night and they've had a fight over the phone

5). After their loved ones die, both are alone at home.

6). Their T1 MVs are split between the real world and a fantasy mindscape. Shidou's mindscape is a greenhouse which is distinctly more colorful than the dull real world / Mahiru's mindscape is a birdcage which is lineless rather than the real world which has photo backgrounds

7. In this mindscape they each wear a unique outfit while murdering their victims. Shidou wears the gardening outfit while symbolically taking organs / Mahiru wears her Day 16 outfit which is presumedly the day her lover died.

8). In this mindscape we see their lovers "scatter" as a result of their actions

9). Shidou's door is the entrance to a morgue for a funeral / Mahiru's door is a church for a wedding

Both have flowers. Shidou's are dying / Mahiru's are stained glass

10). Shidou's plight is his guilt for selfishly taking from others to provide for his family / Mahiru's plight is her frustrations with constantly giving to her boyfriend without recieving anything in return

12). Love is everything to them

#honorable mentions that didn't make the cut: #everyone in their t1 mvs are faceless apart from themselves #both have nature imagery associated with them. shidou's plants and pomegranates and mahiru's sunflowers and birds #shidou deceived his victims and mahiru deceived herself into believing her relationship was going well #shidou directly killed his victims and mahiru indirectly killed hers #shidou feels remorse for his crime and mahiru doesn't #milgram #shidou kirisaki #mahiru shiina #꒰ 🌼 ꒱ ── cinnamon prattles

[jillraggett]

Plant of the Day

Wednesday 27 March 2024

These clumps of the newly emerging foliage of Euphorbia × pasteurii 'John Phillips' (spurge) were creating a great contrast with the finely textured grasses. From late spring into summer honey-scented, yellow-green flowers will be produced.

Jill Raggett

#euphorbia #spurge #plants #horticulture #gardens #garden #essex #foliage #herbaceousperennial #plant association #RHS Hyde Hall

[sunshineram]

cool ghost fella!

#sheep scribbles #yippee! #i dont thiink they have a tumblr? mwahahaha im safe here >:) #(...maybe) #their owner is so cool #i love how shapely their art is #and the vibrant colors... mwah #10/10 #i talked about the plant i associate this fella with in the wip post right #yes! peperomia frost #anyways im incredibly nervous to post this to twitter #ooough twitter please be nice to me im just a little guy...... #only took me a few months to finish 👍(so many snags along the way... say thanks to my eczema flaring up in between my fingers) #hold on when did i start the original sketch #FEBRUARY 22??? oh dear