#thedas astrology

[doctormage]

I made that post unrebloggable for my own sanity but I do feel the need to clarify yet again that this is not op’s fault at all lmao I simply disagree w how everyone else is voting <3

#and I’m insufferable so I have to talk abt it when I feel very strongly that I am correct & people do not agree w me <3333333 #it’s grad school disease. or maybe English major disease. or both #I have written entire 20 page papers on how other people are wrong 🥰 #or oh omg remember the time I made a HUGE post about astrology in thedas bc I saw someone be wrong about irl astrology #I spent an entire day on that.

[youremyheaven]

vedic astrology observations pt 2

in my previous post i had briefly talked about how moon influence, cancer rashi, jupiter influence tend to give the natives a large chest and make them very curvy. ill expand more on that here:

Pushya (cancer rashi) stellium (sun, rising and venus) Selena Gomez is known for her generous curves

Hasta sun, Pushya moon + mars native Monica Bellucci is known for her luscious curves

Punarvasu sun & moon, Sofia Vergara is blessed with a big bosom

Vishaka moon, Pushya mars & rahu, Hasta jupiter & saturn Beyonce made it cool to be curvy back in the day

Punarvasu moon, Penelope Cruz

Punarvasu moon, Mariah Carey

Purvabhadrapada sun & mercury, Alexandra Daddario

Milana Vayntrub, Purvabhadrapada sun & rising

2. Serpent Yoni is present in the charts of most seductresses/femme fatales/sex symbols. Nakshatras associated with snakes, like Ashlesha, Rahuvian nakshatras (rahu is linked to serpent), UBP etc are also commonly found in the charts of many sirens 🐍

Rohini sun, Angelina Jolie. Her atmakaraka is her mercury in mrigashira

Mrigashira moon, Jennifer Lawrence (she also has Ashlesha sun)

Natalie Portman, mrigashira sun

Megan Fox, venus in mrigashira atmakaraka (moon in ashlesha)

Margot Robbie, swati moon (rahu is associated with snakes) and has venus in rohini

Parveen Babi, Mrigashira moon

Urmila Matondkar, saturn and ketu in Mrigashira

Sridevi, ashlesha stellium (sun, rising and venus)

Mila Kunis, sun in ashlesha, moon in swati

Marilyn Monroe, sun & mercury in rohini

Pola Negri, a silent era sex symbol, rohini mars and ketu in ashlesha

Theda Bara, the first ever sex symbol had UBP rising

Clara Bow, the woman because of whom the term "it girl" was coined, had venus in mrigashira atmakaraka

Snakes have long been associated with mysticism, hypnotism and evil. A seductive woman can put anyone into a trance and make them lose their mind and forget the reality they inhabit, similar to how a snake charmer can make a snake twist and turn according to their will by playing certain tunes, a highly magnetic woman can get anything she wants by channelling her inner serpent.

3. Homewreckers, Mistresses and Concubines

Camilla Parker Bowles is probably one of the most famous mistresses in the modern era. She has Punarvasu sun & mercury and is Pushya rising

Monica Lewinsky has Pushya sun & Punarvasu mercury

Angelina Jolie has Pushya venus & rising, along with Saturn in Punarvasu amatyakaraka

for those of you who don't know, Ben Affleck cheated on JLo with Jennifer Garner and then married her. JGarner has Ketu in Pushya whereas JLo is a Pushya moon

Tom Brady left his pregnant wife to marry Gisele Bundchen, who has Pushya sun and Punarvasu mercury

Blake Shelton was still married to Miranda Lambert when he started seeing Gwen Stefani who has Punarvasu moon

Madhuri Dixit, in perhaps her most iconic role, plays a courtesan named Chandramukhi in the movie Devdas. She has Pushya moon conjunct Jupiter

its pretty well known that Priyanka Chopra had an affair with the much married Shah Rukh Khan (not the first time she was accused of being a mistress) PC is Punarvasu sun & mercury

Marlene Dietrich who was best known for playing femme fatale- esque, mistress-y roles had Pushya moon

I was very surprised to find Punarvasu and Pushya nakshatras crop up so often as they're often considered to be the "goody good girls" but perhaps this is what makes them so desirable to men, so much so that they're ready to wreck and ruin their lives, careers and marriages to chase these women. I had mentioned in another post about how since Cancer is the most feminine sign, women with these placements are often considered the ideal wife/gf and I suppose this is the shadow side to that. Desirability is a double edged sword and must be wielded carefully. obviously i dont condone cheating nor am i making it sound like a positive thing but i thought it was an interesting recurring pattern nonetheless!!

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#vedic astrology #vedic astro notes #sidereal astrology #astrology notes #astro observations #nakshatras #astrology observations #astro notes #astrology #astroblr #astro community

[pinayelf]

OC Questionnaire

I love these! I was tagged by @shivunin and @greypetrel! Tysm ❤️

tagging: @ruthvelyan, @vakarians-babe and @buchimgay ❤️ no pressure!

I always do Immy, so I'm going to do Amihan, Sinag and Maya!

(And like shivunin I'm swapping star sign for tarot cards as idk enough abt astrology lol)

NAME: Amihan Alejandra Elena Amell

NICKNAME: Ami or Mimi (must be a close friend or lover to use)

GENDER: Cis female

TAROT: The Tower

HEIGHT: 4'11 (149cm)

ORIENTATION: Bisexual

NATIONALITY/ETHNICITY: Free Marcher of Seheron descent (She would be Filipino in our world)

FAVORITE FRUIT: Apples

FAVORITE SEASON: Mostly autumn but loves the beach during the summer

FAVORITE FLOWER: Roses (lol)

FAVORITE SCENT: Cinnamon, parchment, star anise

COFFEE, TEA, OR HOT CHOCOLATE: Coffee

AVERAGE HOURS OF SLEEP: 🤷🏽‍♀️

DOGS OR CATS: Cats (Amihan gave the Mabari to Alistair she is actually terrified of dogs and hates them lmao)

DREAM TRIP: Wherever she doesn't have to be a warden, she hates being a warden

NUMBER OF BLANKETS: Usually 2, as it's cold in Ferelden

RANDOM FACT: Amihan was a doodler in Kinloch, she would doodle on the corner of the parchment on her notes. All that scrap parchment you collect in your inventory is there because Amihan draws on it w the leftover burnt wood from the fireplace. She once drew Alistair's side profile. She gets into painting during Awakening and her first full painting is her pet cat, Cheese.

NAME: Sinag Gabriella Hawke

NICKNAME: Hawke, Diday (by Malcolm), Ate (honorific for older sister by Carver and Bethany)

GENDER: Cis female

TAROT CARD: Wheel of Fortune

HEIGHT: 5'11 (180cm)

ORIENTATION: Bisexual

NATIONALITY/ETHNICITY: Fereldan of Seheron descent

FAVORITE FRUIT: Blueberries and raspberries

FAVORITE SEASON: Winter

FAVORITE FLOWER: Baby's breath

FAVORITE SCENT: Bread fresh from the hearth, firewood, spiced ale

COFFEE, TEA, OR HOT CHOCOLATE: Coffee (my Amells love coffee lol)

AVERAGE HOURS OF SLEEP: 2-4, 5 if we're lucky. by Inquisition Sinag rarely ever sleeps

DOGS OR CATS: Dogs

DREAM TRIP: Seheron

NUMBER OF BLANKETS: 1

RANDOM FACT: She used to freeze this pond near the Hawke farm for Bethany and Carver to "skate" on when they were little. It drove Malcolm and Leandra crazy cause they were afraid they'd get found, but they never did. This was how Sinag honed her ice magic and it's her most powerful spec

NAME: Maya Tabingdagat

NICKNAME: M, May-May (by Gabriel Trevelyan)

GENDER: Cis Female

TAROT CARD: Death

HEIGHT: 4'11

ORIENTATION: Bisexual

NATIONALITY/ETHNICITY: Free Marcher (I suppose? since she grew up in Ostwick circle) of Seheron descent

FAVORITE FRUIT: She doesn't really like the fruits in Southern Thedas, she prefers the tropical fruits from Northern Thedas from when she was a child in Seheron, so mangoes, pineapples, coconuts, rambutan

FAVORITE SEASON: Spring and Summer

FAVORITE FLOWER: Lillies

FAVORITE SCENT: Flower blooms in the Spring, citrus scents, fresh sheets

COFFEE, TEA, OR HOT CHOCOLATE: Tea with lots of sugar lol

AVERAGE HOURS OF SLEEP: Before Maya became tranquil she hardly slept, after becoming Tranquil then reversing it, she finds that she oversleeps often

DREAM TRIP: Seheron, or anywhere sunny

DOGS OR CATS: Both

NUMBER OF BLANKETS: A duvet and a thin sheet below

RANDOM FACT: Maya's arcane skills are weak, and she was never a powerful mage. It was the elephant in the room growing up that everyone around her knew she wouldn't pass the Harrowing. So instead, she asked to become Tranquil at 20, and luckily she had a group of friends, including future Inquisitor Gabriel Trevelyan, who kept her safe and took care of her. When the Circles fell and her and her friends were on the run, she's touched by a spirit from the rift and it reverses her Tranquility

#amihan amell #sinag hawke #maya tabingdagat

[breninarthur]

The Astrology of Dragon Age: Origins

Alistair Theirin

Rising / Ascendant: Libra

Alistair's a Libra rising, though I considered Gemini for him too. He's conventionally attractive, indecisive, and a certified lover boy. The ascendant, or rising sign, sets the tone for the entire chart by determining the houses and chart ruler – which I prefer to call a chart guide.

An ascendant in Libra means Venus as chart guide, meaning Alistair is guided or "ruled" by Venus; planet of love (typically the planets in astrology correlate with their astrological namesakes). He shirks leadership, preferring to follow, he puts effort into and cares about his appearance, and very much moons over a romanced Warden! This boy loves love! He's also rather conflict-avoidant when it comes to the people he cares about, and his relationships (or lack thereof) are very important to him.

Sun: Cancer

This is the sign commonly known as the "star sign", the only one you can determine simply by knowing the day you were born (more or less). For anyone curious, I'm currently in the process of writing up my own astrology for Thedas, and Alistair's sun in Cancer would place his birthday in Bloomingtide... though I won't get into all that now!

Cancer is the emotional leader of the zodiac. Alistair is in tune with his emotions - even if he doesn't express them perfectly all the time. He's relationship-oriented, and if I were to assign a trope to Cancer, it would be 'found family'. I think Al's always been looking for his family. He just wants to belong.

With a Libra rising, this puts his sun in the 10th house – the house of reputation, of "calling", and/or career. I've heard it said that a 10th house sun is often seen in the charts of kings. Sue Tompkins writes that it marks someone out for great success and honours, that these things often come knocking on their doors, along with fame. It's usually found in the charts of leaders. Importantly, his sun would be squaring his ascendant, which means a challenging aspect between them. The Cancer-Libra square speaks to a lack of confidence, certainty, and decisiveness. Whether or not he does end up a leader, renowned for his integrity and respected for his position and responsibility... is a block for him to overcome. Or not!

Moon: Libra

I was between this and Virgo here, but settled on Libra eventually! Libra moons often feel as though they are defined by others. They're reflective, they are what they can be, what they can provide for others. Alistair felt defined as Maric's son, defined by his mysterious connection to Eamon; the son of a starstruck maid, a thorn in Isolde's side, a templar, a Grey Warden, a bastard. It can be a lonely placement. They often struggle when it's just them, which it so often was for Alistair "scream until someone comes running" Theirin.

Being in the 1st house, he wears his heart on his sleeve, he's easy to read. Alistair haters often call him a whiny crybaby, accuse him of being too in his feelings. 1st house moons and Cancer suns get this a lot too.

Mercury: Gemini

Here, Mercury is at "home", meaning the archetypal Mercury is best suited to Gemini. Planet of learning, communication... my boy's a rambler, and I love him for it. He's also quick-witted, with a surprisingly sharp tongue. People with Mercury in Gemini are funny, they have a good sense of humour and naturally make people laugh! Mercury in Sagittarius is a similar goofball, silly, deflect-with-humour type of placement, which is why I almost chose it.

But a Gemini Mercury with a Libra rising is in the 9th house; house of higher education, of spirituality. Much of templar training is exactly that. Whether he likes it or not, he has an interest in magical items. In our world, the occult and witchcraft are often attributed to the 8th or 9th houses; in Thedas, where magic is undeniably real and deeply tied with formal learning and religion across most cultures, I feel it fits the 9th nicely.

I also think he has quite a Mercurial view on the Chantry and Andrastianism, despite (or because of) being raised with it perhaps more strongly than most, given how he was quickly shipped off to the Chantry and templarhood.

I wonder if there's some connection between that and the fact that his real mother was a mage?

Mars: Taurus

This was the trickiest sign to pin down, but I got there in the end. Mars and Venus are considered "opposites", and Taurus is another sign guided by Venus. Alistair expresses anger and resentment, yes, but more often than not it's in snide remarks and snippy comments. He doesn't really express himself well when he's annoyed with people he cares about, or if he thinks it would cause conflict with them; letting things fester instead. He doesn't stand up for himself unless he's hardened, and even then, not always. The only time he really does stand up, knowing the conflict it creates, when he finally can't take it anymore – is when the Warden recruits Loghain. Taurus as a sign is known for endurance. Mars in Taurus means a long fuse, but once its lit, that grudge is held.

Mars in Taurus also indicates a sentimentality towards possessions, and Alistair's two main gifts are his mother's amulet and Duncan's shield. Kind of interesting that he lashes out and breaks one of them, immediately regretting it.

Here, Mars is in the 8th house, a house of many attributes depending on what school of astrology you look at. Traditionally, it was known as the House of Death, as a 'dark' house. Unexpected inheritances, legacies of the deceased, crises, hidden matters... modern astrology prefers to describe it as the House of Transformation. What's a more unexpected inheritance than the throne? And even if he doesn't become king, the mere fact of who his father was was something that hung over him all his life; a secret which is revealed to the world, one way or another.

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All of this is my own interpretation, of course, and there's lots of different schools of astrology – I write this as someone with an intermediate knowledge, who uses a mix of traditional and modern, and the whole signs house system.

As a little side note... I chose Sun in Cancer for Alistair independently, but since then I've seen David Gaider agree with someone who said the same! I don't often take the opinions of their writers into account when I look at character charts, but Gaider does seem to have some knowledge of astrology, so I'm happy to consider it Approved <3

#dragon age #alistair theirin #dragon age origins #dao #alistair dragon age #astrology #op

[fergus-cousland]

astrology girls in Thedas finding out Gwydion was born on 1st Wintermarch and being like “ah, that makes sense” when they realise that ice magic is what comes easiest to him

#when i say astrology girls i mean alistair #no i won't elaborate on that

[gracehtml]

meet my inquisitor!

‣ name: enaleya trevelyan (代恩蕾 · dài ēnlěi) ‣ age: 26 as of 9:41 Dragon, born on the 22nd of Bloomingtide in the year 9:15 Dragon, making her a Gemini (or whatever the astrological equivalent of a Gemini in Thedas is) ‣ class: mage (specializes as a storm/lightning mage and a knight enchanter)

#dragon age #dragon age inquisition #enaleya trevelyan

[elfyourmother]

ASKING ABOUT GISELE: 19. Does she like to stargaze; 34. How many pillows and blankets does she sleep atop:beneath 💜

19. BOY DOES SHE. Gisele always had a fascination with the stars ever since she was a child learning their names in Dalish and how to navigate by them from her mother. When she was in the Circle, astrology lessons were some of the only extra times she was permitted outdoors aside from exercise and herbalism lessons after The Incident*. (Astrology lessons were typically held in the winter, which is long in Ferelden, because it got darker earlier and apprentices could get more instruction in before curfew)

She still knows the names of the stars. Funny enough what Ishgardians call the Dragon Star is the Maiden in Thedas, the one associated with Urthemiel according to Tevinter astrology. The irony is not lost on Gisele, and when she told Jannequiard he laughed for ages and couldn’t stop.

34. Gisele makes an absolute nest of pillows and blankets because she’s cold all the time and it’s the only way she’s comfortable. Even after she regularly began sharing a bed with people who run warm (all the lads do, but especially Stephanivien and especially Estinien post-possession, though he always ran warm). Which drives a few of them bonkers. Estinien’s always throwing her pillows on the couch and she’s always giving him grief about it.

#askbox memes #oc memes #gisele surana #dandelionofthanatos #ask bisho

[vhenaqui]

do you give your ocs zodiac signs?? what are they?? i'll go first!!

topaz brosca is a scorpio, nehna mahariel is a leo, bibiana hawke is a gemini, andrale lavellan is a capricorn and mirisa lavellan is a virgo 🌟

#ever since @bluhawke mentioned astrology exists in thedas i have not known peace #i decided to put my two companion ocs in too!! (nehna/mirisa) #anyways hi tell me ur ocs astro placements i'd love to hear it <3 #dragon age #my ocs #astrology #just for fun really!! #i really like astrology but pls know i completely curated my experience #there are some extremely bad astrology takes out there and i don't engage w them #lex txt #topaz brosca #nehna mahariel #bibiana hawke #andrale lavellan #mirisa lavellan

[scopeandhorror]

Theda Bara

Silent film star, the original vamp, Theda Bara was born on July 29, 1885.

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#actresses #art #astrology #black bile #fairytales #July 29 #Literature #medicine #melancholia #Melancholy #silent film #the anatomy of melancholy #Theda Bara #vamp #writing

[greenteabtch]

ever since i found out astrology exists in thedas i have not been able to rest

#my last art of spring break.... cry #fenris #isabela #varric tethras #uhh idk if this counts but i'll tag it just in case as #aveline critical #i don't think it counts as anders critical? #but if someone wants me to tag it lmk #da2 #helena hawke #my art #f!hawke

[doctormage]

ok as promised here's my whole thedosian astrology spiral in one big post

underneath a read more bc i love you all

starting w my tags from the first post bc context:

#bc i saw a post that put the zodiac seasons (for thedas) roughly from the 20th of one month to the 20th of the next #like it is irl #but the zodiac seasons coincide w the actual seasons #the start of aries season is the vernal equinox #the start of cancer season is the summer solstice #the start of libra season is the autumnal equinox #the start of capricorn season is the winter solstice #and (to my knowledge??) the seasons in thedas start with their annum holidays or whatever #wintersend = beginning of spring #summerday = beginning of summer #all souls day = beginning of fall #satinalia = beginning of winter #(someone PLEASE correct me if im wrong on that) #well i know summerday and satinalia are right but #ANYWAY #using that logic the zodiac seasons would also start on those days #thedas-aries season would run from the 1st to the 30th of guardian #thedas-taurus would be 1-30 drakonis #thedas-gemini would be 1-30 cloudreach #so that thedas-cancer aka the start of summer aka summerday aka THE FIRST OF BLOOMINGTIDE #kSLFdfslkdFDKs #anyway. now i have to be Right about this#my previous hyperfixation and my current one.....coming together....to make me into a Massive Bitch<3

when would the zodiac signs' seasons take place in the thedosian calendar?

so bc the zodiac signs are based on constellations and all the lore etc that accompanies them i'm not even gonna touch that (YET.....yet...) but since spring, summer, autumn, and winter start on the first days of guardian, bloomingtide, august, and firstfall, respectively, so would those particular seasons of the zodiac

thedas-equivalent-of-aries season would just be 1-30 guardian, bc irl the beginning of aries season coincides with the beginning of spring and continues until the sun moves into taurus; all the cardinal signs (aries, cancer, libra, capricorn) begin on the first of the season like that, so we can assume that – IF there are 12 zodiac signs in thedas – the sun is in each sign for approximately a month. so that in 3 months the next cardinal sign can coincide w the beginning of that season

imo it makes sense that (if we're assuming thedas also has 12 signs and that their sun spends roughly equal time in all of them) four of them would coincide w the beginning of the seasons. so like yeah thedas is fake and for all we know they have 10 zodiac signs and they all start on wildly different days, but then everything is just shooting in the dark and where's the fun in that. obviously the changing of the seasons is important to them bc their holidays center around them, therefore i don't think it's wildly out of the blue to think that whatever star sign system they have going on would similarly coincide w the changing seasons

again i'm not currently bothering with picking constellations/symbols/stories/traits/etc for each sign so i'll just say first, second, third etc. point being the seasons of the zodiac would actually be like they are below, rather than how they are irl (aka the 20th-ish of each month to the 20th-ish of the next; it's like that irl bc our calendar is stupid and the beginning of the seasons randomly happens 2/3 of the way thru the month):

first sign = begins spring, 1-30 guardian

second sign ≈ 1-30 drakonis

third sign ≈ 1-30 cloudreach

fourth sign = begins summer, 1-30 bloomingtide

fifth sign ≈ 1-30 justinian

sixth sign ≈ 1-30 solace

seventh sign = begins autumn, 1-30 august

eighth sign ≈ 1-30 kingsway

ninth sign ≈ 1-30 harvestmere

tenth sign = begins winter, 1-30 firstfall

eleventh sign ≈ 1-30 haring

twelfth sign ≈ 1-30 wintermarch

okay so we have cardinal signs, what about fixed and mutable signs?

the cardinal signs are CALLED the cardinal signs bc they begin the seasons; they're the ~get up and goers~ of the zodiac, motivated, leaders, trail blazers, energetic, etc. they litchrally bring in the changes of the season so that makes sense right

so IF we are to continue w that logic — and here's where i'm getting (even more) conjecture-y, but i feel p confident that since 4 of the 5 major holidays in thedas are based on the changing seasons aka thats important — then the traits of the thedas-equivalent of those signs would also have similarities to the irl cardinal signs (namely the traits listed above)

but there are also FIXED signs and MUTABLE signs: so called bc fixed signs are firmly planted in the middle of each season (taurus in spring, leo in summer, scorpio in autumn, aquarius in winter) and bc mutable signs precede the major change from one season to the next (gemini from spring to summer, virgo from summer to autumn, sagittarius from autumn to winter, pisces from winter-to-spring)

and again bc these are based on the seasons, it also makes sense to me that, generally speaking, the signs in the middle and at the end of the seasons would also be distinct in some way. and probably have similarities to irl fixed and mutable signs, tho i'm not as obstinate about that as i am abt the cardinal signs. but anyway MOVING ON

[the one section with the fan-made sky map ended up being relatively useless even tho the sky map was in fact very cool]

general disclaimer that at this point i’m literally just. straight up guessing lmao

also since we only have so many constellations we see in-game, and since they each come with a codex giving us at least a little background info (aka CRUMBS), any suggestions of which constellations are part of the zodiac are based on those specifically. obviously in real life theres a bazillion constellations that aren’t part of the zodiac, but we do not have the luxury of knowing every constellation in thedas so i am going with what we got

the thedosian constellation map (the canon one) is different than the fan-made sky map, but because i highly doubt anyone at bioware could’ve predicted someone would be As Insane As I Am Being Right Now about it, i don’t think they probably put a lot of thought into making it lmao. the fan made sky map DID have thought put into it tho, and it actually features the constellations we see in-game, so i’m going w that one ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

AND. i’m gonna look at the names of the months (both the fancy ancient tevinter names and the ~low/common~ names) in comparison w the constellations we have at our disposal bc why the fuck wouldn’t they be related in some way. this has no basis in any deeper logic than “maybe the fact that the ‘common’ name for this month is drakonis has somethinng to do with the constellation draconis idfk” but like. it’s literally the same name but with one letter (that makes the same sound) changed. i don’t think i’m asking too much here lmao

signs that start the seasons

wintersend is canonically associated with the old god urthemiel; the codex entry for the constellation bellitanus states it (is believed that it) was originally associated with urthemiel. using the same reasoning as with satinalis/satinalia, i’m gonna assume that bellitanus-as-a-zodiac-season would start with wintersend and last through the whole of guardian

summerday was once called andoralis, dedicated to the old god andoral; the codex entry for the constellation servani states it is thought to be representative of andoral, but where the wiki says andoral is the god of unity, the codex says andoral was the god of slaves. (doesn’t clarify if andoral is like, a figure to which the enslaved would turn to in their plight, as like a savior? or whether andoral is...just associated with slaves in some way.) i have no idea what the fuck to do w that except assume bioware is back on their bullshit! i’m gonna come back to this later

all soul’s day was once funalis, dedicated to dumat, old god of silence; the codex entry for the constellation silentir (which literally means ‘silence’ lmao) is usually said to represent dumat. so by this logic we might say the zodiac season for silentir begins with all soul’s day and ends with the last day of august

the constellation satinalis is canonically associated with satinalia, so it makes sense to me that if satinalis is part of the zodiac, its season would start with satinalia / last through the month in which the holiday takes place. aka firstfall

with these in mind, we have (tentatively) 3 of our 4 cardinal signs aka the signs that begin the seasons: bellitanus for spring, silentir for autumn, and satinalis for winter

looking at the fan-made sky map, these aren’t super evenly spaced apart (but then again neither are irl constellations perfectly proportioned so whatever!) HOWEVER. they do still, at least vaguely 😭, follow a clockwise pattern in the correct order of guardian/spring → summerday/bloomingtide → all soul’s day/august → satinalia/firstfall. it’s about the small victories ok *inquisitor ameridan voice* take moments of happiness where you find them or whatever

what about the other 8 signs???

great question!!! haha!!!

✨I Am Once Again About To Start Guessing Wildly✨

because even tho the “cardinal signs” go clockwise and in order, there’s still an uneven amount of constellations BETWEEN them. there should be 2 between each but, for example, silentir and satinalis only have tenebrium between them. and there are fucking....TEN constellations between satinalis and bellitanus so we’re going to have to get even more creative somehow<3 lmao these are all taken from the codex entries for the constellations (the names are links!)

TOTH: tevinter old god of fire, thats p much it. the codex does say sometimes toth is depicted as a “flaming orb” which maybe i truly have succumbed to the brain worms but i hear ‘orb’ and ‘god’ and ‘flame’ (aka light/energy/etc or perhaps idk a fucking explosion) and yall already know where my dumb ass is going w that 🥴

since the rules are made up and the points dont matter, i have decided Fuck Bioware, toth is going with summerday now. i dont give a rats ass about andoral since apparently they dont care to tell us what he was actually god of, so welcome toth you are now in charge of the beginning of summer bc i said so

TENEBRIUM: associated with lusacan, tevinter old god of darkess/night. also obvious associations with falon’din, elven god of death, whose sacred animal is an owl

pea brain analysis: its dark in winter lol; slightly larger, maybe lima-bean-sized brain analysis: the beginning of a new year (aka first day aka first of wintermarch) could hypothetically be associated w the past ‘dying.’ and also the holiday was originally an annual check to make sure everyone was alive, so i don’t see why gods of death can’t be associated w making sure all your loved ones weren’t taken by said god of death lol

ELUVIA: commonly called “sacrifice,” it’s (apparently) based on an orlesian tale in which a woman is saved from a “””lustful mage””” (i love bioware i love this frachise) by being placed in the sky and becoming a constellation. before this inspiring tale that is definitely not anti mage propaganda, eluvia may have represented razikale, tevinter old god of mystery. the imagery of this constellation is a seated woman with a cloud right above her - literally like her head is in the clouds (also bc it sounds like ‘eluvian’ i’m like 👀)

i’m inclined to pair this one up with cloudreach both bc the ancient tevinter name is “eluviesta” and bc the woman in the story is literally. in the clouds. simple enough

PERAQUIALUS: it’s a boat! but apparently a “primitive vessel” sailed by ancient peoples like the neromenians. according to the codex the translation is usually ‘across the sea’ rather than ‘boat’ but that doesnt rly help me lol

sorry my beloved. before me stand 10 beautiful constellations but i only have 9 pictures in my hands. you are not thedas’s next top zodiac sign

DRACONIS: obviously its a dragon lol

i think the drakonis (the month) / draconis (this constellation) correlation is. pretty evident lmao and since we have all but thrown credible hypothesizing out the window, why NOT?? why not make drakonis the season of draconis!!! 🤡

FERVENIAL: an oak; some believe it could be representative of andruil, elven goddess of the hunt, as the vir tanadhal (“way of the three trees”) is her whole thing

sigh idk *spins wheel* leaves start changing color in mid-late autumn so *spins wheel again* fervenial can go with harvestmere which is thedas-october it’s fine

JUDEX: a big ol sword, sometimes called the “sword of mercy,” referring to pre-andrastian concepts of justice in ancient tevinter

speaking of pulling ideas right out of my ass, if this constellation is associated w justice it makes sense to me that its season would be in the month of justinian. bc again why the fuck not!

EQUINOR: the stallion / a horse, sometimes depicted as a seated griffon. some speculate the original imagery was a halla, linking the constellation to the elven god ghilan’nain aka “mother of the halla”

i am really grasping at straws here HAHA but the word haring (as a gerund/present participle of the verb ‘hare’) can mean to run or go with great speed. horses go fast, ghilan’nain is invoked when elves want to travel quickly, blah blah blah. whatever

SOLIUM: the sun; one interpretation is that it indicates an ancient fascination with ALL objects in the sky (aka both the sun and moon[s]), another interpretation associates it with the elven god elgar’nan, aka “eldest of the sun”

alright i know the name ‘solas’ means pride in elvhen and the word ‘solace’ means like comfort/consolation, neither of which have jack shit to do with the sun, so i shouldn’t assume solis is associated with solium exclusively bc they start with ‘sol’ and sol means sun in...a lot of irl languages lol HOWEVER. i have an even worse reasoning we can fall back on which is that it’s in summer and it’s...fucking sunny??? LMAO im so sorry

FENRIR: the white wolf 👁👄👁 scholars apparently dont know wtf to do w this one; obviously there is a case to be made about its association with fen’harel

i have talked myself in circles on this one but whenever i try to type it out it makes Zero Fucking Sense lmao so. i may come back and edit this but for now just know it’s going with kingsway and i want yall to know i do have some stupid nebulous reasoning for that in my silly little brain but communicating it is simply not in the cards for me today god bless 🙏

alright so what bullshit have you proposed at the end of all this EXTREMELY shaky guesswork, queen?

HERE YOU GO I GUESS

Bellitanus: begins spring, 1-30 Guardian

Draconis: 1-30 Drakonis

Eluvia: 1-30 Cloudreach

Toth: begins summer, 1-30 Bloomingtide

Judex: 1-30 Justinian

Solium: 1-30 Solace

Silentir: begins autumn, 1-30 August

Fenrir: 1-30 Kingsway

Fervenial: 1-30 Harvestmere

Satinalis: begins winter, 1-30 Firstfall

Equinor: 1-30 Haring

Tenebrium: 1-30 Wintermarch

next time i have a death wish i will come back and speculate what kind of traits would be associated w these signs (based on the ~lore~ surrounding the constellations, their tentative places as cardinal/fixed/mutable, etc) but i just wasted precious hours of my life on this and i cant look at it anymore!!!

also want to reiterate that, regarding the post i saw earlier that i disagreed with, my refutation of that argument ended like 2 reblogs many sections ago lol. the only thing i feel confident defending is that the different seasons of the zodiac would – based on the actual changing 4 seasons – start on the first of each month and end on the last day of each month, as opposed to the way it is in real life western astrology

all this other bullshit is just for fun (??? i guess????) and based ALMOST entirely on my own assumptions. informed by actual shit from the games ofc but mainly me just

EDIT: would like to add that i don't have world of thedas or any other supplementary shit; all i have at my disposal is the 3 games, their DLCs, and the wiki lol. so if there's anything here that WOT (or smth else) contradicts please lmk! and also sorry for any typos lmao

hope yall enjoyed witnessing this fully unhinged moment w me bye<3

#da #astro #thedas astrology #i'll delete all the other ones later

[in-arlathan]

15 OC Association

Time for another OC tag game! 🙌 I was tagged by both @starsandskies and @johaeryslavellan for this one. Thank you both, it was great fun!

Tagging forth to @noire-pandora, @dreadfutures, @emerald-amidst-gold, @serial-chillr, @mogwaei, @faerieavalon, @musetta3, @midnightprelude, and anyone else who'd like to play. Please feel free to tag me back so I can see and reblog your post! :3

Let's start with my ancient elvhen girl ...

Fel'anas'hani (Felani)

Animal: Tiger

Color(s): Gold, orange and red

Month: July, or Solis / Solace in the Thedas calendar (which makes me laugh for obvious reasons, lol)

Song: "Natural's Not In It" by Gang of Four

Number: She doesn't really care for numbers. Metals are more her thing.

Day or Night: Day

Plant(s): Strelitzia (bird of paradise)

Smells: Fire and burning wood, spices and honey

Gemstone: Ruby

Season: The last days of autumn

Place(s): A cozy hut with a hearth and bar that serves a decent ale (or wine). A comfy chair to put her feet up in. And a workshop with a forge that never gets cold.

Food: She would indulge in anything hearty, especially roasted meat

Astrological sign: Taurus

Element: Fire. It fits her temper.

Drink(s): Red wine. The drier the better. It's the only civilized way to get properly drunk.

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Elenara Lavellan

Animal: Hare

Color(s): Pastell pink, green and yellow

Month: September, or Parvulis / Kingsway in the Thedas calendar

Song: "Far Away" by José Gonzalez

Number: 9

Day or Night: Day, especially easy mornings

Plant(s): Dandelions. She's not fancy or colorful, but she's fluffy and soft and unrelenting.

Smells: Freshly cut grass

Gemstone: Topaz

Season: Late summer, when the light is golden and the leaves being to change their color.

Place(s): She loves some wide-open plains. They are ideal for sunbathing.

Food: Roasted chestnuts

Astrological sign: Sagittarius

Element: Air. She's like a gentle breeze most days, but her rage can be like a storm.

Drinks: Still water. Her taste in drinks is just as basic as her taste in food. Besides, she gets drunk way too easily (and she secretly hates it)

#oc tag game #15 oc associations #my ocs #my work #elenara lavellan #felani

[breninarthur]

WIP Title Ask Game

Thanks for the tag @theluckywizard! I swear I cut this down 😅

Rules: reveal the titles of the documents in your WIP folder and tag as many people as there are documents. Let others ask questions about the ones that interest them and post snippets or explain the contents as you see fit!  

Dragon Age

- when darkness comes - Kallian's longfic! Eventual Alistairmance. Currently working on the Korcari Wilds chapter, and the Joining too.

- Knight My Heart - Urban Fantasy Actor AU

- Stories of Thedas: Tabris Tales - Drabbles following various Tabris ancestors

- Dots and Blanks - the next entry in my Nobody Dies* AU

- The Romantic Misadventures of One Maz Hawke

- A WIP for a friend that's taken an embarrassingly long time

- Codex: Kallian Tabris - Kallian as a companion faux wiki page

- Elf Names of Thedas - a list of Elvhen names created using canon words

- Thedas Astrology

My Hero Academia

- All I Want - cringe is dead but is it tho

- best worst coffee in japan - KRBK

- Untitled Christmas KRBK fic

Avatar

- Unnamed ATLA Book 4 fic

- Unnamed Pro-Bending fic - post-Korra, all OCs

Supernatural

- The Reunion - An ancient Destiel fic but it's still in my mind

Original Work (All Working/Redacted Titles)

- Shadows WIP - my main focus, a Celtic fantasy

- Superhero WIP

- To Hell With It - a sort of theological paranormal

- Grief WIP - a play about someone who dies and their sibling and partner who pick up the pieces

Tagging: @ziskandra @bog-mummies @kurgy @rosella-writes @doomhippy83 @cleverblackcat @dreadfutures @liza011 @wildbasil @popcornjoejoe and anyone else who wants to! Please do tag me if you do it ❤

#op #my writing #tagged #ask things

[dalishious]

I’ve been asked before if there is such a thing as astrology zodiac stuff in Thedas, and my previous knowledge was that no, there is not. But I just found this “astro chart” as it is called in the game files, so it seems there actually is.

I know nothing about real life astrology, let alone do I have any clue where to even start understanding this thing. But if anyone else wants to take a crack at it, here you go!

#dragon age #thedas #da lore

[crackinglamb]

15 OC Associations

Tagged by @dreadfutures, thank you! 💕

Tagging @fiadhaisteach, @lilbittymonster, @fasterpuddytat, @autodiscothings, @ir0n-angel and @mogwaei. No pressure!

For Imogen McLean:

ANIMAL: A wolf. No, not because of her obvious connection to that Dread one. But because she is loyal, protective, clever and concerned with the health of her 'pack' more than the status quo.

COLOUR: Red. Red hair, fiery passions, the blaze of changing leaves, the warmth of flames.

MONTH: On Earth, October. On Thedas, Harvestmere. Reaping what you've sown. Changes in the wind. Warm days, cool nights. Bonfires and snuggling under blankets. Hot drinks and sunlight through a riot of falling leaves. The first frost and the poignancy of the ever spinning wheel of the seasons.

SONG: Wicked Game, Chris Isaak. Although for Imogen it's the Ursine Vulpine version.

NUMBER: 13, the number of arrows she owns, plus the one from which they all originated. They're enchanted, you see, she'll never lose them.

DAY OR NIGHT: Night. Stars and moons, the quiet of the sleeping world. Shadows that hide all things. The intimacy of sharing candlelight. Time to herself.

PLANT: On Earth, bee balm. On Thedas, embrium. Common flowers with healing properties.

SMELL: Citrus and embrium oil. Leather, wax and sweat. More blood than she'd like.

GEMSTONE: On Earth, aquamarine. On Thedas, lyrium. Blue stones that are reminiscent of water. Or rebirth. Or mysteries.

SEASON: Autumn. A liminal time of change, a last hurrah before winter's cold.

PLACE: A fireside with the comforts of familiar things and/or people.

FOOD: *Solas smirks* "Peaches," he says. *Imogen shoves him out of frame* "Bread," she says.

DRINK: Whiskey or amaretto sours. Sweet, sharp, topped with a cherry and memories.

ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: On Earth, Capricorn. Thedas doesn't appear to have astrology the same way, so she doesn't know.

ELEMENT: Earth. But also water, since she's a cusper. She's stubborn and persistent, but also resilient and malleable. She could bury you, or drown you in a flood. In good or bad ways. *Imogen grins in scientist* Gold. Conductive, essential for technology, the pinnacle goal of (Earth) alchemy, a transition metal. Pretty.

#tagged #15 oc associations #imogen mclean #what a wicked game to play

[tiadres]

30 Day Dragon Age OC Challenge

Day 30: Free Day! 

Some random trivia about Anwen:

🍀 For some reason it’s a bit more challenging for me to say which tarot card I associate with Anwen than I do with Tia (The Magician) or Cadriel (Strength). When I thought about this a few months ago I was like “mmmaybe The Hierophant” because as the Keeper’s First, Anwen has always valued Dalish tradition, religion and Elven history. However as the Inquisitor she comes off as a very progressive and perhaps even radical leader to some as she speaks for the changes regarding the Chantry, the Circles of Magi and rights for the city elves. So considering how she and the Inquisition reshape the politics of Thedas, and how her own world turns upside down many times during the journey, I’d say she reminds me of The Tower. But also The Star and The Empress come to mind. 

🍀 Her favorite colors are green and blue

🍀 Anwen likes all kinds of flowers, but her favorite is Lily of the Valley.

🍀 Her zodiac sign is Capricorn, which translates to Eluvia “The Sacrifice” in Thedas astrology.*

🍀 Anwen has two Harts, named Revas (Tirashan Swiftwind, she arrived to Haven riding him) and Enasalin (Royal Sixteen, gifted to her by her clan after helping them). 

🍀 If Anwen had Pokémon, she would probably like Grass and Electric types the most, based on her love of nature and specialization in lightning element. Pokémon that come to mind for example are Decidueye, Sawsbuck, Gogoat, Shaymin, Jolteon, and Zapdos.

And that concludes this challenge for Anwen! It has been very fun doing these for my Warden, Champion and Inky, and meanwhile I’ve also progressed pretty far into replaying Anwen in DAI ^^ 

Want to do the challenge as well? Here are the prompts

*Thedas astrology is a fan project, you can learn about it in here and here

#da #dai #30dayDAchallenge #dragon age #Anwen Lavellan