1. Book Of Shadows- A witch’s book of spells, rituals, personal feelings, etc. It is a general book for any metaphysical or religious information that you wish to put into it, among other things.
2.Bestiary- A sometimes hand-written encyclopedia or manual of mythological and magical creatures and beings, used for reference when you want to work with a non-human energy, or for general research.
3.Grimoire- Usually filled with tables and charts, lists relating to astrological, numerical, and color correspondences; properties of crystals, herbs, trees, etc. Contains moon phase meanings and medicinal properties of plants- This one has an old-timey textbook feel to it, usually.
4.Book Of Mirrors- a special journal, where you ‘reflect’ on things going on in your day to day life, providing deep insights which are invaluable when you’re doing work regarding personal growth. Very helpful with developing personal spiritual philosophies.
5.Book Of Moons- A book entirely relating to the moon and it’s cycles, names of the moons of each month, their attributes and energies, dates of lunar eclipses as well as full moon dates of upcoming moons. Filled with vast knowledge of lunar attributes and special dates of red moons, blue moons, etc.
6.Dream Journal- Here you record the dreams you have in as much detail as you can remember, and some people draw images from their dream adventures in this book as well, since dreams use the language of symbolism and imagery. You interpret the meanings of your dreams in here too, if you wish. Dreams can help us get a glimpse into our subconscious and the more dreams you write the easier it becomes for you to remember them.
7. Book of Visions- A vision book is used with the law of attraction, it is a ‘vision board’ in book form. Put different images of things you want in life, be they experiences, physical items, money, health, etc, in the pages of the book. Open the book up to pictures of what you want to visualize having. Think of this as an on-the-go vision board, except with much more space as there are so many pages!
8.Book Of Positive Aspects- At the top of each page you write the name of a topic that you are unhappy with, like ‘the workplace’ for example. Below the topic title you begin listing all the positive aspects of the subject, and by the end of your list your emotions will be in a much better place regarding the topic. You can do a list a day or many in one sitting, it is a valuable tool for cultivating positive energy or for switching viewpoints on things that normally would upset you.
9.Gratitude Journal- A book where you write about EVERYTHING you are thankful and appreciative for in your life right now. You feel overwhelmed with love and positivity when writing in this book, which aids you in raising your vibration and frequency.
10. Book Of Intuitions- a psychic journal, it’s a book where all divination and psychic exercises are recorded, ranging from full tarot spreads, to tea leaf readings, even psychic impressions you pick up off people. It’s handy for tracking progress as well as for record keeping.
Since I’ve been getting quite a few asks about not relating to certain placement, why not make a post about it. (omg that neptune rx is really happening girls!) I also just want to point out that we are forever changing beings. The idea of ourselves, the idea of the world, etc. it’s never going to be one thing– perspective isn’t linear. So yeah, of course the our thoughts of astrology are going to change too, and that’s perfectly normal. I’m sure there are way, way more (personal) reasons as to is that happens, but these are just some that I’ve came up with.
Non-Astrological reasons
You haven’t grown into your chart. Life is so long. There are millions of things to do and feel. Believe it or not, but you haven’t experienced everything in 20 years of being alive, just like you haven’t experienced everything in your chart. Ex., a kid isn’t going to connect well to their MC because they don’t give a shit about how others see them.
There is a time and place. Astrology makes up parts of us; when we feel love we call onto Venus, when we’re angry we call onto Mars, etc. So we don’t experience all of our chart at once, like we don’t experience every emotion at the same time. Ex., maybe you haven’t been in a relationship in a long time, so you can’t really connect with your 7th house than how you did when you were dating.
You can but you haven’t realized it. Sometime the symbols gifted to us by the universe are so subtle. We don’t go through our lives connecting everything, important to mundane, to their symbolic representations. Have some astrology revelations by reflecting and being conscious in your thoughts and actions. Ex., you never really felt that friendship was that important to you but you realize that it does takes up a big chunk of your time all thanks to your 11th house stellium.
Are you looking in the right spot? Getting the wrong information is always terrible. That’s why it’s important to really look into what and where you are looking. Maybe you want to learn more about your North Node, but you haven’t glanced at your Draconic chart. Or you have gotten mixed up on planet meaning, etc.
You haven’t looked deep enough. I always feel like I have to stress this,consider the whole chart!! Everything connects! When you’re looking at one planet, it connects to everything else, and you can see it if you look. Nothing is divide from the other planets or completely ignored. Ex., you want to learn more about your emotions, you’ve only looked at your moon but you haven’t looked at anything and everything that connects to the moon (house rulers, planets in 4th house, planets in cancer, persona charts, etc. all contribute to your moon)
Astrological reasons(if it’s always been a problem check natal, if it’s recent check transits/returns/progressions)
Planet not as aspected as other planets. If house/sign, not as populated as other houses/signs. Both are because your energy is placed elsewhere.
More than one houses rulers, or two different types of energy combine, or a lot of energy in one area, etc. can be confusing as to what’s really going on.
Having a majority of the planets in the northern part of the chart, aka the less intimate and more “outside influences” side.
Mutable (Gemini, Virgo, Sag, Pisces) influence because these signs can change like chameleons so it’s hard to pin down
Stelliums/personal planets in houses that are 100% about others like 7th or 10th. (every house has to do with others, but some more than others.)
If a planet is being retrograded in a transit, such as neptune, the truth is going to be shown to us more. Retrograded planets in natal are also going to be expressed differently, if not suppressed a little.
Outer Planets (Personal planets in sign/houses, dominant, harsh aspects to, rulers of important houses, important houses are rulers of, etc.
Saturn/10th house (actually not a outer planet, but similar)
Saturn flat out restricts things, often due to karma as he rules the old/past. Saturn can make whatever it connects to turn into stone– it’s hard to express and can easily turn negative because you think “I suck at this” “I’ll never reach my goals” etc. So it’s easy to, consciously or not, chuck it in a box and forget or avoided it. Thus Saturn can rule absence or neglect as well.
10th is a little different. This house is the highest place in the sky when you were born, thus it symbolize the highest self/the ideal. Think of social media (as 10th is a public house too), everyone post the good pictures of themselves or whatever makes others think highly of them– the posts that aren’t 100% natural or real. So when this house is highly populated or has important planets, there is a disconnect from the real self and what is on display. There can also be that “I’ll never be whatever goal,” because anything with Saturn you have to climb a mountain for but in the house, it can become truly idealistic.
Uranus/11th
Ah yes, Uranus the erratic king. Uranus likes independence, the new, the different and the unique. He likes to keep things impersonal, because once things do get personal there is little room for change or originality. With heavy Uranus, things are expressed unconventionally because it’s felt with so much distance. But it isn’t a disconnect like the 10th house, it’s more casual because Uranus is aloof, he knows he doesn’t really “get” non-casualness and he doesn’t try to.
11th is like Uranus, but all the house rule were we mesh with our environment. Here we get super causal groups, the idea of humanity and the collective conscious. So planets here can feel distance, not because we deny ourselves from them but because they are invested in the community (kinda like how 7th house is where we invested in the partner). Planets here are like dropped into the melting pot of life and it’s hard to pick out and examine because it’s lost to the collective soup.
Neptune/12th (number one planet/sign/house I’d look at when you can’t understand something)
Things aren’t clear on planet Neptune. Thus they can be easily manipulated or neglected. This is because anything that is connected to Neptune is turned vulnerable, whether from embarrassment and trauma or compassion and love. To turn them weak Neptune dissolves, because there is no true barriers or physical shapes when it comes to the spiritual realm that Neptune represents. So anything connected to Neptune is just… lost.
12th is similar. But this is the closet where we put all our skeletons. Planets here is what we do when we’re alone in that closet, where no one can see and judge our vulnerable bits. Thus these are the parts of us that we, unconsciously, chosen to ignore due to fear. This is also the collective unconscious, everyone’s fears and dreams that are lost to the void.
Pluto/8th
Both of these aren’t really unclear or inspires disconnect, in fact they are very intimate and raw, but there is one thing in common with the rest of the out planets– fear. Pluto is deep; taboos, birth, death and rebirth, money, sex, violence, obsessions, control, secrets. You know, stuff that people don’t really want to talk about because it’s not socially acceptable or it’s just plain scary. So planets here can be so deep that it’s scary to indulge in (the villain archetype can be represented here), thus they can also be restricted/ignored.
Lady Diana 😍 the way your voice sounds 😍 the way you position your camera 😍 the way you decorate your table 😍 the way the cards seem to love talking to you 😍 the loving way you talk about the cards 😍 Is there a way for me to do tarot so beautifully too? 🥺😍🥺😍🥺😍
Consistency is a love language. Expressing boundaries with sensitivity is a love language. Honoring a person’s need for alone time is a love language. Acknowledging the risk it took someone to share their vulnerability is a love language. Tolerating and validating a different perspective is a love language. Learning to manage our projections and expectations is a love language.
Egyptian goddess of motherhood,
love, magick, life, rebirth, compassion, fertility, royalty, knowledge,
protection, abundance, healing, and spiritual initiation
Isis (Egyptian: Aset or Auset) is the Egyptian Queen of
Heaven. She is described as the first daughter of the gods Geb (god of earth)
and Nuit (goddess of night), and was born on the first day of the first years
of creation. In her human form, Isis is an incredibly beautiful young woman who
was depicted with outstretched wings and sometimes holding a lotus flower,
while in her animal form, she was depicted as a hawk, cobra, or cow. In the
heavens, her symbol is the star Sirius, the brightest of all stars. Though she
was also known as a Solar deity and later on when introduced to the Greeks, a
Lunar deity as well. She was the wife of Osiris, with her son being Horus.
Mythology:
In one myth, Isis – being the people’s goddess who helped her people in
many ways, devised a plan to usurp the throne. She mixed some of Ra’s saliva
with mud and created a very poisonous snake. The snake bit Ra that caused him
great pain and suffering. The ambitious Isis offered to make a deal with Ra to
heal him in exchange for his true name. By sharing this secret, all of Ra’s
personal power and knowledge was transferred to Isis, thus causing her to
become the most powerful of all the gods. Isis would then utilize this vast
power for her people’s benefit. Although the most well-known myth of Isis is
the one which tells of how Osiris was killed by Set.
It began when Set
discovered that his wife, Nephthys, had an affair on him with Osiris. This sent
him into a terrifying
rage and he devised a plan to
murder Osiris as revenge. With the deed done, Isis went on a long journey to
find her husband, but when she did, she discovered that he was dead. Isis then undertook
a long journey to collect all of her husband’s pieces that were scattered
across Egypt, so he could be reborn. Yet when he was reborn, Osiris was no
longer the same and felt belonging in Duat (the Underworld) more than how he
had been with Isis. Yet Isis forgave this from him and from Nephthys for her
seduction of her husband, especially since they both became filled with guilt.
The benevolent queen even proceeded to protect her sister’s new son, Anubis,
from Set, who was enraged over his wife’s betrayal.
Roles: Isis is revered as an excellent mother and there are several works
of art that depict her with her son Horus on her lap. She also became a
fertility and Earth Goddess as shown by the following titles: Lady of Green
Crops, Mother of the Gods, Mother of the Universe, and Queen of the Earth. In
this role she became the protector and patron of woman and children. This great
goddess is even associated with all of the elements: earth as a fertility
goddess, air through her association with wind (especially the North wind),
fire as a Solar deity (she is described as Maker of the Sunrise and the
Brilliant One in the Sky), and lastly water as she was linked to the flooding
of the Nile.
Later, Isis also became associated with the sea and boats,
responsible for bringing ships safely home. She even absorbed many of the
funerary goddess roles, replacing Hathor on the solar barque, the ship upon
which the dead Kings and Gods sailed the heavens. As the protector of her
people and the Pharaoh, Isis would defend them in battle and was even a slayer
of the evil snake Apep, who represents all the corruption of existence. She is
considered the complete female from which all life form sprung and had so many
different areas of influence that she earned the title of Lady of Ten Thousand Names.
Isis was seen as the protector of all and was even viewed as the
mother of the Pharaoh. She was also deeply loving and devoted, especially
towards her husband and son, whom she protected from the god Set in one myth.
Isis was worshiped as the ideal mother, wife, and the matron of nature and
magic. She is the friend of slaves, sinners, artisans, and the downtrodden,
listening to the pleas of even those who feel forgotten. Isis’ worship was also
concerned about the acquisition of knowledge since knowledge could only be
attained from the gifts of the gods. Some of the few known forms of Isis
include: Khut as a light giver, Usert as the mighty
earth-goddess, Thenenet as the great goddess of
the underworld, Sati when she shot forth the Nile
flood, Anqet as the embracer of the land and producer of
fertility by her waters, Ankhet as the giver
of life, Sekhet as a goddess that cultivated lands and fields, Renenet as the goddess of harvest, and Tcheft as the goddess of foods that were offered to the
gods.
Appearance: A beautiful and regal woman in her 30′s with
light-brown skin (like an Arabian), brown eyes, and long black hair. She wears
a white dress of a traditional ancient Egyptian queen that is decorated with
Egyptian jewelry.
Personality: Isis is very intelligent, wise, regal, and
loving. She is one of the manifestations of the supreme goddess (the Queen of
Heaven), and therefore is a multi-faceted goddess with many sides to herself.
Isis is also connected to both sun and moon, but she is mostly lunar in
energy. She is also very patient with others and loves to teach knowledge,
especially the complex arts of magick. Although she does not tolerate
injustices and seeks to uphold harmony at all times. Isis strongly values
peace, but will still fight if she needs to, but only does so through sorcery
(not weapons). In general, Isis is deeply motherly and represents lunar wisdom.
She is highly knowledgeable in magick, understanding many of the complex
secrets of Heka. When she is in combat, she fights only with her sorcery, full
of grace and power.
| Some of her epithets |
Mistress of All the Stars
Mother of God
Great of Magic
Sorceress Who Heals
Fiercely Bright One
Giver of Life
She Who Attacks the Powerful Ones
Vanguard of the Army
Sovereign Who Governs the Orb of Sunlight
Ruler of the Stars
Speaker of Magic
Sovereign of the Library
Lady of Heaven, Earth, and the Duat
Ruler of the Gods and Goddesses
Radiant Lady
Queen of All Women
Pure Jewel
Pure of Thrones
More Clever than a Million of Gods
Lady of Flame
Maker of the Sunrise
Lady of the Tomb
Fiery One / Fiery Serpent
She Who Slays Apep in an Instant
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