#coelestial

[birdblues]

Violet-tailed Sylph

[helluvatimes]

The Foxtail Orchid

The Foxtail Orchid (Vanda coelestis) captivating visitors with its dense, cascading clusters of flowers in the Cloud Forest. Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

[wingedjewels]

Violet-tailed Sylph (Aglaiocercus coelestis) by Scott Olmstead Via Flickr: Reserva Buenaventura, El Oro, Ecuador | March 24, 2025

[haveyouseenthisbirdpoll]

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[squawkoverflow]

A new variant has been added!

Celestial Monarch (Hypothymis coelestis) © Cheta Chua

It hatches from black, blue, clear, crested, long, pale, short, similar, small, turquoise, and white eggs.

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[orticasimpatica]

Ortica Simpatica, Agathea Coelestis

[daisyachain]

poulenc gloria iii has got to be either a theme for The Sovereign or alt theme for The Morning Star

[rooodll]

[todaysbird]

the pacific parrotlet (forpus coelestis), also known as the celestial parrotlet, is a small green parrot originating from a limited range in south america. they are sexually dimorphic, and easy to differentiate; males have bright blue coloration on the wings that is especially visible in flight, while females are overall green. they have grown in popularity as a pet bird, and breeders have developed new color mutations for pet birds including white, turquoise, and marbled. despite being social in the wild, they are typically best kept without cagemates, as they are known to be territorial over their cage and outright aggressive to other birds. despite their small size, they are rarely a good ‘beginner’ pet bird, as they have stubborn personalities and can often be nippy, especially if not heavily socialized from a young age. although they thrive on solitary housing in captivity, they live in flocks of 40-50 birds in the wild. their natural diet is mainly berries and cactus fruits.

[herpsandbirds]

Violet-tailed Sylph (Aglaiocercus coelestis), male, family Trochilidae, order Apodiformes, Ecuador

photograph by Lior Berman Fernández

[helluvatimes]

Rhynchostylis Coelestis

Rhynchostylis coelestis (Pink Form) blooming in the Cloud Forest. Photo credit: Eleanor Chua.

Native to Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam, and a spring bloomer, this orchid is now blooming in the conservatory here.

Nell was delighted to find these against a blue ‘sky’ and lost no time getting the image. The ‘sky’ was actually a painting.

[anam2s]

Pacific parrotlet? :)

Pacific parrotlet (forpus coelestis)

[sancta-seraphina]

Hi, I hope this isn't too complex a question. What books would you recommend for someone looking to get into angels? I'm looking for anything... lore, other novels to read, comics, whatever you can offer

Oh man, please don't apologize, this is exactly my type of question! Also this post got a bit long.

Obviously, there are tons of references for lore. If you're looking for a basic run-down of angels in the Bible itself, I'm writing a series of posts on that subject specifically, even if updates are few and far between right now (I'm so, so sorry, the ballet eats all of my time):

[Biblically Accurate Angels Part I - Seraphim, Cherubim & Ophanim]

[Biblically Accurate Angels Part II - The Named Angels]

This is because the easiest and most accessible information on angels is in the Bible itself (and hey guess what—you can read the Bible for free online! If you need a translation suggestion, I would go for the ESV bibles, and there's a Catholic edition of the ESV if that's an issue. You could also get the NCB which is what I cited)

If you don't mind chewy literature, then I'd say please read Pseudo-Dionysius' De Coelesti Hierarchia, or St. Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologica. I cite both of these in my posts on angels since they're rather standard sources of information on them, and they're also where the Catholic church gets its canon from.

A great reference, even if I don't particularly agree with everything stated in it, is Gustav Davidson's A Dictionary of Angels. Most people look at it for angel names, but I'm very interested in his sources, since many of them I've not yet managed to get my little paws on.

I'm not even going to get into my favorite sources of angel lore because this is enough for someone just looking to start. I can do a separate post on those if people want them.

Now. Moving on from lore.

For classic literature, my two obvious recommendations are for The Divine Comedy and Paradise Lost. Over on IG, myself and Jami (@a-thenais) made a little book recommendation post. [You can find it here]. Being the angels nerds we are, everything is pretty on theme and has poetry, scripture, classics... the only thing we didn't do is current angel literature.

So for that, if you want a popular series, than I'd say go take a look at @nicosraf's Angels trilogy, especially since he just announced a new short novel coming out in December!

I personally also like @marsadler's First Creation, although I'd recommend his works mainly for horror fans.

And lastly, if you don't mind waiting/are keeping a list of angel books that are coming out, well, of course I'd suggest my own series [The Divine Tragedy], even if horror isn't everyone's cup of tea. The main series (Holiest, The Harrowing, & Heresiarch) and the series of novellas (The Infernal Apocrypha) are heavy on the horror, but in my last project, the Sepher Metatron, only the third part has horror in it, and the rest of it is more palatable to non-horror fans (the very first part of the book is also fully illustrated)

But if you can read Italian, then I'd also suggest @a-thenais' Nova Apocrypha Vulgata series! These are three novels (Thanatos, Hybris, & Afasia) that she is working towards publishing, and a few additional works too. You can read about them on her tumblr, and I've done multiple fanarts for them. We also tend to consider TDT and NAV 'twins', so if TDT is something you want to read, NAV will also something you'd probably like!

If you want to follow some angel artists, then please check out my pals @ultrainfinitepit (who makes gorgeous angel pins which I hoard) and @helplessavacado, both of whom have their own unique styles and stories as well.

[softgaycontent]

Had so much fun with this one! A collection of beautiful bugs drawn with pen & copics.

Not size-accurate to one another. List of included arthropods and cleaned up image under the readmore.

eyed click beetle, one-eyed madagascar click beetle, 22-spot ladybird, 15-spotted ladybeetle, 7-spot ladybird, blue carpenter bee, inca clathratus sommeri, euchroea coelestis, anise swallowtail caterpillar, painted tiger moth, green sweat bee, spiny-backed orb weaver, stephanorrhina guttata, twice-stabbed lady beetle, rosalia longicorn, starry-sky beetle, zebra jumping spider, clipper butterfly, spilopyra sumptuosa, freshly molted cicada, regal moth, jeweled flower mantis, picasso bug, cream-streaked ladybird, thorn bug, rainbow stag beetle, eye-spotted lady beetle, saddleback caterpillar, tortoise beetle, eupholus schoenherri petitii, woolly-bear caterpillar, halloween pennant dragonfly

[orticasimpatica]

Ortica Simpatica, Agathea Coelestis.