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Editing this to include new items and my current situation—I am going into surgery and wish to bump this again. Thank you so much!

Emergency Tarot Readings/Beads

Hello all, I usually do not do stuff like this, but I am going into a surgery soon and need a bit of help to make rent and to keep my savings from going completely out. I do tarot commissions, and I also have my shop with my prayer beads. I have a listing for no card limit general readings for $10 on my shop as well. All tarot readings will be conducted over Etsy (if bought there), Instagram, or this Tumblr account. I do not do voice/video calls.

* Prayer Bead Commissions have been added to the list! *

I wanted to offer a comprehensive list of my listings and services here:

• Prayer Bead Commissions: $8 - $31; Etsy

• Apollon Pocket Prayer Beads: $13; Etsy

• Large Apollon Prayer Beads: $23; Etsy

• Hermes Pocket Prayer Beads: $15; Etsy

• Zeus Pocket Prayer Beads: $15; Etsy

• Large Zeus Prayer Beads: $30; Etsy

• Large Hypnos Prayer Beads: $30; Etsy

• Hypnos Pocket Prayer Beads: $15; Etsy

• Thanatos Pocket Prayer Beads: $14; Etsy

• Helios Pocket Prayer Beads: $13; Etsy

• No Limit General Question Tarot Reading: $10; Etsy

• No Limit Deity Question Reading: $10; Etsy

• Past, Present, Future Reading: $9; Venmo

• One Card Simple Reading: $3; Venmo

My Venmo is: @ jsraven7

I really appreciate any and all attempts of help or anything spread by word of mouth. Thank you so, so much!

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"i asked chat gpt" well i asked the muse to sing it to me

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I'm low-key curious why Apollo as a solar god is so popular in the modern day. It seems to be a Hellenistic invention, but so many gods were having solar associations tacked onto their list of honors in the Hellenistic period.

It's not like it stuck during the Roman periods, so is a piece of reception responsible for the popularization of Apollo the Sun?

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I have officially opened prayer bead commissions! All of my beads, charms, and sizes have been listed in one nice little listing on Etsy! I am so excited and feel so blessed to have the opportunity to customize jewelry for everyone :) thank you to those who gave me the idea 🖤

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Thank the Gods for old and supportive friends coming back into my life 🖤 I feel so blessed the past few months

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Happy Thargelia!

e-offering to lady artemis and lord apollo! thank you for everything, blessed twins, may you both be with us :)

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It makes me sad that I am not feeling fully myself this Thargelia, it’s been a really hard two weeks for me, and things have just started looking up a little. I offered Lord Apollon a cup of wine and some bay leaves last night, and I hope that He appreciates it.

I wished to wash off His statue and perfume it, but I personally do not like to approach the Gods when I feel so out of tune. I do hope He enjoys the wine, though. I came into a lot of red wine lately from a generous friend that had too much, so there’s plenty to go around for the Theoi! It’s really been my offering of choice lately 🖤

Edit: I ended up doing a small cleansing ritual for Him, and I already feel much better :)

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My shop revamp is complete! I worked hard on it, and I really love how it turned out! Thank you again for the support, everyone 🖤

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Types of Divination

I recently saw my friend Dagan ( @olympianbutch ) respond to an ask about his forms of divination and thought it'd be fun to go over the ones I know of! A lot of people know of tarot and pendulum but there's so many more that deserve to be be tried and maybe someone will find a new method that works for them ♡

• 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 •

Tarot- One of if not THE most well-known forms of divination. Tarot typically consists of a 78 card deck with 22 major arcana cards and 56 minor cards. These cards typically have a set and known meaning universally across all decks.

Lenormand- A (usually) 36 card deck typically used for fortune telling. As opposed to tarot, lenormand is read in a sequence and is considered more straightforward than tarot. One of the most common readings for lenormand would he The Grand Tableau, which uses the entire deck to create a "snapshot".

Oracle Cards- Oracle cards vary vastly across different decks, as each deck has different cards with different meanings. They typically create a more specific answer than tarot.

Cartomancy- Tarot is often confused as cartomancy, but cartomancy is its own separate divination style. Cartomancy typically involves using a deck of playing cards for divining questions. It has its own reading system separate from tarot and usually involves some numerology in its deciphering.

• 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬 •

Capnomancy (smoke reading)- Divining messages and answers from smoke. Incense smoke is one of the most common, but other fire sources producing smoke can be used.

Geomancy- Divination done through identifying patterns created in the earth (or on paper). The diviner will create geomantic figures at random (with 16 possible combinations) and divine messages and answers from them.

Hydromancy- Divining through water by observing reflections and ripples (either naturally occurring or created.

Botanomancy- A method that involves burning herbs, plants, or branches and diving messages/identifying energies through the smoke and flames.

Cledonomancy- A method involving "overheard words". The diviner will cover their ears while asking their question or for advice, leave their location, and then unplug their ears. The words and sounds they hear will be their response. This was typically done while asking the Hermes Agoraios questions and leaving the agora/walking away from the statue.

• 𝐈𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 •

Pendulum (dowsing)- A form of divination that uses a pendant, typically on an evenly distributed chain or cord, to divine messages. The most common way it's done is by asking the pendulum (or spirits/entities etc) how the pendulum will swing for yes, no, and maybe answers. It is also common to use a pendulum board which has set spaces for yes, no, maybe, and occasionally letters for more refined answers.

Ouija- Also known as a spirit board, a suitable board consists of a board with yes, no, and alphabet, and goodbye at the bottom. A planchette is used to spell messages from the spirit/entity and answer auestions. It is known practice to always end an ouija board session by sliding the planchette to the "goodbye" section of the board.

Scrying- A divination method typically involving an obsidian mirror, a crystal ball, a pool of water in darkness, etc. A candle is commonly lit and the diviner falls into a trance-like state in which they'll see images and scenes depicted in the reflections.

Ceromancy (Wax reading)- A method that commonly involves the diviner pouring candle wax into water and deciphering the imagery seen above and below the surface of the water.

Tasseography (Tea reading)- Divination involving a tea cup and the leaves of the tea. The majority of the tea is drank, leaving just a small amount in the cup. The remaining leaves in the cup are interpreted typically for fortune telling.

Bibliomancy- The opening of a book to a random page and line/passage to divine messages and answers.

Astragalomancy (dice casting)- Throwing dice, typically to divine short answers. The reader will usually assign meaning to each number of the dice, the most common being yes, no, maybe.

I'm definitely missing more than a few, and several of these have been described to their bare minimum because they're fairly complex (ie, geomancy), but I had fun making this list regardless. Maybe I'll make in-depth posts about some of the more complex ones.

Regardless! I hope you found this informative in any way. Safe travels ♡

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YOU DID A REVAMP!!! LOOKS AWESOME

Oh thank you!! I’ve been meaning to for a while! I like how this feels much better :) 🖤

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Would you ever make large prayer beads for Lord Hermes? :) I'd be very interested!

Hello, I actually did have some at some point! The company that I get my beads from seems to have discontinued the carnelian I use at this point, so I have been attempting to find a different gem or bead size that will not change the design too much! I will likely post the moment I get it all figured out. In the meantime, I have some small ones left, but the large ones are a work in progress.

Thank you 🖤

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𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐬

𝘨𝘰𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴, 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘴,

𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘴, 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘦𝘥, 𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴,

𝘭𝘶𝘤𝘬, 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤, 𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘶𝘴𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘨𝘦

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Jsraven7 —> Chthonicsides !

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♰ About Me ♰

• You can call me Raven or Corvid. I am 22, a Hellenic Polytheist, and majority a reconstructionist. My posts will be tagged under Chthonic Thoughts. My asks are open for questions or comments and I am very happy to answer what I can 🖤

• I am a devotee to Lord Apollon and Lord Thanatos, and I am devoted to the Chthonic.

• I have been practicing for 6 years or more! I also fluctuate between practicing witchcraft and not.

• I have a shop that sells prayer beads, art, and tarot readings all dedicated to the Theoi at https://ravensmithing.etsy.com

Nice to meet you 🖤

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Having a bit of a rebrand—another “About Me” hopefully coming shortly 🖤

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not to get on here and be all negative immediately but one of my biggest icks is the idea that “anything can be an offering to the Theio” because no… it can’t… some things are just incorrect.

and to be clear i’m not talking about like giving what you have available or things that wouldn’t have been found in antiquity, before yall try jump me. i’m talking about things that just do not serve any purpose, hold no significance, or sometimes even are antheticical to what we know about the purpose of offerings.

like no a half drank of monster energy is not an appropriate offering… no a mcdonald’s chicken nugget meal is not an appropriate offering. your hyper processed hot cheetos are not an appropriate offering!

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I hope everyone that reads this knows that they add value to the world even if they don't see it yet.

I love you, and so do the trees.