#HAPPY BOOK TIMEEEEEEE

[graysistance]

it's been a bit since i did munday in this neck of the woods, so here's a little something. if you get to know me in any capacity you know i collect three things: 1) star wars stuff, 2) star wars books, specifically og legends printings and first editions, and 3) previously loved stuff of any kind. a convergence of all three occurred today.

i've been trying to track down one of these for AGES. not only is it first ed and used, it's from a fellow star wars book loving friend (who i met at a bookstore no less and instantly bonded with because she spotted my ahsoka purse and screeched). it's even got her ex libris stamp inside too and i just 🥹 I'M SO HAPPY. she moved away two weeks ago so this was huge mood lifter.

[kingjasnah]

Back in ROW I was worried Jasnah was being set up to be the villain for like books 8-10 (it was her being the 10th flashback character + her arc in ROW) and I think that would be fun but be a disservice to her character and I am happy with where she is going post WAT

you know i never really considered a jasnah villain arc but yeah it wouldve been kinda cool actually lol. i think about how she's the 10th flashback character all the timeeeeeee though like just knowing how long we're gonna have to wait to understand whatever she has been hinting about her childhood kills me. either way i completely agree i think her post wind and truth fall from grace was insane and sets up a lot of room for her to grow in the next half of the series

[libra-stellium]

Saturn conjunct Ascendant

As a 14 degree Pisces rising this was March 12, 2024 to May 8, 2024.

"Bitch wtf is going on????" - me the entire 57 days and it's coming back around in early 2025

Notes from Saturn in Transit - Erin Sullivan

Saturn over the ascendant can be experienced as an extremely dramatic shift from "who you used to be" to "who you will be" but with a rather traumatic period of uncertainty while the no longer useful persona is sloughed off

It’s been a weird timeeeeeee like there’s some things i'm like so excited about that are a “new me” and then there’s some other stuff I’m like 💀💀💀 about and I’m gonna pretend like nothing is happening for a while longer bc this feels like too much change at once 🥲 maybe in 2025 lol my mind has been going nonstop!

The thresholding that is experienced during this time can be a shock to someone who has strongly identified with or has been identified with a particular and definite image

lol I literally introduced myself as an astrologer to someone the other day bc they mentioned astro and me being an attorney never came up and it honestly felt nice 😩 yeah my entire schooling revolved around becoming an attorney but like it doesn’t "feel" like I succeeded at it lmfao and I’m honestly not putting a lot of effort into making it feel like success either so 🙃

Understanding this necessary loss of personal identification greatly reduces stress and allows a more conscious transition into the new self image. The struggle is all about coming to terms with unconscious material in the conscious mind and vice versa

I think so much is happening in my unconscious mind bc I usually remember most of my dreams in complete detail and the last two weeks at least I know I’ve had very longgg detailed dreams but when I wake up I can’t remember it in the part of my brain that can say it into words lol I feel like I’m missing out on messages!

Saturn brings to the ascendant all the manifest experiences and control issues that have dominated the last 14 year extraverted cycle during which the individual learned how to be present and accountable in the conscious world or accomplishments, deeds, and collective goals

"I'm giving myself goals because I don't know what to do with myself if I'm not accomplishing anything." - Me in 2021 a year after getting my law degree lol I feel like it encompasses this whole thing! During this transit I wrote a list of personal goals and they're not outward things like graduation they're more like be consistent with skin care lol the other day I told my aunt I just relaxed and I didn't do anything and she was like if you're so boring why don't you go on a walk and i was like??? I didn't say that?? lol made me not want to say anything else!!

Symbolic of a descent into oneself

When I first read this I was like oooh seems zen 🧘🏾‍♀️ IT WAS NOT ZEN IVE BEEN IN THE TRENCHES!! It feels like too much pressure to know and be like "this is who I am" i just want to be a pisces rising whose personality changes whenever

Notes from Planets in Transit - Robert Hand

You will try to eliminate everything in your life that is not necessary to fulfilling responsibilities

I didn’t do many things just for fun during this time everything had a purpose. I did finish reading two books unfinished from last year and it was in an attempt to spend less time watching videos which worked!

You will become more complex and simpler at the same time

Idkkkk I’m not sure I understand what this even means

You are finishing up tasks going into a 5-8 year period of relatively quiet preparation for a new beginning

I feel like I’ll see this more in 2025 bc right now I don’t really have anything started that needed to be finished lol

You may have less freedom of movement than usual because of the pressure of circumstances and the need to get things done

A week into this I made happy hour plans and I was going to leave work extra early bc I had nothing to do and I got an assignment literally 2 hours before I was going to go! I did finish in 2 hours and went to HH but it was stressful lol

You may have to exert more effort at work in order to get the job done

For real the last month I actually had so much more work at work than usual I was working a full 8 hour day sometimes 😭 usually I have like maybe 8 hours of work a week!

Your superiors may give you even more responsibility than you would choose to have

Facts! The last few days I’ve been essentially training this girl at work and the last day of this transit I finished lol seemed fitting

Do not start out on a completely new project because in a few years you may find that you do not have the material or psychological resources to complete it

This makes me feel like it should be about something big 😂 I have not started any projects lol I did apply to a few jobs but none of them even responded to reject me so that was also unintentionally not started

Good relationships will not suffer but bad ones will break up completely

I feel like Saturn in aqua in my 12H took care of most of the bad relationships already lol so this was fine

You are withdrawing from everything in your life that is in the way of your development during the next few years

Yeah I’ve been more annoyed than usual at people around me who are making the choice to struggle just bc they don’t want to try something new 😩 it’s been making me feel like I can’t be as close to them like it’s contagious 😂

Avoid building a wall between yourself and others because they are important to you now that you are excluding those who do not belong

Yes I’ve been making it a point to actually say yes to events lol but it's hard to keep in contact with people for some reason! I forget to or think that less time has passed and then I check messages and it's been weeks!

This is a productive time

I did get a lot done! I cooked a lot of meals, I washed all my bedding that’s been sitting there since end of last year, I cleaned my fish tank, I cleaned the mildew off my bathroom walls, I put a lot of my clothes away, my recycling pile is way down, I built a storage shelf thing for under my desk, I sewed a skirt, I read and wrote a lot

Follow through on the tasks that need to be done and get your life in shape for the next phase of preparation

I’ve been intentional about this! I made a list of things I want to get out of my saturn return in my 1H and one of those things is clear skin so I’ve been consistent with the routine like actually tracking it on the calendar! Losing weight was another on that list and the last two months I was just focusing on food like getting back into cooking and the last almost 3 weeks I’ve been tracking all my food and even using a food scale. On the last day of this transit I signed up for the gym!

Overall I would give this transit 6/10 😂 the mental anguish was toooo much Omggg I hope it’s easier in 2025 and after that I’m glad I don’t have to deal with this for another 30 years

[queendeanofpie]

Soft touch ~ Kallura

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Eyyyoooo! So to give a little backstory to this imagine (WHICH I ALMOST GOT ONE OUT ON TIMEEEEEEE) Basically it’s a bit from a universe that I’m working on sort of a Witch!VoltronAu which is gonna be cool! But I thought that since Allura obviously won’t have the castle she might actually be the one flying, SO I gave her wings! She is called the heart of voltron essentially tho and might have other stuff that comes with it but that’s for the book or fanfic I’m planning!

ANYWHO.

The whole focus of this is that she is with Keith blah blah and it’s been a few since she got these new powers and wings. Keith comes up with a solution to help her feel more comfortable ;3 ALSO @timecavachon​ You know what kind of getting comfortable I talking >:3 

But anyways enjoy! I hope you guys like it! 

I will be posting a few more within today and tommorow! They’re late but I got em! 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "So . . . how are you adjusting to the whole heart of Voltron thing?" Keith's soft voice sighed across the counter. It was two days after it had happened. Allura hadn't come out of her room the first day not feeling well enough and the second day was spending time getting frustrated she couldn't adjust to her new powers and new Physical attributes.

Allura paused where she stood, having decided to finally try to do something, and cooking breakfast at the stove. She winced hiding it when her wings moved of their own accord fluffing out before settling on her back.

"I . . . I suppose I'm doing . . . okay" She breathed ignoring the feeling it gave her. She just wasn't used to the feeling still as she grabbed the plate of eggs and bacon, and handing it to Keith who was at the table. She stayed quiet leaning against the banister watching Keith with a blank expression

"I mean . . . your . . . wings are pretty" Keith gave a small smile looking up at her tilting his head his fork resting on his plate as he folded his arms on the table. Allura nodded sighing looking away with a slight blush. She didn't know how to feel about the compliments about them. They were a soft rosy pink that faded to a soft blue near the ends.

"Ah well . . they still feel very heavy but they're getting lighter. . . . ." She murmured moving to lean across the railing separating the kitchen from the table so she was closer to him. "And . . .they still sort of move on their own"

"Can I . . . touch them?" Keith asked carefully thoughtfully as he tilted his head his gaze catching on the feathers. They were such a soft pastel that blended. Slowly he reached out a hand to glide his fingers through the feathers on the inside of the wings.

Allura gasped choking down a gulp of air as she stumbled back ward her wings snapping half open at the touch, an intense pleasurable heat where he had touched them. Keith's eyes widened as he stood up moving to the end of the railing that seperated them.

"D-Don't do that!" She stammered having turned a bright red folding her arms across her chest, trying to think of an excuse other than what was coming to mind at the heat in her wings. It felt very, very nice. "I-I really don't like that t-they're sensitive . . .Please?" She breathed calming down slightly as she leaned away from him.

"Allura . . . it's . . .it's not because of . . what I am is it?" Keith asked slowly, almost hesitant to hear an answer.

"N-No! I-Its just  . . . they're sensitive and when you touched them they felt so warm a-and  . . . . uhhh" She trailed off blushing

"Allura . . . . you know I am your boyfriend" Keith said slowly a grin begginging to appear on his face as he realized what she meant "I wouldn't hurt them . . . it didn't hurt did it?"

"Oh no, I-I mean well . . . they didn't but . . . I-i don't know what it is o-or if it's something else . . ." Allura trailed off babbling as she tried to think of why Keith's hands on her wings had startled her so much. Perhaps it the fact that she couldn't control them yet she feel the simple touches that they seemed to like.

Allura was driven out of her thoughts when bare skin brushed over the outside of one of them and she sucked in a gasp going still the heat spreading once again as she looked up at him with large unsure eyes. Keith was smiling at her with a gentle look as he took her head leaning down to kiss her taking her hands in his. Allura relaxed the feeling of saftey and love he gave coming back as she kiss back relaxing and feeling her wings relax behind her.

"Lura. . . . you know I won't hurt you . . . . I'm pretty certain that I know what it is . . . and it's not bad, it's  . . .actually a good thing" Keith chuckled looking into her eyes a look of love making his shine.

"Then what is it?" She breathed worried looking up at him.

"Well . . . they are new wings . . .  I think I ready something a while back about faeries. When faerie children get their wings they're sensitive to the touch, and later on if they find a mate their wings are extremely sensative to them, but in a good way" Keith chuckled brushing his thumb over her cheek.

"Oh." Allura turned red as she looked down feeling her own marks burn pink in embarrassment as he tucked a piece of hair behind her ear. "J-Just how sensative?" She asked looking back up as Keith grinned down at her.

"Mhmm" Keith hummed pulling her closer by the hips "I'd say pretty sensitive princess" He breathed as Allura squeaked feeling his hand run over her wing starting at the base.  A warm very intense pleasurable heat spread again and Allura could help the croon that followed. It was like every nerve in her was alive with that wonderful pleasure when his hand touched her wing.

"Alright" He finally laughed picking her up Allura giving a lazy smile her wings fluffing again, the blush still resting on her cheeks. "Why don't we head  . . somewhere else and maybe you can enjoy a massage?" He questioned looking down at her as Allura sheepishly nodded quickly.

" . . .I-If I want you to stop will you?" She asked curling against him relishing in the fading buzz in her wings.

"Of course princess . . . . I want you to be happy" He smiled softly nodding kiss her forehead as he slowly headed into their shared bedroom gently laying her on the end of it before climbing in behind her. Allura couldn't help but feel nervous wincing once again when her wings fluffed themselves once more the feathers ruffling up.

"It's not my fault if I hit you with them too" She sighed looking down "I still can't control them much . . ."

"You'll get it" He reassured her gently putting his hands on her shoulders beginning to work the muscles, feeling the strain and stress in them beginning to lessen. Allura gave a soft smile letting herself relax trusting him as she let out a deep breath relaxing.

Allura Immediately let out a soft croon again when she felt his hands skim over the beginning of the wings on her back gently working now, not having done this before. A slow warm feeling spread from his hands as he worked higher into her wings Allura shivering at the incredible feeling. More and more Allura started to get dizzy from the pleasure eventually ending up on her stomach spreading her wings wider when Keith told her too her head lopsided in her arms. Allura smiled lifting her wings slowly as she stretched them, stretching her body as well with them when Keith finished giving him a hazy smile.

"Enjoy that?" He smiled down at her Allura nodding giving a large yawn.

"I never felt so . . .so good . . .  I feel like I'm on clouds" She breathed giggling for a moments as she stretched her wings again.

"Noticed anything else?" Keith raised an eyebrow smirking as Allura stared at him dumbly before she realized what he meant.

"I can feel them . . .I can move them control them!" She gasped watching as she moved them flapping them slowly "I can move them!"

"I had a feeling" He laughed at her ducking playfully "You kept saying you couldn't control them and I figured a massage might loosen them up some and you'd feel them more"

"I can't believe you" She chuckled slapping him playfully as she turned sitting up "You teased my wings on purpose earlier then!"  

"I had to check!" He protested holding up his arms as he fended her off laughing black hair getting in his face as Allura huffed slapping him with a wing grinning.

"You know . . . . this . . isn't too bad" She said thoughtfully staring up at them "I can get used to this"

"And . . .what about other stuff?"  Keith quipped tilting his head with a smirk

"What are you suggesting?" Allura raised an eyebrow smirking "A little . . .  more petting I suppose?" She chuckled "More than a massage"

"That just might be it" Keith breath pulling her to him with a grin "Definitely might be it"

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