#Jessica Kerr

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A page from 'Shakespeare’s Flowers' by Jessica Kerr, Illustrated by Anne Ophelia Dowden, 1975

Anne Ophelia Dowden (1907-2007, US) She is considered one of the world's foremost botanical illustrators. She wrote and illustrated 20 books. Her works are primarily found in children’s books, however, readers of Life, Natural History, Audubon and the Country Journal could also enjoy her realistic renderings of all kinds of plants.

An article about Anne https://www.womeninhorticulture.com/post/anne-ophelia-dowden-author-and-illustrator

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There She Goes (2018) 1.01 One Day in the Life of Rosie Yates

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𝔩𝔢𝔬 𝔦𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔣𝔦𝔯𝔰𝔱 𝔥𝔬𝔲𝔰𝔢

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♇ leo in the first house, entails that they're seen as people who are glamorous, talented and charismatic, as the first house communicates about an individual is seen by others around them. to have leo in the first house conveys the information that they are seen as people who are cheerful, glow-y and assertive, their leadership nature can either be seen as very charming or over-bearing; due to the fact that they can also be deemed to be people who are annoying, pompous and self-righteous.

♇ moving onto the topic of self-identity, natives with leo in the ascendant are likely to identify themselves with or as people who are the entertainers, it doesnt matter what they do, if they're cooking for someone, playing a game with someone, they'll feel an energy where they have to give it their all. aside from that they might identify themselves as people who are the "authority" which links back to why people might find them over-bearing due to their constant need to lead, it might not be for everyone though, it can sometimes be funny, especially with tyler the creator's cooking video where he and a co-star kept on speaking over each other.

♇ with the first house ruling the impression we make on others, for leo to be here insinuates that they give the impression that they are inspirational people, leo risings are one of the main least ascendant placements that are going to hide themselves, which gives people the influence and idea that they are bold people who are determined to express their needs, wants and emotions.

♇ they have the personality of people who are noble, generous and caring, there's others who'll deem those with the ascendant in leo to be people who are selfish, which they can be, but when you're in their circle, they're very doting and warmhearted. they're people who are sincere, enthusiastic and faithful, most of them always believe in something, it doesnt necessarily have to be a God, it can be having faith in themselves, their friends or their family. on the other hand, they can have the traits of being impatient, snobby and stuck-up, this'll normally happen with bad aspects. or them being like that because its in their nature.

♇ the sun is their planetary ruler, which causes them to shine no matter where they are, no matter how private they want to be, people always find a way to find interest them and continuously watch them. their presence is like the big elephant in the room which can overwhelm others and make insecure people dislike them because they cant handle the fact that someone is so influential, beautiful and bewitching. this causes many people to admire them, and find inspiration, much leo risings might find others copying them a lot, it could be style, attitude, manners or even a way of thinking.

♇ furthermore, the topic of appearance here displays the data that much leo risings have strong hair, or their hair is just really nice. most of them have fluffiness in it, and some of them might have greasy hair; orange-yellow under tone skin and a very strong stance. sometimes their chest are poking out, and have very muscle-y limbs, a strong posture, cat/feline eyes and flat noses, or noses that are positioned like a cat's.

♇ moreover, moving onto their personal ambition, leo risings could have the tendency of becoming someone who is greater than their current selves. they always like to elevate themselves, transform themselves into something greater. majority of them always like to be known and it is always likely to come easily for them, they can be the most known in their school, community they're in, family etc. they just always shine, however, in the end, their personal ambition is to normally make a name or something for themselves.

♇ on one hand, the first house bespeaks about the strengths and weaknesses of an individual, to have leo in the ascendant communicates the idea that their strength is them being noble, playful, courageous and energetic. whereas their weakness can be listed of them being patronising, over-dramatic, egotistical and mean.

♇ they're definitely natives who are not scared to project their personality, if they're confident they will show they're confident, if they're scared or upset, they will not be afraid to express that they are. they do not [or are least likely] going to hide whats going on, unless they have placements that imply of secretiveness. on the other hand, they will present themselves to be people who are vital, they're like that character in a franchise that cannot be perceived as useless because they always have a skill or information that is important for the story-line.

♇ furthermore, kins who have their rising in leo see the world as their stage, their fashion walk or a place they need to dominate. these attributes can cause them to become people who are somewhat self-entitled as they believe they deserve everything they come across and get upset when they cant have the specific outcome in the time they want. imagine the song "i want it all" by sharpay evans. [they need to understand they cant have a certain thing during the time they want it because they wont know how to handle it then.]

♇ additionally, the ascendant being the house of self-image indicates that they could be really interested about how people think about them where there can be other leo risings who don't care how people perceive them. leo belongs to the celestial planet the sun, so even if they do care about people's opinions about them or not, there'll still be people who would attempt to throw some comments/shade about them. however, when evolved, they'll understand that they are somewhat succeeding in life to have people continuously speak about them. when it comes to self-image, leo risings know what they're good at, or they're on the path of understanding the talents and skills they can portray to the world, they're people who cant wait to show what they can do, the type to skip the tutorial and just get into it.

♇ finishing with the impact they have on other people, evidently with leo in the first house, this can either go really good or it can go really bad. they could leave people feeling insecure about their skills because they feel like the leo in the first house native can do it better than them. furthermore, they could also make someone feel inspired, inspired to become a better version of themselves knowing that it can be reached. the impact leo ascendants can leave on other people is to feel seen, they can easily reach the heart of someone and can give them the light [as they are ruled by the sun] an individual has been searching for.

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L.A.M.B. Spring/Summer 2007 Ready-to-Wear Fashion Show

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Best Jewelry at the 2022 Baby2Baby Gala

Best Jewelry at the 2022 Baby2Baby Gala

Amidst the glitz and glamour of the Baby2Baby organization’s annual gala, our favorite A-list stars not only showcased head-turning ensembles but also adorned themselves with gems that lingered in our thoughts long after the event concluded. The spotlight of the evening shone brightly on Kim Kardashian, who was honored with the prestigious Giving Tree Award, reserved for a celebrity mother…

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Center of It All, Clay Center, KS Mural in Clay Center, Kansas titled "Center of it All". The artists are Taylor Carr and Jessica Kerr. by Robby Virus

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House Election 2024

In the House Republican have a majority of just 4 seats, flip 4 seats and Democrats get a majority and can pass things like national abortion rights, voting rights, bills on student loan debt and medical debt and much more. So here's a list of the key races for control of the House, so look up your district and find a way to get involved.

Find your House District

Alabama

Shomari Figures (AL-02) Flip

Alaska

Mary Peltola (AK-AL) Hold

Arizona

Amish Shah (AZ-01) Flip

Kirsten Engel (AZ-06) Flip

California

Jessica Morse (CA-03) Flip

Josh Harder (CA-09) Hold

Adam Gray (CA-13) Flip

Rudy Salas (CA-22) Flip

George Whitesides (CA-27) Flip

Joe Kerr (CA-40) Flip

Will Rollins (CA-41) Flip

Derek Tran (CA-45) Flip

Dave Min (CA-47) Hold

Mike Levin (CA-49) Hold

Colorado

Adam Frisch (CO-03) Flip

Yadira Caraveo (CO-08) Hold

Connecticut

Jahana Hayes (CT-05) Hold

Florida

Darren Soto (FL-09) Hold

Whitney Fox (FL-13) Flip

Jared Moskowitz (FL-23) Hold

Illinois

Nikki Budzinski (IL-13) Hold

Eric Sorensen (IL-17) Hold

Indiana

Frank Mrvan (IN-01) Hold

Iowa

Christina Bohannan (IA-01) Flip

Lanon Baccam (IA-03) Flip

Kansas

Sharice Davids (KS-03) Hold

Maine

Jared Golden (ME-02) Hold

Maryland

April McClain-Delaney (MD-06) Hold

Michigan

Hillary Scholten (MI-03) Hold

Curtis Hertel (MI-07) Hold

Kristen McDonald Rivet (MI-08) Hold

Carl Marlinga (MI-10) Flip

Minnesota

Angie Craig (MN-02) Hold

Montana

Monica Tranel (MT-01) Flip

Nebraska

Tony Vargas (NE-02) Flip

Nevada

Dina Titus (NV-01) Hold

Susie Lee (NV-03) Hold

Steven Horsford (NV-04) Hold

New Hampshire

Chris Pappas (NH-01) Hold

New Jersey

Sue Altman (NJ-07) Flip

New Mexico

Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) Hold

New York

John Avlon (NY-01) Flip

Tom Suozzi (NY-03) Hold

Laura Gillen (NY-04) Flip

Mondaire Jones (NY-17) Flip

Pat Ryan (NY-18) Hold

Josh Riley (NY-19) Flip

John Mannion (NY-22) Flip

North Carolina

Don Davis (NC-01) Hold

Ohio

Greg Landsman (OH-01) Hold

Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) Hold

Emilia Sykes (OH-13) Hold

Oregon

Val Hoyle (OR-04) Hold

Janelle Bynum (OR-05) Flip

Andrea Salinas (OR-06) Hold

Pennsylvania

Ashley Ehasz (PA-01) Flip

Susan Wild (PA-07) Hold

Matt Cartwright (PA-08) Hold

Janelle Stelson (PA-10) Flip

Chris Deluzio (PA-17) Hold

Texas

Michelle Vallejo (TX-15) Flip

Henry Cuellar (TX-28) Hold

Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34) Hold

Virginia

Missy Cotter Smasal (VA-02) Flip

Eugene Vindman (VA-07) Hold

Washington

Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03) Hold

Kim Schrier (WA-08) Hold

Wisconsin

Peter Barca (WI-01) Flip

Rebecca Cooke (WI-03) Flip

If you live in any of these congressional districts (or close to them) you absolutely must sign up to volunteer and help! you! yes you! get to decide what America looks like in 2025, is it gonna be Project 2025 and Trump? or Kamala Harris, Tim Walz and the Democrats protecting your right to control your own body, taking action on the climate and making life more affordable? its up to each of us to do all we can to get to the country we want.

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ℌ𝔬𝔴 ℑ 𝔰𝔢𝔢 𝔡𝔦𝔣𝔣𝔢𝔯𝔢𝔫𝔱 𝔱𝔶𝔭𝔢𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔟𝔢𝔞𝔲𝔱𝔶 𝔦𝔫 𝔞𝔰𝔱𝔯𝔬𝔩𝔬𝔤𝔶

pt. 5 - Cancer and Gemini

Cancer placements - specifically Ascendant, Moon and Venus 

Moon dominant - Moon aspecting the Asc

Aspecting the MC can have an influence too

There is a softness to the beauty of these people, something innocent yet alluring about the way they look. Often these people can have a 'baby face', or have more of a roundness or fullness to their features. Because of this often they age well. There is an illumined quality about them, akin to their ruler the moon. A luminosity to their features, a radiance. A gentleness to their beauty that isn striking in its own way. With the moon, there can be a sort of hyper-femininity to the women specifically.

Angelina Jolie - Cancer rising 

Cameron Diaz - Cancer rising 

Margot Robbie - Cancer rising 

The Weeknd - Cancer rising 

Miranda Kerr - Moon conjunct Ascendant

Gemini placements - specifically Ascendant, Moon and Venus

Mercury dominant - Mercury aspecting Asc

Aspecting the MC can have influence too

These people often have smaller more dainty features. There is a delicateness to their beauty. Often these people have smaller frames or bones structure. Their features tend to have a more sharp quality to them. They have this an alertness to their look, and their movement can be quick which adds to this alert vibe. They look like you are always thinking about something or ready to say something, which makes them very intriguing.

Sarah Jessica Parker - gemini rising 

Kristen stewart - gemini rising 

Pamela Anderson - gemini rising 

Lady gaga - Gemini rising 

Grace Kelly - Mercury conjunct Ascendant

hey everyone, I hope you enjoy this one!

sorry for taking so long I have been away, but I will be back to my regular schedule of two times a week now

Let me know if you have any of these placements, and what people say about you

Pureastrowisdom <3

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Behind The Eyelids ‘The Audience at My Show’ in collaboration with Dance Lawyer , a project we embarked in 2023 documenting Behind The Eyelids, a collection translating the ball-jointed doll body into everyday garments and movement. A moment from last October shared with you today.

Full Video on instagram LINK

Cast: Tamara Leigh, Madison Wada, Tara-Jo Tashna, Sussanah Yugler, Sharleen Chidiac, Eleanor Quiring, Monika Blaszczak, Aimee Grumbach

Art Direction Giami Directed by Josué Hurst Movement Direction by Jessica Nelson Casting by Dance lawyer Dir. of Photography Julien Passajou Music by Christian Kerr C4Fatman Prod Assist Melanie Passajou

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Doll Like Beauty: Vedic Astrology Analysis

in the early 2000s, models with a babyface were very popular. throughout the years i've come across many celebs who have very doll like visuals or neotenous features and I thought it would be fun to analyse them through the lens of astrology.

Lets start with the mother of all doll faced models, Miss Gemma Ward herself.

She's Swati Sun with either UBP/Revati Moon with Jupiter in Revati atmakaraka, if she has UBP Moon then its conjunct her Rahu in UBP and you can see the confluence of all these naks and placements on her face.

2. Vlada Roslyakova

She has Punarvasu sun amatyakaraka, Anuradha Moon, Mercury & Venus in Ardra, she also has Saturn in Jyeshta atmakaraka

3. Devon Aoki

she's Ashlesha Sun amatyakaraka, Aswini Moon, Venus in Punarvasu with Mars & Jup in Swati, Saturn in Chitra atmakaraka

4. Miranda Kerr

Aswini Sun, Punarvasu Moon, Mercury in Bharani atmakaraka and Mars in Bharani amatyakaraka and Pushya Rising

5. Lily Cole

She's Ardra Moon with Mercury (atmakaraka) & Venus in Mrigashira and Jupiter in Bharani (amatyakaraka)

6. Jessica Stam

Jessica's features are sharper and less baby-ish but she still looks vv doll like.

She's Aswini Sun, Chitra Moon atmakaraka

7. Heather Marks

She's Rohini Sun, Chitra Moon atmakaraka, Mrigashira Mercury & Venus with Jupiter in Bharani amatyakaraka

8. Gigi Hadid

She's Aswini Sun & Rising, Dhanishta Moon atmakaraka, Saturn in Purva Bhadrapada amatyakaraka

9. Natalia Vodianova

She's Aswini Moon, Mars (amatyakaraka) conjunct Saturn (atmakaraka) in Chitra

10. Sasha Pivovarova

She has Uttarashada Sun/Mercury/Venus, Rohini Moon, Mars in Vishaka atmakaraka and Jupiter in Dhanishta amatyakaraka

Now I'll discuss some non-model folks

11. Sulli

She has UBP Sun, Swati Moon conjunct Jupiter. Mars in Purvabhadrapada atmakaraka

12. Christina Ricci

Dhanishta Sun (atmakaraka), Purva Ashada Moon & Magha Rising

13. Selena Gomez

Pushya Sun & Rising, Aswini Moon, Mercury (atmakaraka) & Venus in Ashlesha, Saturn in Shravana (amatyakaraka)

14. Jennie Kim

Uttara Ashada Sun conjunct Mercury, Vishaka Moon, Saturn in Purvabhadrapada atmakaraka

15. Hedy Lamarr

Vishaka Sun atmakaraka, Pushya Moon & Mrigashira Rising

She has Jupiter in Shravana amatyakaraka

16. Emily Browning

Jyeshta Sun & Mercury (amatyakaraka), Vishaka Moon (atmakaraka)

17. Rihanna

She looks like a Bratz doll come to life. She's Shatabhisha Sun, Revati stellium (Moon, Venus & Rising)

Mercury in Shravana atmakaraka and Venus in Revati amatyakaraka

18. Divya Bharti

She's Shatabhisha Sun conjunct Mercury, Revati Moon atmakaraka, Swati Rising

19. Jayaprada

She's Revati Sun, Purvabhadrapada Moon (atmakaraka) conjunct Mars (amatyakaraka)

20. Gene Tierney

She's Anuradha Sun, Shatabhisha Moon, Rohini Rising, Mercury in Vishaka atmakaraka

21. Vanessa Paradis

She's Mula Sun, Punarvasu Moon conjunct Ketu, Swati Rising

22. Mila Kunis

She's Ashlesha Sun atmakaraka, Swati Moon, Mercury in Purva phalguni amatyakaraka

23. Kim Yoo Jung

She's Uttaraphalguni Sun, Dhanishta Moon atmakaraka with Venus in Ashlesha amatyakaraka

24. Christina Millian

She's Uttaraphalguni Sun, Purva phalguni Moon atmakaraka

25. Eartha Kitt

She's Uttarashada Sun, Punarvasu Moon (atmakaraka) and Mercury in Purvashada (amatyakaraka) and Anuradha Rising

26. Bhanupriya

Sun conjunct Mercury (atmakaraka) in Uttara Ashada, Purvabhadrapada Moon, Mars in Chitra amatyakaraka

27. Ni Ni

She's Ashlesha Sun (amatyakaraka) conjunct Mercury (atmakaraka), Mrigashira Moon

28. Shu Qi

She's Aswini Sun, Vishaka Moon, Mercury in Bharani (amatyakaraka) and Mars in Punarvasu atmakaraka

29. Anna Tsuchiya

She has Purvabhadrapada Sun (amatyakaraka) conjunct Mercury (atmakaraka), Mrigashira Moon

30. Mumtaz

Pushya Sun & Venus, Purva Ashada Moon, Mercury & Rising in Punarvasu, Mars in Mrigashira atmakaraka

In Asian countries and in Asian media, women with more youthful, ingenue features are represented more as that's what's considered beautiful. Therefore you'll see far more examples of Asian celebs who are babyfaced than you will of Western celebs. This does not mean all Asians are babyfaced.

In the West sharper more intense, androgynous features are considered striking and beautiful therefore women with more babyish faces stand out as unique looking.

Anywho, on the basis of my research I've come to understand a certain group of naks are commonly found across women who have doll like visuals (Uttarashada, Dhanishta, Mrigashira, Punarvasu, Vishaka, Purvabhadrapada, Aswini etc) a combination of Mercury and Moon or Jupiter/Saturn influence is what creates the features that lead to a doll like face.

A dollface usually has a small chin, a round/diamond/inverted triangle ish face shape, small nose, large or wide set eyes, pouty lips, a high forehead and high cheekbones and prominent cheek apples. This is a very hyperfeminine appearance. Thus it shouldn't be surprising that many of these natives have Moon conjunctions or Moon as their atmakaraka/amatyakaraka. Another prominent aspect is having atmakaraka/amatyakaraka in Saturn; since Saturn rules over bones, a small compact face with prominent bone structure signifies Saturn's influence.

I am of the opinion that beyond a single nak affecting a native's appearance, its usually a combination of several naks/planetary influences, thus it makes sense to see how Jupiter, which has the tendency to enlarge features give a native pouty lips, large eyes along with Mercury which makes features small, petite and dainty. Large features on a small face creates doll beauty.

I was surprised to see Martian naks (Dhanishta, Mrigashira, Chitra) on here but given its nature, Mars acts very similar to Saturn and creates compact faces with very prominent features; it creates youthful and striking beauty in women. Aswini was also surprising, especially since other Ketu naks weren't evidently present. But since Aswini is the very first nak, it makes sense as to why its natives have babyish faces.

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the femininity of shani (what we can learn from pushya) 🌷

🌷 monica bellucci: pushya chandra

🌫️ The mystical tundra of Shani is often overlooked by its restricting feminine complexity and misconstrued for the nature of Buddha (the tantalizing serpent of Ashlesha). While their indirect submissive natures are similar in comparison, it is often natives of Mercury who use this explicit behavioral pattern for more materialistic, perhaps conniving, matters at hand. In this exploration of Shani’s ancient connection to divine femininity, I want to purposefully disclose that their submissive, seemingly “neutral” expressions are not the same. Buddha is the snake of binding to the collective for the intent of freedom and entangling or ensnaring their victim for the purpose of disempowering. Shani is the snake of binding to the contemporary nature of society for the intent of cooling the darkness of ego and empowering the higher collective. Buddha bestows the intelligence of the material aspects of the subversion into the intellect of worldly matters. However, Shani is the intelligence of the occult undertones which control the very essence of the material plane and the union of what is to come after we conquer the very shadows of the tenth house (the rashi of capricorn who will be the awakening of the realm, once we are released from Kali Yuga) to the hidden truths of the eleventh house, the supposed house of personal ties and fulfillment.

🌷 jessica lange: pushya lagna

☔️ There is a specific air of mystery around Shani and the graha’s corresponding nakshatras, bhavas and rashis. Much of the information provided is rather repetitively regurgitated from varying sources and of surface nature. My goal with this exploration is not to specifically delve in the expressional aspects of Shani, but to focus on the graha’s distinct involvement in the path of divine femininity. My hope is this exploration will awaken the serpent of knowledge within you, to explore the more niche archetypes within the vata umbrella that is Saturn.

🌷 miranda kerr: pushya lagna

⛩️ Vata dosha is most synonymous with cold, bereaved individuals who search this earthly plane longing for sustenance. It is the cold hands that seek to grasp the tangibility of spiritual words, it is the homeless widow who was once filled with wanderlust now bereaved, it is the drowsy feeling that surmounts when you look upon the rain beating down on your window pane. It is the dosha characteristic of the feelings we most disdain and wish to shy away from and simultaneously the realm of Shani, Chandra, and Rahu. We have heard the tales of the greedy, insatiable spirit of Rahu; the forgetful, lusting of Chandra; and the forever dried and cold spirit of Shani. Having repeatedly heard the rhetoric of these respective deities, a certain air of weariness has surrounded them respectfully. But you must continue to remind yourself of the necessity of attaining equilibrium and leaning into each graha’s meanings, teachings, and significances. If you are dominant in either of these vata grahas, know that you are more than the sterile or greedy archetype that has been placed upon you, as Kali (Shani) was equally as ferocious as she was creationist, Chhinnamasta (Rahu) was equally as violent as she was self-sacrificing, and Bhuvaneshvari (Chandra) is equally as intimidating as she is the supreme being of the earth, atmosphere, and heavens.

🌷 paris hilton: pushya chandra

🩸 In a similar fashion, the ethereal air of vata is equally as destructive as it is light, cool and dry. It governs all movement and processes in your mind and body (such as blood flow, breathing, and the coagulation of thoughts in your mind). This rulership of movement is why Shani is so astute and articulate within the realm of femininity. Shani is able to manipulate the vata element to attract and constrict around those we long to unite with. These elements of constriction are often associated with Ashlesha/Buddha, but significantly vary from each other.

🌷 gisele bundchen: pushya surya

🐍 Think of the Pushya nakshatra, the “Kula” star, resembling the flower of the snake gourd. Similar to Ashlesha, Pushya is also associated with serpentine movement. It is the maternal snake before it enters the stage of selfishness. It is focused on laying its cosmological eggs, whereas Ashlesha is the mother after this stage that abandons the cosmic eggs of Brihaspati (carefully crafted in Punarvasu) to never return or protect her young again. Ashlesha is leering into the gandanta knot spirituality of disempowering the collective, coiling up to rest in preparation for the spiritual shedding that awaits in Magha. Pushya is leering into the birthing of the collective itself. With the knowledge of vata dosha, Pushya is able to tap into previous experiences of destruction and coldness to relate to others. Using those previous experiences to further divulge into the mystified unknown that often longs to be hidden.

🌷 kate moss: pushya lagna

💒 This is why the cancer rashi is essential for developing cosmic energy and harnessing/wielding it. The cancer rashi is ruled by Chandra, of which is correlated to the Kamala Mahavidya (the vata being whose symbolism is comparable to that of Aphrodite or the Christian Mary). The primary “devastating” nature of vata is what sprouts fertility and purity, as the dirtiest mud will produce the freshest lotus. It is recommended in order to celebrate her, devotees engage in eating spicy, hot foods, as they ignite passion. These spices may include cinnamon, garlic, saffron, or chili peppers due to heavily spiced foods having the ability to bear this Mahavidya’s luscious energy. These same foods are associated with the vata Shani, in a similar fashion, Shani and Chandra are considered enemies but respectfully hold the cosmic keys to one another through the likes of Pushya and Shravana. The metaphor for the consumption of extreme vata spices that one earns the ability to celebrate and veneer the Mahavidya in her idealistic form is comparable to the narrative of sacrifice one must engage in to witness beauty (spiritually and physically). Aphrodite was offered sacrificial doves (bird’s being Shani’s primary vahana: vehicle) and smoky incense (smoke being ether in nature which is of vata dosha) in an attempt to receive love, fertility, and union. Whereas, the Virgin Mary was deemed pure due to her great sacrifice when she offered up the life of her Divine Son Jesus using her “Immaculate Heart” (similar to Kamala’s abundance in the anahata/heart chakra). In “A Prayer of Praise to the Blessed Virgin Mary” by St. Ephrem, he sang: “….Thou indeed art our only hope, most sure and sacred in God's sight, to whom be honor and glory, majesty and dominion, for ever and ever, world without end. Amen.”. Similar to Kamala, Aphrodite, and the Virgin Mary, so too must the masses work to earn the right to witness Shani’s femininity due to its premiere selectivity. This is why Pushya births the highest grossing models and revolutionary actresses in history [e.g. Halle Berry, Twiggy, Marlene Dietrich, Selena Gomez (who is now the most followed woman on Instagram) etc.], as the masses find pleasure in working to witness the mysticism vata bestows.

🌷 selena gomez: pushya surya and lagna

🍷 This mysticism is often deemed “odd”, “exotic” or “unique” and this is exactly where we can learn from the Mahavidya Kali. The darkened Mahavidya Kali breaks conventional stereotypes of feminine beauty and sexuality in Hindu goddess mythology. She serves as the dominant sexual partner straddling the prone Shiva (the master of poison and medicine, the great yogi, overlord of time, the cosmic dancer) and the wild warrior goddess drinking demon blood. She is originally depicted as a symbol of uncontrolled fury emerging from the fair, beautiful goddess Ambika (goddess of supreme power, energy and invincibility), in the battle with the demons in older Vedic texts. Thereafter, she gains independent existence both as the dark, mysterious and sexually demanding version of the more benign and auspicious Parvati and the primordial goddess power pre-dating the Hindu trinity of male gods, the Universal Mother Force which embraces both good and evil, gods and demons in the Kalika Purana. Unlike other texts which emphasize Kali's role in the battle against the demons, the Kalika Purana's focus is on her sexuality and her darkly sensual beauty. Equally it is on the heterodoxical rituals associated with her worship involving blood and flesh offerings, wine and the use of sexual intercourse as opposed to Vedic rituals.

🌷 dakota fanning: pushya chandra

❤️‍🔥 In Kalika Purana, Daksha’s daughter Sati, born fair, assumes the fearful visage of Kali and the other Mahavidyas to terrify Shiva into submission. At Daksha’s yagna, her father attributes her dark color to constant proximity to the wild-mendicant Shiva, causing her to give up her life in sorrow and humiliation. In the second portion of the Purana, she takes the dark and beautiful form of Parvati, similar to the appearance of a blue lotus. She was born to serve the gods’ purpose of luring into domesticity the stern, austere hermit-like Shiva to preserve the cosmic cycles of creation, preservation and destruction. It is only later, piqued and jealous of Shiva’s propensity towards fair-skinned goddesses that she emerges from her kosa (sheath) of darkness to become the golden-hued Gauri. Yet her darkly alluring and compelling sexuality is highlighted in the text as opposed to the prototype of a domesticated wife and mother like Candi in the Candi Mangal Kavya. John Stratton Hawley in his Prologue to “Devi: Goddesses of India”, noted that Kali in a strange way mediates between the transcendent goddess, the generic Devi who has supremacy over all forms of life and the consort goddesses like Lakshmi and Radha. Hawley wrote: “On the one hand, Kali unquestionably manifests herself as supreme—whether as a mother demanding submission or as an uncanny, uncontrollable force—but on the other hand, her supremacy is paradigmatically measured by the power she exerts over her consort the great god Shiva”. He detailed an example of her sexual dominance, the iconic representation of Kali dancing wildly on the prone, ithyphallic corpse of her husband Shiva. The Kalika Purana initially projects her as the manifestation of the universality of divine femininity, Mahamaya, who is Visnumaya and Rudrani consort of both Visnu and Rudra (Shiva). She is Savitri, Saraswati, through the power of her maya (illusion), incomprehensible to all who are ensnared in her power of illusion. She is Visnu’s Yoganidra, his state of cosmic sleep or stasis. She is Yogamaya/Mahamaya, who ensnares the cosmos in her web of illusion, she is Mahamoha, the fatal enchantress and the Supreme Trinity itself is not immune to her mysterious lure. Another goddess text, the Sri Lalita Sahasranama calls her Mahabhoga and Bhogini implying her rajasik-rupa (dynamism, also material grandeur) of being steeped in worldly luxuries. Yet she is the path to mukti (salvation) for beings trapped in the worldly and materialistic which is all part of her cosmic illusion. The Sri Lalita Sahasranama also states that she is Mohanasini, destroying the moha (bondage) of her devotees and Pasu-pasa-vimocini, releasing them from the inferior, coarser earthly bonds. She is Vidya (knowledge) for the householder who desires mukti (salvation), and Avidya (ignorance) who binds the universe in bonds of material desire. She is the primeval Demi-Urge, the Adyasakti that activates the inert maleness of Shiva into the dynamism of the Shiva-Sakti or Purusa-Prakrti union for without Sakti, Shiva is but a sava (corpse). Among the Sakta devotees it is Kali amongst the many manifestations of the divine feminine who is recognized as the Adya-murti, the original goddess manifestation. In the text, Kali alone can awaken the virility within Shiva, for on the one hand, she is a yogin to participate in his yoga and on the other, it is her eroticism, wild and uncontrolled, which is the perfect counterpart to his dominant sexual urges.

🌷 marlene dietrich: pushya chandra

🦶 Kali is feared in Hindu mythology as the negative stereotype in goddess cults and paradoxically revered as the Universal Mother. In a similar fashion, Pushya natives serve as the nourishing udder they are symbolized as, flowing with the golden knowledge of Brihaspati; yet their propensity for awakening occult knowledge and powers within their partners is hidden within the little knowledge the public has on this nakshatra. Kali’s iconic delineation, girded and garlanded with skulls and limbs while her hand is raised in the abhayamudra (gesture of reassurance from fear) indicates both chastisement and benediction. As a dark, complex, mysterious and alluring figure, she breaks conventional stereotypes of feminine beauty and sexuality, combining the beautiful with the fearful. Thus, explaining Pushya’s propensity for both embodying and challenging feminine stereotypes in the media (such as Paris Hilton’s hyperfemininity, Marlene Dietrich’s well-known portrayal for characters challenging the submissive standard of the 1900s, Halle Berry’s intimidatingly complex “Storm” character). In a traditionally patriarchal society and an androcentric religious order, Kali emerges as a rebel; dominant in marital and sexual relationships, ferocious, and bloodthirsty on the battlefield. Existing on the fringes of the dharmic value system and Vedic ritualism, the Kali-centric myths teeter dangerously on the extreme peripheries of social and moral acceptability in the iconic projection of her black nudity, voluptuous breasts, bloodstained, her foot on the prostrated corpse-like body of her consort Shive, and the sacrificial blood and flesh rituals associated with her worship.

🌷 angelina jolie: pushya lagna (note her films are wonderful examples of the nature of Pushya, from her Maleficent character’s sheep-like creature (the yoni of Pushya) to her dominatrix role, symbolizing the dark sexual subcultures of Shani in B*SM)

🍒 Kali conveys maya as seen from the “other shore”. She illustrates what the world of appearance looks like to the one who has seen beyond her overall presence (which is described as frightening) and her dwelling place lying within the cremation ground mocks the ultimate significance of a world grounded in the ego. In her “mad dancing, dishevelled hair and eerie howl, there is made present the hint of a world reeling, careening, out of control”. In conclusion, Kali, in integrating absolute binaries of the terrifying and the beautiful, the compassionate Mother and the blood-thirsty demon destroyer, the consort of Shiva and the sexually dominant partner draws a more comprehensive image of non-duality that is beyond the reductivist social and religious definitions of what is acceptable or what is heterodox. So too Pushyas embody life as it is in all its wild and abundant complexity, not as it is selectively made out to be within social and religious peripheries. They embody divine femininity in all its complexity; serving as the slivering synthesis of both the auspicious and benign goddesses, the wild, and uncontrolled. Like the Adyasakti, the primeval cosmic force, they represent both the good and the evil, the godly and the demonic of which the cosmos is composed, all of which arise from the intersection of the nakshatras in cancer rashi (as detailed above).

👄 It is important to note that the dominant female sexuality, the prolonging of intercourse in the Shiva-Shakti union, is not an exercise of power associated with the sexually dominant partner. Its ultimate purpose is the awakening of the dormant kundalini shakti (vital energy), which rises up the spine through the various chakras within us to culminate in the sahasrara (the thousand-petalled lotus) on the top of the head, the psycho-spiritual center. It envisages the path from pravritti (intense activity) to nivritti (cessation of desire) in this act of sacred sex. It defines a path of realization through indulgence without bondage (associated with Shani) to the senses (that of rahu/chandra), rather than through deprivation and denial of the sensory experiences. The myths and the cults of worship associated with Kali therefore strip life of its absolutes to envisage a more comprehensive and all-inclusive vision.

* all of these placements were found using astrotheme/.com and/or astro-charts/.com. it is important to note that some chandra (moon) placements may be off by up to 6 degrees and lagnas (ascendants/rising signs) as well, due to the fact that many websites do not have 100% accurate birth times for the given celebrities.

xoxo, angel 💋 (the beauty of ashwini is coming soon lovelies)

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