#The Stone Nova Tarot

[comparativetarot]

Three of Coins. Art by Lily Stone, from The Stone Nova Tarot.

(Also used in The Alleyway Tarot.)

[venusgirltarot]

What Would An Album About You Sound Like?

Disclaimer: This reading is for entertainment purposes only. Tarot readings are about possibilities based on your current energy. Energy is forever changing and nothing is set in stone. Always remember, you have your own free will to make whatever decision you feel is best.

Close your eyes, take a deep breath, envision the person you are thinking of and then choose the pile(s) you feel most drawn to.

Pile One

Ahhh okay this is so cute. Im going to try to explain this as best as I can, Pile 1. So this seems like a concept album. The idea of the album (not the sound but idea ya know) reminds me of “Melodrama” by Lorde. I’ll leave a quote here for a better description but it’s like a concept album about a single night

“Melodrama is described as a loose concept album that explores the theme of solitude, in the framework of a single house party with the events and moods that entail it”

The album about you is similar in the sense that it’s a “loose concept album” but it’s about the writer seeing you. It’s like you’re at this party that the songwriter is also at and they’re obsessed from the moment they lay eyes on you. You’re like this beautiful unobtainable being to them and they want to get to know you so bad but they just can’t seem to talk to you. This could also progress to a one night stand that never progresses to more because of a lack of communication to this album is going through the writer meeting you and watching you throughout the night and then goes into their regrets and what they wish they would have said to you the next day, if that makes sense.

They see you at a party and think you’re so beautiful but can’t seem to find the words to tell you that. I keep hearing “I like the way my bedsheets look on your body” from “hello!” By role model. (I believe that’s the right song but lmk if it’s wrong so I can fix it!) and I keep being reminded of this musician on TikTok “Chappell Roan” and their song “Red Wine Supernova” I think that’s similar to what this album would sound like and it also fits the aesthetic. I highly recommend you listen to this song because it fits your album so perfectly. I tried to find a lyric that resonates the best to include but they all work so well that I couldn’t choose.

Despite this entire album being about only you and just one night leading into the next morning, it’s still so diverse (I hope that makes sense) like you’d think there’s only so many songs you could write about a 12ish hour time frame and one person but this writer has endless things to say about you and the night you met them. I could see one song having a feature and it’s later in the album somewhere between tracks 7-12 or so. The aesthetic of the album is very neon lights, the dance floor on prom night after everything has died down and people are starting to go home, slow, melodramatic and just really pretty. Again, I highly recommend you check out “Red Wine Supernova” because it fits so well.

Track list:

1. Pretty

2. Blooming

3. missing you

4. Shinning Eyes

5. Dying Slow

6. Party Streamers

7. Old Fashioned (Feat. Another Artist)

8. Starlight

9. Nova’s Surprise

10. Sunset

11. morning after

12. You

Pile Two

Pile two, your album sounds like one written by Hozier, Noah Kahan or The Lumineers. It reminds me a lot of “Angela” by The Lumineers. Specifically the lyric “Angela, spent your whole life running away” and “vacancy, hotel room, lost in me, lost in you” it also reminds me of Ethel Cain in the sense that it’s a concept album about running away and starting a new life (but not as dark as ethel’s and with a much better outcome than she got. I heard “success story” it’s about leaving behind a difficult past and moving forward. There’s hope for the future in these songs, remembrance of the past and healing trauma. It’s a beautiful album with a good balance of different emotions. I could see this album coming with a short film or a series of music videos that piece together to tell a store. Similar to “III” by the Lumineers.

I keep hearing a few snippets from the deluxe version of “Stick Season” (that will be out June 9th 👀) like “Medicate meditate swear your soul to Jesus / Throw a punch fall in love give yourself a reason” or “we ain’t angry at you love, you’re the greatest thing we’ve lost” it’s such a beautiful album with so much soul and emotion.

I could see this album getting an acoustic live version that artists do sometimes like “Album, live from Wherever” you know? This album has very unique and catchy lyrics that stick with people, the type of lyrics people take and sell on things in their Etsy shop or use as a quote in their yearbook or put in their instagram bio. It almost feels like poetry. I also heard “escapism” this is the type of music that paints a picture and takes you somewhere else. This album will kind of chronologically tell a story about you moving forward and healing from trauma and finding a peaceful ending. Ending with a song like “Angelia”

Track list

1. movement

2. Adelaide’s Interlude

3. mother

4. farmhouse

5. leave me behind

6. baby blue

7. mustang

8. you’re gonna go far

9. more than this

10. peace

11. at your own pace

12. growing pains

13. at last

Pile Three

I feel like this album has a soft rock sort of sound? Like hozier with a rockier edge if that makes sense? It reminds me of the way hozier sings about love. He sings about a very deep and impactful love and his writing his like poetry and I think that’s what an album about you would sound like. I think this album could be about the writer/musician fighting feelings for you because they’re focused on career or are just concerned about the outcome of the relationship. They might have a fear of falling or something.

However, the last card I pulled was the 10 of cups so the outcome is very good. I feel like this album is coming from a reflective place like this is after yourself and your spouse have settled down and had kids or pets or whatever you would like and your partner is looking back at your relationship from the very beginning up until now and writing about it.

I keep hearing “I’m in love with an emo girl” I don’t think this is what the album will sound like but maybe that’s your aesthetic/vibe? This might just be conformation for you. I also keep hearing that Shania Twain song “you’re still the one” this is the kind of album that fans would dissect like narrow down the time you met your person and talk about every lyric and how that lyric relates to you and your relationship etc. this album talks about how devoted and in love with you your person is but also talks about the (I heard “trials and tribulations”) it took for you two to get there so it may include religious reference. Like religion by Lana Del Rey or Don’t Blame Me by Taylor Swift where there’s this slight aspect of religion/devotion to your partner.

You hear a lot about how you have to actively choose your partner everyday to make a long term relationship work and this album would definitely delve into that a little. It could also be produced by you and your partner’s mutual friends or people who have been there since the beginning or very early in in your relationship. I think this would be a longer album and there’s definitely 18+ songs on there 👀

Track list

1. October

2. Cosmic

3. Full Moon

4. Bourbon Street

5. She’s All Over Me

6. Starla

7. The Empress

8. Diamond Eyes

9. Find More of Me

10. Dreamscape

11. Escapades

12. Midnight

13. You’re All I Need

14. Mirror

15. Apartment 32

16. Deep End

17. Eternity

[fernthewhimsical]

Rainbow Divination

Rainbowmancy is not only the act of magic, but, much like in witchcraft, divination is also a part of it. (If you want it to be, anyway, you can do whatever you want forever!) Here are some different techniques for using rainbows in divination.

Reading Rainbows: When there is an actual rainbow in the sky, you could read the signs to divine. Look at the rainbow and consider the place on the horizon, depth of colour, full arc or just partial, beginning and end, etc.

Existing Decks: There are many decks available through either the creators or your local witchy/bookstore that have rainbow themes and symbolism. Some examples: Prism Oracle, Secret Language of Colour (I recommend!), Spectrowhirl Tarot, SoulSpace Oracle, Queer Tarot, Holographic RWS, Sacred Creators Oracle, Rainbow Tarot, Tarot at the End of the Rainbow.

Stone Scrying: What is says on the tin, scrying in rainbow stones, or if you have a quartz crystal, they sometimes can have rainbow inclusions which work really well.

Water Scrying: Take a glass or white bowl or cup and fill it with water. Add a few drops of coloured ink. Alcohol ink, writing ink, or acrylic inks work just fine. Look at how it flows, what patterns it makes, what symbols do you see? For meanings you could make your own dictionary, which I recommend, or use a tasseomancy (tealeaf reading) guide to get you started.

Rainbow Scyphomancy: This technique was generously shared with me by Nova. Scyphomancy means divination with a cup or goblet. With rainbow scyphomancy the white cup is first filled with water and then emptied. Drops of food colouring are added, and the cup is turned over three times, each one in a different direction, lastly the cup is swirled three times. The colours will spread over the white surface, which can then be read much in the same way as tasseomancy.

Paint Chips: These come in every shade and colour, so would be great for making your own deck. Write keywords or draw symbols on them the meanings of which match the colours.

Pendulum: A pendulum in one of the rainbow crystals for example. Or nowadays you have rainbow pendulums made from different crystals, either fused together, or beads stacked on top of each other (often called "chakra pendulum". We'll get into chakra's in the next bit). A small galaxy jar on a chain, or a small bottle filled with coloured sand, sugar, salt, or resin, will also make a great pendulum.

Crystal Casting Oracle: An osteomancy method using rainbow cystals, or crystals in each colour of the rainbow. Before I mentioned that my favourite combination is garnet, carnelian, citrine, aventurine, turquoise, sodalite, and amethyst. I use tumbled stones of these to cast on divination grids or mats. Much like charm casting. Each stone has their own meaning depending on where they land.

Encaustic Art: This is an art technique where coloured beeswax is heated on a small painting iron and then pressed to wood, or a special shiny paper. Artists can use this to create beautiful and intricate paintings, often of landscapes. This same technique, however, can also be used for divination. By intuitively adding colours and moving the painting iron, a layered painting can be made. The wax will pool, swirl, and leave open spots, making an interesting painting which you can see symbols, figures, and natural features, which can then be interpreted.

[Part of a Rainbowmancy series, masterpost here]

[utkinhome]

Yo can I get a tarot reading on what my life was like as corrupted!NM

Nightmare Sans for the tarot btw

Hey there! This is a standard three card reading - beginning, middle, and end - and I'll be using the Alleyway Tarot!

A fun thing about the Alleyway Tarot is that it is made up of cards from many other tarot decks, so I'll include the original source of the card with a link when I can!

Check below the read more for your reading!

Beginning - 2 of Wands - The unfinished Tarot of Vice, Ecstasy, and Horror - The 2 of Wands is a choice card - it doesn't say which choice you should make, just that there was one to be made. This spread doesn't always cover an entire life, sometimes it just covers a significant piece of it, and I'd wager that this is one of those times.

Middle - 3 of Pentacles - The Stone Nova Tarot - This card tells me that you had to cooperate with others, though it was hard.

End - Temperance - By Alla Dementyeva - This card calls for the reader to take the middleground - don't let people walk all over you, but also don't overcompensate for that and chase everyone around you away.

[halfcrackedguru]

A Message from the Universe ~ Light Years Away

A Message from the Universe ~ Light Years Away...The Light Seer’s Tarot Today's Message from the Universe reminds you that anything new comes with a learning curve. You're not going to be perfect when you start a new thing, hell, you're probably not even going to be good at first. It's ok! Telling you that your mistakes will show you what you need to learn sounds cliche but that's because it's true. I also feel that some of you are doing something new to what is known or in a way that hasn't been done yet. There's a lot more trial and error that comes with that scenario. Stay the course, do a little, observe, tweak, then keep doing that for all the little steps if necessary. Some people don't and aren't going to understand, maybe ever. You have to keep it up despite those who try to pull you into something they think is practical and safe. You're really starting to shine and some will not see it because you are light years ahead of them. When the time is right, the right people will take notice. Until then, believe in yourself and what you're doing because you're all there is at this time.

Today's Crystals:

- Rose Quartz - Zebra Stone - Amethyst - Clear Quartz

Today's Deck:

- The Light Seer’s Tarot

Today's Music:

- Billie Eilish, Billie Bossa Nova - Elle King, America's Sweetheart Read the full article

[lihikainanea]

I wasn’t lying I need to just like...not think about some stuff for awhile.

your favourite playlist (made by yourself or someone else)

I’m kind of meh on playlists, but I have Sirius radio and I LOVE their 90′s channel, and the coffeehouse acoustic one.

2) how many houseplants in your room, and what kinds are they?

Oh fuck, like....7? A string of pearls, a big jade plant, a ZZ plant, my beloved burrow’s tail, a watermelon peperomia and a pilea. Oh! And a few strands of English ivy that I propagated.

3) your favourite “grounding” activity (anything that involves using the hands/doesn’t involve “spacing out” or escapism - something like gardening, knitting, dancing, cooking)

Taking care of my plant babies, cooking, baking, and definitely fiddling with my tarot cards. Even if they stress me out sometimes.

3) an account on social media whose posts make you smile

I follow a fantastic photographer from Nova Scotia, and his specialty is shooting the moon. His shots are just....incredible.

4) 5 tv shows that cheer you up

I’m. not a TV person. I love Friends, and that’s about it. I got super into Sherlock for awhile, but that’s not really a feel-good show.

5) how you get relaxed when you’re struggling to sleep

I read, I meditate with stones. I’m not a sleeper but I can tell the difference between anxiety and just my regular insomnia. Regular insomnia, Might just take my sleeping pill for it. If it’s anxiety I kind of start drawing some cards, trying to figure out the root of it.

6) your favourite board game

I am not ALLOWED to play board games anymore but I have always, always loved Clue. Failing that, Monopoly. But it always ends in a fight.

7) If you were going to write a non-fiction book on any topic, what would it be?

Definitely, definitely human behaviour.

8) a quote that you would consider getting tattooed or putting in a frame

I have a few. The concept of mūshin in martial arts is of extreme importance to me, and as soon as I find an artist to illustrate what it means to me, I’ll be getting that tattooed. The enso, too. Other than that, my dad used to always repeat to me--the best way out, is through. That has always stuck with me.

And, for the record--I would never get this tattooed or put into a frame, but my dad has also given me the sole piece of advice that has single-handedly gotten me to where I am in my career, now: An idiot doesn’t need your help proving they’re an idiot.

9) something you’ve created in the last year that you’re proud of (a playlist, a piece of art, some writing, a craft hobby, a social media account, etc)

Honestly, this. This right here. BFF!Bill, tiger, and this blog.

10) a tip or hack you’ve learned that makes cleaning or tidying easier

Hide your mess if you have to (in pretty boxes) but also--organize the mess. Drawer organizers changed my fucking life.

11) if you could make a candle that smelt like anything, what would you pick?

Sweden’s forests.

12) the last so-bad-it’s-good joke you heard

I am NOTORIOUS for the worst jokes ever and I love them so much. Like....like, what does a house wear? A DRESS. ADDRESS. HAHAHAHAHA.

13) an artist (of any kind) whose work you look forward to seeing

Hmmmm. I’m really, really looking forward to Nine Days, if that counts? If not, my friend in Sweden has a band that I would love to see play live one day. IF WE ARE EVER ALLOWED TO GO ANYWHERE EVER AGAIN.

14) the last tv episode that made you laugh out loud

I have a really weird sense of humour and I actually can’t remember. But that one clip of a really calm school teacher who said she wrote a nice song about this pandemic, then she brought out a ukulele and started strumming softly--and then just pterodactyl screamed? See, THAT shit is hilarious to me.

15) how you wake your body up when it’s feeling tired, achy or needs a stretch

I usually...stretch. My body needs to move, I’m not good at sitting still. I don’t drink near enough water so I try to do that too but there’s also very little in the world that three deep breaths from your gut can’t help fix.

[storytimejustice]

All right! What do your characters absolutely need to have on hand at all times?

Nova always needs his family with him to make sure they're safe. He also usually has a pocket spellbook in his pocket.

Lyss always needs her charm bracelet given to her by her biological parents.

Araceli always needs her magnet stone bracelet as it helps her control her powers.

Florina always keeps a note from Azul in her pocket from before he really understood how to speak or write in English.

Azul usually has a few spellbooks on him and an enchanted petal from Florina.

Minerva always keeps her tarot cards on her in a square holster.

Lasandra always needs a hair tie to keep her hair up during a fight. Although normally she has Minerva carry those for her.

Totsi always has her bow and wedding band on hand alongside Tathra who always keeps her wedding band and sword close by.

Astrid always needs something to twirl in her fingers to keep her busy.

Anastasia never enjoys leaving her house without wearing a formal dress while doing it.

Asmund always carries a dragon egg shard from his childhood.

Scarlett holds a feather from her pegasus close at all times as a good luck charm.

Victoria still as an adult uses an enchanted bow Asmund gave her when they were kids.

Ava always wears her mother's royal ring from when she was a princess.

Blossom always has her lance of intertwined willow tree branches made from the souls of everyone she's killed shrunk down into a seed that she keeps on her.

Octavio really doesn't hold sentiment to anything anymore so he doesn't need anything outside of his earth magic.

Arcus as a god he doesn't carry much but he does carry a necklace of scales that he can use to gift magic to magicless humans. Or even to make a mage stronger.

Spark is a cat made out of lightning that was killed so she doesn't hold anything close.

Stormgale doesn't go into battle without his golden bridle on with a healing crystal in it just in case one of his allies needs it. Specifically Scarlett's pegasus Innis.

Zaleria and River as a mother and daughter duo stuck in a realm not their own they hold each other close.

[weirdsciencecomics]

Here are the February 2020 Marvel Comics Solicitations for all Avengers related comics!

FALCON & WINTER SOLDIER #1 (OF 5)

DEREK LANDY • FEDERICO VICENTINI (A)

Cover by DAN MORA

Variant Cover by BENGAL

VARIANT COVER BY BUTCH GUICE

CHINESE NEW YEAR VARIANT COVER BY ZIYIAN LIU

An office of dead government agents. A gifted new killer. Two ex-Captain Americas…

When a dramatic attempt on the life of Bucky Barnes reunites him with Sam Wilson, the two old friends are plunged headlong into a race to uncover the new leader of Hydra before a mass casualty event announces the terror group’s resurgence to the world. The clock is ticking…

Derek Landy (BLACK ORDER, SECRET EMPIRE: UPRISING) and Federico Vicentini (ABSOLUTE CARNAGE: MILES MORALES) team up for a pulse-pounding action spectacular!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

ANT-MAN #1 & #2 (OF 5)

ZEB WELLS • DYLAN BURNETT (A)

Covers by EDUARD PETROVICH

ISSUE #1 – Variant Cover by MARCOS MARTIN

ISSUE #1 – VARIANT COVER BY JOHN  TYLER CHRISTOPHER

ISSUE #1 – REMASTERED VARIANT COVER BY HERB TRIMPE

ISSUE #2 – Variant Cover by SUPERLOG

SWARM APPROACHES!

ISSUE #1 – Scott Lang is back and doing better than ever! Er, at least according to him, but his daughter, Stinger, and the anthill he’s living in say otherwise. Desperate to raise his daughter’s opinion of him, Scott takes a job from local beekeepers only to uncover a global conspiracy that could topple the world order! No time to call the Avengers, this sounds like a job for – ANT-MAN?! Join the explosive creative team of Zeb Wells (NOVA) and Dylan Burnett (X-FORCE, COSMIC GHOST RIDER) as they take Ant-Man to all-new heights in this epic adventure!

ISSUE #2 – A global conspiracy uncovered! Ant-Man faces off against a new host of villians unlike anything we’ve ever seen before – and they’re not falling for any of his tricks. With his back against the wall, will Ant-Man be able to stand his ground or end up squished beneath their heel?

32 PGS. (EACH)/Rated T+ …$3.99 (EACH)

THOR #3

DONNY CATES • NIC KLEIN (A)

Cover by OLIVIER COIPEL

Variant cover by RYAN BROWN

GWEN STACY VARIANT COVER BY DALE KEOWN

THE BATTLE OF TWO STORMS!

It’s Mjolnir versus Stormbreaker as Thor’s old ally Beta Ray Bill makes a thunderous entrance! But what has put the two friends at odds — and can the King of Asgard convince the Korbinite to let him continue his bloody mission to save all that is?

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

  CAPTAIN AMERICA #19

TA-NEHISI COATES • JASON MASTERS (A) • Cover by ALEX ROSS

GWEN STACY VARIANT COVER BY JUNGGEUN YOON

THE LEGEND OF STEVE Concludes! 

Cap comes face-to-face with the Dryad and learns her game-changing true identity!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

AVENGERS #31

JASON AARON • GERARDO ZAFFINO (A/C)

GWEN STACY VARIANT COVER BY J. SCOTT CAMPBELL

CHINESE NEW YEAR VARIANT COVER BY TIANQI HU

THE TEMPTATION OF ANTHONY STARK!

Special Oversized Issue! Trapped in an icy cave at the dawn of time, Tony Stark has lost most of his armor and a good chunk of his mind. And tonight when the sun goes down and the devil comes round again, Iron Man may very well lose whatever’s left of his soul. A dark tale of hell and ice and iron, unlike any Golden Avenger story you’ve ever read, featuring the gorgeously gritty visuals of guest artist Gerardo Zaffino (CONAN THE BARBARIAN).

40 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99

AVENGERS OF THE WASTELANDS #2 (OF 5)

ED BRISSON • JONAS SCHARF (A) • Cover by JUAN JOSÉ RYP

Variant cover by Riccardo Federici

HUNTING FOR DOOM!

DANI/THOR, DWIGHT/ANT-MAN, and HULK, JR. set off on a quest to save the Wastelands from DR. DOOM’s reign of terror! But can they succeed where OLD MAN LOGAN left off? And what does the return of CAPTAIN AMERICA herald for the team?

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

  MARVEL’S VOICES #1

Vita Ayala, Roxane Gay, Brian Stelfreeze, Geoff  Thorne, Anthony Piper, Kyle Baker, Evan Narcisse, Method Man, Rob Markman, Chuck Brown, David F. Walker

Brian Stelfreeze, Anthony Piper, Kyle Baker, Sanford Greene, Damion Scott, Ray-Anthony Height, Alitha E. Martinez, Natacha Bustos, LUCIANO VECCHIO (A)

Cover by RYAN BENJAMIN

Variant by Brian Stelfreeze

Variant by DAMION SCOTT

THE WORLD OUTSIDE YOUR WINDOW!

Marvel’s acclaimed podcast series focusing on telling the stories of diverse creators and their unique perspectives becomes a one shot of brand new adventures! The X-Men find their place in the world after declaring a new nation! Killmonger strikes! Moon Girl and Devil Dino return! 40 PGS./ONE SHOT/ RATED T+…$4.99

  TAROT #3 (of 4)

ALAN DAVIS • PAUL RENAUD (A/C)

VARIANT COVER BY ALAN DAVIS

VARIANT COVER BY KEVIN NOWLAN

As the chaos and madness continues to spread, the Avengers and the Defenders find themselves confronted by the most unlikely characters in Marvel history! Would you believe – THE UNBELIEVABLES?

40 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99

  STAR #2 (OF 5)

KELLY THOMPSON • JAVIER PINA (A)

Cover by Carmen Carnero

Variant cover by Kirbi Fagan

TWO REALITY WARPERS COLLIDE!

As Star struggles to master her powers, she gets a visit from one of the world’s greatest — and most dangerous — reality warpers. But is the Scarlet Witch here to guide a fledgling, would-be hero…or put down a deadly villain? Either way, Star better learn fast — because heroes aren’t the only ones watching the new wielder of the Reality Stone.

32 PGS./Rated T+…$3.99

  MARVEL’S AVENGERS: HULK #1

JIM ZUB • ARIEL OLIVETTI (A) • Cover by STONEHOUSE

VARIANT COVER BY RON LIM

VARIANT COVER BY PYEONG JUN PARK

HULK STARS IN THE SMASHING PREQUEL TO THE UPCOMING VIDEO GAME, MARVEL’S AVENGERS!

The adventure leading to MARVEL’S AVENGERS rages on, with an all-new story leading directly into the events of the highly anticipated video game! As the incredible HULK, the monstrous alter ego of scientist BRUCE BANNER, he’s done good for the world.  But with the virtually uncontrollable, gigantic green rage monster always bubbling under his skin, Banner has teamed up with an inquisitive scientist in an attempt to regulate the beast once and for all.  As their experiments go deeper, a catastrophic event may spell the end for more than just Banner’s curse!

Witness crucial incidents and intrigue in the saga tied to the earthshaking events in the MARVEL’S AVENGERS game next year!

32 PGS./ ONE SHOT/Rated T+ …$3.99

MARVELS X #2 (OF 6)

ALEX ROSS & JIM KRUEGER • WELL BEE (A)

Cover by ALEX ROSS

VARIANT COVER BY WELL BEE

David’s arrival in New York doesn’t bring the safety he had hoped it would.  And while he does indeed find some heroes, he also finds that they don’t know what to do in a world where everyone they ever fought to protect now wants only to blame them for the hell the world has transformed into.  Alex Ross, Jim Krueger and Well-Bee continue the amazing prequel to the EARTH X trilogy.

40 PGS./Rated T …$4.99

ATLANTIS ATTACKS #2 (OF 5)

GREG PAK • ARIO ANIDITO (A) • COVER BY MICO SUAYAN

VARIANT COVER BY TBA

VARIANT COVER BY RON LIM

CHINESE NEW YEAR VARIANT COVER BY MoNa

THE EARTH WILL SHAKE AND THE WATERS WILL BOIL!

NAMOR versus BRAWN! A team torn asunder! SWORD MASTER and SHANG-CHI undercover! Wave caught between the surface world of her birth and the undersea glories of ATLANTIS! And who are the SIRENAS? The epic clash continues and the AGENTS OF ATLAS — both old and new — will never be the same!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

HAWKEYE: FREEFALL #3

MATTHEW ROSENBERG • OTTO SCHMIDT (A)

Cover by KIM JACINTO

As things around him are getting more dangerous, Clint Barton is being pushed to make some tough, and probably really bad, decisions. Meanwhile the mysterious new Ronin is waging war against The Hood and Hawkeye is caught in the middle of it. The Web of lies our Friendly Neighborhood archer finds himself caught in will have Spectacular ramifications when he is confronted by our Amazing secret guest star… (It’s Spider-Man. Shhh.)

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

DOCTOR STRANGE #3

MARK WAID • KEV WALKER (A) • Cover by PHIL NOTO

VARIANT COVER BY KEV WALKER

Tattoo removal isn’t in a surgeon’s job description, but when one man’s heavy metal tattoos begin coming to life Doctor Strange will have to make an exception! With the clock ticking down rapidly, will Doctor Strange be able to save his patient—or himself? Find out as Doctor Strange gets drawn into the diagnosis—literally!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

IMMORTAL HULK #31

AL EWING • JOE BENNETT (A) • Cover by ALEX ROSS

Variant cover by GEOFF SHAW

GWEN STACY VARIANT COVER BY DAVID NAKAYAMA

There’s a new monster in town. He’s cuddly. He’s lovable. He’s down with the kids. And he’s available for your corporate retreat. Yes, there was another Hulk, once – the one who made all those nasty threats to end the world. But who needs him? THE LIVING HULK is here. And he’s going to save us all – or your money back.

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

  CAPTAIN MARVEL #15

KELLY THOMPSON • LEE GARBETT (A) • Cover by MARK BROOKS

CONNECTING VARIANT COVER BY INHYUK LEE (4 OF 5)

CHINESE NEW YEAR VARIANT COVER BY ZILI YU

GWEN STACY VARIANT COVER BY Ema Lupacchino

“THE LAST AVENGER” PART 4: DESPERATE MEASURES

Captain Marvel had 24 hours to kill five Avengers — and she’s dangerously close to failing. Carol’s plan was always flawed, but as she nears the endgame, those flaws are becoming fatal. As Vox Supreme’s true plans for five dead Avengers emerge, it’s more important than ever that Carol not fail today.

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

SAVAGE AVENGERS #0 

GERRY DUGGAN & CHRIS CLAREMONT

GREG SMALLWOOD & JOHN ROMITA JR. (A)

Cover by GREG SMALLWOOD

VARIANT COVER BY PHILIP TAN

The looming threat of Kulan Gath reunites Dr. Strange and Magik on Krakoa. The fate of the world will rest in what they discover. Re-presenting a pair of classics, UNCANNY X-MEN 190 & 191 by Chris Claremont and John Romita Jr, in the context of a great new sequence illustrated by the impeccable Greg Smallwood.

64 PGS./Parental Advisory …$4.99

SAVAGE AVENGERS #10 

GERRY DUGGAN • PATCH ZIRCHER (A) • Cover by Valerio Giangiordano

Dr. Strange, Dr. Doom and Conan the Barbarian set out to kill Kulan Gath before he grows stronger! The team-up you never knew you couldn’t live without concludes. We hope you’ll be okay.

32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

  VALKYRIE: JANE FOSTER #8

JASON AARON & TORUNN GRØNBEKK • CAFU (A)

Cover by Mahmud Asrar

GWEN STACY VARIANT COVER BY PEACH MOMOKO

ODE TO THE DEATH OF MIDGARD!

When Earth erupts with a cancerous contagion, it’s up to Jane to find the cure. But it’ll take more than her medical knowledge to fight off this infection. The source is buried deep in Asgardian legend — the sort only a king would know. Valkyrie finally joins forces with the All-Father of Asgard in a fight for the entire planet!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

  MARVEL’S BLACK WIDOW PRELUDE #2 (OF 2)  

PETER DAVID

CARLOS VILLA (A)

THE HUNT FOR THE BLACK WIDOW!

Follow the trail of NATASHA ROMANOFF’s exploits in the Marvel Cinematic Universe! As the facts are considered, the question remains: is the BLACK WIDOW really a threat? Get ready for MARVEL STUDIOS’ BLACK WIDOW solo film with the conclusion to this prelude story!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

    Avengers February 2020 Marvel Comics Solicits Here are the February 2020 Marvel Comics Solicitations for all Avengers related comics! FALCON & WINTER SOLDIER #1 (OF 5)

[fugitive-magician]

@herbalxhealer

It had been a long time since an aura had made Surya’s pulse rabbit as wildly as it was now.

Decades had passed since he’d last felt it- felt them- anywhere within a parsec of his magical senses, but it was unmistakable. The presence reeked of blood and saturated his robes. It was an intent, a dark determination, that no blood hunter, Nova Cadet, nor any of his other pursues could hope to carry.

Surya felt the ghostly memory of a blade on his chest, and he shivered. The Cintaya, a black magic cult, and the only family he could remember, were hellbent on giving rise to their god, a demon named Malnata. Assuming that they had gone underground after their leader had been arrested, Surya holed himself away on Earth, far from the civilized universe and the bounty on his head that came along with it.

He should have known that they would have returned, having festered and multiplied in his absence. They had created him to be their sacrifice. They would kill him as many times as they needed.

And they had found where he had been hiding.

Asgard was the safest place to go. It was the furthest of the Nine Realms from Earth, and it had a powerful magic that would mask his energy until the Cintayan mages lost his scent. He had hoped that his first visit to the kingdom would be under better circumstances, but the memory of the presence he felt on Earth, an oozing, blackened sensation, seemed to turn the palace’s sparkling gilded towers into the steely jaws of a mouse trap. He wasn’t welcome here, and he knew it.

After channeling a portal into the outskirts of the city, he walked casually through the village streets, his clothes still smelling of forest air and his golden hood covering his face. A loose bag was slung over his shoulder, and he could feel the warm, familiar hum of his tarot deck against his back: a small comfort against the fear constricting his chest.

His eyes scanned the neat little buildings along the side of of the stone road before he spotted the inn. It was a quaint establishment, tucked between peddlers and shops, and Surya ducked inside, taking a moment to catch his breath. He slipped his hood off his head, letting his alabaster curls fall onto his shoulders, and he took a look around.

Everything was so rustic that, for a moment, Surya forgot that he would be hiding here from the law. Wooden furniture, a blazing fire, and the smell of warm bread wafting from the adjacent bakery put the man at ease as he walked up to what he assumed was the front desk.

He locked eyes with the woman standing there, admiring how her bright aura framed her face as gently as her fawn brown hair, before looking away sheepishly and turning his attention to the few coins he had in his bag.

“Are you the owner here?” he asked, though his voice came out softer than he intended. “I’d like to rent a room, though I’m not sure for how long.”

[ivythewitch]

New Follower About Me!!!

WELCOME TO MY BLOG!

Here on Tumblr I go by Ivy. I am 29 years old (a Virgo) and I am in a long term relationship. I am Bi-sexual hetero-romantic and my pronouns are she/her. I am partially fluent in Spanish and I am a Native English speaker. I am also in the process of teaching myself Theban (the Witches alphabet) and American Sign Language. I have a dog Cana and my cat Nova

My day job is as a childcare professional and I am a full time student studying Elementary Education. I am also paying for school entirely on my own, trying to not take out any loans, so feel free to use my paypal link! 

This blog, if it isn’t obvious already, is 97% Witchcraft, Wicca and Paganism, 1% me talking about my health/my cat, and 2% random posts that can include fandom stuff, funny videos, other peoples cats, a few political posts now and then, and anything else I want to post.

So, welcome.

My ask box, Submit and Anon are always open and waiting for people to send me things, I rarely have stuff in my ask box (which makes me sad)

I do the occasional giveaway for my followers to show my appreciation and raise awareness about my storenvy shop and occasionally offer free readings!

My Paganism and Witchcraft knowledge base includes:

Wicca (both Solitary and Traditional)

various types of magic/Witchcraft including Grey Magic, Green Witchcraft, Some Kitchen witchcraft, Ancestor Work, and Traditional Witchcraft, 1734.

herbs and their magical uses (still working on medicinal, but I have access to books, so please feel free to ask)

Crystals and stones

Divination, Tarot, pendulum, Witches runes, scrying in various forms (not currently doing free readings though, sorry) You can always visit my shop and purchase a reading that will help me fund my college tuition!

Pagan and Wiccan Training:

I am a 2nd degree Priestess of the Firefly Neo-wiccan Tradition, High-Priestess and founder of Dragonfly Wicca (a Neo-Wiccan tradition based on the teachings of Firefly Wicca and Gardnerian Wicca), Soon to be a 2nd degree Initiate of The Wild Blackthorn Coven and Grove (Based on the teachings of Jolean Wicca, Gardnerian, 1734 and Faerie), I have been studying both under High Priests and Priestesses and solitary since 2007 and am Devoted to the Greek Goddess Hecate, Other deities I am Patron-ed (not a word, but it works) by include Brigid, Tubal Cain, The Morrigan and a few other deities who are the Guardians of my Coven.  I am a Weather Witch, hearth witch, Grey Witch and practitioner of 1734 Witchcraft.

Outside of Paganism my interests include:

Art

Doctor Who

Once Upon a Time

Harry Potter

Arts and Crafts (of which I do A LOT)

Writing

Youtube

Reading

My Friends

And a bunch more stuffs…I am a very eclectic person, so feel free to chat me up!

Other Blogs:

Dark Mother Hecate- A blog devoted to Hecate in Her many shapes and forms

Thriftcrafters-The tumblr blog for my Youtube Channel! I run it with my amazing Witch brother, @greeksoul12. If you love to DIY your witchy practice or love to find great thriftstore finds, check us out! 

diviningivy-The blog for my Tarot shop! Sales, spreads, tarot information, and more will be offered here! 

Other places to find me:

Pinterest

Instagram

Youtube

My Storenvy Shop

My Paypal donation site for discounted readings

If you have any questions relating to Witchcraft, Wicca or Paganism in General, feel free to drop a note in my inbox!!!

[cosmicrystalwitch]

Cosmic Correspondences

Here is my list of cosmic correspondences other than the more well known ones such as the planetary and astrological etc.

Asteroid Belt

Influences: Cycles, change, obstacles, discipline Crystals: Garnet, Sapphire, jet, tektite Herbs: Patchouli, sage, hemp, witchhazel Colors: Black, earth tones, grey Planets: Saturn Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous Astrology: Capricorn Tarot: Judgement, Justice

Black Holes

Influences: Banishing, hexes, curses, cleansing Crystals: Hematite, obsidian, smokey quartz Herbs: Dragon’s blood, anise, pennyroyal, black salt Colors: Black, grey, silver, white Planets: Pluto Moon Phase: Third Quarter Astrology: Scorpio, Aries Tarot: The Tower, The Devil

Cosmos

Influences: Grounding, energy, introspection Crystals: Clear quartz, blue goldstone, selenite, moon stone, opalite, fluorite Herbs: Mugwort, camomile, ginger, ginkgo, elder leaf Colors: Cosmic Latte Planets: All or N/A Moon Phase: Waning Gibbus Astrology: All or N/A Tarot: The World, The Star

Galaxies

Influences: Prosperity, communication, education Crystals: Malachite, lapis lazuli, green aventurine, citrine, alexandrite Herbs: Colors: green, blue, purple Planets: Jupiter, Mercury Moon Phase: Waxing Crescent Astrology: Sagittarius, Virgo Tarot: The Chariot

Super Novae

Influences: Awakening, transcendence, transformation, surrender, renewal Crystals: Clear quartz, labradorite, petalite, opal, abalone  Herbs: Jasmine, lemon, white sandal wood, sage Colors: White, gold Planets: Moon, Pluto Moon Phase: Waning Crescent Astrology: Cancer, Libra Tarot: High Priestess 

Star Clusters/Young stars

Influences: Birth, new beginnings,  Crystals: Rose Quartz, moon stone, jade Herbs: Frankincense & Myrrh, valerian, lotus, clarey sage Colors: Blue, purple, white Planets: Moon Moon Phase: New Astrology: Taurus Tarot: The Fool, The Star

Shooting Stars/Meteors

Influences: Energy, momentum, chaos Crystals: Tektite, bloodstone, carnelian, sardonyx Herbs: Neroli, cinnamon, cardamom, dragon’s blood, ginger Colors: Red, orange, green, blue, white Planets: Mars Moon Phase: First Quarter Astrology: Aries Tarot: The Tower

Void

Influences: Clairvoyance, intuition, divination Crystals: Quartz, smoky quartz, jet, hematite, onyx Herbs: Mugwort, clover, black/void salt  Colors: Black, ash, silver Planets: Pluto, Uranus Moon Phase: Waning Gibbus Astrology: Pisces Tarot: The Moon

[ofwitchesandwolves]

What's it mean if I can runecast (is this the right word for using rune stones in divination?)and I can receive specific stones towards my situation?As in a month from now I'll be in a really hard place as I'm leaving home. I'm 20 years old and I don't drive, work, or even go to college because my dad refuses to let me go. And every time I've used my stones for a better understanding of my situation they've been scary accurate. I don't believe in Asatru (Nova Roma) so how could this work for me?

Alright, I’ve not 100% sure I’m going to answer this question probably, so if I’m leaving something out, please go ahead and send me another ask!

This is a personal belief, so I don't expect everyone to agree with me, but here goes:

As far as I’m concerned, runes and cards are the same thing. They’re both methods of getting answers you may not normally get otherwise. Just like there doesn’t seem to be/isn’t a specific religion associated to Tarot cards, I don’t believe you need to be Norse pagan, or share those beliefs, in order to read runes. (I was reading them back when I was still Christian!)

Even as Nova Roma, I believe that you can obtain answers from Futhark runes. Typically, I offer a prayer before reading, for guidance and wisdom. (Typically to Baldr in my case, but whatever goes at that point.) It’s tapping into a power beyond yourself. The runes are really just the Google Translate for the Great Beyond.

If you want to get into Science Stuff, I have stumbled upon the possibility that people (such as ourselves) may be able to pick up on information contained within quantum particles. I may be using the wrong term, but TL;DR these are particles that, when not observed, have multiple states of existence. There’s a hypothesis out there that these particles may also “age backward”, meaning that their past is what we perceive as the future.And to get to the point, there may be a possibility that some people are more sensitive to that kind of thing, and that since we don’t have an innate ability to decode what the heck those particles are giving us, we use third party methods to understand what’s going on. In this case, runes! We use runes to decode the Time Lord particles.

Look it’s a whackjob conspiracy theory that really needs some work but hey it’s a possibility.

Basically, what I’m trying to say is that somehow, you’ve in especially good harmony with Something, and you happen to be able to use runes to translate whatever message that Something is trying to give you. You’d probably be pretty good with Tarot and oracle cards, too!

[nofomoartworld]

Hyperallergic: Art Movements

A new work by JR at the US/Mexico border (via Twitter/@JRart)

Art Movements is a weekly collection of news, developments, and stirrings in the art world. Subscribe to receive these posts as a weekly newsletter.

Numerous museums, including the Perez Art Museum Miami, Wolfsonian — FIU, ICA Miami, Dimensions Variable, the Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, and Faena Art, will remain shut through the weekend as Hurricane Irma potentially makes landfall in South Florida.

The Washington National Cathedral will remove two stained glass windows honoring Confederate generals Robert E. Lee and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson.

Harvard Law School unveiled a memorial dedicated to the slaves whose labor made the school possible.

Members of the Dakota Nation will bury the wooden remains of Sam Durant’s “Scaffold” (2012) at an undisclosed location later this month.

JR unveiled a work in progress on the Mexican side of the border with the US.

German authorities recovered 15 stolen artworks by artist Georg Baselitz. Two men, aged 51 and 26, were arrested in connection with the theft last month.

A DNA test proved that Salvador Dalí is not the biological father of María Pilar Abel Martínez. The tarot card reader claimed that Dalí had an affair with her mother, leading to a court order to have the artist’s body exhumed for a DNA test.

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum removed a study assessing US involvement in the Syrian conflict from its website after it was met with condemnation and anger from Jewish leaders and thinkers. Using game theory and computational modeling, the report concludes that additional support for anti-Assad rebels could have contributed to greater casualties — a conclusion that writer and critic Leon Wieseltier slammed as “justif[ying] bystanderism.” “If I had the time I would gin up a parody version of this that will give us the computational-modeling algorithmic counterfactual analysis of John J McCloy’s decision not to bomb the Auschwitz ovens in 1944,” Wieseltier told Tablet. “I’m sure we could concoct the fucking algorithms for that, too.”

“The Snowy Day — Peter leaving footprints in the snow” (courtesy USPS)

The US Postal Service issued a set of Forever stamps commemorating Ezra Jack Keats’s The Snowy Day (1962).

A report by BBC Brazil revealed that Brazilian surfer Eduardo Martins photoshopped images of various conflicts in war-torn countries and passed them off as his own. Several news outlets, including the BBC, Al Jazeera, and the Wall Street Journal, published profiles of Martins, reproducing his fraudulent claims.

The College Art Association condemned the Trump administration’s decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

The Berkshire Museum withdrew its affiliation with the Smithsonian Institution following its controversial decision to deaccession works from its collection.

A sculpture recently erected in Guadalajara, Mexico, was met with protests by tens of thousands of Catholics who objected to its combination of an image of the Virgin Mary and Coatlicue, the Aztec death goddess.

Tristram Hunt, the former Labour MP and director of the Victoria & Albert Museum, stated that the V&A was “honored” to accept Leonard Blavatnik’s £5 million (~$6.5 million) donation to the museum’s Exhibition Road redevelopment, adding that he would welcome gifts from donors of “all political views and no political views”. Bo Rothstein resigned as professor of government and public policy at Oxford University last week after learning that the billionaire — whom critics accuse of being a close associate of Vladimir Putin — had donated funds both to the University and to Donald Trump’s inauguration.

Richard Neutra’s Chuey House, a celebrated example of midcentury modern architecture, was listed for sale as “a truly unique development opportunity.”

The Nova building in London was awarded the Carbuncle Cup, Building Design magazine’s award for the UK’s ugliest building.

Transactions

Banner by the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU) (courtesy People’s History Museum)

The People’s History Museum acquired an embroidered banner used as a backdrop for Emmeline Pankhurst’s suffrage speeches. The banner had sat in the back of a charity shop in Leeds for a decade.

Lisa and Dudley Anderson donated 97 contemporary and studio glass works to the Chrysler Museum of Art.

The Victoria & Albert Museum acquired a T-shirt bearing Jeremy Corbyn’s name and an altered Nike logo. The garment was designed by Bristol Street Wear during the UK’s 2017 general election campaign.

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art acquired Adrian Ghenie’s “Rest During Flight Into Egypt” (2016).

Installation view of Adrian Ghenie’s “Rest During Flight Into Egypt” (2016), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, gift of the Abrishamchi Family Collection (© Adrian Ghenie)

Transitions

The Village Voice laid off 13 of its 17 union employees.

Dr. Jennifer Y. Chi was appointed deputy director and chief curator of the Brooklyn Museum.

Eike Schmidt will step down as the director of the Uffizi galleries to head Vienna’s Kunsthistorisches Museum.

Jerry N. Smith was appointed chief curator of the Dayton Art Institute.

Lisa Saltzman was appointed director of the Clark Art Institute’s research and academic program.

MIT’s List Visual Arts Center promoted Henriette Huldisch to director of exhibitions and curator. Yuri Stone was appointed assistant curator and Jamin An was named the List Center’s 2017–18 curatorial fellow.

The Frans Hals Museum announced three new appointments: Melanie Bühler was appointed curator of contemporary art; Geert-Jan Davelaar was appointed coordinator of education and public outreach; and Marrigje Rikken was promoted to head of collections.

Rashid Rana stepped down as artistic director of the inaugural Lahore Biennale “owing to differing views on the vision” for the exhibition.

Indian Country Today announced that it will cease operations in order “to consider alternative business models.”

Film Forum announced a major refurbishment and the addition of a fourth screen.

Ruberta will open in Glendale, Los Angeles on Sunday. The gallery is a collaboration between five galleries from Latin America: Galeria Agustina Ferreyra, Lodos, Proyectos Ultravioleta, Carne, and BWSMX.

Eyebeam will launch its new space on November 30, with programs slated to begin in Spring 2018.

The Laura Bartlett Gallery in London closed.

The Freymond-Guth Gallery in Zurich closed.

Lévy Gorvy opened a new office in Shanghai.

Sixteen galleries joined the New Art Dealers Association, including Asya Geisberg, Kayne Griffin Corcoran, Lulu, and Library Street Collective.

The Louvre Abu Dhabi will open to the public on November 11.

The Louvre Abu Dhabi during construction (via @tdicae/Instagram)

Accolades

Agnes Varda is to become the first female director to be awarded an honorary Oscar.

Haegue Yang was awarded the 2018 Wolfgang Hahn Prize.

Bucky Miller was awarded the 2017 UMLAUF Prize.

Sadie Barnette and Carrie Hott received the San Francisco Artadia Awards.

Caroline Bergvall was awarded the 2017 Bernard Heidsieck-Centre Pompidou literary prize [via email announcement].

The National Portrait Gallery in London announced the shortlist for the 2017 Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize. The three finalists are César Dezfuli, Maija Tammi, and Abbie Trayler-Smith.

Abbie Trayler-Smith, “Fleeing Mosul” from the series Women in War: Life After ISIS (© Abbie Trayler-Smith)

Opportunities

A.I.R. Gallery is currently accepting applications for its 2018–19 fellowship program, a 12-month “sponsored membership and solo show opportunity for emerging and under-represented self-identified women artists.” The deadline is November 3, at 11:59pm.

Wikimedia launched Wiki Loves Monuments, an open call for Creative Commons images of US historic and cultural sites.

Obituaries

John Ashbery (1927–2017), poet. Best known for Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror (1975).

Walter Becker (1950–2017), guitarist, singer, and songwriter. Co-founder of Steely Dan.

Shelly Berman (1925–2017), stand-up comedian.

Janine Charrat (1924–2017), ballerina and choreographer.

Linda Cathcart (1947–2017), executive director of the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (1979–1987).

Holger Czukay (1938–2017), musician. Co-founder of Can.

Larry Elgart (1922–2017), jazz bandleader.

DeLoris “Dolly” Fiterman (1924–2017), art collector, dealer, and philanthropist.

Elaine Ford (1938–2017), novelist.

Murray Lerner (1927–2017) documentary filmmaker.

Karoly Makk (1925–2017), film director and screenwriter.

Kate Millet (1934–2017), artist, author, and feminist activist.

Susan Vreeland (1946–2017), novelist. Best known for Girl in Hyacinth Blue (1999).

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