#also I'm having opinions at this point about having to sign in to a 3rd party launcher in order to run minecraft with it

[medicinemane]

So, I decided I wanted to check out this modpack that had looked interesting, so I go and download the curseforge app (cause modpacks are kind of a pain to launch without a launcher... as in I'm not sure how you even do it)

Dear god, which a fucking monster. They've got fucking ads running all over the fucking place

Instadeleted it, you do no get to serve me ads under any circumstances, if you do fuck you, I'm not using you. You're not a website, you're an app, and if you're pounding me with ads regardless of what I'm doing, then I don't think you're secure (and even if you are fuck you)

So I've had to track down an alternative one called uh... GDLauncher. Can't say for sure, but so far seems much much better... seems like an opensource launcher that's just a launcher and that's it

Not that any of you play modpacks so not that this matters, but that curseforge shit was just so bad I had to complain

[harmoonix]

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✿Astrology Notes✿

If you dance, I'll dance

And if you don't, I'll dance anyway

Give peace a chance

Let the fear you have fall away

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✿ Mars - Moon aspects can control their fury/ let it out to release themselves, they can control their emotions up to a certain point. Don't make these people angry because they can get angry very easily

✿ Pluto - Ascendant aspects are very powerful and magnetic to all the energies around them and these people can find a lot of people projecting on them

✿ Lilith - Sun aspects, they are very rebellious, like to make justice, and their personality can be very strong towards other people, these natives are very magnetic and people can find them very attractive. They can have a lot of nerve

✿ Mercury aspecting Venus or in Venusian Degrees (2°,7°,14°,19°) either in (Libra or Taurus) can have a very magnificent and pleasent voice

✿ Jupiter in Earth signs (Taurus, Capricorn. Virgo) can make money very fast due to their analytical minds

✿ Having Sagittarius ascendant is a big indicator of having a very beautiful body or a very beautiful appearance because Jupiter, your ruler is expanding and blessing your Ascendant. This can apply to Pisces Risings because Jupiter is their traditional ruler.

✿ Moon at 18°\22° degrees can struggle with letting their emotions go, to release themselves, is kinda hard for these people to talk about their emotions, they can get very attached and can have a hard time to get over some things 🫂

✿ Jupiter - Venus aspects are very charming and can have a very good personality, a lot of people can put their eye on them

✿ This might be my opinion only but I saw people with Scorpio/Sagittarius/Capricorn and Aquarius placements being very good at revenging, i think is mostly because they can be very loyal and these natives don't like to be betrayed and they can have a lot of revenging thoughts if you do them dirty, Scorpio have Pluto energy to identify and destroy, Sagittarius having Jupiter to let them win most times and Capricorn and Aquarius who have karma by their side always 🫂

✿ Virgo/Gemini Moons, /Moon in the 3rd house/6th house can overthink very much and can become very unhealthy for them! These people have serious anxious attacks and can get sad very easily

✿ Jupiter in the 8th house can be an indicator for marrying someone rich 💸🫰🏼

✿ Neptune in 1st house people can project a lot of people on them without wanting 😭 they get other people attention very easily and people can very intrigued with these natives. Is honestly a blessing

✿ Lilith in the 2nd/5th/10th houses can have a very good appearance and very big magnetism/appeal, is like people want them very much, even to touch them

✿ Lilith in the 6th house can have people obsessed with them, especially at their work place

✿ Uranus in 6th house can work in very different places most in their lives they can switch their jobs a lot

✿ Venus in the 10th house can also indicate having a public relationship, having a relationship a lot of people will know about. You and your partner could work in the same job.

✿ Capricorn Risings have very a beautiful face structure, they looks very pretty in everything but mostly dark colors (brown-black-green-)

✿ Neptune - Venus aspects can be very stylish and classy 💅🏼💅🏼, they are high fashionable. I tell you the truth!!! They are like "Oh my gloss, people are staring at me because I'm so pretty"

(especially Venus - Neptune conjunction. Oh my gloss, i wish i had this Conjunction in my chart)

✿ Libra Placements are very romantic, especially Libra Moon and Libra Venus they are hopeless romantics who hope for that true love and try search that type of love all their life

✿ Having big Taurus influence in your chart can make you a very lovely and possessive person, you love your friends and family very much and you would do everything to protect them

✿ Pluto in the 4th house are VERY protective people, they would do everything for their family and loved ones, these people love very hard and sooooo intense their love isss.... EVERYTHING

✿Chiron in the 1st house positive side.. so y'all after this placement is healed the native looks ETHEREAL. Believe me I have this placement in my sidereal chart and if you start to love yourself you will see a lot of changes TRUST THE PROCESS ❤️🤗

✿I see people not talking enough how powerful Lilith in the 6th house can be, masters of mind, attracting a lot of people from your work, being seen very magnetic by others. Your colleagues can see you very attractive and can simp or crush for you (This can apply only sometimes because of course it depends what kind of colleagues you have at work)

[itsastrobixch]

ASTROLOGY OBSERVATIONS PART 5 🌹Chiron in 1st house people can't seem to relax in pictures. They always either seem tensed, drawn like a bow string in photos.

🌹Lilith in 4th in my opinion isn't just not getting along with the women in their family, but being and growing up alienated from their relatives and family. They loose touch with their ancestral roots or there is some sort of shame associated with their identity in that regard. It's like they almost try to reject that part of themselves when presenting themselves to others. they are ashamed of, in this case, anything to do with certain facets of their family.

🌹Count yourself lucky if an air sign comes to you with their problems, and ask for ur opinion. They may seem confident, just like fire signs and like they can handle it all on their own, but while fire signs bulldoze through the issue without thinking twice, the air people have come up with 1000's of ways this scenario could play out and are internally freaking out lmao

🌹Mercury aspecting Neptune people are either excellent liars and manipulators ( in the sense they can manipulate any situation to their advantage) or they suck at lying and everyone knows when they're bluffing. It's usually indicated by the positive or negative aspects, both planets make.

🌹I don't know where the bad rep about having Natal mercury Rx and communication comes from. people say They turn the influence of mercury inwards, an in some ways, yeah true. They may make the individuals think things much more thoroughly before they talk, Make sure their point is clearly communicated etc etc. This actually makes them an excellent communicator. It doesn't interfere with the expression of mercury in my opinion. For that, we have to look at the sign mercury's present in and the aspects it makes.

🌹Sun conjunct Mercury people usually read a lot, and the sign it conjuncts in can show their favorite genre or the themes they may like in their books. For ex : I have it in Libra and of course I'm a sucker for those sweet sweet romance and Smutty novels.

🌹Libras are NOT pushovers. we need to emphasise this more lol. They will look like they're fluttering around here and there trying to decide on something. But in actuality they have already decided and they just weighing the pros and cons of that. Yeah they are an air sign but they're cardinal air. You can't convince cardinal people to move a fingernail if they don't wanna lmao

🌹Uranus and or Mercury in 3rd house, the house of mind, have a lot of ideas. But they're all either scattered or they come and go in a fleet, with the person not even conscious of it, much less process it and write it down. But sometimes their ideas are electric and revolutionary, especially Uranus, solving stuff in very unconventional ways and surprising everyone with their eccentric genius.

🌹If an air sign texts u DAILY, keeps in touch with you DAILY, then they love you lmao.. they take a minimum of 3 to 6 business days to text people back..so if they do it daily, consider yourself occupying a high position in an air signs life 😂

🌹Venus - Neptune pisces venus 🤝 Venus Pluto scorpio venus : Falling for unattainable and elusive people and giving them more chances than they deserve.

🌹The ascendant of your ascendant persona chart also determines some of your physical features, it's not just your asc that determines your physical structure, and your ascendant of your ascendant persona chart isn't just how people see you. The sign your ascendant persona is in will contribute some factors in your appearance too. Along with the planets in 1st house if u have any.

🌹For example a sag rising with a Taurus in their asc persona, will have good thighs and legs but will also be very curvy and soft, with full lips and some venusian features.

🌹 Venus Pluto and scorpio venus people, being in love is their addiction. Not the person they fall in love with like most people assume, but the feelings their lover evoke in them, the way they lose themselves in their partner, and become one with them, that is their addiction.

🌹word of the wise : don't argue with people who have personal planets in Virgo. You'll be humiliated and proved wrong. Straight up. They don't get into arguments which aren't logical or which they aren't sure they'll win. So they go in prepared and armed. They're masters of rubbing Salt in the wounds

🌹 this is just a theory, but hear me out. Our 1st house and the planets in them have a large influence on our appearance. But..i also think, our 6th house plays a part in it too. Our 6th house affects our appearance too but in am indirect way. Our 6th house rules our health right and under that comes our weight, likes and dislikes in terms of food, our BMI etc.

🌹 case on point, me. So I'm a Sagittarius ascendant, and I have good hips and thighs. But I'm not tall. And I'm very much curvy. Although sag rising tends to produce that too, I've a fuller venusian figure. And i have Taurus in 6th house.

[rivkae-winters]

Regarding lore.fm, an interaction with the creator through tiktok dm's

Apologies for potentially messy writing I was upset on receipt of this message and still am regarding the topic.

On the subject of lore.fm I was composing a post starting yesterday regarding the dm interaction below and their new TOS but the app is live far ahead of when I thought it would be. Since I feel I made good points regarding the TOS I’ll upload my post later tonight but I wanted to get this portion of the post up as soon as possible. Here’s the brief incident I had in direct messages with the official lore.fm account on TikTok.

I sent my initial message at 8:06pm CST on 5/10/24-

My initial post on tumblr was made on 5/10/24 at 11:01pm CST, I followed this up with a reblog later at

I apologize for the unsightly nature of the screenshots, they were left unedited for obvious reasons. I am aware of my phone's battery percentage in the clarifying screenshot I took just now- I know it's rough I need a new charger. Additionally my apologies for my screen reader square, it drives me nuts too, I just need to keep it at that opacity or I can't find it when my eyes start skipping around.

Transcription of this conversation:

Me: Hi, I'm an author on ao3 and me and several of my fellow authors are highly wary of your product. Further more where can I provide my official email that I wish to retract my written works from this service.

[time: 5/11/24 4:40am CST

lore.fm: hello! The email address is team at lore dot fm. Also, I've been made aware by a follower that someone with a similar username as yours on tumblr may be falsely claiming that we are a phishing scam "because of info on who.is." We use namecheap which provides domain privacy protection services and hides the personal information of the buyer to protect them and instead shares an Icelandic address. See info here: https://www.namecheap.com/blog/domain-privacy-is-changing-at-namecheap/ Every person or organization who buys a domain on namecheap can buy that same privacy protection which is why there are thousands of sites registered with the same address. We aren't affiliated with any scams, cyber criminal activity, or phishing that also use namecheap to buy domains. When the app is out we'll let people know they can search it up if they feel unsafe clicking links as well. Hope that's helpful, and thank you for understanding and not sharing libelous information against us! 

To break from the seriousness for a second: Hi lore.fm- I hope you enjoy this post just as much as the last one!

In my opinion and to my limited knowledge this was in response to a reblog I made to my initial post calling for a warning that lore.fm had the warning signs of a phishing scheme (in my opinion) and as best I could recognize them. To give an insight into how I garnered this opinion purely email collection based websites, as well as entities with a very short history online (lore.fm's website was only established on May 3rd 2024) requesting your email is highly suspicious. Once again that is all in my opinion based on my own education and the background I have in Computer Science.

I am not going to be responding on the matter they direct messaged me on as that matter is best handled offline. I am stating my opinion on the matter that my initial message was asking about.

They still did not answer my question or provide me what I direct messaged about in the first place: the email written out fully in a way that is unambiguous and serviceable as an admittedly casual proof in writing. I had messaged initially with a desire to have a clear clarification of their policies on authors revoking their consent for their work to be used in writing rather than the much more ambiguous audio. I especially, as stated above, wanted the team@lore.fm email written out in the proper way you'd type it into an email address bar.

In my opinion this response to my question, just over two days after, was in bad faith.

I am sharing this direct message since they have no reasonable expectation of privacy. They've positioned themselves in a public manner as a public figure and as a inseparable part of the brand 'lore.fm'. Everything I have shared is associated with 'lore.fm' and not the individual behind it.

In this scenario I am a consumer and in my opinion lore.fm is a company or at least they should (in my opinion) have the legal registration as such. To my knowledge having your business registered prior to advertising to the public is helpful in cases of defamation. To my knowledge as well not having a registered entity as the subject of alleged defamatory speech would make for a difficult case.

[rainy-astrology]

BTS Suga Birth Chart Analysis

Based on my opinion and observations. Not an expert. May change later

March 9th, 1993

Daegu, South Korea

Unknown time

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Pisces sun is artsy, creative, sensitive, and empathetic. It should positively aspect his Pisces mercury. He genuinely seems like an emotionally intelligent person (esp with his interest in pyschology) as he's very patient and understanding. He's never raised his voice at the members or get very angry in general (except ofc for the few times he did fight with RM...I still wonder how Joon was able to get Yoongi so mad to the point of throwing things at him lol. But they were both very young and both have Cancer mars, an emotionally charged mars sign).

Virgo moon is reserved, prefer to detach and analyze their feelings and thoughts. This could be why he may seem "cold" to people. He's not, he's just calm and more controlled about his emotional expression like a majority of Virgo moons.

Having a Pisces sun and mercury though, he is able to comfortably express his deeper emotions through a creative outlet: his rap and lyrics writing skills. Music has always been his comfort and love. His song "First Love" is the best example for this.

Aries venus is in detriment. Being a Pisces sun, Suga is sweet and even a little idealistic at times, but Aries venus can make it awkward to express that. It's either he doesn't know how to initiate affection (e.g wanting to hold hands with the members but not knowing how to ask) or can be quite bold (e.g wanting a red string tattoo with the members. Could also be linked to his Pisces' romanticism lol)

Seems like a grand square is in his chart, which indicates many struggles and hardships. He's been very open about all the harsh things he's endured, so seeing this isn't surprising. Having to survive on small amount of money and working other jobs to support his career that was at high risk of failing, having unsupportive parents, shoulder and ear injury, mental illnesses, etc...

Possible rising: Aries. I have seen this to be his rumoured rising and I agree tbh. I'm not too sure about Venus in 1st considering how reserved he is (could be in his 12th). Mars could be in either 3rd or 4th. I am leaning towards 4th bc I know his parents weren't the most supportive of his career and he has made some implications that his parents were just a bit strict in general.

Sun and Mercury would be in 12th. Sun in 12th is perceptive and internal, preferring to observe from afar. A sense of detachment. Mercury in 12th keeps thoughts and feelings to self, so essentially a quiet and private person, which he is. Both are quite intuitive placements.

He has the passion and determined nature of an Aries. Capricorn MC also helps with the good self discipline and hardworking ethic that Yoongi has. Capricorn MC can also make one look serious and private, maybe a bit cold and workaholic, which a lot of people tend to say about him. Both signs share the ambitious and success seeking trait, which is very Yoongi.

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Other analysis:

MBTI | Enneagram

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Kpop astrology list

[h3rmess]

Do u want to hear a fun fact about me ?😍 yes? Wow!.

In 2023 august I had a painful tooth ache for 2 days. My mom tried planning an appointment for me at the dentist, but specifically during the week of 21-28 (I don't know I'm bluffing, but late august) they were BUSY. They were supposedly packed.

So my jaw becomes swollen, like REALLY swollen. My sharp jaw (that doesn't exist)? GONE. It was SWOLLEN. I looked HORRIBLE. my mom like "tf happened to u" so shes like, "bro PLEASE make an appointment. Hello???" and the dentist is like "nah dawg we got too much. Go to the ER or something."

Its now the 3rd day ish of it, and like 7 p.m. my mom like "vivian cmon beta we gotta go to the ER." And I'm like "HOLY SHIT." because I have a very high immune system. I hardly get sick. When I do, its not BAD (it kinda is, but whatev. because early 2023, I believe I got a really bad stomach bug. But other than that, I haven't been sick)

The nearest hospital (for context I live in a city, but right at the point where its like the border of the suburb and the city iykwim) was like 40 FLIPPING minutes. Or 30. IDK, I was pretty "WHAT THE FUCK" in this moment. My mom freaking hate car rides mostly. In my opinion, its because of the crazy ass drivers that drive their kids to school buts that a whole different topic. We drive to the hospital and since my ugly siblings weren't coming, I got the whole back seat to me. I get like a typical check up when we like sign in. their like "wait, we got patients" so we wait.

We ended up waiting like a whole hour.

When its my turn to go, I don't remember, but I'm in a small hospital room. They check my swollen jaw for like something idk.

also WEIRD encounter alert: the doctors (3 males, 2 very elderly men) but 1 was actually checking me. So he inserts his finger in my mouth. I swear to GOD he says "deep" just DEEP when he inserts his FINGER in my MOUTH. my MINOR mouth. My CHILD mouth. The 2 elderly men laugh. FUCKING LAUGH. like I swear to JESUS, my dead grandma, and that is all holy, I never felt anything more uncomfortable than fhat. And my MOTHER. The women that BIRTHED me was WATCHING. SITTING right in front of ME. Like I was still a petween (whatever its called) at the time!! Like HELLO??Remember my jaw was SWOLLEN. I couldn't SPEAK. I couldn't sing my fight song!!!

But thankfully they leave. I get an different doctors (2 lovely men) after that. Now its almost 8:30 pm.??.

also funny encounter (whatever considered funny to u hermes) the main doctor because the other doctor it was his first day at the job asked me how'd I like my water. I say small ice because like I mean a small quantity of ice. And he's like "okay your Highness" So ig that was funny.

Now heres the dumbness of me really comes because idk if the cat scan takes place before the funny encounter or after. But probably after if I had to guess. I don't know a cat scan is. So their fucking wheel chairing me to the cat scan room. Like pushhhhhhhh. I wanted to laugh but it hurt to speak. The cat scan itself was pretty kewl. I saw light buzzyear and woody anf other fictional characters. It was pretty weird to take off your shoes in a room full of adults but k.

i finished the cat scan. It was mostly looking up inside a literal tube canal thing. but light buzz year was innit so I'm pretty cool with it. Im back in my room now. They tell my mom something. Im staying in this hospital over night. Like I'm healthy mostly. I ain't ever get sick. Especially to the point of hospitalization. I've never been hospitalized at this point of my years of living.

So this is part 1 :p srry for info dumping.

Vivian lore!! >_<

HELP THIS IS SO INTERESTING

those damn doctors better get their hands off you unless they wanna see my alpha side 😈😈

[leffee]

opinion on each season of the show and each of its plots? stuff like the expo, pet fest, and pet street. unless you’ve already posted something like that

Ohohoh seasons, huh? No, I have not posted anything like that yet. Good that I rewatch this show all the time so I remember a lot. I will do a ranking if you don't mind~ from my least favourite to my favourite season and talk about the "plots" there as well:

4. Season 1 is definitely my least favourite, but like, I still love it dearly, just out of the four I love it the least amount. I just find many of the first episodes pretty boring, just kinda nothing happens in them or at least nothing appealing to me. The songs are also hit or miss, there are a few bangers in there like Humanarian and of course Wolf-i-fied but a lot of the others are just kinda "eh". I said it before and I'll say it again, this show to me has no bad songs, but there are definitely some I enjoy less than others and this season has a lot of them. Like many things it has some "first season weirdness", or just things that didn't appear ever again. An example? This sign on Blyhte's room's door, it's from 1st episode and I'm quite sure it never appeared after that

Also characters' eyes were drawn a bit differently and many other things that I won't mention because this reply would be 10 pages long. But! It also has a lot of episodes when there wasn't exactly main emphasis on just one pet but all 7 of them (sometimes less) were doing stuff together, and those are by far my favourite kinds of episodes. Also bonus points for that Vinnie's voice I mentioned a few days ago, his voice in season 1 was different and I liked it more, another bonus for having quite a few good Vinnie episodes. Another plus for the fact that I think Vinnie and Sunil weren't potrayed as best friends yet (It's actually hard to determine, but I think the writers didn't intend to make them best friends then, my personal theory is that they only decided that those two would be best friends after releasing "Door-Jammed"). Again, I love them together of course, but I crave Vinnie interactions with others too and after that he was with Sunil basically all the time.

But you know how I know for sure it's my least favourite season? Because when I rewatch lps I always leave it for last, unless I'm going by the order of episodes. Plus it has my sleep paralysis demon Minka, look at her

Terryfying.

And last thing - "plot". Well, this season didn't really have an overarching plot, but since we're talking about like last episodes that the season is building up to, I personally really like the last episode of 1st season. As I said, I like when an episode doesn't exactly super focuses on just one character but everybody has something to do.

3. Season 4 - on one hand it has some banger episodes but on the other there are some that I don't really rewatch until I rewatched everything else (aside from season 1). It also had this weird distinct feeling to it? It was lps for sure, but it felt different than previous seasons, it's hard to explain, sometimes it was a good thing, sometimes a bad one. It had some banger songs though with my favourite being Hearty Time Pet Food Jingle the one that Zoe, Sunil, Vinnie and Penny sung, absolute banger!! It actually doesn't have any songs that I feel "meh" about, they range from "good" to "absolute banger" Now that I think about it the reason why this season felt different might be because there were a lot of quest pets, seriously, they were in like every other episode.

But what really brings this season down to 3rd place is the finale. Again, I liked it, but man, it felt wrong that the pets were separated for the finale. Genuinely, they all should have went on that plane with Blythe, you can't just separate them like that :( not for the last episode ever. Yeah, opening a whole street was grander than the Pet Fest or Pet Fashion Expo, and good for Mrs. T :), but really, the pets not being all together is just all kinds of wrong. Of course, it was also the last ever episode and yes, yes I cried when watching it for the first time and then when rematching it a few more times ;-;. Overall my least favorite of the season finale episodes. It did bless me with cat-boy Vinnie though, so that's good :} oh and that expression, priceless!

Oh and one more thing worth noticing. Thank fuck they didn't add a new pet as a regular day-camper, I would have hated if this happened. I have no problem with new guest pets, but a new pet main character? Oh hell no, there's 7 of them and 7 of them shall remain. They might have done it, but they haven't, and thank the stars for that.

What's really important here is that it was the season that finished lps and that's just thw biggest crime.

2. Now this is really hard to choose because I really really like both season 2 and 3, the difference is really small, but I think I will go with season 3 as second best. Well, what's not to like? It doesn't have season 4 off-feeling yet but it has season 1 vibe, just better. It has so many great episodes, either because they follow my beloved "all characters do something together and there's not much emphasis on just one of them" formula, but also because it has some great episodes when Vinnie is one of the main characters (Sleeper, Two Pets for Two Pests [oh my beloved], as well as kinda Why Can’t We Be Friends?, The Very Littlest Pet Shop, Hamster Hoods). And the songs, the songs! I'd say season 4 has overall better ones but season 3 has many good ones as well like Hangin' by a Thread - the underappreciated masterpiece. I know we all think about Wolf-i-fied when thinking of Vinnie and Sunil duet and sure, nothing beats it, but hangin' by a thread is so so good too, pls.

As for the pet fest? Yeah, it was pretty good, I do like that it had some sort of build-up, that's not something I need but it sure is cool to do so.

Oh oh this season also had the episode where Youngmee (<3) discovered that Blythe can talk to pets, which in my opinion was pretty epic, grounded because all in all it's just a normal world, and yet still kinda awesome. I actually really like this episode. Heck, I think I like all episodes from this season, aside from maybe a few that I'm more "meh" about.

Season 2 my beloved 😩. It has so many good things about it. First of all, it doesn't have many guest pets, nothing against them but overall I prefer just the regular ones. Second of all, it has Sunil's sick day which just deserves an award on its own. And the songs? Oh the songs! I mean, come on, this season might not have wolf-i-fied but it has such masterpieces as Two Times As Cute, Chez Paris, Dance Fu Fighting, Biskit Twins Rhapsody, Cyril McFlip and most importantly All Around The World. My goodness what good songs, I wanna eat them. Yeah, I think this season has more "meh" episodes than season 3, but the good episodes are SO good, I especially love the episodes in which Blythe and the pets fly to other countries, they are all just really good, you know?

And oh my God the finale was the absolute best, this is actually the epioode/s that I usually start rewatching from because I love The Expo Factor so so much. I mean it had Delilah? And a banger song? And nice complex yet not too complicated plot? All pets and Blythe together? Hello? Truly one of the best epiodes this show has ever seen. Not to mention that there was some build-up to it to which is always appreciated.

So here, my thoughts on each season. I could honestly say so much more because you know, each season has 26 episodes, so it's pretty hard to gather them all together for judging, but I tried my best. Speaking of which, if that's something you're interested in I'd be more than happy to talk about whatever episode individually, I mean, it would give me a good reason to rewatch once more (nah, I would do that anyway actually) and share my silly thoughts.

[k-odyssey]

Thoughts on The Matchmakers | ep10

Given how underwhelmed I was by ep 8, it was a surprise how much I enjoyed ep 9, and even more so ep 10!! It's not that my good opinion of a drama, once gone, is gone forever... but kinda.

I think it's really hard to come back from a boring (to me) ep. It's usually a sign that the plot's going in the wrong direction. But I guess in this drama's case, what I found dull was all stuff that was supposed to help the plot moving forward. It just felt like the wrong ratio of fun/engaging stuff and politics/side plots I didn't care for.

Anyway ep 10. That fox rain confession. I love that he asked "why did you lie about not liking me" and listed the clues. He was confident but not demanding. Like he just wanted to hear her point of view. And she admitted that she liked him, and told him the truth. That the thought of her late husband was holding her back.

Then we move on to the unexpected tragic gay love story. It honestly makes me wanna watch (utopian) period & happy gay romance (if only). I was pleasantly surprised by the acknowledgement/existence of homosexuality in the drama...but it's also giving "bury your gays" so idk. They share one on-screen hug and get murdered/injured. They're also mostly here to get the main characters to think about their feelings about their dead spouses.

FL's orabeoni is.... he has a charming side when he's with 3rd sister. But he's such a terrible brother, like wow! Not only was he incapable of recognizing her, he also just assumed she was forced into a marriage? Never noticed she loved the man?? And made himself celibate over that lol. And when he admits that to her and she's upset, he looks 100% unable to deal with her sadness.

But I think his future wife will cure him of his patriarchal ways what with her novel writing and cross-dressing. And she proposed first.

It was fun how Mr Prince turned out to be/ accepted his role as a matchmaker. Saw the officer jump in the river, felt the usual heartache, and thought, ha! So that's what it was. They belong together.

The way he said "Mr Officer will take responsibility" and the man was like "fine, yes, I guess I have no other choice" and his sister stood there like??? I guess they're both blind when it comes to family.

Also how 3rd sister ran the fuck away from him at first, and then ran back!!

Anyway the leads' emotional journey was an interesting one this ep. We start with feelings admitted on both sides but no prospects of a future, since FL feels she must remain single for her husband's sake. They meet the gay monk who's decided to stay close to his lover in whatever small way he could. We get to hear that ML actually did like his wife. Which I wouldn't have guessed!! And he really thinks about it, and decides that neither of them have to forget their first loves. And he says it very eloquently with a promise of a future together.

That being said, are we really setting up the child prince and a grown woman? Please tell me it isn't so. I feel weird about this. I'm fine with all the other pairings but what is this?

Re: political intrigues, I might need to make my own red string conspiracy board. I keep missing and forgetting key plot points. Like oh the dead gay scholar was FL's brother in law!! So the man who murdered him was her father in law!! And her mother in law is attempting to seize power, was she also involved in the princess' death? All of these characters are connected somehow. I hope I get it when they unravel the whole thing.

[janesgms]

Hi,

Thank you so much for opening your ask option!

You can send me an ask too if you'd like!

I'd like to ask for your opinion on certain solar return placements and topics

For context, it's easier for me to interpret other people's chart than my own. So I would greatly appreciate your response.

These houses aren't present in my natal chart so I struggle to interpret them.

What are your thoughts on these following placements?

- Sagittarius 3rd house stellium (Sun, Mercury, Mars)

-Taurus 8th house stellium (Moon, Jupiter, Uranus)

- Aries in 7th house in North Node, Chiron, Part of Fortune, Vertex

- Also having 29° in my Solar return rising to 12th House

Take your time.

If you have any questions, I don't mind answering if I knew the answer ~

Again, thank you for this!

Hey, I'm gonna try to answer it the best way I can, take what resonates. For what I understood, this is in you solar return chart, right? Since it's a solar return chart, the sun is always in the same sign so you're a sagittarius sun, I assume.

Sagittarius stellium in the 3rd house: This one is about combining the opposite energies of sagittarius and gemini, even if not directly. These planets in sagittarius mean that this year you're focusing on gaining more personal freedom, more knowledge and fun times using your essence (sun), your passion (mars) and your way of expressing your thoughts (mercury), all of this in the 3rd house meaning the area more affected by these planets is gonna be your communicative side, your intellect and mind. This is specifically favorable since mercury it's in here too. Basically this year, you're focusing in gaining academic and philosophical knowledge to expand your horizons of ego, mind and energy. Abt mars in sagittarius I explained it in my other post.

Taurus moon 8H: Your emotional needs this year may revolve around having financial comfort or just comfort at home, you might want to focus on the more venusian themes of life this year to fulfill what your emotions are asking for (self care, shopping, or even dating), all of this in the 8H energy where these themes can afect your darker side/your 18+ life. This can also indicate that if you focus on working in these topics, you can go through a significant transformation (more mental) this year, a new point of view.

Jupiter & Uranus 8H house: This year, you're gonna have both blessings and turbulances in said 8H area, so you need to be careful when trying to expand these topics or else you're gonna go through an emotional rollercoaster since the moon is also here.

7H north node, chiron, pof, vertex: also a huge focus of your life is gonna be focusing on others than in yourself to be honest, so if you're not careful you can end up giving more comfort to others than to yourself. with nn here, your soul journey this year is to learn more about relationships, but you may suffer in this area or just feel very shaken since chiron/vertex is in here too, however, this can bring you luck in the end if you know how to deal with it and see the positive sides.

Ascendant in the 29°: Being a leo degree and considered a fame degree, you may gain a short period of fame or just be very flashy when showing your style/physical appearance.

Note: I only look at the signs of your angles, moon, mercury, venus and mars in the solar return chart. The other planets/placements, only the house is relevant, in my opinion.

[formulamelia]

Get To Know Our 2023 Rookies

Hello again, everyone. This time I'm here not with a race report but an article about some of our drivers. Drivers are certainly some of the crucial people in our sport. But I have three drivers that I particularly want to talk about: rookies of the season; Logan Sargeant, Nyck De Vries, and Oscar Piastri. I specifically want to talk about the rookies because people often ignore them as they are new to the circle. In my opinion, we shouldn't ignore them. Instead, we should watch them even more closely. Many people, unfortunately, consider rookies as temporary drivers. The number of people who believe they could be permanent is very few. But they are not temporary; instead, they are the drivers we should watch closely and give many chances to. So, who are our 2023 rookies? Let's get to know them a little.

Logan Sargeant:

No lie! Logan is a driver that I am particularly interested in because he is my compatriot and the first American on the grid in such a long time. His full name is Logan Hunter Sargeant, and he was born on the 31st of December in 2000 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida (USA). The young driver started his career with karting in 2008. in 2015 he became the World Champion in the World Junior Karting Championship (CIK - FIA KFJ), and he etched his name into the history of motorsports at such a young age as the first American ever to claim the world title in this series. He stepped into the Formula world with the UAE Formula 4 in 2016, then the British F4 in 2017, and here he became teammates with one of our other rookies, Oscar Piastri. Logan went into Formula Renault Eurocup in 2018 and finished the championship in 4th place with 2018 points. The road to F1 has opened to the young driver as he stepped into FIA Formula 3 in 2019 with Team Carlin, becoming teammates with Felipe Drugovich. In 2020, Logan transferred to the Prema team as Frederik Vesti's teammate and scored his first win in Silverstone Feature Race. The young driver announced that he could not move onto F2 in 2021, citing financial reasons, and continued to race in F3 for another season. Later on, Williams Racing sponsored and signed him into their junior program, which allowed Sargeant to find a place in F2 with Team Carlin. The young driver etched his name into the sport's history again as the first American to win an F2 race and finished the championship in 3rd place after a successful season. As Williams Racing has announced that they would sign the driver in if he manages to earn enough SuperLicense points, they kept their promise and signed Sargeant for their 2023 lineup. Now, about his personality: Logan seems calm, quiet, and reserved. He is pretty shy on and off the race track and will need to break his shyness (at least on the tarmac). I can still say that during the 2nd race of the season (Saudi Arabian Grand Prix), his close attacks (even though he backed down at the last moment) were a preview of his potential if he can manage to break his shyness. I continue watching closely and congratulate him.

Nyck De Vries:

When we consider his success and experience in other series, it's unfair to call Nyck, the 2nd Dutchman of our grid, a ''rookie''. However, we accept him as a rookie since this is his 1st season in F1. We can say that the 2019 F2 and 2021 Formula E champion De Vries' career is full of success. His full name is Hendrik Johannes Nicasius De Vries, and he was born on the 6th of February in 1995 in Uitwellingerga, Netherlands. Nyck, whose father is also a racing driver, became the WSK World Champion in KFJ3 (Junior Karting) category in 2008. The successful driver continued his career in Formula Renault Eurocup between 2012 and 2014. Later, De Vries moved up into Formula Renault 3.5 in 2015 and completed the season in 3rd place with 160 points. Nyck moved up into GP3 (Formula 3 today) in 2016 and F2 in 2017. The young driver raced in Formula 2 between 2017 and 2019 and finally became the F2 champion in 2019. Nyck later won the ''6 Hours of Fuji'' race (in his category) in the World Endurance Championship, racing for the Racing Team Netherlands. Then, the successful driver switched to Formula E with Mercedes. De Vries continued his career in this series between 2019 - 2021 as Stoffell Vandoorne's teammate and became the Formula E World Champion in 2021. In 2022, he participated in F1 Free Practice sessions with various teams. Finally, his luck turned for the Italian Grand Prix (ran in Monza) as the Williams driver, Alexander Albon, ended up hospitalized, and he came in to replace him for the weekend on loan from Mercedes. After proving himself in both the Qualifying session and the race, also with the support of his compatriot Max Verstappen, De Vries finally found himself a race seat for the 2023 season with a full-time contract from Alpha Tauri. Red Bull is also an open option for Nyck's future, as it seems. It's very likely, especially when he has his compatriot Max Verstappen's full support. Now, about his personality and looks: De Vries has a tiny figure and a warm smile. He is often very friendly and kind. I wish him the best of luck for his first season in F1 and hope he scores his first points very soon.

Oscar Piastri:

And at last, it's our clean-faced boy Oscar Piastri's turn. He is the youngest diver on our grid. His full name is Oscar Jack Piastri, and he was born on the 6th of April in 2001 in Melbourne, Australia. Piastri is technically the first F1 driver born in the 21st century, as he was born in 2001. Although he originally started his racing career with national leagues for remote-controlled cars in Australia, the young driver started kart racing in 2011 when he was 10. In 2016, Piastri found a racing seat in the UAE Formula 4 and completed the championship in 6th place with two podiums. A company that his father founded became his first sponsor. In 2017, Oscar found himself in British Formula 4, finishing the season in 2nd place with six wins & six pole positions. Piastri, who participated in GP3 (Formula 3 today) testing sessions in 2018, found his home in Formula Renault Eurocup. He completed this championship in 9th place with three podiums. Oscar continued his run in Formula Renault Eurocup in 2019 with a different team and became the year's champion. After the FR Eurocup Championship, Piastri found his home in FIA Formula 3 and became Frederik Vesti & Logan Sargeant's teammate. He completed the 2020 season ahead of his teammates and his main rival Theo Pourchaire and claimed the F3 title. That way, he moved up to Formula 2 in 2021. The young driver who finished the season as the champion also became one of the few drivers who claimed the F2 title in their rookie season, along with Nico Rosberg, Lewis Hamilton, Nico Hulkenberg, Charles Leclerc, and George Russell. As he couldn't find himself a racing seat for 2022, Piastri became Alpine's reserve driver. After ending his reserve contract with Alpine eventfully during the 2022 summer break, the young driver signed into McLaren for the 2023 season. Now, about his personality: he is generally quiet, calm, and reserved. But his cute smile, indeed, pulls some attention. We wish the young Australian the best of luck and congratulate his first points scored in his home race.

[ifitistobeitisuptous]

I blew up a close relationship this week.

I need to talk about it. I need to grieve it, especially since I killed it. I know you don't need to listen, so I'm putting it all under the cut.

be warned. It's long. Very fucking long.

OK. I'm chatting with a beloved friend a week ago. I'm sleep deprived and behind on my meds. This is very relevant as you shall see.

We have a confusing interaction where I accidentally hurt their feelings. They say we should end the conversation there because things are too weird. I think they have left the conversation entirely, but I find out today they were showing the interaction to a 3rd party to get their opinion on what happened.

Meanwhile I'm panicking because I'd accidentally hurt someone who I love. So I delete any messages that might have been "the cause of the hurt" like an idiot cause a) they are still in the chat and call me on my destroying evidence and 2) I'll never able to point to the exact words I said and carefully explain what I meant.

My panic intensifies and I leave the chat and come back to tumblr where I send them a long message apologising and explaining, while still spiralling into a worse headspace. They tell me to get some sleep.

But I don't.

I'm getting suicidal. Yes I know that is not a rational response to the circumstances. Sleep dep is NOT good for my mental health. And hurting the feelings of someone I care about is a huge suicidal trigger for me.

So I write what is clearly a suicide note. And post it here on this blog. I address it to no one, a generalpost about how shity I feel. I don't even realise it's a suicide note to halfway through it. I don't mention the triggering events, and I say in the tags that it's no ones fault.

I go off and take a (safe) amount of sleeping pills with a (safe) amount of rum. Because even though I'm in distress I know that it's 80% sleep dep, and I can fix that if I self-medicate hard enough.

I come back about 5-10 mins later and delete the suicide note. It had no notes so I hopeful noone saw it.

I put up an apology letter to anyone who did see it, because I don't want to traumatise my followers. And after about 30 mins I take that down, because it too has no notes and I don't want to worry anyone.

I'm starting to calm down and level out, and about 2 hours after I last talked to my friend I go back to send them another apology with the promise that I really was going to sleep now.

Message can't be sent. Blog doesn't exist.

They'd blocked me without a word. I don't know when except sometime in the last 2 hours.

I don't know their mental state. Can't know. I'm worried. I know they also have suicidal issues, so I'm hoping they just blocked me to protect themselves.

I pop back over to discord to let them know I'm OK now. But they'd stopped me messaging them on there also.

Fuck. I had no other contact for them, so I had no way of checking on them to see if they are OK.

Days pass. My worry over them doesn't.

It builds.

5 days I wait. No word.

I'm hurt, but understanding. Their mental health is more important than our friendship. But I can't know the state of their mental health. I was hopeful every time I saw that I had notifications, that maybe they'd re-followed me.

I'd previously reblogged something from one of their mutuals, one I knew they were close to. So I dug through my old posts till I found it, and thus their blog name.

And so I searched their blog for any signs of my beloved friend. And saw they'd interacted 3 days earlier and my friend seemed fine. That should have been enough. If I'd found no evidence of interaction that MIGHT justify some of my following actions. But as it was I... well.

It wasn't enough for me. I made a fake account. A pretty obvious one. Shit, the bio was "stalker". I thought that was a lot less weird then spending the time and emotional energy to craft a believable account. No, none of this is healthy.

I used the sockpuppet to look over my friend's blog. They were posting normally as if their life hadn't had a hole ripped in it. So I followed them with the obvious fake blog. I wanted to get caught I guess. Provoke a reaction. Have them acknowledge I still existed.

They blocked the fake blog without a word.

At this point I'll remind you, gentle reader, that I'm here to explain and mourn, not to try to justify any of my actions.

So yesterday (when sleep deprived again due to a dieing pet) i followed their mutual's blog. With my fake account. I don't even consider following with my actual account, which perhaps might have made sense. Perhaps not. Still pretty stalkery to follow a blog for the sole purpose of seeing when they publicly interact with someone who obviously doesn't want to talk to me.

I still believed if we could just talk I could clear everything up and we could be friends again. Maybe never as close friends again, but they were such a ray of light in my life, I'd hoped to see some of that light again.

But I got their attention. They was angry.

They were angry that I'd deliberately insulted them a week ago, then threatened to kill myself because they'd stopped talking to me. Now as you had read above, that's not how it went down on my end, but now I understood why they had blocked me without comment. If I was who they thought I was being, then yes, block me into the sun. I'd deserve it.

So i felt hope. If I could get them to understand the insult was accidental, that the suicidal thinking wasn't about their actions but mine, that I wasn't trying to manipulate some response from them, then maybe we could fix this.

But of course that wasn't all.

They were also enraged that I'd stalked them and their friend... which yeah, I really had no excuse for. But I still thought that if they could see the first part was a misunderstanding, then a little light stalking is forgivable.

But they couldn't believe that I was innocent of the first part, since I was so clearly guilty of the second. And as they said, they were there a week ago, they knew I'd insulted them then suicide baited them to get them to keep taking to me. And they blocked me again mid my protest.

It could have ended there. It should have ended there.

But I knew. If only I could explain they'd see it was all a big misunderstanding.

So, with the fake account still (God know why?!), I compose an ask to their mutual. And again I'll stress, this is me saying what I did, not what I should have done.

Unfortunately as it was an ask, not a message, I don't have a copy. But it started along the lines of "if you think it would be ok, can you pass this on. I understand and accept that you might ignore it or, block me and that's a fair response."

And so I apologised. I accepted blame. I accepted this was probably the end of our relationship. But I also tried to explain how it was a misunderstanding. And I don't even remember if I addressed the stalking bit. I did say I was never going to log into that fake account again.

then I took a nap. I'd done all i could to mend the relationship (or at least end it with dignity), and I honestly didn't expect a response. Either because the message didn't get passed on, or because my former friend agreed it was the end and didn't contact me again. It was a message in a bottle, cast into the ocean.

I woke to 28 messages.

Threats of police re stalking. 9 messages just with the words "text me". Yelling at me, calling me a coward and immature for not responding. Calling my behaviour disgusting.

and I had been re-blocked. So I couldn't respond.

OK then. That hasn't gone as expected, because I'm an idiot for expecting unrealistic things.

So I spend about 30 mins to find their friends blog again (because I'd forgotten the name), this time with my real account, as I'd said I'd never log into the fake account again.

So to send a quick ask, for them to pass on, that I was asleep and not ignoring their mutual. And could they unblock me if they actually want a response.

Ghost blog. The friend had blocked me also. And fair enough.

But it left me with a problem.

I didn't want to find another friend of theirs and ask them to pass on the "I need to be both unblocked and awake if you want me to reply" message. Even I knew that was too creepy.

So I pinned a little message saying that to the top of my blog thinking that you can't look at blog you have blocked, so there was little chance of them ever seeing it. And thus little chance of me hearing from them again. Can you look at blogs you've got blocked? I've only blocked porn bots and never gone back to check.

Now I had thought that the next time they messaged me was because of that pinned post, but I've been reading over the messages as I'm writing this and I've come to the realisation: they sent me the 28 messages before their friend had passed on the letter to them.

So probable order of events

I sent a letter via their friend -> they message me out of the blue 28 times then reblock -> i pin a note to my blog -> they receive the letter I sent via the friend -> they message me again to yell about that letter.

OK that makes more sense based on what they said.

Anyway. They yell at me. Again. Understandable now as they just got the letter. But they say I'm suicide baiting them, Again!? Now I really wish I had the letter so I can try to see how they came to that conclusion. I mean, maybe because it's tone is of a goodbye (as I think I'll never hear from them again). I'm just confused on that one.

They demand I delete the fake blog. I try to insist I never once suicide bated them. They don't care anymore. They declare the letter via the friend was the last straw and they had now no hope the relationship could be recovered. Which was surprising as I'd thought they were long past that point by now. It was sad but I think I needed to hear them say that.

I said goodbye because I knew they were about to block me a final time. And I said I'll go delete the fake blog. After which they blocked me before I'd finished typing "I'm sorry" again.

So. I'm glad I got to talk this out. It was therapeutic and allowed me to examine myself and my bad decisions. I almost hope none of you read it. I'm going to leave it here, however, as a warning to others to not get to close to me. Or at least make sure those who do know how fucked up I am.

I do want to hear comments and criticisms, sympathies and condemnations. Of me only. No criticism of my former beloved friend.

[monte-charlo]

Pierre has a 9th house stelium. the 9th house relates to spirtuality and religion. literally designated catholic at birth.

but no 9th house also rules over ethics, higher education, travel, morality..also associated with luck. the common denominator for all these facets of the ninth house is the search for MEANING. anyway, Pierre's stellium here represents a desire to learn, travel, experience new things. all 9th house facets are in some ways a major focus of his life. Stellium in the 9th, as well as emphasising strong focus on spirituality and religion, also highlights a strong desire for self realisation through travel and living abroad. His stellium covers aquarius and capricorn and is made up of uranus, midheaven, neptune, and mercury. Pierre's neptune in this stellium implies relationships with mentors and those in positions of authority in his learning have turned sour due to poor motives/being taken advantage of by those in positions of authority. analysing steliums is so hard especially since Pierre's stelium covers 4 placements and 2 signs :(

i'm not 100% about this like i literally went and read A BOOK for this but capricorn stellium implies being extremely ambitious and work driven, to the extent of being a workaholic and work can begin to encroach onto and negatively effect other parts of life if not careful. In the capricon portion of Pierre's stellium is mercury, one of the more 'personal' planets - this highlights an even more profound personal effect of capricorn on his life. Capricorn focus also implies a need for strong connections to family, community, and a strong support network. Air may be the dominant element in Pierre's chart (and makes up the second half of this stellium) but the strong capricorn presence here functions as a balancing factor to help ground the air sign. aquarius stellium implies heavy, unapolagetic individualism - makes one very sociable but also probably rather strange. so anyway aquarius nonsense since it is also his sun sign: confidence, uniqueness, need for freedom, trendsetter, an expert in their given field...

anyway due to his stellium, pierre has LOTS of empty houses (12th, 1st - other than asc cusp -, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 7th). of the 14 placements im looking at, half of them are concentrated in 3 houses (houses 8,9,10). this highlights a domination of outwards perception in life - very outgoing, relationships are very important, etc. so basically his personal identity quadrants are almost entirely empty and his social identity/social expression quadrants are extremely full. implies to an extent a lack of introspection and a focus on others - both in relationships and in providing for others. empty houses don't mean it doesn't factor into an individuals life, just that it isn't a focus. maybe there's been less need for attention in these areas as it comes naturally/was already there. for example, in the case of pierre's empty 4th house, it implies a strong family foundation and a supportive family life. there's less conflict here so it needs less focus. oh and pierre having an empty 12th house is actually seen as auspicious. one website aptly summed an empty 12th house as "good sex life and travels abroad". we have broken pierre down to the barest components !! empty 3rd house can mean ease in communication and expression. empty 1st and 2nd house mostly implies an ease in presenting yourself to others and an.. ease with finances ? or lack of desire to focus on/accumulate wealth.

However, when looking at his chiron we can see that pierre's focus on relationships and others does often come at the detriment of the self - and that a lack of focus on the self can be a point of pain and self sacrifice. empty house analysis is somewhat convoluted people have different opinions. some people think empty 12th house means no guardian angels :/ OVERALL, having so many empty houses is fundamentally a fairly good thing as it represents a decisive life focus and concentrated attention on certain areas. lol i suddenly feel so insecure abt sending these in theyre so wordy sorry 😭😭

Aha this is so super interesting!

“Good sex life and travels abroad” the tl:dr summation of Monsieur Gasly, i love that for him 😘

[veronika-tserber]

Hii again okey born in march 3rd of 2001 at 12:27pm in Chillán, Chile. Thk u

Hey! ☀

The Data:

2nd house in Gemini

Mercury in the 10H

Mercury conjunct the MC

Mercury conjunct Uranus

Mercury at the apex of a Bisextile

Moon in the 2H

Moon opposite Pluto

Jupiter in the 2H

Jupiter opposite Mars

Uranus/Venus/Pluto/Mercury dominance

I use the Whole Signs system! :)

Firstly, if you don’t know what Sabian Symbols are, please check my post HERE. ❤

Your 2nd house in Gemini tells me that financial/health matters occupy your mind quite a lot. You could have multiple streams of income or take little jobs here and there to provide for yourself. You can be creative in the ways you make money, and be "street-smart". The ruler of your 2H in your 10H speaks of using your practical skills and communication abilities in your career. In fact, having an actual career can be the key to your material stability in life. This is confirmed by the 10H stellium and your Capricorn South Node which points to past lives of being in positions of authority and high status.

Let’s look deeper into your Mercury now. It’s one of your dominant most planets, and conjuncts the “top of the mountain” in your chart - the Midheaven! People immediately notice your intelligence and communicative abilities. You can be really good at working with others, as well, and you might be able to easily help them with practical advice and solutions to their issues. Uranus conjunct your Mercury and your MC also point to a need to work in a larger group, and perhaps towards a humanitarian cause or in the field of technology, for example.

Perhaps, learning about astrology, the occult, and technological progress can help you a great deal in your career, and it can be something many people will come to know you for. Mercury is also at a Leo degree that's considered an indicator of luck and fame! The Sabian Symbol is called “A Watchdog Standing Guard, Protecting his Master and his Possessions”. Interesting! I have this Symbol in my chart, as well - it’s the degree of my Ascendant. For me, it manifests as the need to always be hyperaware of my own presence and physical body, and how I fit into the environment I'm in. I am also alert to any potential dangers and threats that may come from the outside.

Both Mercury and Uranus are highly attuned and sensitive planets, and especially Uranus is like a cosmic radio that can pick up on the most refined signals. I feel like you might be gifted with the strong ability to “catch” these kinds of signals, and ideas, and then share them with others! It feels like you are a very observant person and your mind is always awake and "on guard" for insights and ideas that may come through from the invincible realms. On the other hand, be wary of becoming paranoid or falsely thinking that others are going to attack you for your beliefs and opinions.

Also, a Mercury/Uranus conjunction with your Moon also being in Gemini can gift you with a unique sense of humor, which can definitely be useful in your career.

The Bisextile in your 10H (the blue triangle) points to a talent that's in the process of development. This talent is the trine between your Venus and Pluto, and it will find its opportunities for expression through your Mercury, a.k.a your communicative abilities. Let's take a look at the trine.

Venus is also at the lucky 17th degree, and its Sabian is called “Two Prim Spinsters Sitting Together in Silence”. Venus points to the nature of our feelings (not emotions, like the Moon). With Venus in the 12H and this Sabian, you could potentially struggle with feelings of repressed anger/jealousy or have the tendency to sweep existing issues under the rug and pretend like they aren’t there. With the sextile to your Mercury, you might need to learn how to honestly express your emotions and gut feelings, verbally. In love, you may want someone with whom you can reach a level of mutual understanding without even saying a word. You probably want a soulmate, someone who gets you without you having to explain yourself. However, the downside of this is that you can start to expect others to always know how you feel, which is next to impossible.

Pluto in Sagittarius is the generation of people who have come to transform existing belief systems in society, and since it's in your 8H, there are unconscious beliefs and complexes that you need to let go of in this lifetime - often through many critical situations. Pluto is at a Gemini degree, and the Sabian is “The Groundhog Looking for its Shadow on Groundhog Day”. With the sextile to Mercury, it can mean that people can be able to can count on you for telling them information about certain changes, future trends, and possibilities. You might possess the ability to foresee these changes and trends that are coming up, which can be useful in your career.

Definitely, with Uranus, the planet of prophetic visions and divination in a conjunction with your mind, you can sense these futuristic ideas and are definitely called to share them. So, your Venus's intuition combined with your ability to have a higher perspective and read the political/social climate well can be key to your highest calling in this lifetime. Communicate your visions clearly, and share your "prognosis" for the future.

Now, let’s go back to the 2H. The Moon in the 2H talks about practical skills for nurturing yourself and others. It’s the ruler of your North Node, so it might take a while before you start to use its potential in a healthy way. It sits at a Scorpio degree, and the Sabian is called “A Cafeteria With an Abundance of Choices”. Remember when I said at the beginning that your Gemini 2H can speak of having many streams of income and little jobs here and there? This Symbol speaks of an abundance of choices and wanting to quickly satisfy your needs for safety and security by getting involved with whatever is available right here, right now!

There is nothing wrong with this, but stay mindful of making unhealthy choices. You can be impatient or worry about money and security, which can lead to you wasting your time and energy on work that isn't worth it. The Moon also shows our eating habits and it sits in one of the health houses, so could it be that your actual eating habits are unhealthy? The Scorpio degree can signify addiction, as well.

The Moon is opposite Pluto, which can also point to concerns in regard to providing for yourself, material security, and health. The opposition is the aspect of repression, so It could point to repressing your emotions or having self-destructive tendencies and habits.

Jupiter here is at a Gemini degree, and the Sabian is called “The Charming Court Life at the Garden of the Tuileries in Paris”. This paints a pretty picture of wealth, abundance, and beauty. With Jupiter in the 2H, you can be prone to overspending or living beyond your means. In a metaphorical sense, especially since Gemini is involved, it can talk about an abundance of intelligence and ideas. Jupiter trines your Neptune, and Neptune’s Sabian is “A Child Born out of an Eggshell”, which points to the process of birthing new ideas and ways of doing things, which confirms your highly progressive and futuristic 10H!

I feel like you are full of great ideas, but you might need to learn how to discern the good ones from the ones that look exciting at a first glance, but actually hold that much value. Then, decide which ones are worth sharing, and don't hesitate to do so!

All and all, you will achieve greater stability and abundance in this life by following a career path that's progressive and allows you to share your intuitive visions and insights for the future. Your communication abilities and intelligence are here, and your intuition is really strong, so don't hesitate to follow them! Learn how to discern your good ideas from the bad ones, and don't be afraid to be a pioneer or stand out from the crowd!

I hope you resonated with this analysis, and I wish you all the best on your journey! ♥

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This was the 11th and last FREE "Second House Reading" I'll be doing for now, so please, guys, don't send me more requests. If you are interested in booking one, you can DM me for more info. I will be posting a Masterpost really soon, though.

Take care!

- Veronika🦊

[supitsgdo]

Book review: Caraval trilogy by Stephanie Garber

Rating:

Caraval - 2⭐️

Legendary - 3⭐️

Finale - 2⭐️

I swear my intention in writing this review was not to say bad things. I guess I'm part of that percentage of readers who didn't really like this trilogy. When I read in the synopsis that it was about an event full of magic and performance, I imagined a world around a mysterious circus. Then I found out how wrong I was, and that it was actually about an island full of adventure and magic. Where can I sign up? "But Andreia, what's wrong?" you ask me. Well, I will give my short opinion for each book:

1st: the world was promising but not well explained. There was room for it to be much more explored and it wasn't. Anything that was going on was always due to magic. But how did that magic work? The ending killed me, in a good way. The rollercoaster that it was. It's what kept me moving on to the 2nd book. Also, I liked the fact that it involves sisterly love. Which doesn't happen very often. Another point I didn't like was, I know it's a YA book but the way I see it, a person doesn't fall in love with someone they barely met for 7 days and already want to live with them forever. Right? Love is not something that happens easily. And when this happens in books, I immediately get bored. You might say it's because I'm older that I think that way. No. I've always been that way.

2nd: the world has grown bigger and you understand better how the magic works. It gained points because of that. However, the thing that triggers me (and had happened already in the previous one) is the age gap. I don't mind when that happens, except in this case: when men who must be 60/70 (but are ageless) have their eyes on 16/17 year old girls.... It creeps me out that there are people who still romanticise that. They are too young.

3rd: in this one I made an effort to find out how the story ended. I thought it was weak. The world could have been explored better or written differently. The female characters remained boring and annoying to me, they didn't grow in my point of view. None of them made an impression on me, unfortunately.

Overall, they were pretty quick reads. I had my expectations high and it didn't turn out as expected.

[recovering-poetic-writer]

IS IT JUST ME, OR DO I SEEM STUPID FOR BEING INTO KPOP

If you think am out growing kpop then you are absolutely wrong. I'm out growing the Stan culture in kpop because it is so toxic.

First, the problem is the Stans that act like there are set rules when stanning ; you have to stream, try to buy albums, dedicate your time to them. When fan worse break out most multi-stan have trouble siding with a fandom so they can be treated like they are part of it. We have all heard about blinks fighting Red luvs and others because some people said that their favs are better than Blackpink. So, my point is kpop has become so childish and dumb, you would bash your fav for living their own life, trying to date, trying something out.

Second, I'm not living my best life but insisted of doing something for my self, I would sit down on my bed and watch the live for about 30 minutes, an hour or more and the worse fact is that it's in a language I don't even understand. I should stream a song for more than an hour, when I can't pay for any music app.

Thirdly, I am African living in Africa and if anything my country is not a huge fan of kpop. People that like kpop exist but does it even matter. We can't buy albums, lightstick, whenever they do world tours Africa is so small that it could be skipped, even though it's the second largest continent.

Fourthly, do I matter? does it make a difference to the idol? Do even know I exist? We all know the answer to this questions are NO because They don't know I exist, I haven't left or done any financial, emotional, mental memoriable thing. And, the worst of all is that if I leave the fandom will anyone care or even notice.

I can say one particular opinion of mine proudly, anywhere that almost all the 3rd gen kpop groups should disband, especially BTS, Blackpink, twice, and EXO. They have given us hits but what did a majority of the fandom do judge them. So, if they can't live their life, get married to the person they love (that isn't you), gave children and fulfil their dreams.

We all know that when you say kpop, you immediately become a brainless 12 year old girl. When I bring up kpop alot in a conversation because there are 1000s and 1000s of songs to hear and are so relatable in some conversation. But now no matter they song or conversation people just assume it's kpop. Also remember that Kpop has it's dark side, what idols are forced to do, being what they're not all this are signs.

In the end, I might stan groups not with and as a part of the fandom but as me. Comment your opinion on this, I Know it may seem stupid or unorganized but this is just how I feel.

[atwas-meme-ing]

A Non-Technical Analysis of the Kronos Island Theme

Disclaimer: I know absolutely nothing about music theory. I can't even play an instrument. But the overworld music in Frontiers was so incredible, I wanted to give my own thoughts and opinions on it. This is not meant to be a proper music theory analysis or what-not, it's just my own impressions. Don't take it too seriously, and I admit in advance that I'll probably get most of this wrong.

1st Movement

Begins with a very slow, sad, and lonely, droning synth. Sounds empty. Piano comes in, equally sad and lonely. Wind-like synths come in around 1:37, sounds like a cold breeze getting caught up in the cliffs. At 2:26, the wind changes to a sound almost like voices ("can you hear the spirits sing?"). Drone disappears at 3:14. By this point, we've probably explored just enough to find enemies, maybe a couple of kocos, so it doesn't feel as dead and foreboding. 3:59, a squealing like rail-grinding, then the drone returns as the music loops back to the beginning.

2nd Movement

The piano is faintly reminiscent of the title screen music/I'm Here (to me, anyway). Sad chords give way to descending arpeggios (first one at 1:10), seeming to hint at some unknown threat. By this point, we've gotten the first emerald and we see Asura off in the distance (that's one big bot, makes you wonder how many more are skulking around, and how are we gonna get past this one, anyway?). With these gargantuan bots being the only signs of intelligent life on the island, we get the feeling that something is very wrong. We also probably find Amy somewhere in here, and not only are we worried about her, we're worried about what the cyber energy might do to Sonic.

2:18, a bass is being plucked, accompanying brighter, happier chords- happier because a hero has arrived?

Then the... bridge of the song, I guess? beginning at 3:07 feels neutral, just notes rising and falling like the gently rolling hills of Kronos. TBH, it makes me think of the GHZ theme.

Beginning at 3:58 is a definite melody that feels even more like GHZ. Of every melody in the overworld, this is the one that feels the most like a traditional Sonic melody. Gives me a similar feeling, at any rate. Then we're back to the descending arpeggios as we continue exploring.

3rd Movement

Giganto has just thrown Sonic across the island. Sage probably thinks Sonic is dead (which, sorry to sound morbid but, he should be- ooh ooh ouchie mama!). So we can understand why the descending arpeggios dominate the opening of this movement. We now know some of the danger, but we have only a vague idea of how to confront it.

Then the brighter chords come back as Sonic picks himself up and gets back to the task at hand. No time to wonder about "what if I can't", he has to try, anyway.

4th Movement

Begins with a rising arpeggio, accompanied by hopeful, heroic strings. By this point, we've helped the mother koco and obtained a few of the Chaos Emeralds. Sonic may just have a chance. The synth comes in, pumping or pounding like a quickening heartbeat as the strings continue to grow in the heroic sound. Another synth comes in around 2:18, creating a sort of echoing hissing or whooshing sound, like the rush of wind, or a boost. The strings and piano disappear for a moment to give the pumping synth a solo. Percussion comes in, sounding very much like running footsteps. Piano and strings return, still lonely, but hopeful. The pumping increases, and another, percussive synth comes in around 3:20, adding to the running sound of the percussion instruments. All instruments continue to grow in intensity, the piano notes climbing higher and happier. Synths fade out as the music loops back to the beginning.

5th Movement

Strings and piano begin with descending chords, and the pumping starts in earlier. We're getting closer to capturing this island, and the adrenaline is flowing. The sad yet hopeful strings almost drown out the rising and falling piano notes. The pumping synth gets another solo, the piano returns in full forces, accompanied by strings, and the rest of the movement is much the same as the 4th.

6th Movement

Starts out with rising arpeggios and loud booms as we draw closer to the time when we will face the first Titan. By this point, we've already heard Amy's analysis of the damage done to the land, so we know something very bad happened here, and we don't know if the threat may still be around. The pumping synth is replaced by an echoing staccato synth at 1:30, which seems to hint at the digital nature of just about everything in this world. The drums start pounding hard at 2:09, and I imagine this being a point where Sonic clenches his fists and grits his teeth and strengthens his resolve to push on to save his friends. The synth and percussion fade away to the echoing piano arpeggio for a rather abrupt end- Sonic pulling up short as he is again assaulted by the memory of that thing throwing him across the island, feeling doubt of whether he can defeat it?

7th Movement

Begins with a boom, then a rising and falling arpeggio, then rising and falling bass chords, then the violins pick it up, before the music gives way to a theme mostly like the 6th Movement, if a little more intense.

All in all, we sense impending doom. We've only found 6 Emeralds. Shortly after the 6th, we see the flashback of the girl koco and her soldier. We see what the Ancients looked like and we know there's a mystery here connected with everything we already know about Sonic's world. And we see their doom. At this point, we wonder if Sage and the Titans were a part of it. At any rate, it's time to face the first Titan.