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[astrogurujii]

The Saturn Return: A Cosmic Wake-Up Call

Around the ages of 27 to 30, many people experience a deep inner shift — a time of questioning, realignment, and often… chaos. This is what astrologers call the Saturn Return — when Saturn comes back to the same place in the sky it occupied at the time of your birth.

But this isn’t just another transit. It’s a turning point. Saturn is the planet of time, discipline, structure, and responsibility. So when it returns, it tends to bring everything you've been avoiding right to the surface.

Why Does It Feel So Intense?

Because Saturn asks tough questions: Are you living authentically? Are your choices aligned with your long-term values? Are you building a life with real foundation, or just floating through?

If you're not living in alignment with your deeper truth, Saturn Return will show you. And that truth can be uncomfortable. Relationships shift, careers change, inner doubts rise. But this discomfort is also an invitation — to step into adulthood, into clarity, into purpose.

You’re Not Failing — You’re Evolving

Saturn doesn’t punish. It matures. It clears out what no longer fits, and strengthens what has meaning.

The process might feel isolating, but the result is personal power. After your Saturn Return, you won’t be the same person. You’ll be stronger, more grounded, and far more intentional about the life you’re creating.

#SaturnReturn #AstrologyExplained #SpiritualAwakening #LifeTransitions #ComingOfAge #ZodiacWisdom #PersonalGrowth #AstroJournal #SelfDiscovery #AstrologyTumblr

[arjimayy-blog]

my journey to ASTRO.

“We are not normal. We are not seeking to be normal.” - ASTRO, 2019 

November 30, 2018.

I never thought that watching My ID is Gangnam Beauty would bring me to a whole new level of myself - a KPOP fan girl. I’m usually hooked with KDrama’s only and just one of the crowd who appreciates KPOP before but after watching Eunwoo, didn’t realize that hewould bring me to ASTRO unconsciously. I know many of us, AROHA, came from MIIGB era and on behalf of those AROHA, I want to thank Eunwoo for the experience.

To be honest, ASTRO’s really the first group I’ve stan in my life. I’m just appreciating other idol’s songs and not going deep into it but after watching ‘Baby’ and ‘Always You’, I opened myself just for them. One thing that brought me to ASTRO is not just their visuals but their own skills and talents. I’m really a fan of talented people and crossing into ASTRO is the most regretful yet memorable part of my life. It’s just that I regretted that I never known them when they debuted yet I’m thankful that I met them during my darkest times. 

They became my light. 

When I found out that I’m becoming more fond of them, I’ve decided to watch their VLive’s from the very start going up to the most recent video. And I’ll never forget those times when they made me smiled, laughed and cried as well. They became my breather and that was the day when I’ve finally decided to stan them. 

It’s quite overwhelming because I’ve became a part of their growing family before their first win and I didn’t know how to handle it so I ended up crying with them when they had their 2nd ASTROAD concert. It’s been a tough fight for the both us but it worked out well. 

They’ve grown enough to be where they are right now and I won’t stop myself from supporting them ‘till the end. 

Looking for more memories with you, ASTRO. 

Sincerely, 

Another AROHA in the crowd

[lazyandstressedstudies]

A late Jinjin spread I’m kinda okay with it but unhappy with the header u g h oh well... I hope you all have a good day

[aeisha-binta-shamsher]

𝐴 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑏𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑑 𝐼 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑛𝑜 𝑠𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒 I made this spread a little while ago.... Ok.....more than a little while. I am actually kinda liking the spread 😉. I am still team seojun though 👁️👄👁️. #kpopjournal #kpopspread #astro #astrospread #astrojournal #truebeauty #kpop #eunwooastro #kpopdecor #kpopjournaling #journalaesthetic #kpopjournalideas #kpopdesk #kpopjournalspread #kpopbujo #kpopbujospread #kpopjournalinspiration #kpopjournals #truebeautydrama #truebeautywebtoon #hanseojun #leesuho #imjugyeong #hwanginyeop #chaeunwoo #moongayoung #teamsuho #한서준 #임주경 #이수호 (at Astro) https://www.instagram.com/p/CKJjJYPhrkm/?igshid=9kstioor2b9u

[witchystarryskies]

Cancer New Moon

for June 28-29th 2022

Hoping the last full moon in Sag helped you re-prioritize and hone in on what’s really important to you, because this new moon sure feels like a challenge for you to keep holding on to it.

I grew up with this popular metaphor in my culture that “holding firm to your faith my feel as hard as holding a piece of ember in your hands,” but I’m taking faith out of it and replacing it with whatever it is that’s most important to you. (and I mean your real values that are most authentic to you, not the ones you feel you should have.)

Sticking to your values, and defending the rights of others to do the same, in a world that seems to be making it harder and harder will most likely raise all kinds of anger issues within you, and however atrociously guilty others look to you, it remains your responsibility and no one else’s to manage your own anger. You’re walking the tightrope of protecting the sacred while avoiding turning into the same self-righteous, angry mob that are threatening it. And you’ll probably be accused of being the same threat, on top of it all.

That doesn’t mean you can’t direct your anger toward constructive action that preserves your values. You can stay angry, and remember that it’s a good emotion, albeit frequently misdirected. It’s only an indicator that your boundaries have been violated. Painful but simple. In this sense, anger is the best way to know what really matters to you, if you let it tell you.

Reflecting on not only Mars, but his sister Eris too and her golden apple of discord and alternative ways to “wage your war” can definitely clue you in on ways to pull a pretty badass “power move” rather than simply react or fall into the victimhood trap. Hell, you might find yourself to be the mean bitch in some scenario this week, and it might not be a bad thing at all. We all meet Eris as some mean bitch at some point in our lives and actually end up learning a lot about ourselves.

You can stay angry and nurturing at the same time. You can stay angry without losing control or lose track of where you’re heading. It doesn’t mean you can’t stay vulnerable where you need to be.

This is one of my favorite things about astrology, is to remind you even when you’re so angry you’re seeing red, and it feels like that’s all you are now and there’s nothing else to you, there are still a thousand other parts in the chart that are also you. You’re never just one aspect even when it seems to take over completely. You have so many resources at your disposal. See where these current aspect points land in your chart and make your own connections to them. If you have a magical practice, this is a great time to connect to these planets and archetypes and see what they have to tell you, especially as you find it harder to defend your values that constantly feel violated. An even better conversation would be with these very parts of you that are being most violated, as they’re in most need of your presence right now.

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★　Contextual Energies　★

Mars @ 25°Aries40’ sextile Saturn @ 24°Aquarius47’ (while conjunct Eris @ 24°Aries58’): Dealing with anger in the face of challenge and restriction of your boundaries

Sun & Moon @ 7°Cancer22’ square Jupiter @ 7°Aries18’: another opportunity to hone in on your most fundamental values and possibly learn more about yourself

Venus @ 7°Gemini16’ sextile Jupiter @ 7°Aries18’ expressing ideas around said values, tapping into your own wisdom and expanding it to the external world. possible challenge to moderation.

🌕　Moon Aspects　🌕

Moon @ 7°Cancer22’ conjunct Blackmoon Lilith: There’s this oddly relevant connection Lilith has with abortion rights and all things related to the darker themes of pregnancy-- the freedom and agency to create as well as to destroy. Give this article from 2020 a read. I found it even more relevant now and pretty insightful.

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☀　Journal Prompts　 ☀

Thoughts worth considering through your work or practice this week and especially around the new moon on Tue-Wed

:: The Personal Values game (pdf guide here):

If the idea of values still sounds rather general, nebulous or vague to you, playing the Personal Values game may help clear some up for you. Try spending some time arranging them, so you free up much needed RAM by letting go of the ones in your “least important to me” box and only dedicating your time and energy to the ones in your “most important” box. You don’t really need to print out each value on a card. you can just type them into a table using any text editing app and swap them around as appropriate. The key here is being radically, shamelessly honest with yourself, and looking at the actual reality, not the theory, of what’s been important to you.

Eris at the Party:

:: Have you found yourself in a situation recently that particularly angered you? Do you remember your response? Your visceral sensations? (it’s okay if you don’t, some of us get so angry we practically black out)

:: If you think about how you felt then, would you have described yourself as Eris in this situation? (the one not invited to the party, marginalized, “othered” due to qualities intrinsic to you)

Or were you one of the three goddesses who fell for the apple of discord? (baited, victimized, manipulated, pitted against an ally, had your power or values used against you)

Did you respond like Zeus, who despite having the authority, wanted nothing to do with the situation and passed the buck? Or chose placating the desires of those you hold dear over asserting your personal values?

(Like myself, you’ve probably felt like all the above at one point or another)

:: With a more lucid vision of the values most important to you, do you think you would have behaved differently, having prioritized them over immediate justice or placation?

dealing with anger:

If we were to define anger more simply as an indication of a boundary being crossed, or a value being challenged...

:: Do you think you’re able to sense your reaction during a similar situation, including the same visceral sensations you noted above, and catch yourself before spiraling too quickly into mindless reactivity? Do breathing techniques work for you? Are you able to remove yourself from the situation and come back more collected? Are you more likely to vent to a friend in private, or face the offending person first?

:: How much of your anger is empowered and how much feels like powerlessness?

:: How much of your anger-management depends on changing a situation that’s unworkable? like changing another person’s mind or view on something, or being excluded, disempowered, rejected or dismissed by a group or individual.

:: How much of it can be resolved by focusing on the workable aspect of the situation? (your own response, casting your own vote literally or figuratively, using your own resources magical and otherwise or seeking alternative solutions from others)

:: If you’re at a point in your life where you feel you’ve befriended your anger, what has it taught you that you can use and share right now?

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as always, stay safe and mindful of your own energies so you can better enjoy your week, and happy journaling.

[astr0-st0ner]

Transits : Mars In the 8th House

I can't promise this will be the beginning of a series of posts, but hey, journaling through one particular planet as it transits through your life seems like a good idea.

Things have been weird lately. I don't remember when but I went from being completely drenched in astrology studies and reading through thousands of astrology related tweets a day, to having very little interest in the topic at all.

I've had that inner excitability that feels like I'm... a piece of flint. Everything is rubbing up against me and lighting me on fire, but not in a good way-- in fact I am feeling ANGER, an emotion I am absolutely terrible at coping with.

Cope. C o p e. I read something today that said "don't cope the same way you celebrate".

What am I coping with right now?

this month (July 2022) marks 10 years since a major, life-altering trauma... one that I don't think will ever be fully healed. A lot of thoughts are just coming up despite trying to not give it any sustained attention. The body really does remember.

a few weeks ago, my mom started having a major health issue. She has a heart defect that was never symptomatic but suddenly she's having scary episodes where her chest gets tight and painful, she feels like there's something stuck inside her neck, she can't speak or walk, but it goes away after a few minutes. She can't be seen by a cardiologist for several more months, and when she did go to the emergency room, they ran an EKG and echocardiogram, her vitals, two rounds of blood work, and somehow found NO irregularities. Which sounds like bullshit to me. She has an existing leaky valve condition and every doctor she goes to mentions that she has an abnormal heart murmur. She has a leaky valve. How is it that this emergency department didn't pick up even health issues she knows she has. UGH! Just writing about this is making me angry! She's been bumped up to 10 hour work days at the Post Office and taking time off isn't something she sees as an option. So yeah, I feel like every day could be the day someone at work finds her unresponsive in the bathroom or something. I don't really feel like she's going to die, but more like something is about to happen that is going to change everything in her life.

Which then makes me start thinking about my own physical stability. When my presence here begins to become a real burden on my parents in any way, I feel like I need to get out of here. Then I start spiraling. I literally don't know how I'm going to pick myself up and get into my own place, being on disability and not having had a job for the last 10 years because of it. Right now, I can't seem to save a penny. Again this month I completely ran out of money 7 days before pay day. EVERYTHING in my life needs restructured. My partner, even though we've been together for 9 years, is nowhere near wanting to officially share an address with me. I can't count on him to help me do anything, honestly. Sometimes he is extremely helpful and generous and kind but more often than not he is just impatient to hear about my problems and responds to all of them by yelling at me and putting me down for my past failures.

the money thing. 6 more days of $0.

My partner is expecting me to save a few hundred dollars so we can go to the Cape in September. I just want to cry thinking about it.

I'm having those dreams that I can't really remember I keep waking up feeling emotionally battered from them...

But here are some less bad things, just because posting a completely negative list is against my beliefs :)

I was getting concerned that my sexuality was rapidly disappearing. We were falling into a rut of almost being afraid to touch eachother, which I feel like we partially broke through recently. I guess I have been able to respond to what I know he really wants and needs a little better lately.

I am doing really good in physical therapy. Doing more exercise at home, which seems to be making a difference. I still can't really feel parts of my leg and foot, but there have been a few times in PT doing some major traction (having him yank my leg out of socket basically) where feeling floods back for a minute or two.

Now that I think about it, I was having a really scary IBS flare like a month ago that actually ended and I'm not feeling like nearly as bad as I was.

[astrooli]

I started by casually looking up my chart in cafeastrology before a lecture (cause i was way too early and i was bored) and a whole new world unveiled in front of my eyes. I couldn’t wait to go home and just google everything. Unfortunately, I couldn’t understand much and it was overwhelming but i decided to be patient.And now, 2 years later i am still learning everyday.

[astro-journal]

Personalized Process

ASTROJOURNAL DECEMBER 19: When you imagine the life you desire, what habits do you see yourself engaging in? Can you set up some structures today to work towards becoming that person who habitually does those things? Habit-forming systems can be tricky - they need to be personalized to our own calibrations, to our personal vibration. Otherwise they can be too easily dismissed, won't challenge us to move ahead, or will seem nonsensical and mysterious so that we spend more time being confused by them than benefiting from them. Make sure your process is personalized, so that you can trust it to expand your potential on a deep, core level.

[mysticaltransformations]

With Mercury in Cancer this brings the matter of emotional intelligence to the fore front. VX conjunct SN. You may find that certain energy signatures no longer resonate and you are now more versed and primed with the themes of these karmic experiences. Emotional intelligence is your ability to recognize, control, and express how you feel about experiences without self-doubt. Jupiter trine Mercury gives you the scope and optimism now to handle difficult problems and to move away from the voids you once filled with old belief systems with this square to SN in Sag. Use today’s easygoing energy to do something productive. Get creative with the new story of Venus conjunct Leo and channel your emotions into something useful to support the new opportunities coming your way. #mercuryincancer #cancerseason #dailyastrology #vertexpoint #southnode #jupiter #pisces #magical #mercuryday #trine #square #transits #astroalchemy #spiritualtoolbox #trustyourmagic #astrologyandconsciousness #dailyhoroscope #horoscope #empoweringastrology #astrojargon #knowyourenergy #emotionalintelligence #magic #manifestations #intuition #energy #activateyourmysticism #ridethecosmicwaves #jounalingwithastrology #astrojournal (at Atlanta, Georgia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRTlrcshFbM/?utm_medium=tumblr

[fulminastra]

parting is such sweet sorrow

“My tongue will tell the anger of my heart, or else my heart concealing it will break.” - William Shakespeare

[ 0527.

I dance to the sound of bows scratching against the violin’s strings, its shrill noise reverberating the cold, dark abyss that is my heart.

I lift my hands to Lyssa, goddess of anger—oh, may she give me enough hatred to break glass with my voice, enough rage to break bones in just a snap, enough anger to go against fate! I wish to fight, to attack those who have wronged me, to destroy those who have betrayed me—

I look at my hands, stained with blood. My soul, stained with sin. I offer myself to the devils down below—oh, may they help me in my pursuit for revenge!

I stand up, heart on my sleeve, eyes burning red. I stand up, and I see them—those who have chosen their bruised egos over me, those who have chosen glory over love. I hear my mind shaming them, cursing them to die.

And rightfully so. They all deserve to go down under.

I see her in front of me. The one who knows me by heart. The one who left me for glory. The one who left love for ego.

She’s ready to dance to the song of death. And so am I.

The shrill sound grows louder. The pounding pushes against my head—I drop down, in pain, in agony.

And then I stand up. Blood all over me. Scars decorating my skin.

War painted all over my face.

We go back, you and I. We have danced together. We linked hands, threw ourselves to the skies.

 Now this seems like the gods implore us to dance against each other. Break the floorboards of this stage. Make the curtains fall. Make this theater collapse until there’s only one of us that stands.

That person will be me. I won’t let you succeed—not now, not ever, after what you did to me.

I sacrifice myself to the gods, oh may they give me strength! May they give me the willpower to execute this person in front of me, to bring down this theater, to stand up and reach my hand to the skies!

 I burn myself, erase all traces that once made me Yurika, until there’s no one left but a new me. A me, different from before, stronger than before.

Strong enough to bring this theater down.

Strong enough to show everyone who I really am. ]

[lazyandstressedstudies]

YAYAY its my baby’s birthday SANHA ILY☺️💛

[witchystarryskies]

Full Moon in Sagittarius - 14th of June 2022

Super full moon in Sagittarius, that’s going to form a square to Neptune in Pisces, and a sextile to a retrograde Saturn in Aquarius on the same day.

Tuesday night is a little intense, but in a hopeful way.

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★　Contextual Energies　★

We’ve already been having a sweet triple conjunction of Venus between Uranus and Pallas Athena (which I’m strongly associating with positive queer experiences and bodily autonomy politics, especially being in Taurus.)

Now Venus is moving onto the North Node of the moon a couple degrees away, while still holding hands with Pallas Athena. So it’s already a context of energies I’m excited to work with. Venus-North node in Taurus says so much love and beauty ahead, especially when it comes to our physical bodies and values by which treat them. But having Athena, Goddess of military strategy, wisdom, androgyny and trans identity, there with Venus tells me it’s a longer haul, and a slower process that should and will involve some forethought and consideration. Not just a celebration of beauty, but of coming together to guard it. Planning ahead enough to feel safe enough to actually have a good time, whether it’s bringing along simple medkits and leaving your phone at home during weekend parades, or saving up money and making sure you’re splurging within your budget, especially so you’re not left struggling in a couple months when Mars will be joining this party in Taurus and things may get more intense than pleasant.

Tuesday’s full moon will also have Mercury entering Gemini, feeling VERY at home and sovereign, and will be of great help to you in whatever communication, information or opportunity you’re seeking, but moreso next week when it’s completely out of its shadow. Great time to sort out old issues since late April and move on, or at the very least, we’ll have more clarity around them and gain some much needed wisdom.

🌕　Moon Aspects　🌕

♆　Square to Neptune in Pisces: I love this as an opportunity to take an issue and turn it in your hand like a jewel to examine different aspects of it. Great for reconsidering positions. An invitation to step back from a situation and take a more objective bird-eye perspective. It helps diffuse any tension you may have or attachment to one extreme against the other. May turn up false dichotomies.

♄　Sextile to Saturn in Aquarius: (which means the sun would be in a trine with Saturn too) even more helpful. Whatever insight you gain through the Neptune aspect will not take you very far if it’s only theoretical. Put it to practice and use this smooth Saturnian flow to dissolve some limits and work at something with more resolve. A head in the clouds pairs best with feet on the ground. (but both are essential, especially when you’re working with fundamental values)

☀　Journal Prompts　 ☀

Thoughts worth considering through your work or practice this week and especially around the full moon on Tuesday.

:: How can you best plan for the week ahead and minimize your worries?

:: Priorities: What’s really worth investing your time, attention & money into? How much of it really aligns with your personal values as opposed to the collective? How much of these investments you’re making this week aligns with “performative values” that you only feel you should have? Authenticity exercise!

:: How are you balancing your “sphere of concern” vs. your “sphere of influence”? If you’re concerned about the many issues around you lately, have you been overwhelmed and feeling helpless or powerless? How much of that is a result of focusing only what upsets you and not enough on what you have power to change? What about your sphere of influence, how much power do you have? How far can you stretch it by redefining limitations and seeing things from another angle?

:: If you feel you have taken something as far as you can, whether it’s a skill, a debate, a relationship issue, and can’t exert any further power over the situation in its current state, how can you dissolve some limits so you can take it further? Where can you delegate or pass the baton? (ex. trying to solve something by yourself vs. asking for help or hiring a professional. Protesting via social media vs. joining a rally or any local group event. Solo apartment hunt vs shared accommodation. fixating on a solution having to be a certain way vs. aiming for an outcome regardless of specifics)

:: how many of your decisions you made this week were to avoid a bad outcome, and how many were made toward a desired outcome? In other words, how often do you spend time planning around what you fear and how much do you plan around what you love and what you desire? How would a decision look differently if you shift this focus from fear to love? (you can think of fear simply as any act of separation, and love simply as any act of bringing closer or integrating. Could be a person, an experience, an approach to a difficult conversation you’re planning, etc.)

:: Any recurring blockages or issues since around April29th and May 22nd? Have you gained any clarity now and are you getting a sense of resolution or moving on? If instead it’s an opportunity you’ve been contemplating, are you sensing a change that may help you make a more informed decision about it?

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Stay safe so you can better enjoy your week, and happy journaling.

[witchystarryskies]

Digital Journaling - June

Okay, one downside of digital journaling. you might decide to update your app or your OS and somehow lose all your data if you don’t back it up online :’>

Anyway this is a quick and generic grimoire style journal template I made on Procreate, using assorted brushes and random free textures I found online. been using it for the last few months because I updated Procreate once and it lost all the art and templates I’ve had on it since...2016 maybe.

I’ll be using these until I feel up to putting more effort into new, customized ones for every month. It’s enough for now that I can create simple templates with Procreate, then customize them however I want on Goodnotes.

For anyone else who wants to try them out, here are some blanks.

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Monthly calendar, with a blank header for the month/year, and boxes for your choice of planing/journaling. I use one for themes and one for planetary transits. blank space for doodling or quick notes.

Weekly journal. I use one box for reminders and one for gratitude, and the grid below is a habit tracker. Use em however you like.

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an example of June’s planner/journal I use mainly for studying astrology

I add the transits for the month as early as possible, then usually add in themes and symbols I come across related to this month that are worth noting day by day. Sometimes I add in all the themes ahead of time instead, based on several forecasts, and come back to it later to see how they manifested throughout the month. These are pretty generic themes of course, so I usually create a few blank pages after every week for journaling about personal events and associations, along with the occasional tarot or rune pull too personal to post.

[astro-journal]

Strategic Vision

ASTROJOURNAL DECEMBER 18: Time to take some action! All of the stifled out outcries come to the surface in the form of a new strategic plan. Reality has set in, we have sat with it, stared into the abyss of all the ways we turn our backs and feign ignorance, and we have got woke. Now we envision ourselves in action. Now we make clear and tangible changes in who we are. Now we put our faith in our growth. Now we jump onto the scene with all ourselves, our wisdom, our skill, our insight, and put these resources towards becoming agents of change.

[astro-journal]

Nourishing Strategies

What are your personal strategies for finding nourishment? Not just physical nourishment, although food and water are certainly elements to be considered and reviewed today. What is your strategy for finding emotional and spiritual nourishment? Spiritual starvation, as well as spiritual toxicity, are both real. Both deserve your attention today. What are you taking into your body, mind, and soul, that feed you? What do you ingest, read, experience, that helps you see yourself at your best? That washes you in refreshing hope? And what are the things that poison you? What are you ready to set down? What only gives you pain?

[astro-journal]

Making Requests

Self-exploration has been working in your best interests lately. It helps you review your impulses and identities in a way that puts you in a position to ask for what you really want. This also serves you spiritually- when we know and advocate for our desires, we grow deeply connected to ourselves. Make sure to check in with your requests - ask yourself a few questions: Is this really what I want? Is it a fair thing to request of the person I'm asking? Will it nurture me, feed my soul? Is it a good time to ask for it, or would it be more strategic to wait?