#pop culture

[curiositysavesthecat]

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[popcultureconfessions]

At some point this year or decade, we are getting a Taylor Swift feat. Lin-Manuel Miranda song. Here are some of my reasons:

She sent (SENT) him a vinyl of The Tortured Poets Department, which he shared on his Instagram story yesterday.

He attended the ‘The Eras Tour’ in New Jersey last year. (proof)

Apparently he likes “Mastermind”, which he posted a video of himself on Instagram mouthing to in his wife’s ear. This was while he was at the concert.

There’s a particular moment in the “Karma” music video that clearly referenced a character in a particular Disney princess film that he just so happened to write all the songs for…

I haven't watched or read any interviews, but sources say he's talked about her a few times.

And last but not least, they worked together briefly in 2009. 2009, people.

Need I say anything more? It better be a bop I have on nonstop.

🌼 April 22, 2024 🌼

[historytheone]

I just can't stop loving you, and if I stop then tell me just what will I do...

[thelostjedii]

Christian Bale playing Bruce Wayne in “The Dark Knight” (2008)

[naisaspalace]

PERSONAL NAKSHATRA ANALYSIS p4

Shatabhishak nakshatra p1

The Veiling Star. The Power to Heal.

nakshatras characteristics:

Translation:  A hundred healers or hundred physicians  Symbol: Empty circle, thousand flowers or stars  Animal Symbol : A female horse  (pairs with ashwini) Presiding Deity:  Lord Varuna, the God of rain  Controlling/Ruling Planet:  Rahu  Ruling Deity of the Planet:  Durga Nature : Rakshasa (demon)  Mode:  Active  Number:  24  Gender:  Neutral  Dosha: Vata  Guna:  Tamasic  Element:  Ether  Disposition:  Movable  Bird: Raven Upward Facing Direction: South Colour: Blue Green Trimurti: Shiva/Dissolution Gotra/Clan: Sage Atri.

nakshatra quick overview:

shatabhishak is the maturation of rahu, here we are going to see how this nakshatra behaves, mainly in pop culture, but this time saturn is involved as he is the ruler of aquarius.

this nakshatra is about scientific breakthroughs, fame, technology (like cyberpunk visuals), opposition to the king and kingdom (opposite to magha), outlaws and outcasts etc, and on its "healed performance" we can see amazing healers and advisers like carl jung. (not confirmed)

Pop culture manifestation:

Justin bieber ( grew up on rahu mahadasha, and have sun-saturn shatabhishak among his aquarius stellium)

although i personally see him as more of a anuradha man, because he's a first house rahu anuradha BUT he have mars on aquarius so.. i mean to each their own i suppose.

justin grew up during his rahu mahadasha with the lord conjucted his aquarius stellium (sun,saturn,mars) and today he is known as one of the biggest male stars after Michael Jackson (that have a shatabhishak lagna) (when i am saying after Michael i am not saying that justin took his legacy or anything like that what i am trying to say is that to me after mj i haven't seen anyone with this level of fame.)

he was discovered when he was a kid playing on the streets by scooter braun, his former manager (btw i just checked and scooters mars fall in his 7th, since mars is the significator of the 3rd i am assuming that they might have been brothers on the past life.. just a random guess btw because omg this man took justin and payed his bills he basically gave justin a life). after that justin gain massive fame and became one of the most famous child stars of the 00's

here rahu manifests as a troublemaker who surrendered to fame and life pleasures as justin surrender to drugs and the rich lifestyle but I don’t blame him is not like he had the choice because rahu mahadasha is a cloudy dasha.

Michael Jackson

michael was also a child star but this time he was on a band with his brothers, the jackson 5. eventually, Michael followed a solo career and became one of the most famous pop stars of the world. he used to suffer with vitiligo, which results in white patches on the skin and sensitivity to sunlight.

to me both fit in the same category of at least example of manifestation, even tho justin was way more "rahunian" ( he was arrested, was a drug-addicted, and was involved in so many scandals) both of them were harassed by the media since childhood, they were barely a child and they were working already (saturn usually makes the native suffer earlier)

the main difference is that michael embodied the humanitarian part of aquarius, and shatabhishak , per say, he was a man of the people and he was also very loved by the society… justin in the other hand despises the paparazzi and even threw a chair on the public on day..

do keep in mind I am comparing both due to placements and fame I’m not saying they are the same person okay.

both child stars with a huge legacy that had no choice but to work to be able to live and maintain their families showcasing the saturn part of shatabhishak (and justin was able to get away with a lot of mess that was rahu).

quick mention of evils presley who stole someone else’s music and became also another pop culture star with a legacy. (the famous aquarius characteristic stealing someone else’s work and gaining fame with it).

beyond the most common known traits of rahu this time we have, because of lord varuna, the deity of the nakshatra, we have natives who have a deep sense of justice and ends up behaving like a punisher of those who have sinned.

deep sense of justice with a deep harshness hidden, also due to their tamastic nature.

like che guevara who have a shatabhisha moon

and benjamin franklin who discovered the electricity and is considered one of the founding father of the us

and vladimir p**** with his d9 ketu in shatabhisha.

the shadow side of shatabhisha is the lack of control especially to keep “the order and punish the wrong ones”

for the thief example we have pablo escobar (with lagna )

now with innovation we have:

steve jobs (sun) the found of apple



we also have gianni versace with his moon

overall shatabhisha is mainly linked with pop culture trends, singers (a lot of singers) and actors (ex: miranda cosgrove icarly) , models and extremists. for this first part I wanted to clear the most known part of the constellation stereotype and I will include a more analysis on the healing part and extremism later on.

thank you for reading until the end I hope I was able to help someone please feel free to leave feedback and suggestions for next posts if you want to :)

readings are open.

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[miamaimania]

Intersections of Play: Paul Pfeiffer's The Playroom, 2012

[popculturebaby]

Lucy Liu photographed by Naomi Kaltman in 1999 😍

[okletsgetnuts]

[twixnmix]

George Michael during Wham!'s farewell concert at Wembley Stadium in London on June 28, 1986.

Photos by Duncan Raban

[maplelore]

Ryan Gosling is facing ageism. I will defend him as Ken no matter what. He might not be one of those tik tok fancast material dude (aka "young"!) but he is FUNNY. OKAY?

[prokopetz]

Popular culture already collapses basically everything between classical antiquity and Queen Victoria into a generic blob of "basically medieval", and it feels like that span is spreading. I half-expect that within my lifetime I'm going to see media that unironcally lumps large portions of the 1900s into that "basically medieval" blob, and I'm dying to see pop culture's interpretation of a generically medieval 1990s.

[somediyprojects]

Microsoft Office Suite stitched and designed by CachalotTheUnlikely.

I had an idea for the office White Elephant—and thanks to fednews—I turned it into a office suite of art. I hope y'all enjoy it as well! The patterns were self-drafted using flosscross.com and crosstitch.com caption maker. The aida and floss were from my stash. I used DMC 906, 702, 699, and 890 for the Excel icon. I've hung them up behind me for all to see when my camera is on.

[theblvcksupreme]

SZA visits Sesame Street.

[sluttyquarantinetheory]

My one problem with Star Trek is that no one is ever consuming contemporary media. As in media that's contemporary for their time period. Everyone is always reading old novels and practicing classical music. They study Klingon Opera or read old Cardassian mysteries. No one is ever like really into obscure Klingon Nightcore. Nobody is reading shitty Ferengi pulp novels. There's no kids media of any kind. Where is space Sesame Street or junior novels about gaining superpowers from a warp core accident? What about comic books? Nobody is playing crappy indy holodeck games. It's always some recreation of a historical battle or just lounging in a mud pit at some alien spa. Someone give me angsty Bajoran protest music. I need some rebellious teens producing the worst most cacophonous death metal techno that they recorded in an empty cargo bay. I need contemporary pop culture in Star Trek.

[thelostjedii]

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