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⛈️Witchy guide to weather magic ⛈️

🌀 Utilizing the different energies around us is a center part of all kinds of witchcraft. Weather witchcraft is what I call a task for an advanced witch. After learning to control energies around you in a small scale, like your own energy field, your home, etc, you can tap into energies that have effect on larger scale, such as the Sun and the seasons, the Moon, it’s phases and the tides, and what we’ll focus on this post: the atmosphere as a whole, and how it’s changes define the weather, the change of energies around us. 

Here i’ll share what I’ve learnt through the years and give you my personal approach based on what I’ve learnt from my family and my own experience🌀

⛈️To understand weather witchcraft, you must first understand the science behind it. As with any path of craft, the first step is research. Weather is defined by the atmosphere, specifically one of it’s layers, the one that’s closest to the ground, called troposphere. This layer contains most of Earth’s water vapor, and it’s where clouds form. It’s also where meteorological change occurs. Before trying to change the weather by ourselves, we must know what makes it change naturally, and after years of practice, there are three things basic things I’ve found have to be taken into consideration when spellcrafting, and these three basics are: the Sun, Air and Water⛈️

☀️The Sun: The Sun, or heat, affects the weather through it’s radiation. Warmer temperatures mean more water evaporation, more likely to form clouds and rain. This also ties to water pressence. But more Sun doesn’t always mean more rain, the amount of water that the Sun can evaporate will define how much precipitation there is in the end, as in polar areas rain is rare too, even if water abounds, as the Sun doesn’t really heat it enough to evaporate enough for rain to be common.

🌊 The Water: Water pressence or lack of it affects the weather greatly. One of the first things my mother taught me was that places with large bodies of water nearby, like lakes or the Ocean, have less broad temperature ranges. This means, temperature changes less drastically: if it’s 20°C at mid-day, it’s not gonna be -5°C at night, it’s probably going to be ~10°C. Water, due to it’s chemical properties, absorves a lot of heat, thus absorves the Sun’s radiation easily and prevents the temperature from rising. In desert areas or places with really low humidity, temperature ranges are much broader, for example, 40°C during the day to -10°C at night, since there’s no water to soften the Sun’s effects.

🌪️ The Air: Differences in pressure and temperature cause masses of air to move, as wind. From places with high pressure and temperature, called anticyclones, to places with low temperature and low pressure, cyclones. Research what winds affect your area, where they form and what characteristics (humidity, temperature, etc) they have. Create correspondences for them based on their unique characteristics!

⛈️ General advice ⛈️

⛈️ Research, seriously read as much as you can about geography, the characteristics of the place you’re living in and how the factors mentioned above affect it’s climate.

⛈️ Make correspondences that work for you and make sense to you, corresponding to your area’s geography, the winds affecting it, your usual weather, keep track of it, also make correspondences for the Sun and Moon and Water or Ocean, deities you work with in your craft, their offerings and altar settings, you can include maps and drawings in your grimoire!

⛈️ For temperatures, you can call into Sun deities in your work, or use fire and Sun symbolism, like candles or burning sigils/offerings.

⛈️ If water is lacking in your area, consider calling onto water or ocean deities in your craft, spirits of any nearby rivers or spirits/deities associated to the nearest water source to you.

⛈️ Different winds with different characteristics will also form different fronts when interacting with eachother, research what these are and how they form, call into winds you need to form these fronts and you can even make sigils for that specific wind combination and the front it causes!

⛈️ Ways of weather working ⛈️

⛈️ Cloud/wind reading: also one of the first things my mother taught me, as different winds have different temperatures and humidity, they form specific types of clouds. Just by looking at the sky, their shapes and how many there are or not, or by feeling the wind, where it comes from, how cold or dry it is, you can tell which winds are affecting you at the moment, if there’s just one or more, and how many possibilities you have of rain or a storm forming. For example, I live in the argentinean northern patagonia, which means I’m affected by 4 different types of main winds. If I see clouds like nimbostratus, I know we’re having a wind called sudestada, and we may have storms and even a spring tide due to it’s effects.

⛈️ Make charms: you can make all sorts of easy charms for weather magic. The classic work is the 9 knot spell, but there’s much easier stuff like windchimes to alert of energy changes.

⛈️ Herbs, roots, spices, grains, sand: all of these have different uses in weather magic! Here’s some of my correspondences for water witchcraft, stay tuned to my blog for a future post on what herbs and spices to use specifically for weather workings!

⛈️ Sound: whistling, by yourself or using whistles, are one way to call on wind. If you have any tie to merfolk or know you have weather singing abilities, you can sing too (be aware, not all merfolk like humans singing, can cause with fae troubles too and you may want to avoid this), another good idea is chants or prayers. Making sounds similar to rain falling with instruments like what’s here called a palo de lluvia or small bells also work very well.

⛈️ Warning: use this knowledge responsibly, don’t further help the weather go wild, don’t put other people in risk, thank you ⛈️

⛈️ With Love, Nao ⛈️

Hi Lady D! I started following you as a spectator of your highly accurate tarot readings. But you're so good at it that you made me wanna learn it myself! I'm aware you have a treasure trove of tips in this blog (thank u for that!) But as a total beginner I wonder which ones I should learn first?🥰🙏❄️💚

The Ultimate Lesson Plan for the Tarot Beginner

Lesson 1: Bite-Sized Tarot History

Lesson 2: How Tarot Readings Actually Work

Lesson 3: How to Really Learn Tarot in One Day

Lesson 4: Key Meanings for All 78 Cards

Lesson 5: How to Read Tarot Reversals

Lesson 6: The Major vs. the Minor Arcana

Lesson 7: How to Memorize the Major Arcana

Lesson 8: How to Understand the Minor Arcana

Lesson 9: Similar Major and Minor Arcana Cards

Lesson 10: Performing the Celtic Cross Spread

Lesson 11: Understanding Tarot’s Kings

Lesson 12: Understanding Tarot’s Queens

Lesson 13: Understanding Tarot’s Knights

Lesson 14: Understanding Tarot’s Pages

Lesson 15: Yes or No Questions with Tarot

Lesson 16: Predicting Timing with Tarot

Lesson 17: Identifying People with Tarot Part 1

Lesson 18: Identifying People with Tarot Part 2 

Lesson 19: Determining Locations Part 1

Lesson 20: Determining Locations Part 2 

Lesson 21: How to Tell Physical Appearance

Lesson 22: Top 5 Beginner Tarot Decks

Lesson 23: Reasons to Have Multiple Decks

Lesson 24: How to Have Truthful Tarot Readings

Lesson 25: The Secret to Being Good at Tarot

Once you have mastered the above, explore this other list to learn how to use tarot to uncover someone’s true intentions... to avenge yourself... to protect loved ones... to speak to your ancestors... to discover your life purpose... to know which of your dreams will come true and even when your life will end. All that among other things. But first... focus on this list.

Apollo

Greek god of music, art, light, prophecy, oracles, knowledge, science, healing, diseases, plague, poetry, dance, herds and flocks, and archery

Apollo has a complex role as a deity for he is both the healer and the destroyer. He is known to be warm at heart and is fond of delighting others with music, namely by playing a lyre. Apollo is also deeply connected with all forms of art for he is a lover of beauty and emotion, and in fact, he is so deeply connected with the arts that the Muses are his attendees. He is a very ancient god whose origins extend beyond the Greek pantheon, being known as Apol in Egypt where he was moreso a god of war. Apollo was among one of the most feared Greek gods, and was terrifying to even the gods themselves.  

As a healer, Apollo is known to visit humans suffering from plagues and epidemics so he can heal them. Though as destroyer, he is given the name “the god who punishes and destroys (oulios) the wicked and overbearing”. All sudden deaths of men, whether they were regarded as a punishment or a reward, were believed to be the effect of the arrows of Apollo; and with the same arrows, he would send out plagues. In mythology, a story tells that four days after his birth, Apollo went to mount Parnassus, and there killed the dragon Python, who had pursued his mother during her wanderings. The circumstance of Apollo being the destroyer of the wicked was believed by some of the ancients to have given rise to his name Apollo, which they connected with apollumi, “to destroy.“   

In myth, Apollo is a son of Zeus, King of the Gods, and the Titaness Leto. His mother was hounded by Zeus’ wife Hera throughout her pregnancy and thus was forced to wander the world in search of safe refuge. In one legend, his twin-sister Artemis was born one day before Apollo. His mother gave birth to Artemis on the island of Ortygia, then, almost immediately after her birth, Artemis helped her mother to cross the straits over to Delos, where she then delivered Apollo with Artemis’ help.  

Along with Artemis, Apollo was a protector of children (Artemis protecting females and Apollo the males). But paradoxically, they could also be the cause for their deaths through shooting them with their arrows and raining disease upon them. In one mythical story, Artemis with her twin brother, Apollo, put to death the children of Niobe. The reason being that Niobe, a mere mortal, had boasted to Leto, the mother of the divine twins, that she had bore more children than her, which must make her superior to Leto. Apollo being outraged at such an insult on his mother, informed Artemis. The twin gods then hunted Niobe’s children down and shot them with their arrows; Apollo killed the male children and Artemis the girls. 

In my personal experiences with this god, Apollo is an elegant, charming, intelligent, refined, wise, and sophisticated gentleman whose eloquent words reflect his role as a god of the arts. He is deeply compassionate and protective of those he cares for, making his heart golden like the sun itself. Though he does in fact get wrathful towards injustices and is not afraid to seek the destruction of the cruel. Apollo values courage, kindness, generosity, independence, and wisdom. He is incredibly sweet and helpful, giving wonderful advice to those who need it. He is also very calm and patient as well. When people are suffering, his heart goes out for them and he does whatever he can to heal them- both physically and mentally. Apollo also greatly loves to learn and teach, making him an outstanding deity for all sorts of areas of life. Appearance-wise, Apollo appears as a tall and very handsome gentleman with tanned skin, blue eyes, very long golden hair, and gentle facial features.   

| Symbolism of Apollo |

Lyres

Bow and arrows

Laurel wreaths

Hyacinth 

Pythons

Ravens

Dolphins

Swans

Wolves

Bees

The Sun

| Personal Associations |

Harps

Sunflowers

Marigolds

Hawks

Griffins 

| Some of his epithets |

Loimios (The deliverer from plague)

Epikourios (The helper of warriors)

Aphetor (Archer)

Chrusaôr (The god with the golden sword)

Akestôr (Averter of evil)

Hekatos (He who kills many {with plague})

Hekatebolos (He who strikes from afar)

Eleleus (He who utters a war-cry)

Erasmius (The lovely)

Aegletes (The radiant one)

Stratagios (The general)

Nikephoros (Bringer of victory)

Acesius (Healing)

Boedromios (Savior on battlefield) 

| Offerings |

White wine, clear gin, chamomile tea, apples, figs, olives, honey, honeycomb, fancy sweets, pastries, chocolate, river fish (like trout), lamb meat, sunflowers, marigolds, hyacinth, yellow roses, bay leaves, musical instruments, bow & arrows, daggers, cologne, hair pomade, round mirrors, music sheets, hand-made crafts, pottery, chamomile, sunstone, citrine, divination tools, yellow or gold candles, raven feathers, swan feathers, bathing salts, white salt, lamb wool, a bowl for lecanomancy, frankincense, lyres (mini or full-scale), images of his sacred animals, classical music, artwork, poetry, and prose.

Mercury in Leo ⛅️

In Leo, Mercury experiences the Sun’s honourable blessings, wearing the Star’s pointy and radiant crown.

Up in Leo’s stage, under the spotlight, this Mercury finds that he easily draws attention to himself whenever he expresses his thoughts. People born under the influence of this Mercury have a beautiful and radiant voice that naturally doesn’t go unnoticed by others, favouring careers like singing and teaching. The Leo mind is creative and burns lightly with sparkling ideas, so the individual may feel like they must share their impressive thoughts in an attempt to make a difference in the world and leave their imprint in some way.

Mercury in Leo is focused on being happy, loving and playful. He loves playing games and may incorporate childlike mannerisms into their language and way of expressing himself. Those with Mercury in Leo may also be quite romantic and enjoy enchanting people through their particular way of talking creatively. Leo’s fixed fire provides stability and confidence for this individual’s mind, producing a self-assured manner of expressing one’s thoughts while also dignifying one’s opinions, which may be hard to alter.

This Mercury sits on the Sun’s throne, surrounded by curtains of red and gold, from which he reigns proudly with a clever smile.

All About Divination

Scrying 101

The Right Scrying Instrument

Runecasting 101

Runecasting vs. Tarot

Oneiromancy 101

How to Divine Forgotten Dates and Times

Palmistry 101

What Tridents Mean in Palmistry

How to Really Learn Palmistry

Pyromancy 101

Tasseography 101

Phyllomancy 101

Oomancy 101

Bibliomancy 101

Charmcasting 101

Cartomancy 101

Recommended Decks (with links to photos and videos)

How many decks should you have?

Who is better at which system?

Lenormand 101

A 12-Lesson Lenormand Class

How to Read with Lenormand

Answering Yes or No with Lenormand

How to Predict Timing with Lenormand

How to Find Lost Things with Lenormand

Lenormand Cards as People

Lenormand Cards as Feelings and Thoughts

Lenormand and Sex

How Mirroring is Done

Physical Death Combinations

Doomed Relationship Combinations

Questions You Should Not Pose to Lenormand

Do Not Tarotize Lenormand

The Truth About Lily

Fish is Bigger Than Money

The 12-Step Lenormand Grand Tableau

Lenormand vs. Tarot

How Lenormand Interacts with Tarot

The Twin Cards in Lenormand and Tarot

Tarot 101

How to Truly Master Tarot

Key Meanings for All 78 Tarot Cards

How Tarot Readings Really Work

Tarot Meanings

What It Means to Keep Seeing the Same Suit

What It Means to Keep Seeing the Same Number

What It Means to Keep Seeing the Same Card

What It Means to Get Contradictory Cards

What Tarot’s Colors Say About Your Future

The Major Arcana vs. The Minor Arcana

The Major Arcana as People (Astrology)

The Major Arcana as People (Personality)

The Major Arcana as Professions

The Major Arcana’s Negative Meanings

Your Life and the Minor Arcana

How to Remember the Major Arcana

How to Read “Good” Cards as “Bad”

How to Tell Physical Appearance

How to Read Pentacles for Love

How to Detect People’s Desires

How to Decide Which Meaning to Use

How to Interpret Visual Synchronicities

How to Interpret Tarot Literally

How to Interpret Tarot in a Personal Way

The Best Ace in Tarot

The Differences Among Tarot’s Tens

The Soulmate Cards

The Forever Alone Cards

The Polar Opposite Cards

“False Alarm” Tarot Cards

The Major and Minor Twins

The “Bad” Cards as Advice

The Good Side of Tarot’s “Bad” Cards

The Cards as Yes or No

The Cards as Someone’s Feelings

The Cards as Advice vs. Outcome

The Court Cards as Thoughts or Intentions

Tarot’s Extreme Meanings

Tarot’s Twins in Lenormand

Literal Card Meanings

Career and Finances Meanings

Meanings for Timing

When Reversed is Better than Upright

The Kings in Real Life

The Queens in Real Life

How the Men in Tarot Will Treat You

The Court Cards and Gender

Physical Attractiveness of the Court Cards

The Real Deal with Tarot’s Pages

The Knights in Fiction

The Queen of Cups in Fiction

When the Court Cards Refer to You

The Best Couples in Tarot

The Emperor’s Love Compatibility

Christian Symbology in Tarot

Tarot and Sexual Behavior

True Love Combinations

Old-time Tarot Meanings

The Past and Future Cards in Tarot

The Past Lives Tarot Cards

Tarot Meanings for Different Decks

Why We Read Tarot Symbolically

How to Read Reversals

Tarot Combinations for Health Issues

Tarot Combinations for Mental Illness

Tarot Combinations for Cheating

Tarot Combinations for Physical Death

Amazing Three-Card Tarot Combinations

Tarot and Astrology

Tarot and Locations

Tarot and Countries

The Kinds of Wedding in Tarot

The Hierophant is Forever

The Lovers is Not About Choices

Why Strength and Justice Switched Places

The Hermit in Love

The Spokes of the Wheel of Fortune

Justice vs. Judgement

The Devil as a Person

The Tower’s Duality

The Moon is Not Your Friend

The Star is the Trickiest Card in Tarot

The World is Overrated

The Greco-Roman Gods in Tarot

The Archangels in Tarot

My Favorite Card and My Least Favorite

The Three Most Misunderstood Tarot Cards

The Three Best Cards in Tarot

The 12 Most Underwhelming Tarot Cards

Ranking the Suits in Tarot

The Card at the Bottom of the Deck

Tarot Spreads

Past Life Spread

Life Purpose Spread

General Life Prediction Spread

Life Advice Spread

Soulmate Spread

Relationship Spread

Sex Life Spread

Future Children Spread

Death Prediction Spread

Dream Interpretation Spread

High Priestess Spread (For Quick Predictions)

True Colors Spread (For Questions of Intentions)

Two Paths Spread (For Making a Difficult Decision)

Combined Spreads (Tarot, Oracle, Lenormand)

Ancestors Spread (For Speaking with the Dead)

When Spread (Timing with the Celtic Cross)

Major Arcana Grand Tableau (Yearly Reading Spread)

The What If Spread

The Three Wishes Tarot Spread

The Storyboard Tarot Spread

Using Tarot to Find Your True Gods

Using Tarot to Find Your Rising Sign

Using Tarot to Investigate an Entity

Using Tarot to Find Out Who Cursed You and Why

How to Perform the Celtic Cross Spread

How to Find Your Lucky Numbers

Tarot Tips

How to Achieve Truthful Tarot Readings

How to Be the Best Tarot Reader You Can Be

How to Be a Confident Tarot Reader

How to Read Tarot for Yourself

How to Meditate Using Tarot Cards

Traditional Ways of Dealing Tarot Cards

When to Stop Shuffling

How to Shuffle Huge Tarot Cards

How to Correctly Phrase Your Question

Why Tarot’s Timelines Can Go Haywire

Why You Must Read for Someone Else

Never Pull Clarifiers

Never Use Significators

Never Hold Back Truths

Never Read for Someone You Dislike

Reasons to Have Multiple Tarot Decks

Do Not Worry About Mercury Retrograde

How to Enchant Your Tarot Decks

How to Use Tarot to Protect Someone

How to Use Tarot to Control Another Soul

How to Use Tarot for Vengeance

How to Change the Future that Tarot Predicted

How to Predict Sports Matches with Tarot

How a Tarot Reader Influences Readings

How to Use Tarot to Confirm Your Gifts

Using Tarot to Speak to Someone’s Higher Self

What to Do with Rogue Tarot Cards

What to Do When Tarot Scares You

The Importance of Reading Reversals

Who to Invoke During a Reading

How to Stay Safe During a Reading

Do Not Confuse Honesty with Hate

On Using Playing Cards Instead

On Manipulating the Cards

The Most Common Tarot Reader Mistakes

The Myth of Not Reading Tarot for Yourself

Tarot Rules and Superstitions

How to Close a Tarot Reading

How Your Health Affects Tarot

5 Signs You Are Addicted to Tarot

Top Sign You are No Longer a Beginner at Tarot

What to Do When You Dream of Tarot

How to Know If a General Reading Is Reliable

Tarot Etiquette

Formally introduce yourself

Be open to its requests

Use it often

Acknowledge the card that it assigns to you

Respect its identity

Do not cleanse it

Never ask it the same question twice

When You Can Ask the Same Question Again

Do not ask it basic questions

Do not use it for spying

Never dismiss its predictions

Never use another deck to confirm its answers

Read with it when you are emotional

Do not talk about it negatively

Do not blame it for your own mistakes

Do not pull away from it

Do not think of it as evil

Do not anger it

Shuffle your cards correctly

Respect tradition

Practice etiquette, conduct and decorum

Tarot is easily offended

On Charging Your Tarot Decks

On Modifying Your Tarot Decks

On Secondhand Tarot Decks

On the Significance of Your First Tarot Deck

On Neglected Tarot Decks

Pirated Decks Also Deserve Respect

How to Store Tarot Decks

How to Greet and Thank Your Tarot Deck

How to Make Amends with Tarot

Spend time with it

Never discard it

Use a cloth with it

Trust it

Sibilla 101

How to Read with Sibilla

How to Predict Timing with Sibilla

Kipper 101

How to Read with Kipper

Oracle Cards 101

How Oracle Cards Complement Tarot

Tarot + Oracle + Lenormand Spreads

All About Spells | All About Astrology

How do you shuffle cards without the riffle shuffle? I try to mix the cards around but I find it doesn’t shuffle well.

How to Shuffle Tarot Cards

The gentle overhand shuffle, mixed with deck cutting, is the traditional and respectful way of handling tarot cards. You will find many tutorials online, usually with playing cards. Here’s one.

I've been drawn to a few Greek deities for a while now, how to know the signs that they're trying to reach out? If that makes sense?

The old gods are not subtle. They are proud. They demand to be seen, heard, felt.

• They give you visions while you are awake.

• They whisper to you before you fall asleep.

• They send you unbelievably vivid dreams.

• Their portraits move, showing you if they are pleased or if they disapprove.

• They appear to you while you are divining, through tarot or scrying.

The Greco-Roman Gods in Tarot

This is how they show themselves to me… how they always have to the women in my family.

• The Fates – The Wheel of Fortune

• Venus – The Empress

• Pluto – Judgement

• Mars – The Tower

• Uranus – The Fool

• Neptune – The Hanged Man

• Saturn – The World

• Mercury – The Magician

• Charon – Death

• Jupiter – The Emperor

• Apollo – The Chariot

• Diana – Strength

• Athena – The Star

• Asclepius – Temperance

• The Graces – Three of Cups

• Hephaestus – Eight of Pentacles

• Dionysus – Nine of Cups

Unlike other gods, they do not love you by default. You have to initiate. Only then will they respond. They do not care for quiet devotion. They want bold admiration. And once you are their advocate, an insult to you is an insult to them. So expect decency from others. Or burn them to a cinder.

◘ dominant planets

The Sun – Solarian culture:

- Charismatic, you notice them once they enter somewhere

- Warm, you feel their warmth in that room as well, you feel like the Sun is shining on you

- Assertive

- Very energetic, they have fire in their bones and heart

- Sensitive

-  Romantic

- Creative

- Arrogant

- Very inspiring, encouraging

- Dramatic, they can dramatize everything and be very theatrical, most of the time it is because they like to make their loved ones laugh and enjoy their company

- Charming

Sun dominant celebrities: Kirsten Dunst, Brittany Murphy, Celine Dion, Pablo Escobar, Viola Davis, Heath Ledger, Matthew Perry, Scarlett Johansson

The Moon – Lunarian culture:

- Very sensitive, to their surroundings and energies

- Receptive

- Imaginative, they have a special aesthetic creativity

- Easily distracted

- They can be a bit unstable, because of their constant worrying, even a bit paranoid

- Strong attitude, very defensive of their views

- Protective

- Mysterious

- Manipulative, when going through their hardships

- Affectionate

- Considerate

-  Empathetic

- Nurturing, just like a mother figure, this is also part of their worrying nature

Moon dominant celebrities: Farrah Fawcett, Angelina Jolie, Tyra Banks, Fergie, Robert Pattinson, Mel Gibson, Bill Gates, Chrissy Teigen, Miranda Kerr (I’ve always thought she has a moon face), Courtney Love, Natalie Wood, Keith Richards, Gwen Stefani

Mercury – Mercurian culture:

- Witty

-  Clever

-  Communicative

- Curious

- They might seem detached, but their brain is very busy and scattered

- Nervous energy, anxiety

- Charming & flirty

-  Persuasive and playful

-  Even manipulative sometimes, to get to their point or goal

-  Playful and youthful spirits

- They constantly can change their minds, along-side that their opinions and ideas, which is harder to understand by some people

- Mental stimulation

- Eloquent and they pay attention to details

- Very expressive, critical, they learn and absorb quickly

- Thoughtful

Mercurian celebrities: Paul Walker, Samuel L. Jackson, Keanu Reeves, Madonna, Rachel Bilson, Kelly Ripa (always reminded me of a pixie), LaToya Jackson, Kim Basinger

Venus – Venusian culture:

- Very soft, elegant, graceful

- The epitome of etheral, feminine beauty, their presence just carries you so gracefully

 - Polite, kind and pleasant

- But passive, even passive-aggressive

- Sociable, very communicative

- Diplomats

- Very steady, they can be mediators in situations

- They really value the bonds with people, so they might be very sacrifical for those people

- Charming, flirtatious can be manipulative

- Possessive, appreciates beauty and art, they have the eye for aesthetics

- Great listeners

- Indecisive

Venusian celebrities: Lana Del Rey, Beyonce, Harry Styles, Dre, John Mayer, Aaliyah, Lea Seydoux, Brendan Fraser, James McAvoy, Boy George, Oprah Winfrey

Mars – Martian culture:

- Fighters, they fight throughout their life constantly going from battle to battle

- The previous one makes them very inspiring

-  Independent

-  Competitive

- A very fiery spirit

- Direct, honest, they have this naivety about them, incapable of manipulation or lies because they hate that

- Assertive, even rude sometimes because of having no filter

- Sexual

- Wild, brave, couragous

- Spontaneous, adventurous

-  Do, think later kind of types, who are aware of consequences but do not quit on the spontanous flow of life

- They love trying new things

- Explosive, impulsive, aggressive, impatient

- Argumentative, energetic, they love proving their points

- Easily bored which is why they love challenges

- Trustworthy, childish, innocent, loyal

- Loud in creative expression, and also generally loud as a being, noticeable

- Strong presence

Martian celebrities: Kristen Stewart, Nicki Minaj, Demi Lovato, Megan Fox, Morgan Freeman, Rosa Parks,  Mariah Carey, Kate Hudson, Molly Ringwald, Lady Gaga

Jupiter – Jupiterian culture:

- Optimistic

- All traits are larger, Jupiter enhances

- Generous

- Very kind, good-natured

- Adventurers

-Philosophers

- Very honest, brutally honest

- Very loving, charming, flirty

- Very curious, but can be very preachy because they believe in their own views way too strongly

- Lucky

- Carefree, idealistic, joyful, also brings joy

- They do not want to commit, and want to be carried by the wind, so once they form strong bonds they stick to them

Jupiterian celebrities: Bob Marley, Mila Kunis, Ian McKellen, Denise Richards, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Amanda Seyfried, Nicolas Cage, Winona Ryder, Sylvester Stallone, Nelson Mandela

Saturn – Saturnian culture:

- Very disciplined, orderly

- They have their own restrictions in their mind, they have some sort of limitations they follow

- Goal-oriented, very successful in everything they touch

- Driven, dedicated, assertive

- Stubborn, mature presence

- Very hard-working, logical and calm

- Very patient, but can be pessimistic at times

-  Serious, realistic, grounded, loyal

- A pillar to rely on

- Depth in feelings and emotions, very serious approach to those things

- Enduring and strong

- Authoritative, boss

Saturnian celebrities: Queen Latifah, Anthony Hopkins, Bono, Queen Elizabeth, Ozzy Osbourne, Michael Jackson, Dakota Johnson, Khloe Kardashian

Uranus – Uranian culture:

- Eccentric, communicative, social

-  Detached, repression of emotions, which makes them seem so aloof

- Rationalization of emotions, looking for logical workings in everything

- Different thought-pattern, unique thoughts

-  Intelligent, futuristic

- Rebellious, original, quirky

- Innovative

- Stubborn

-  Idealistic, loyal

-  Argumentative, likes to prove points

- Awakenes everyone around them, they awaken the fight and drive for change

- Humanitarian, generous

Uranian celebrities: Zendaya, Ian Somerhalder, James Dean, Elle Fanning

Neptune – Neptunian culture:

- Very dreamy and prone to daydreaming

-  Fantasizing, creative, imaginative

- Their creativity helps them create

 Compassionate, empathetic, they want to help and do

-  Psychic powers

- Intuitive

-  Very kind, but a bit lost, they carry the knowledge of dreams, of the spiritual, of the mystic, metaphysical, it is only understandable they are a bit lost and absent

- Easily distracted

- Sensitive and kind

- Emotional, not afraid of expression of emotions

- Escapist, dreamers, idealists

Neptunian celebrities: Rachel Weisz, Andrew Garfield, Vin Diesel, Marilyn Monroe, Monica Bellucci, Adriana Lima, Eminem, Pharell Williams, Audrey Hepburn

Pluto – Plutonian culture:

- Detail-oriented, excellent investigative powers

- Logical and emotional

- They carry the depth of everything and are not interested in shallowness, simplicity

- Honest, real

- Obsessive, possessive, jealous

- Loyal, extremely dedicated, loves solving problems

- Psychic, sexual, interested in anything taboo

- Intimacy

- Transformative

- Suspicious

- Strong-willed, destructive, strong in general

- Assertive, fighters

- Proud, intuitive, pessimistic, controlling

- Powerful, intense energy, mysterious too

Plutonian celebrities: Bjork, Justin Bieber, Leonardo DiCaprio, Prince, Ellen Page, Natalie Portman, Keira Knightly, Miley Cyrus, Katy Perry, Frank Ocean, Zac Efron, Kris Jenner, Robin Williams

Hi Diana, as someone who is learning to read trines, squares & oppositions can you tell us what aspects help show the deities present at our birth? I have been drawn to Pluto most, but am wondering about Saturn, Venus & Diana. Most of my signs are in my Sun in 2nd, Capricorn. My moon, in Pisces, fourth house& I have pluto in Scorpio, 12th house. I also have Moon trine Pluto. Is that trine significant? Any help you can give is amazing, your blog is one of the few on Greco-Roman Deities I trust 💜

How a God Becomes Your Parent

Your astrological parent is the divinity who was reigning at the moment of your birth. How can you tell which god that is? I previously explained it to intermediate astrologers. I am now doing the same for beginners.

Step 1: Look at Your Signs

Which Zodiac sign appears the most in your natal chart? If you see Gemini once, Scorpio once, Libra thrice and Pisces six times, it means Neptune (Ruler of Pisces) greatly outranks Mercury (Ruler of Gemini), Pluto (Ruler of Scorpio) and Venus (Ruler of Libra) in your life.

(To see which god rules which sign, click here. Use this too for the next step.)

Step 2: Look at Your Houses

Which of your Houses is the most occupied? If you see just two planets each in your First House and Fourth House, three planets in your Fifth House and four planets in your Twelfth House, it means Neptune (Ruler of the Twelfth House) outranks Mars (Ruler of the First), Diana (Ruler of the Fourth) and Apollo (Ruler of the Fifth).

(For a sample natal chart calculation, click here.)

Step 3: Look at Your Aspects

The first two steps are sufficient to determine your divine parent. In both signs and Houses, Neptune won. He is the god who was present at your birth.

So why look at the aspects? It is one of the factors that will allow you to call yourself Neptunian. Because a god attending your birth only means he will give you presents and keep you safe now and then. (If you approach him, that is.) But if his presence is strong even in your aspects, then you might just be entitled to carrying his name, and that means you will be among the most beloved of all his children.

CONJUNCTION

This is when two gods find themselves in the same room. We do not know if they will get along.

OPPOSITION

This is when two gods, annoyed with each other, are giving one another the cold shoulder.

SQUARE

This is when two gods are having a battle – hitting, kicking, cursing, cutting up each other.

SEXTILE

This is when two gods are drinking wine together, jesting and laughing with each other.

TRINE

This is when two gods have set their differences aside and made a pact to support each other.

If Neptune is squaring Saturn in your natal chart, that is good for you. These two do not get along. The fact that they were fighting at the time of your birth means Neptune was very much himself in that moment. And if Neptune is trining Uranus, even better. These gods like each other. It means at the moment of your birth, your father was having fun with a friend.

If a god’s dominance in your signs and Houses is clearly undisputed, and your aspects reflect his or her rivalries and alliances, it means you can carry their name, and there are many wonderful favors you can surely claim.

Ares/Mars

Small devotional acts.

Take a self-defense class

Adopt an “unwanted” animal

Learn first aid

Have a bonfire

Physically destroy reminders of harmful things

Go to protests, fight for what you believe in

Go on the massive rides at fairs/amusement parks

Educate yourself on PTSD

Wear more leather

Join a debate team

Look at war critically, without glorifying it

Delete contacts who were negative influences

Eat spicy foods

Wear clothes that make you feel confident and badass

Keep a pocket knife/multi-tool on you

Have multiple shots of coffee

Stand up against racists, sexists, and the like

Find small ways to build your endurance each day

Inspire others

Donate to charities that support abuse victims

Wear metal jewelry

Use writing or art to channel your feelings (it doesn’t have to be pretty and light)

Learn more about war history

Follow through with tasks you are given

Listen to music that makes you feel a little chaotic 

Drive on roads you can go fast on

Explore alternatives to the systems and paths you were told to follow

Play a competitive and physical game/sport

Help your friends clean up after a party (or fight)

Fuel your hate into productive energy

Wear darker makeup

Don’t be afraid to have opinionated conversations

Know the best ways to get rid of blood stains

PRACTICE LOVING YOURSELF

Many, many, many other things not said here