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In every wood in every spring there is a different green.

“Everything you want is on the other side of fear.”

— Jack Canfield

Reblog to pledge that you're going to stop calling it the Third Eye and start calling it psychic awareness, sixth sense, spiritual sight, intuition, empathy, or whatever spiritual ability you're actually referring to

it is a tragedy that i wasn’t alive in the romantic era and thus couldn’t be part of lord byron’s inner circle because not only do i share their beliefs (technology bad, nature good, rationality bad, passion good) but i also could’ve refused to fuck lord byron and i think his ego needed it

Hey, I have a request thought I'm not sure if you've done it before: love told through letters <3

Richard Steele to his second wife Mary Scurlock in the weeks preceding their wedding (c. August 1707)

Wilfred Owen to Siegfried Sassoon (5th November 1917)

Simone de Beauvoir to her husband Nelson Algren (18th May 1947)

Orson Welles to Rita Hayworth (c. 1943)

Nathaniel Hawthorne to his wife Sophia Peabody

Ludwig van Beethoven, in a letter to his ‘Immortal Beloved’

Honoré de Balzac to Countess Ewelina Hańska (c. June 1835)

Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone, This Is How You Lose The Time War

Lord Byron to Teresa, Contessa Guiccioli (25th August 1819)

Zelda Fitzgerald to her husband, F. Scott Fitzgerald (c. 1920)

Johnny Cash, in a letter to his wife June

Henry VIII of England to his then-mistress and later second wife Anne Boleyn; contemporary spelling and interpretation by me

Katherine Mansfield to John Middleton Murry (19th May 1917)

Oscar Wilde to Lord Alfred Douglas (20th May 1895)

One of Frida Kahlo’s letters to Diego Rivera; first published in The Diary of Frida Kahlo: An Intimate Self-Portrait

Alex Turner to Alexa Chung (c. 2007)

John Keats to Fanny Brawne (c. 1820)

Vladimir Nabokov to his wife, Véra; from Letters to Véra (c. 1924)

Lemony Snicket, Letters to Beatrice; ‘A Love Letter to End All Love Letters’

Vita Sackville-West to Virginia Woolf (21st January 1926)

Laurence Sterne to Catherine Fourmantel (8th Mary 1760)

Charlie Parker to his common-law wife Chan Woods

Virginia Woolf to Vita Sackville-West (c. 1927)

Denis Diderot to Sophie Volland (20th October 1759)

Wtf is hook up culture? write me poems then die in a war

Asteroid Aphrodite (1388): Love you like a love song (part 1)

| credits to Wikipedia & Mecca of Mysticism + @venusfun has a post about Aphrodite in the signs, and other interesting notes about it which I find interesting so go check her out! |

!Please note that this is my own interpretation and other people might have a different stance on this subject. I respect everyone’s opinions and beliefs regarding their interpretation and take constructive criticism.!

So, for starters, who is Aphrodite?

Aphrodite is the ancient Greek Goddess of love, beauty, lust, pleasure and procreation (sometimes presided over marriage). Allegedly born in Cythera and emerged from the foam created after Cronus had cut off Uranus’ testicles and fallen in the sea (ok Cronus wtf). Others say her parents were the Titaness Dione and Zeus.

People would pray to her and ask for guidance when it comes to love, marriage and fertility blessings or sex related issues. It was believed that Aphrodite can inspire, control and shift the feelings of gods and mortals to work in her favour. That’s why she was deemed as the goddess of the sea/sea shore, goddess of war and victory. Her symbols include myrtles, roses, doves, sparrows and swans. People would offer Aphrodite small terracotta statues representing her or were burried with her statues if they were her worshippers.

The thing that stands out about Aphrodite according to mythology is her free-spirited, shallow, confident and impulsive nature.

The main interpretation astrologers give to Aphrodite is aesthetic beauty and the type of woman a person can be attracted to, or the femininity expressed by the native. I personally think there’s more layers to her than just volatile love (we have other asteroids for that such as Cupido).

Aphrodite was worshiped in the ancient times due to her ethereal beauty and the blessings she offered to couples and singles alike. She’s quite extra and dramatic. She wants to be desired and desire others freely to see others being in love and to be sexually satisfied. She is confident that she’s the true beauty among gods and mortals.

Her competitive nature is shown when her beauty is being challenged in this never-ending race on “Who is the fairest of them all” and when she feels desire for someone. Mere mortals aren’t allowed to compete with her, unless they want to have a taste of her wrath.

The same traits can be applied to the astrological interpretation of this asteroid in the natal chart. Furthermore, Aprhodite represents expectations one has in love, expectations which feed the imagination of the native and pushes them to idealise their love interests.

If you're attracted to women, they might have these traits which you find irresistable. Let’s not forget that Aphrodite was always surrounded by admirers and suitors. This can be applied as how the native’s beauty affects admirers and suitors.

Aphrodite vs Venus

I mentioned this in one of my first asks about Aphrodite, I think she symbolises the good and the bad of the feminine energy. I would say this celestial body is here to let us know who we are when we are in love and what we expect of it, what our fantasies are and what our divine beauty is really like. Aphrodite is who we are without the restrictions of the real world which Venus has to deal with. Aphrodite is the teenage dream amongst the gods while Venus is the accomplished and loving woman among mortals.

As an asteroid, she is an energy. Any planet that comes in contact will influence the power that Aphrodite has in the natal chart. Aphrodite itself represents a divine energy that makes you sparkle in the eyes of others. She will influence the aura of the native. Planets can amplify or minimise the her energy. Masculine planets such as Sun, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter and Pluto can intensify and add a bold direction to Aphrodite’s energy. These planets influnce the suitors that surround her as well. Her suitors are more masculine, dominant, posessive and take the traits of these planets. While feminine planets (Moon, Venus, Neptune) will amplify the already existing traits of the asteroid.

Aspects to Aphrodite

- Sun / Aphrodite: makes the native shine from their core, making it hard for people to not notice them. They radiate a sun-like beauty which outshines everyone else in the room. The native’s confidence can make others feel insecure. Very ego driven, conceited and wants to be seen as divine. Harsh aspects (square, opposition) can bring insecurities and make the native shy away from the spotlight. Suitors are confident, boisterous and ego driven.

- Moon / Aphrodite: Comfort is very important for this native. Emotional attachments to their crushes are very likely to happen, with squares/oppositions aspects the native might hide their emotions or neglect themselves due to a lack of healhty examples of love from their mother. The native might be really harsh on themselves and prone to emotional outbursts. The native could use their emotions to play as the victim.

Otherwise the native is very loving and might even want to care for their love interests. Suitors are really protective and emotionally open towards the native. They might even overshare with the native bc of their soft and comforting aura.

- Mercury / Aphrodite: The native’s youthful presence and intellect pulls people in here. Aphrodite here is driven by knowledge and she might make the native prone to ask questions and express curiosity as a sign of interest. Might attract younger and energetic suitors who will talk their ears off lmao. Squares/Oppositions bring shyness and immaturity + gossip and lies used against the native.

- Venus / Aphrodite: Very lovely connection if positive. The dream-like presence of Aphrodite meets the eartlhy influence of Venus. Aphrodite’s dream of a fulfilling love story can become a reality. Basically Aphrodite’s and Venus’ energy is aplified as an earthly goddess. Careful with conjunctions tho, the expectations of the native might be wayyyy too high here and might be prone to delusion. But the native’s love here is guaranteed (you don’t have to question whether this person loves you or not).

Squares can indicate an unrequited love scenario, where the native will have strong feelings for someone but will fear being rejected. The native could repress their creative talents and overspend their money recklessly as a coping mechanism. The native could also try to lure in suitors or love interests with money to win their affection. Oppositions amplify the hedonistic side of the native, making them hard to pin down and break some hearts in the process. People might try to force them into a box. Very hot and cold with their suitors, who are always left guessing about the native’s true feelings. Speaking of suitors: they’ll have this ethereal energy to them and more likely to exceed the general beauty standards. Could have lots of admirers flocking around them.

- Aphrodite / Mars: COM-PE-TI-TIVE. Very passionate lover in and out of the bedroom. Flirty and usually well liked. Sex appeal is turned to the max. Mars here fuels the fire and mixes in passion and determination to Aphrodite’s aura. The native is more determined to reach their goals, and use both their intelligence and sex-appeal to get what they want. Might be really popular with the opposite sex.

Suitors might resemble Ares (Aphrodite’s classical lover), impulsive, dominant and quite self-centered.

Squares makes the native vindictive and selfish. Their anger could blind them from what’s truly meant for them, and their ambitions might be fueled by spite, impulsive wants and a desperate need to win. Oppositions might make other feel possessive, violent or hostile over the native.

- Aphrodite / Jupiter: Larger than life aura around the native. Similar to Mars, Jupiter might give player tendencies to the energy of the Goddess. Jupiter can make natives be beautiful and likeable inside and out. The native might confuse suitors since they act the same way with everyone. Harsh (conjunction, square, opposition) aspects can indicate cheating or cause the native to be confused about their feelings. Others might think the native is “too nice” even (lmao) or amplify the jealousy of others. Careful if you’re having sex bc Aphrodite’s fertility isn’t just for show, so wrap it up.

- Aphrodite / Saturn: Has an “Old Hollywood” aesthetic to it. The native might have a more traditional view on love and romance, and be attracted to more mature partners. Suitors might hold onto appearances and not be vocal with their feelings, they might take a while to court the native + their approach might be unromantic but very loyal and persistent (for harmonious aspects). 

Harsh aspects (conjunction-in this case, square, opposition) can be challenging since the native might act needy and bratty around mature figures or attract indivisuals who wish to “tame” them. Suitors might be overbearing and stoic, which might push away the native to seek for freedom away from them, then come back.

- Aphrodite / Uranus: the native might be hard to pin down aesthetically (there’s a love here for different aesthetics, for combining them) and romantically. The native might not have a type and their romantic fantasies revolve around different types of people and non-human beings.

Similar to Jupiter, their suitors always have to break a sweat when keeping up with the native’s feelings. Harsh aspects might make the native feel inadequate or too eccentric for other people to accept (conjunction, square, opposition). These aspects might push the native to rebel against traditional expectations of love.

- Aphrodite / Neptune: Harmonious aspects (trine, sextile) give a youthful, fairy-tale like appearance. Soft in nature and very giving. Very observant and sweet. Usually well liked.

With conjunction the already hedonistic side of the Goddess is being amplified by Neptune, bringing unrealistic expectations. She becomes the ultimate fantasy. The native can go all Beyoncé Partition and be like “~the kinda girl you like is right here with me~” bewitching everyone and every camera. Prone to extremes and sacrificinng themselves (especially their looks) to please others.

Squares will bring inner conflicts on whether the native should showcase their beauty and their creations. Might struggle to be more serious when it comes to love, or avoid/exchange the reality of love for fantasies. Oppositons lure people in but get disappointed or feel like they’ve been conned by the native when the fantasy they projected doesn’t match with who the native is. Suitors are dreamy but unclear about their feelings, might be prone to making promises they can’t keep or ghosting.

- Aphrodite / Pluto: Very discreet but intense. Aphrodite is pulled in the deep end, which could drive her to fear love or obssess over the search for the deeper meaning of love. If afflicted, the native can become vindictive and manipulative towards love interests, spread lies to deflect others from their crush. Harsh aspects can be similar to Mars, the native might have a desperate need to win. Their beauty can deceive and their hunger for power never cease.

Suitors here have an intense aura (especially their stare and presence), might be fearful when it comes to expressing feelings. Powerful and demanding individuals who might hide their true intentions or be really reserved.

Something I want to say:

- Harsh aspects between Aphrodite/Moon/Venus attracts the jealousy of other women. The native might feel like they need to repress their beauty and the way they express love in order to avoid the hostility of other women. The native needs to realise that they can’t please everyone, that other women’s jealousy isn’t about their beauty specifically but it’s merely a reflection of their insecurities. What I want to say to these natives is that life’s too short to give a f*ck about other people’s insecurities, that’s not your issue, be your beautiful self and live freely 💅🏻💗💗

<In part 2 I’ll be delving into Aphrodite in the houses, since I couldn’t fit everything in one post>

p2

𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒚𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒄𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 & 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒇𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆.

featuring channeled songs & messages.

hello there, my beautiful beings! so, i wanted to do a reading of you & your future spouse as a disney couple, but spirit was adamant on giving me the dynamics of you and your future spouse. i don't know why, but it was getting very specific & nitpicky instructions in my head. here are a few important points you might want to know: for this reading we have nine different piles, counting from left to right. i would not recommend choosing more than one or two, since the energies might be very contrasting. again, please follow your intuition & choose what best fits you. take what resonates. i have choosen a gender neutral approach to this reading, so even if you are a man who loves men / a woman who loves women, you can still choose any of the piles below. for every pile, i shuffled ONE tarot card to better channel its energy & represent you and your spouse's dynamics.

pile #1: six of swords & ten of swords (spirit wanted me to pull one more card for this reading).

i think you will meet your future spouse after some heartbreak or an ending of sorts, but it does not have to be the romantic kind. given i got two swords cards, the energy i’m getting is that you will be letting go of a lot of limiting beliefs with your future spouse, like it’ll be reinvigorating to believe in love again and you’ll be each other’s healer. being in their presence will feel like this blue imagery in the pile you’ve chosen: very healing, very soothing, very calming. i am getting divine masculine & divine feminine energies for this pile, but any genders apply, these are simply the energies. i think there is a very high chance you have met your future spouse in a past life, pile #1. it’ll feel like home. familiar, calming, soothing. like a rainbow after the storm to reassure you everything will be okay. maybe you’ll have given up on love and just as quickly as that, they show up to remind you there are really great things in this world & romantic love can be one of them.

channeled songs, words & messages: love again by dua lipa, let me in by gabrielle aplin, 777, dance with the one that brought you by shania twain, healing, heartbreak, dark night of the soul, beautiful skies, camping, blue.

pile #2: page of pentacles.

the page of pentacles can be interpreted as a manifestation card. pile #2, i think you and your future spouse will have manifested one another. both of you will feel very abundant and satisfied with one another. ‘everything i have ever wanted’, i’m hearing. it’s kind of like a dream come true for both of you. it’ll feel so dreamy, i think you will build a very beautiful & traditional life together. i think they’ll be exactly your type and vice-versa, and it’ll be hard to get them out of your mind once you two meet. the relationship might move a little fast, so be careful not to rush in whoever is it you are manifesting. let it flow & come naturally. you and your future spouse will be smitten with one another, like two teenagers discovering the world. you will feel like you have never loved anyone like this before, almost like you didn’t know what love was before you met your person.

channeled songs, words & messages: teenage dream by katy perry, barbie movies (?), rose colored glasses, amethyst, abundance, gold rich, 24k magic by bruno mars.

pile #3: queen of wands.

i’m hearing the lyrics to ‘can’t take my eyes off of you’ covered by shawn mendes. the queen of wands is a super passionate, feisty card! both of you and your future spouse will be very independent, but i think once you come home to one another, you might not be able to get your hands off of each other. i think it’ll start out so passionately, you might not even notice you caught feelings for this person. maybe you’ll start off as something physical and as the time progresses, you’ll realize this is the person you want to spend your life with. you and your future spouse might have a very argumentative side, so you might have to learn to compromise for the sake of the relationship, but i think you’ll love one another like a fire that never stops burning. the two of you might give off a little bit of a power couple energy, like mr. and mrs. smith, very hot and also super intimidating! you’ll probably be very protective of one another (especially if you are a lgbt+ couple, i’m hearing) and you’ll want to make plans with them for everything in life.

channeled songs, words & messages: ‘you turn me on’, from dusk ‘till dawn, dancing together, food wars, laughing until you cry, angel on fire by halsey.

pile #4: four of cups.

honestly, i had a little bit of a hard time with the four of cups showing up, because it can represent apathy and also contemplation, when you don’t care about the new opportunities presented to you. you might be emotionally unavailable by the time you meet your future spouse, pile #4. maybe this will drive them crazy. you might have this ‘uninterested’, ‘unbothered’ look about you that they’ll love and they’ll probably want you so bad that they won’t care about this first impression. i think they’ll chase you a lot and you’ll feel so wanted around them. like you’ll never have to guess where you stand with this person, because they’ll always make it clear they want you and you may not even be impressed at first, but eventually you might open up to their charms. i’m hearing ‘opposites attract’, so that might be relevant. maybe one of you is a huge extrovert, while the other is an introvert and a homebody. i’m getting famous vibes for some reason, so you might not give them the time of the day because either them or you are famous in a field and it comes with this “uninterested” first impression from you. this seems very endearing, pile #4. make sure to give love a chance when it knocks on your door!

channeled songs, words & messages: ‘why won’t you love me’, leo sun / moon, life of the party by shawn mendes, lucky 13, ‘everybody loves you’, ‘how do you like me now’.

pile #5: six of cups.

oh gosh, pile #5! this is so beautiful, i needed to take a moment. i think you and your future spouse will have a very playful, but traditional relationship. like one moment you’ll be flirting and then the next you might playfully insult them or tease them. it feels so so joyful. i think life will be kind of an adventure with them and you will never feel bored. do you have many fire or sagittarius placements, pile #5? i’m not sure why i asked you that, but i feel like you and your person will have fun in so many different ways. maybe dancing under the stars or even in the rain. i feel like smiling until my cheeks hurt, so you might not be able to contain your joy when you’re around them. both of you might even have the same sense of humor, love the same romantic comedies or movies and maybe you’ll even spam one another with memes and such. this seems like such a wholesome, pure energy, i want to bask in it. like two puppies eternally in love. they might even look at you with puppy eyes once you two meet and they’ll never stop wanting to hold your hand, i’m hearing, pile #5.

channeled songs, words & messages: ‘when we were young’ by adele, polaroids, old country songs, roadtrips, golden retrievers, smiling cheek to cheek, frank sinatra playing in the background.

pile #6: the moon.

wow, you got a major arcana, pile #6! honestly, i think you’ll have a very intuitive relationship with your & your future spouse. kind of like the two lovers dancing in the picture, both of you will be so in tune with one another’s feelings and bodies that it will feel like slow dancing. i think loving them will be kind of like being in a nostalgic movie, like maybe audrey hepburn & james dean, i’m hearing? you’ll take so many beautiful pictures of one another. perhaps one or both of you are very artistic & you’ll be each other’s ‘muse’. i think a lot of things in life will make sense when you meet them, like a soft “oh” when you realize why certain things happened the way they did. honestly, i would not be surprised if you were also soulmates / divine counterparts. you’ll find so much meaning in life, like everything will be richer with them. life will be full of mysteries for you and your s.o. to discover and unfold and you might find yourself become more spiritual and conscious of your path once you two meet one another.

channeled songs, words & messages: ‘pose like this’, paintbrush & paint stains, jazz and blues, dancing under a blue moon, a black cat, berets, paris in the rain by lauv.

pile #7: the devil.

another major arcana popped up for a different pile & i’m not surprised, pile #7. i know the devil might seem like a scary or “negative” card, but the truth of it depends on how we interpret things. i think there will be an intense physical attraction between both of you, pile #7, but maybe either one or both of you won’t be able to make a move. maybe because of physical distance or even societal factors, both of you might feel like each other’s “forbidden fruit”, but i’m not getting it in a bad way at all. you might have been drawn to pile #3 as well, since i think it might be a more developed version of you two together later in the future. but whatever restrictions and limitations you two might face, it’s like you cannot escape one another either. this feels very fated, pile #7. i’m getting an extra message for my lgbtq+ readers that your future spouse longs for you just as you long for them, even if you might not be able to get married in your country, you will find your freedom and your peace with one another despite the oppression and difficulties you two might face before your relationship is established. spirit is asking you not to give up on yourself and who you love. i know this message was very specific, but i think you and your future spouse need to hear that love is possible, despite the world’s and society’s imposing beliefs on us. and once you two get to be together, it’ll be pure bliss. heaven, i’m feeling.

channeled songs, words & messages: ‘it’s you & me’, ‘i can’t escape the way i love you’, star crossed lovers, ‘juliet, the dice was loaded from the start’ (romeo & juliet by dire straits).

pile #8: the hierophant.

hello, pile #8! i’m loving this energy, it feels very lighthearted. i think you and your future spouse will have a more balanced, very stable dynamic. like a very grounded and cozy, comfortable relationship. maybe you are already in a committed relationship and you are wondering if this is your future spouse! i think both of you will have built something very solid, but not without your own hardships and struggles. you’ll have something super traditional, with kids and a huge house and plenty of roadtrips to their grandparents’ place, i’m hearing? there is also this energy of both of you fulfilling each one of the roles in a very balanced manner. like say you are a woman with a man, he will want to open the door for you or give you flowers & you might want to cook for him or even dress up fancier for a date. the two of you will have something quite traditional & others might overlook your relationship. perhaps it’ll seem boring to some of your friends or family members, but this energy is very soft and grounded, i feel like it’s the perfect combination of water & earth, so maybe you or your future spouse have significant earth / water placements. i’m getting cancer and taurus specifically, so you might want to check that out!

channeled songs, words & messages: ‘the house we built’, the color beige, soft vanilla ice cream, picnic dates, ‘i met you when i was 17’, ‘it’s always been you’.

pile #9: seven of cups.

last but not least, pile #9! seven is a very holy number and i just want to start off by saying that you might have plenty of suitors before or even during your relationship with your future spouse. perhaps you won’t know who to go for or even who to choose, because you’ll be presented with so many possibilities that the idea of being with your future spouse might even seem far-fetched, i’m hearing? i think the road to you & your future spouse will require you to trust your intuition and your gut a lot. you might have to do some shadow work or understand what your ego want versus what your heart wants. this may have been a very odd message, but nonetheless, pile #9! you guys may be quite popular or even known, and maybe the road to your future spouse will be surprising or chaotic? i think you and your future spouse will do a lot of emotional healing on the road to one another and also while together, but it might be uncomfortable at first. the seven of cups card asks us to ground ourselves and our ideas, to stay connected to reality. perhaps this connection will bring you down to earth again. maybe you’ll be filled with so many ideas & possibilities that you and your future spouse will have a very grounding effect on one another. one thing that i am also hearing is that you might need to revisit your own expectations and standards, pile #9. make sure to let the right people in and to choose the things that will not only feel good but will also be good for you in the long run. i know this wasn’t the message for the reading, but spirit wanted me to tell you anyway. it didn't want to be too specific on you and your future spouse's dynamics & i think it wanted you to know this before anything else!

channeled songs, words & messages: not all that glitters is gold, pros & cons, subjective vs. objective reality, ‘who do you love? is it me?’ (maybe you will need to choose between this person or someone / something else), gifts.

july

you are a flower child. you are connected with nature and bask in sunlight at any chance. your zest for life is infectious! you have lovely eyes. you have an inner beauty and strength that shines through even when you are frustrated or angry. you are wild and love to be around others. you will fight for what you believe in and fiercely guard the ones you love. you are brave.

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“I’m not into convincing people I’m worthy. I’m into people who’ll convince me on my worst days that I’m still worth the world.”

— Reyna Biddy

“A library is many things. It’s a place to go, to get in out of the rain. It’s a place to go if you want to sit and think. But particularly it is a place where books live, and where you can get in touch with other people, and other thoughts, through books. If you want to find out about something, the information is in the reference books – the dictionaries, the encyclopedias, the atlases. If you like to be told a story, the library is the place to go. Books hold most of the secrets of the world, most of the thoughts that men and women have had. And when you are reading a book, you and the author are alone together—just the two of you. A library is a good place to go when you feel unhappy, for there, in a book, you may find encouragement and comfort. A library is a good place to go when you feel bewildered or undecided, for there, in a book, you may have your question answered. Books are good company, in sad times and happy times, for books are people—people who have managed to stay alive by hiding between the covers of a book.”

—

E.B. White

One Sister have I in our house -

And one, a hedge away.

There's only one recorded,

But both belong to me.

One came the road that I came -

And wore my last year's gown -

The other, as a bird her nest,

Builded our hearts among.

She did not sing as we did -

It was a different tune -

Herself to her a music

As Bumble bee of June.

Today is far from Childhood -

But up and down the hills

I held her hand the tighter -

Which shortened all the miles -

And still her hum

The year among,

Deceives the Butterfly;

Still in her Eye

The Violets lie

Mouldered this many May.

I spilt the dew -

But took the morn;

I chose this single star

From out the wide night's numbers -

Sue - forevermore!

Moment Of Truth

One day I looked at you, and it suddenly occurred to me how beautiful your smile was. I heard music in your laughter; I saw poetry in your words. You asked me why I had that look on my face, as though a shadow had fallen across its sun-drenched landscape, heavy with premonition dark with revelation. The second I tried to tell myself I wasn't in love was the moment I realised I was.

- Lang Leav

"Something inside me had dropped away, and nothing came in to fill the cavern."

- Haruki Murakami,

“You were unsure which pain is worse: the shock of what happened or the ache for what never will.”

— Simon Van Booy, Everything Beautiful Began After

how will 2022 be for you? (pac)

(my hands edition because i was a little bit bored but not enough to look for some cute pictures)

- just choose a pile based on which one calls you.

- that's okay if more than one calls you.

- if you can't choose one, try meditating.

- if you don't feel called by any of them, that's okay. it means that just maybe my energy doesn't match yours and that's fine.

pile 1

i see a job coming! maybe a little promotion or something. your dreams will become reality because you are bringing structure to your life and that i can see. omg bestie, why are you screaming like that? you really got the power! everything will fall into place and you will enjoy yourself a lot during next year. also, maybe an emotional fulfilment is also coming! luck will be on your side!! if things have been wrong recently, this will stop. you will have tons of opportunities. i see you'll be creative, imaginative, nurturing, organized, responsible and capable of making everything work. remember those days where you couldn't get things done and you had to call someone else? they're over!! people will call you now, you will be their leader, you will guide them towards success now! trust your intuition and remember: with great powers come great responsibilities. you have to be careful to manage everything well otherwise you'll loose it all. but you got this. i know you do.

pile 2

your year will be filled with a lot of surprises! i see some changes, big ones. some of you could be letting go of someone that you have dated and has been toxic to you. yas, queen, that's going to end! others can simply find love for the first time after a while. either way, i see big changes and someone finally speaking for themselves. you will be setting some boundaries and deciding what's good for you and what's not. in fact, the universe has already done it to you and you'll just finally accept it. that's great! you'll be taking more care of yourself and things that you used to accept, you will fight it. i see 12th house in my head. do you have a 12th house mars? (that's very specific) if it's the case, or if you have any other placement that points to a passive aggressive human being, i see that you will be becoming a fighter right now. good luck! it's your year, bestie! you can make it all happen, just believe in yourself!

pile 3

maybe you are shy, aren't you? yeah, not anymore. 2022 will bring you a thirst for knowledge and not only that, but also the urge to change things. you will be bold, friendly, selfless and fearless. r.i.p the old you dies on january 1st. i see new friendships coming, you will be surounded by a lot of people. people that actually care about you and will make you laugh. you will discover yourself, the world and love. not only self love, but i do see that's coming strong for you. you will be confident, charming and sensual and that's when you will attract a love one (i heard future spouse on my head. good luck 🤞), you will be really happy with this one. different from anyone else. i'm telling you. i see someone with a beautiful hair and everybody being like "omg you changed it?" so you'll be taking more care of yourself and completely change yourself. A. MAJOR. GLOW. UP. IS. COMING. i hope you're prepared for that.

pile 4

family is strong in here. maybe you will have the strength to start your own family or your family will be more united (if it is already, then i guess you will be spending more time with them). i just saw vacation and then family vacation. you will be traveling a lot. i see you will explore things more, maybe even get a little bit spicy next year. money is coming your way and it's time for you to have fresh starts. it's he beginning of a whole new cycle. goodbye old year, welcome new year. that's your mindset now. it's time for you to rest and enjoy everything that you fought for so hard for all of those years. celebrate a little bit! go to parties, connect with yourself, meditate... become your best friend! take some time for yourself and explore the world. next year the world is yours, baby. start that skincare you have been procrastinating, go out with that one friend you haven't seen in ages, go to that city you always wanted to... enjoy living, it's time for that.

every single reading i did the neptune card was in. that's amazing. you guys have the power to make your dreams become true, so dream high, loves. i know you can do everything you want right now. so next year go make yourselves proud for you to comeback here and say how great was 2022.

take care, loves.

©daszlight, 2021.

“There will always be a person who looks like a poem the earth wrote to keep you alive.”

— Juansen Dizon

Yule Ritual Baths

Pagan Prayer Journaling Prompts

Have you ever wanted to try Pagan journaling? If you don’t know where to start, here are a few prompts that you can read for inspiration.

Daily Check-Ins:

These are journaling practices that you can do on any given day, or daily if you choose.

Write down five things you’re grateful for, and thank the Gods for them.

Meditate for two, five, or ten minutes. Write about it afterward.

If you remember last night’s dream, record it and what you think it might mean.

Tell the Gods about your goals for the day.

Read one chapter of a book each morning and write notes.

Record the weather. How does it make you feel? Would you thank your deities for the weather or season?

Cleanse with smoke or crystals and then write down how you feel afterward.

Perform divination--draw a tarot card, pull a rune, or scy for a bit. What was your question? What was your answer?

Talk to the Gods about what is bothering you.

Find an inspirational quote. What do you like/not like about it? How does it relate to your practice?

Choose one symbol, crystal, herb, or divination tool. Research its correspondences and note how you can use it in your practice.

Contact a spirit you’re familiar with. What method did you use? Divination, meditation, or something else? How did it go?

For a Pantheon/Religion:

These prompts can help you learn about a religion/pantheon or explore your own beliefs.

Are there any major holidays coming up? If so, how can you prepare for them?

Study how the ancients practiced this religion, and take notes. What can you include in your practice? What will you exclude?

Look up the tenets of your religion, if applicable. Do you agree or disagree with these rules? How can you include them in your practice?

Give an offering to the Gods, such as a candle, incense, coffee/tea, or even water. How do you feel afterward? Is any particular deity grabbing your attention?

Talk about your favorite or least favorite myths from this religion.

Jot down a general prayer for all the deities, such as “Gods, I thank You all for ___.”

If you are interested in any other pantheon, study it and take notes.

Research a deity in your pantheon Whom you don’t know as well. What did you learn about Them?

How do you feel about this religion’s view of the afterlife?

Does your religion have a holiday calendar? If so, write about it.

Are there any local legends or folklore where you live? Study and write about them.

Why did you choose this religion or pantheon?

If you are eclectic or still choosing a Pagan religion, write down what you are looking for in a belief system.

Write down anything you love about your religion/pantheon.

Record your worship goals. In the next month, season, or year, look back at your list. What have you accomplished?

Are you thankful to this religion for any positives in your life? If so, write those down.

For 65 Pagan journaling prompts, read the full blog post.

🏛Hellenic cheat sheets🏛

In construction

Here are some cheat sheets with general information about the Greek Gods which you might find useful in worship but not only!

There is plenty of information I did not include. These are just simple cheat sheets. I could not fit everything in there but this might come in handy if you’re just starting out or want to get to know the Hellenic Gods.

For more information about them, I highly recommend you check out the websites or books I listed in sources!

PSA: Some of the things listed in offerings and associations section are more modern, thus could be regarded as UPGs/SPGs

⚡ The Olympians ⚡

Zeus

Hera

Poseidon

Demeter

Athena

Apollo

Artemis

Ares

Hephaestus

Aphrodite

Hermes

Hestia

Dionysus

Mount Olympus - Home of the Gods

🦴The Underworld🦴

Hades

Persephone

Hekate

Hypnos

Thanatos

Erinyes

House of Hades & the Afterlife

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Hera Offerings & Devotional Acts

Offerings

- silver or gold jewellery, particularly rings especially weddings ones

- any representation of her sacred animals; peacocks, lions, cows and cuckoos

- snake or hermit crab shells

- framed family photos

- crowns, especially diadems

- pomegranates/pomegranate seeds

- representation of thrones (photos, art, toys, etc)

- pearls

- milk (especially breast milk)

- crystals such as diamonds, citrine, amber, star sapphire and garnet

- breads/grains and any homemade sweets

- chocolate

- fruits

- wine

- honey

- flowers such as lilies, irises, white & gold roses, poppies and water lilies

-white, blue, purple, dark green, grey and silver candles

-apples especially golden ones

-baby clothes and shoes

-combs and hair brushes

-representation of hawks (toys, figurines, images, etc)

-representation of any animal with a shell

-imagery of the planet venus

-makeup/makeup brushes

-decorations from wedding cakes

-porcelain

-representation of sceptres (images, art, etc)

-rosemary

-fans (the ones you fan yourself with)

-any weaving tools

Devotional Acts

- make anything! (poems, songs, paintings, etc)

- be kind to children and always make sure they’re ok

- reminisce by looking at old photos

- take care of animals

-make sure your home/room is clean

-take a long relaxing bath with petals, bath bombs, music, bubbles, candles or anything you want really

-donate to and support domestic abuse victims

-help someone pay their wedding expenses

-talk to her about your love life, family life, pets or anything else you’d like to tell her about

-fight for the lgbtq+ community

-protect women

-smile at strangers!

-eat some apples

-volunteer with foster children or in children’s wards

-spend time with any children close to you

-learn child developmental psychology

-donate toys to children’s wards

-donate girls/women’s clothes

-stand up for yourself, especially to men

-donate to or volunteer with young mothers in prison

-learn to knit or crochet

-buy or even grow some flowers

-always mind your manners

-do some self care

-go thrift shopping

-spend time with, help and listen to those you love

Apollo, god who rules education; please aid me with concentration and success with my studies

Athena, goddess of wisdom; please aid me the ability to think critically and form connections between information

Coeus, the inquisitive titan; please inspire curiosity and intrigue with my studies

Hermes, the cunning god; please aid me in honing my intelligence

“One should never direct people towards happiness, because happiness too is an idol of the market-place. One should direct them towards mutual affection. A beast gnawing at its prey can be happy too, but only human beings can feel affection for each other, and this is the highest achievement they can aspire to.”

—

Alexander Solzhenitsen (1918-2008) Russian novelist, emigre

Frank Sinatra won an academy award for his portrayal of “Maggio” in the movie adaptation of James Jones’s From Here to Eternity

If you feel confortable sharing, tell us one of your experiences with the Gods

There's a ton of small insignificant things but recently one that truly made me laugh was when I was planning the Apatouria. The festival was meant to start on nov. 5th in the evening and I usually do my grocery shopping in the weekend. So it was in my plans to buy what I needed for the feast the weekend before, on Sunday. I had chosen to make Moschari Kokkinisto (essentially a type of beef stew). It can be served with anything, but the recipe I had served it with very thick and hollow long pasta, which is known as pastitsio noodles in Greece or ziti in Italy. I live in Finland and since that's a very specific type of pasta I wasn't counting on finding any and had planned to just fall back on regular spaghetti.

Anyway, on the Saturday morning I forced myself to go out to fetch a package that was dropped at my local small shop, which is like a 5 minute walk. I wasn't planning to do groceries, just grab a bottle of milk to make hot chocolate as a treat when I get back home and get the package. So I go to the furthest part of the shop for the milk carton and walk by a random aisle to go pay. It was the pasta aisle. Something catches my eye and I see a bunch of packs of pastitsio pasta. It took me a solid few seconds to fully register what the fuck was happening and almost started laughing in the shop because how?

I'd put it on capitalism if it was just a random find in a big supermarket, but really that shop is not a big supermarket, just a small neighborhood market. But hey, I can't complain since I got exactly what I needed at the most convenient time. In the end, it's just pasta but I'm still dumbfounded at the circumstances around it all.

Why the gods would care so much about pasta is beyond me, though.

I see a lot of polytheists deciding that the notion that the gods may love us is a “Christian mindset” and They don’t “owe” us that. But just because They don’t owe us any warm feelings doesn’t mean it’s so unrealistic that the gods may actually have warm feelings in regards to a species that They have been coexisting with, actively helping, and watching grow for centuries.

I don’t think it’s out of the realm of possibility that They do more than simply tolerate us.

Aphrodite Epithets

Feel free to correct me if i did any mistakes

Ourania/Ουρανια –> Heavenly, Divine (love)

Pandêmos/Πανδημος –> Common to All People (love)

Epistrophia/Επιστροφια –> She who Turns to (love)

Symmakhia/Συμμαχια  –> Ally (in love)

Pontia/Ποντια –> Of the sea 

Xenia/Ξενια —> Of the foreigner

Morpho/Μορφω —> Of shapely form

Apostrophia/Αποστροφια —> Averter of (Unlawful desires)

Psithyristês/Ψιθυριστης —> Whispering

Makhanitis/Μαχανιτις —> Devise and contriver

Kataskopia/Κατασκοπια —> Spying and peeping

Melainis/Μελαινις —> Black (of the night)

(love) witch tips

💗 keep rose quartz in your pocket or bra 💗 sleep with the lovers tarot card under your pillow 💗 apply your makeup and skin care products in heart shapes 💗 keep a love sigil as your phones lock screen/home screen

feel free to add more! 

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Festival of Hestia 12/31/21-01/01/22

I propose a new holiday in the reform Hellenist tradition. I give the first and the last day of the year to Hestia, She Who is First and Last. Since the last day of one year and the first day of the next bump against each other, it forms a two day festival to Hestia. 

Reform Hellenism acknowledges that we are in a new age and believes that the Gods can be worshipped in modern contexts as well as ancient contexts. So, why not have a new Hestian New Year to coincide with the Gregorian New Year? 

Ways to celebrate:

Reflect on the lessons of the past year and your goals for the upcoming year

Meditate on the Virtues of Hestia

Write down the good parts of the past year and burn the paper in thanks to Hestia

Make offerings and libations to Hestia

Show hospitality to guests

Tend a fire throughout the entire festival

Begin a new journal or planner for the upcoming year

Burn last year’s planner or journal in a sacred fire

Write a Hymn to Hestia

Create art for Hestia

Appreciate Hestia as She is

Actual ancient lapidaries or "the ancient Greeks and Romans probably didn't use crystals the way you think they did"

The Internet being of cyclic nature, I feel like talks about the use of crystals come back to view at least twice a year. I usually don't pay much attention to those discussions, since they tend to be unfruitful and, to be quite frank, boring. However, the topic of the historicity of linking certain stones to certain gods -or more widely- properties is an interesting one nonetheless.

But first, a disclaimer: 1) Some of the practices I will be describing below are not safe and should not be reproduced at home. I feel like this should go without saying, but the fact Goop's jade egg is still on the market only proves the necessity of such disclaimer. 2) I do not care about people's personal practices. If you associate certain stones with deities, good for you. It's not my problem and this post isn't meant to attack your practice. It's merely meant to put some things within context.

Now that this is out of the way, let's define the matter at hand. Let me start by saying that from this point on, I will refer to "crystals" as "gems" or "stones". Both terms seem to be more appropriate and widely used in academical context.

The sources

We do not lack evidence of gemstone usage in the Ancient world, both literary and archaeological. Usage included jewelry making, medicine, and magic. The first is a given so I won't dwell on it. I am more interested in the other two and how they relate to each other.

On the literary side, the earliest Greek treatise on stones is from Theophrastus (371 - 287 BC), titled Περὶ λίθων ("On stones", quite literally). In this work, he lists the stones known to him and their properties from a physical standpoint and explains where they are found in the Greek world. He gives, in general, very few indications of potential magical properties.

We start having much more literature around the properties of gems in the Roman period, especially around the 1st century BC onwards, with Pliny the Elder's (23/24 – 79 AD) Natural History, and the works of Greek physicians like Dioscorides (40–90 AD) and Galen (129 – 216 AD). Some of those works will be considered of importance throughout the Middle Ages, while some will be "rediscovered" at the Renaissance.

On the archaeological side, we have thousands of magical gems (see: the Campbell Bonner database). Here is the official definition given by the database:

"The designation 'magical gem' is a category of modern archaeology, which denotes the most sophisticated amulet type of the Roman Imperial Period. Magical gems were carved of precious stones sized 1 to 3 centimeters, chiefly between the 1st century BC to the 4th century AD, and were designed to bring their owners health, prosperity and love. Their typology follows the shapes of Graeco-Roman glyptics complemented with a few Mesopotamian and Egyptian variants. They are distinguished by their characteristic engravings of inscriptions, signs and images, which usually appear on both faces of the gems, and sometimes even on the edge."

Their usage

Interestingly, the timeframe the previous definition gives fits the one where we find the majority of literary sources. This is probably no coincidence, and it probably isn't a coincidence that interest in stones and gems seems to appear after the Classical period, especially if we consider the importance of Egyptian and Mesopotamian elements found on them. This would coincide nicely with the growth of the Hellenistic Empire.

Before I jump into what would be considered "magical use" (the lines are blurry, as we'll see), let me give a few examples of medical use taken from Dioscorides:

IV, 139 λίθος σάπφειρος, Lapis lazuli Lapis lazuli seems to help people stung by scorpions when drunk. It is drunk for internal ulcerations and it shrinks excrescences, defects inside the cornea, and pustules on the eyes, and it joins together the rents of their membranes.

Here we have an example of how the stone could be used as an ingredient: filed down to a powdery state and most likely mixed with wine before being drunk by the patient. Another example, still from Dioscorides, would be qualified today as on leaning more on the magical side:

V, 142 λίθος ίασπις, Jasper There is a jasper which is emerald green, another like crystal resembling phlegm, another light blue, another smoky as if it were blackened with smoke, one which has cracks that are quite white <and> shining and which is called astrios, and there is one called terebinthizon, resembling turquoise in color. All seem to guard against evil when hung on a person and to promote a speedy birth when tied around the thigh.

While, in the case of Selenite, both "medical" and "magical" properties are offered:

V, 141 λίθος σεληνίτης, Selenite Selenite, which some people have called aphroselenos because it is found at night when the moon waxes, occurs in Arabia. It is white, transparent, and light. Filed down, it is given as a drink to epileptics and women use it as a protective amulet. It also seems to make trees fruitful when attached on them.

There comes the issue of correspondences. Here Dioscorides gives us straightforward uses but doesn't necessarily tell if the colour matters and/or if something should be carved on it. Meanwhile, the archaeological pieces we have are all inscribed somehow (and it's very likely how the modern eye could distinguish them from just any shiny rock).

So the question is, what makes magical gems magical? Attilio Mastrocinque in his article The Colours of Magical Gems noticed a pattern between the colour of the chosen gem and the organ/bodily function/secretion it is supposed to regulate or heal:

The series of gems discussed above show that haematite (and its reddish-brown variety, i.e. limonite) was used to protect red-brown organs, such as the liver and kidney, and that natural pieces of this stone actually have the shape and gloss of these organs. The inscriptions on several gems confirm that they were amulets for the liver. Moreover the Syrian god Adad was known for his stone kidney, and a Syrian haematite intaglio is shaped like a kidney. The colour and properties of stones were supposed to be syntonic with the world of the gods.

Stomach or intestinal diseases, pregnancy and the womb’s other functions, and breast-feeding were dealt with thanks to Chnoubis and his gems. The liquid secretions on which bodily health depended are red (blood), black (when the intestine is bleeding), green or transparent (the stomach juices), and white (milk). Chnoubis gems are rarely red or yellow, whereas they are often white, green, and sometimes transparent or black. If we reject the idea of casuality, we must look for a logic or a taxonomy in the choice of colour. A possible explanation emerges from the colours, because white stones were suitable for breast-feeding and the iconography of a threeheaded Chnoubis appears on a white gem. This iconography is known as useful for breast-feeding. Therefore: white gems = milk. Greek physicians recommended, in case of stomach diseases, green or transparent stones with the image of this god. Therefore: green or transparent gems = the stomach, whose juices are green or transparent. Other physicians recommended transparent stones for pleuritic and hip diseases, and therefore another possibility is: transparent gems = pleura and hips; but in this case the colour was scarcely related with the disease. Another numerous group of gems shows this god over the womb, and these gems are of haematite.

The divinities majoritarily represented on magical gems are not strictly Greek. Chnoubis or Chnoumis is the Greek name of the Egyptian creator god Chnoum, for example. Even hematite gems which are described as representing Ares are explained by Mastrocinque this way:

This Ares is not the Greek god, but the result of cultural synthesis in which a Syrian god assumed the iconography of the Homeric god. This iconography was used to represent Syrian gods like Azizos and Arsou, or the warlike god of the Nabataeans.

It seems more and more clear that the Greeks and, by extension, the Romans, adopted a long Egyptian and Eastern tradition. There are, still, gems that clearly show Greco-Roman elements:

Pliny describes a type of coral called Gorgonia, after the monster’s name. In fact a series of coral gems with Medusa’s face have been preserved (Pl. 3a). Red jasper could be used as a substitute for coral, as is proved by gems with the same subject. These gems often have an image of Hekate on the reverse; both Gorgon and Hekate were considered to be powerful characters in averting demons, illnesses and enemies.

In this case, we find both the Gorgon and Hekate in very traditional apotropaic positions. More interesting, however, in a series of amulets showing Herakles fighting the Nemean lion serving this purpose (Christopher Faraone, Text, Image and Medium: The Evolution of Graeco-Roman Magical Gemstones):

In his chapter ‘On the colicky condition’ Alexander of Tralles, a 6th-century ad Greek physician, prescribes the following treatment for colic, a painful disease of the lower intestine: ‘On a Median stone engrave Heracles standing upright and throttling a lion. Set it in a gold ring and give it to the patient to wear’ (2.579). There is some confusion about the precise identity of the ‘Median stone’ in this passage, which may have been a form of haematite or magnetite but Alexander’s description coincides well with a popular series of amulets that consist of an opaque red stone (almost always jasper) engraved with the wrestling scene that he describes; [...]

This particular case is interesting because, as Faraone notes, we know of the existence of a carnelian scarab with the same scene that was found in a 5th century BC grave in Cyprus. More curious is the fact that this specific scarab also has two eyes of Horus next to Herakles. It is impossible to know if this amulet was just that, a protective amulet featuring two highly apotropaic symbols or if it was intended as something else.

One last notable example before I start wrapping things up. There is a series of lapis-lazuli gems that represent Aphrodite Anadyomene ("rising from the sea"). The Campbell Bonner database counts 23 of these. On these, Faraone says:

On the back of the stone we find the magical word arôriphrasis which is typical of these amulets, as we can see from one of the lapis stones in the British Museum (Pl. 12c). Scholars, myself included, sometimes repeat the claim that arôriphrasis transliterates an Egyptian title of the goddess Hathor as ‘The Lady of the Blue Stone’; the epithet exists, but apparently bears no phonetic resemblance to the word arôriphrasis on the gemstone. We do find, however, on one lapis gem of this type the name ‘<H>athor’ inscribed before arôriphrasis, suggesting that the word – whatever it means – was, indeed, an epithet of some sort, and since Hathor and Aphrodite are assimilated in Graeco-Roman Egypt, there is some logic to the appearance of the name and Aphrodite on these blue stones. As in the case of the other types, a rare inscribed prayer tells us much about the perceived power of this kind of amulet: on a greenish lapis gem of another type (with Aphrodite and Ares) we read: ‘Arôriphrasis, give your charm to the bearer’. It would seem, then, that like the name Chnoubis, arôriphrasis identifies a divinity – probably Aphrodite/Hathor – who is thereby invoked to produce charm and beauty in the person who wears the gem.

Once again, we have a case of an association linked to a Greco-Egyptian syncretism. It is worth noting, however, that other gems representing Aphrodite aren't necessarily blue. She is also found on hematite, carnelian, or amethyst, amongst others. This would lead us to believe that the choice of the gem is not made upon the basis of correspondence with a divinity, rather than the function, as seen with the medical examples above or, as with this example, a specific epithet or specific voces magicae (and even then, there is an example of Aphrodite Anadyomene on orange/red carnelian...)

This perhaps explains why it is possible to find such statements in some studies:

"It may be observed that gemstones depicting Jupiter are frequently cut on milky chalcedony; those showing Sol are often on heliotrope which was thought to reflect the sun’s rays; of Mars on red jasper or cornelian, the colour of blood; of Demeter on green jasper which has a sympathy with vegetation and of Bacchus on amethyst which was believed to be wine coloured hand to prevent drunkenness. Such systems of correspondences, differing in detail no doubt, form a continuous tradition linking the Hellenistic age to the very end of the Middle Ages. During all that time lapidaries, stone books, were consulted. No doubt they were in Roman Britain."

This quote I took from Religion in Roman Britain by Martin Henig, who only references Joan Evans as source (Magical jewels of the middle ages and the renaissance particularly in England, 1922). Some of those observations, which clearly are hard to consider valid for generalization (counterexamples are plenty) also contradict other systems of correspondences, such as the one found in PGM CX. 1-12:

. . . a voice comes to you in conversation. Lay out the stars on the board in their natural order, with the exception of the sun and the moon. Make the sun gold, the moon silver, Kronos of obsidian, Ares of yellow-green onyx, Aphrodite of lapis-lazuli streaked with gold, Hermes of turquoise; make Zeus of a [dark blue] stone, but underneath of crystal.

The PGM (Greek Magical Papyri) is always a difficult source to assess because of its syncretic and fragmented nature. In any case, its material is dated between the 1st and 4th century AD, which is a timeframe that is likely to be in sync with Roman Britain. It is worth noting that this specific passage of the PGM refers to the planets carrying the names of deities.

In any case, none of those correspondences seem to fit with modern ones, which are, for the most part, taken from an entirely different system (especially the bastardized/westernized idea of chakras). As for other uses, we can clearly see that some of the health claims made by "lithotherapists" (or just Karens on the Internet) trace back to ancient Greek medical treatises. And, please, don't ingest crystals.

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Attilio Mastrocinque, The Colours of Magical Gems

Veronique Dasen, Magic and Medicine: Gems and the Power of Seals

Christopher A. Faraone, Text, Image and Medium: the Evolution of Graeco-Roman Magical Gemstones, all 3 in: Gems of Heaven : Recent Research on Engraved Gemstones in Late Antiquity c. AD 200 (eds. Chris Entwistle & Noel Adams), British Museum Press, 2012

Hans Dieter Betz, The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation Including the Demotic Spells, 1986

Dioscorides & Lily Y. Beck (tran.), De materia medica, 2005