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Autumn lake by ~Emmatyan
</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mat7qfGAjM1rprlt0o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://emmatyan.deviantart.com/art/Autumn-lake-199821848"&gt;Autumn lake&lt;/a&gt; by ~&lt;a href="http://emmatyan.deviantart.com/"&gt;Emmatyan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://tarocchi.tumblr.com/post/32928095902</link><guid>http://tarocchi.tumblr.com/post/32928095902</guid><pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2012 03:22:44 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>giudaska:

Giardino dei #tarocchi  (Scattata con Instagram)</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mago20CWm91qevot2o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://giudaska.tumblr.com/post/31684040645/giardino-dei-tarocchi-scattata-con-instagram" class="tumblr_blog"&gt;giudaska&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;Giardino dei #tarocchi  (Scattata con &lt;a href="http://instagram.com"&gt;Instagram&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://tarocchi.tumblr.com/post/32752754279</link><guid>http://tarocchi.tumblr.com/post/32752754279</guid><pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2012 16:23:27 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>graveyarddirt:

Temperance Necklace, by fishdreaming  (via Etsy)</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maevdxPwy91qzj6dro1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://graveyarddirt.tumblr.com/post/31633078105/temperance" class="tumblr_blog"&gt;graveyarddirt&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Temperance Necklace&lt;/b&gt;, by &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/fishdreaming?ref=seller_info"&gt;fishdreaming&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;  (via &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://etsy.me/U7S24Z"&gt;Etsy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://tarocchi.tumblr.com/post/32752734024</link><guid>http://tarocchi.tumblr.com/post/32752734024</guid><pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2012 16:23:09 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>gatzchoi:

‘Temperance’
Major Arcana series
Ink
15” x 20”
</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_matly187bD1ro9chzo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://gatzchoi.tumblr.com/post/32149307466/temperance-major-arcana-series-ink-15-x-20" class="tumblr_blog"&gt;gatzchoi&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;‘Temperance’&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Major Arcana series&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Ink&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;15” x 20”&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://tarocchi.tumblr.com/post/32752694115</link><guid>http://tarocchi.tumblr.com/post/32752694115</guid><pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2012 16:22:34 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>A lot of people who have communicated interest in working with me on this blog are people who know...</title><description>&lt;p&gt;A lot of people who have communicated interest in working with me on this blog are people who know my friends personally and have been pointed toward me by those who I&amp;#8217;m comfortable with face-to-face. Very few people here just know me &amp;#8220;through Tumblr,&amp;#8221; which is nice, because I&amp;#8217;m not super fond of juggling different types of interaction.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#8217;m absolutely fine with setting up appointments with people I know through X degrees of separation via Tumblr or e-mail. I like doing it, and, in fact, I prefer it.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://tarocchi.tumblr.com/post/32752420655</link><guid>http://tarocchi.tumblr.com/post/32752420655</guid><pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2012 16:18:30 -0400</pubDate><category>about the blogger</category></item><item><title>Herbs and Star Signs</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://blood-stones.tumblr.com/post/32751285368/herbs-and-star-signs"&gt;blood-stones&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Aquarius - Elderberry, Fumitory, Mullein&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Pisces - Lungwort, meadowsweet, Rosehip&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Aries - Cowslip, Garlic, Hops, Mustard, Rosemary&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Taurus - Coltsfoot, Lovage, Mints, Thyme&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Gemini - Caraway, Dill, Lavender, Parsley, Vervain&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Cancer - Agrimony, Balm, Daisies, Hyssop, Jasmine&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Leo - Bay, Borage, Chamomile, Marigold, Poppy, Rue&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Virgo - Fennel, Savory, Southernwood, Valerian&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Libra - Pennyroyal, Primrose, Violets, Yarrow&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Scorpio - Basil, Tarragon, Wormwood&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Sagittarius - Feverview, Houseleek, Mallow, Sage&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Capricorn - Comfrey, Sorrel, Solomon’s Seal&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://tarocchi.tumblr.com/post/32752099436</link><guid>http://tarocchi.tumblr.com/post/32752099436</guid><pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2012 16:13:40 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>natural-magics:

the World card from the Shadowscapes deck.</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9hjumaDYE1rcrkyzo1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://natural-magics.tumblr.com/post/30410236219/the-world-card-from-the-shadowscapes-deck" class="tumblr_blog"&gt;natural-magics&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;the World card from the Shadowscapes deck.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://tarocchi.tumblr.com/post/30432696323</link><guid>http://tarocchi.tumblr.com/post/30432696323</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2012 23:20:36 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>cannibalcoalition:

environmint:

cannibalcoalition:

environmint:

There is one tarot card that...</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://cannibalcoalition.tumblr.com/post/30432457525/environmint-cannibalcoalition-environmint"&gt;cannibalcoalition&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://environmint.tumblr.com/post/30432159222/cannibalcoalition-environmint-there-is-one"&gt;environmint&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://cannibalcoalition.tumblr.com/post/30432119424/environmint-there-is-one-tarot-card-that-makes"&gt;cannibalcoalition&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://environmint.tumblr.com/post/30431951666/there-is-one-tarot-card-that-makes-me-think-of-a"&gt;environmint&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;There is one tarot card that makes me think of a certain Rush song every time I think about it. Why am I cursed with this fate?!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Chariot always makes me think of the Imperial March because it resembles Darth Vader in my deck. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I hear Tom Sawyer every time I get the world.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;That riff.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;That riff will haunt my dreams.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Rock Band parties have ruined so much music for me. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This entire thread is relevant to my interests.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://tarocchi.tumblr.com/post/30432584778</link><guid>http://tarocchi.tumblr.com/post/30432584778</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2012 23:18:49 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Contact Information</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Here&amp;#8217;s a list of places you&amp;#8217;ll be able to find me on Tumblr, as well as a few handles I use for different messaging clients. Any of the blogs other than the first three blogs listed are role play characters I keep up with, and though you may never need to sort through any of them, they might come in handy if you need to contact me quickly and don&amp;#8217;t know which blog I&amp;#8217;m on.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://nagual.tumblr.com"&gt;MAIN BLOG&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://iozo.tumblr.com"&gt;SIDE BLOG&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://deerspair.tumblr.com"&gt;PHOTO BLOG&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://luminescentnomad.tumblr.com"&gt;ORIGINAL CHARACTER - KILLIAN&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://omicronus.tumblr.com"&gt;ORIGINAL CHARACTER - OMICRON&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://nehtayehm.tumblr.com"&gt;ORIGINAL CHARACTER - NEHTAYEHM&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://rosalynlalonde.tumblr.com"&gt;HOMESTUCK - ROSE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://tacittactician.tumblr.com"&gt;HOMESTUCK -  DIRK/BRO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://grimaristocracy.tumblr.com"&gt;HOMESTUCK - KANAYA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://erebusensnared.tumblr.com"&gt;HOMESTUCK - THE SUFFERER/THE SIGNLESS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://doctormeowgon.tumblr.com"&gt;HOMESTUCK - VODKA MUTINI/DOCTOR MEOWGON&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://hippocratichoax.tumblr.com"&gt;TEAM FORTRESS 2 - DR. GUSTAV TZAFI &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Skype:&lt;/strong&gt; zeabug&lt;br/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;AIM:&lt;/strong&gt; lift the fog up&lt;br/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;MSN:&lt;/strong&gt; jokyoku@hotmail.com&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you have any problems adding me or getting in contact with me anywhere, please send me a message here, and I&amp;#8217;ll address the issue whenever I see your message.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://tarocchi.tumblr.com/post/29811380682</link><guid>http://tarocchi.tumblr.com/post/29811380682</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2012 01:14:55 -0400</pubDate><category>information</category><category>about the blogger</category><category>nagual</category><category>tarocchi</category><category>save tag</category></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8ipcoj09x1qjf5y0o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://tarocchi.tumblr.com/post/29470052454</link><guid>http://tarocchi.tumblr.com/post/29470052454</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2012 03:53:48 -0400</pubDate><category>temperance</category><category>tarot</category><category>painting</category><category>VBB</category><category>cool art</category><category>sagittarius</category><category>sun sign soul card</category></item><item><title>i-iv-v-i:

8/15/12
The descriptions are captioned on the...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8s86cFaje1qc7yxlo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; Past//Five of Cups - Separation and conflicting emotions.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8s86cFaje1qc7yxlo2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; Present//The Tower - Sudden Change or Abandonment of the past.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8s86cFaje1qc7yxlo3_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; Future//The Lovers - Optimism or a meaningful relationship&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://i-iv-v-i.tumblr.com/post/29465300810/8-15-12-the-descriptions-are-captioned-on-the"&gt;i-iv-v-i&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;8/15/12&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The descriptions are captioned on the pictures.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I’m sorry, but what set are these cards this from? The illustrations all seem very familiar, but I can’t remember the name for some reason.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://tarocchi.tumblr.com/post/29469643216</link><guid>http://tarocchi.tumblr.com/post/29469643216</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2012 03:40:00 -0400</pubDate><category>tarot</category><category>tarot reading</category></item><item><title>Today I accidentally drank a water bottle of holy water</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://chanelabunga.tumblr.com/post/29466737126/today-i-accidentally-drank-a-water-bottle-of-holy-water"&gt;chanelabunga&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Then I screamed and broke a glass while reading tarot for someone who just had some weird evil shit happen. Signs?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Maybe your accidental consumption of a sacred substance and the brief, situationally-appropriate chaos that followed your mistake represents the potential for the subject of that reading to accidentally influence you negatively on an astronomical level - or maybe even a subconscious one, seeing as you seem concerned enough with the events of that isolated spiritual SNAFU that you might blow the effects of any resulting &amp;#8220;bad luck&amp;#8221; way out of proportion.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://tarocchi.tumblr.com/post/29469621248</link><guid>http://tarocchi.tumblr.com/post/29469621248</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2012 03:39:43 -0400</pubDate><category>tarot</category><category>you might think im crazy</category></item><item><title> daekimonium started following you
Thank you for following! If you have any questions, requests, or...</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://daekimonium.tumblr.com/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/avatar_e69c23235115_16.png"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://daekimonium.tumblr.com/" target="_blank"&gt;daekimonium&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; started following you&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thank you for following! If you have any questions, requests, or comments for me at any point, feel free to share them.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://tarocchi.tumblr.com/post/29469382201</link><guid>http://tarocchi.tumblr.com/post/29469382201</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2012 03:31:59 -0400</pubDate><category>daekimonium</category></item><item><title>graveyarddirt:

Aug 13th, 2012: Deer Remains, by Ms. Graveyard...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8qdkjwv001qzj6dro1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://graveyarddirt.tumblr.com/post/29463781811/aug13deerremains"&gt;graveyarddirt&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Aug 13th, 2012: Deer Remains&lt;/strong&gt;, by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/graveyarddirt/"&gt;Ms. Graveyard Dirt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Fearing that &lt;a href="http://graveyarddirt.tumblr.com/post/27663769535/auspiciousfind"&gt;a certain fox&lt;/a&gt; would steal all the necro-thunder, the scattered remains of a young roe deer waited patiently until our second visit to Chanterelle Fox’s Hedge to be found. Two skull fragments, a shoulder blade, part of the pelvis, a leg bone or two and several broken portions of jaw (with teeth) made up the tiny harvest of bones.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;See also&lt;/em&gt;: &lt;a href="http://graveyarddirt.tumblr.com/post/29392814415/aug13amorningswork"&gt;Aug 13th, 2012: A Morning’s Work&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;DISCLAIMER&lt;/u&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; If you decide to reblog any of my roadkill pictures please keep all of the relevant information (i.e., name, title and Flickr link) with the image. (&lt;a href="http://graveyarddirt.tumblr.com/post/9852199662/down"&gt;Why?&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://tarocchi.tumblr.com/post/29464833196</link><guid>http://tarocchi.tumblr.com/post/29464833196</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2012 01:40:02 -0400</pubDate><category>totem blogging</category></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8s3stIRfK1qj5muio1_r2_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://tarocchi.tumblr.com/post/29464794988</link><guid>http://tarocchi.tumblr.com/post/29464794988</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2012 01:39:16 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>scientificillustration:

Coassus rufus by BioDivLibrary on...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7uxwoDiGX1qgzqeto1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://scientificillustration.tumblr.com/post/29454850126/coassus-rufus-by-biodivlibrary-on-flickr" class="tumblr_blog"&gt;scientificillustration&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/7629948740/" title="n56_w1150"&gt;Coassus rufus&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt; by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/"&gt;BioDivLibrary&lt;/a&gt; on Flickr.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London..&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span&gt;London :Academic Press, [etc.],1833-1965..&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37027955" rel="nofollow"&gt;biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37027955&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://tarocchi.tumblr.com/post/29454985542</link><guid>http://tarocchi.tumblr.com/post/29454985542</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2012 23:02:12 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>eupheme-butterfly:

hellenicproblems:

Hellenic Problems...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m82rw0zem51rcuvbxo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://eupheme-butterfly.tumblr.com/post/29444554868/hellenicproblems-hellenic-problems-92"&gt;eupheme-butterfly&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://hellenicproblems.tumblr.com/post/29410558421/hellenic-problems-92-feeling-like-you-have-to"&gt;hellenicproblems&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hellenic Problems #92:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Feeling like you have to have a patron deity.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Oh geez, this argument.  Drove me NUTS when I was attempting a full-out reconstructionist approach.  This is what I learned:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It’s okay if you DON’T have a patron.  Don’t feel pressured to have one, because not everyone does AND THAT’S OKAY.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For all people interested in attempting at least some level of reconstructionism: historically, one’s patron was tied to their job.  Theoretically, as a teacher, my patron(s) should be Apollon (as Theos tied to education), Athene (as Theos tied to wisdom), and, almost as an afterthought, Hermes (as Theos tied to language, since I’m a Latin teacher).  Plus any relevant Mousai (of which there are many, depending on the lesson plan).  Same for Husband, who is the other half of the Latin department where I work.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;My parents, on the other hand, run a packaging and shipping business.  Their patron would by far be Hermes, as Theos of commerce, communication, travel, and middlemen.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As homemaker and social networker, Hestia would likely be my mother-in-law’s patron.  So would Zeus (Xenios) any Theos associated with charity work or civic administration, since she volunteers for several local non-for-profits.  My father-in-law, as a former Naval engineer, would have Poseidon, Ares, Apollon, and Hephaistos as patrons.  (Perhaps with less Arean and more Apollonian influence, since he works for DARPA now.)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The point is that if you have a job (be it a paid job, a volunteer position, or being a student), you have a Theos that it is right to honor if you follow a Hellenic/Hellenistic tradition.  (And many other pagan paths, for that matter.)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you DID get a call from one or more of the Theoi, regardless of whether that Theos’ influence touches on what your life involves or not, &lt;em&gt;follow up on it&lt;/em&gt;.  Honor that deity, either traditionally or not as you see fit, but &lt;em&gt;do it&lt;/em&gt;.  Don’t assume that deity is your patron…but at the same time, different Theoi call to different people at different times.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Do what you do.  You’ll make mistakes, and the Theoi are okay with that.  REALLY.  Otherwise I would have been a pile of ash in a thunderstorm a long time ago.  But be willing to own (and own up to) your mistakes.  They don’t seem to like wishy-washyness or laziness, and expect you to do your fair share of work and research, but wouldn’t you feel the same way about someone who wanted to be connected to you in some way?  Sooner or later, what you feel will either make sense or be revealed as fiction.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(Speaking of being called out on mistakes, feel free to call me on any you see in what I wrote—as always.)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://tarocchi.tumblr.com/post/29450058000</link><guid>http://tarocchi.tumblr.com/post/29450058000</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2012 21:52:50 -0400</pubDate><category>reference</category><category>general information</category><category>misc</category><category>misc tag</category></item><item><title>The Care &amp; Feeding of Crystal Grids</title><description>&lt;a href="http://duskenpath.blogspot.com/2012/06/care-feeding-of-crystal-grids.html"&gt;The Care &amp; Feeding of Crystal Grids&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://duskenpath.tumblr.com/post/29442293386/the-care-feeding-of-crystal-grids"&gt;duskenpath&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Saw some questions on my Dash about crystal gridding and shit. Here’s a badly illustrated guide I wrote on that very topic. Hopefully can explain some stuff.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;My ascendant sign is Libra, my sun sign is Sagittarius, and my moon sign is Gemini. I made this blog to explore the divination skills and methodology I hold close to my heart and spiritual identity in conjunction with the collaborative innovations proposed by other spiritualists from cultures other than the ones I was raised into, (those cultures being Greek and Romany-American, in order of which culture’s aspects have been more pervasive in shaping me spiritually and individually.)&lt;/p&gt;
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