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Constellation Correspondences ðŸŒ 

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A
Andromeda - power, removing barriers, release, letting go
Aquarius - new beginnings, luck, wishes
Aquila - guidance, psychic work, astral travel
Ara - hearth, home, devotion, refuge, protection 
Aries - fertility, abundance, protection, banishing 
Auriga - wisdom, knowledge, storm warding 

B
Boötes - inspiration, nature, storm warding 

C
Cancer - astral travel, dreamwork, psychic abilities, imagination, creativity, subconscious desire 
Canes Venatici - companionship, faithfulness, protection, healing 
Canis Major & Canis Minor - death, renewal, new beginnings, protection, purification
Capricornus - harvest, energy, abundance
Cassiopeia & Cepheus - balance, relationships, love, union, healing, maternal conflict (Cassiopeia), and familial/home conflict (Cepheus) 
Centaurus - balance, duality, healing, wisdom
Cetus - power, intelligence, communication, change, growth, happiness
Columba - peace, relaxation, fidelity, devotion, marriage, union
Corona Australis - emotions, love, spirituality, success, manifestation of goals 
Corona Borealis - guidance, protection, knowledge, divination, success, manifestation of goals
Corvus - wisdom, secrets, duality, prophecy, divination
Crater - life, emotions, abundance
Crux - elemental energy, crossroads, decision-making 
Cygnus - light, death, transformation, prophecy, self-esteem 

D
Delphinus - intelligence, wisdom, truth, releasing negativity, fertility, safe travels 
Draco - wisdom, power, knowledge, prosperity, luck, protection 

E
Eridanus - life, health, abundance, power, wisdom, transformation, meditation 

G
Gemini - balance, change, transition, increased power, banishing
Grus - death, rebirth, mysticism, truth, divination  

H
Hercules - wisdom, creativity, strength, energy
Hydra/Hydrus - life, reproduction, forces of nature, power, healing, transformation

L
Leo - power, protection, courage, strength 
Lepus - abundance, swiftness, wisdom, divination, hidden knowledge, transformation, lunar magick 
Libra - balance, healing, legal matters 
Lupus - power, purpose, loyalty, protection
Lynx - isolation, purification, cleansing, illumination, insight, hidden knowledge, swiftness
Lyra - underworld, enchantment, immortality of the soul, music 

M
Monoceros - beauty, freedom, love, luck, spirituality, transformation, wisdom, creativity 

O
Ophiuchus & Serpens - healing, balance, the flow of energy 
Orion - self-confidence, strength, victory, winter storms 

P
Pegasus & Equuleus - travel between realms, contacting the dead, astral travel, divination, psychic abilities 
Perseus - hope, desire, wishes, manifestation, power 
Phoenix - change, cycles, transformation, rebirth, renewal, personal growth 
Pisces - creation, fertility, union, creativity 
Piscis Austrinus - prophecy, divination, inspiration, astral travel, wisdom, otherworldly knowledge 
Pleiades, the - mysticism, power, higher consciousness, wisdom, awareness

S
Sagittarius - mental stimulation, virility, sexuality, physical energy, power, skill, manifestation of goals
Scorpius - protection, the underworld, creativity, transformation, psychic abilities 

T
Taurus - abundance, regeneration, power, strength, potency 
Triangulum - balance, change, transformation

U
Ursa Major - healing, protection, survival
Ursa Minor - renewal, rebirth, awakening

V
Virgo - rebirth, harvest, regeneration, prosperity 

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last updated: 2-19-2017

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Informative Ancient Egypt Comics: BROS

Our 1st place contest winner requested a Niankhkhnum and Khnumhotep comic as their prize.

I took a class about Ancient Egypt last semester and we had a whole lecture dedicated to talking about how gay Niankhkhnum and Khnumhotep were.
Their tomb walls were decorated with scenes of them ignoring their wives in favor of embracing each other. In one scene, the couple is seated at a banquet table that is usually reserved for a husband and wife. There’s an entire motif of Khnumhotep holding lotus flowers which in ancient Egyptian tradition symbolizes femininity. Khnumhotep offers the lotus flower to Niankhkhnum, something that only wives were ever depicted as doing for their husbands. In fact, Khnumhotep is repeatedly depicted as uniquely feminine, being shown smaller and shorter than his partner Niankhkhnum and being placed in the role of a woman. Size is a big deal in Egyptian art, husbands are almost always shown as being larger and taller than their wives. So for two men of equal status to be shown in once again, a marital fashion, is pretty telling. Not to mention they were literally buried together which is the strongest bond two people could share in ancient Egypt, as it would mean sharing the journey to the afterlife together.
And yet 90% of the academic text about these two talks about these clues in vague terms and analyze the great “brotherhood” they shared, and the enigma of Khnumhotep being depicted as feminine. Apparently it’s too hard for archaeologists to accept homosexuality in the ancient world, as well as the possibility of trans individuals.

On the last note, I was walking around the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago and there is a mummy on exhibit. It caught my attention because the panel that was describing it was talking about how it was a woman’s body in a male coffin and wow, the Egyptian working that day really screwed that up. My summary, not actual words, sorry I can’t remember verbatim but it basically said that someone screwed up.

They claimed that the Egyptians screwed up a burial.

The Egyptians. Screwed up. A burial.

Now I’m not an expert in Ancient Egypt but from what I know, and what the exhibit was telling me, burials and the afterlife and all that jazz DEFINED the Egyptian religion and culture. They don’t just ‘screw up’. So instead of thinking outside the box for two seconds and wonder why else a genetically female body was in a male coffin, the ‘researchers’ blatantly disregard the rest of their research and decided to call it a screw up. Instead of, you know, admitting that maybe this mummy presented as male during his life and was therefore honorably buried as he was identified. But it would be too much of a stretch to admit that a transgender person could have existed back then.

(Sorry I can’t find any sources online and it’s been like 2 years but it stuck in my mind)

There’s a lot of bigoted historian dragging on my dash these days and it makes me happy.

Once again, more proof that we queers have ALWAYS been here, and it’s a CHOSEN narrative to erase them.

No Homo: A History

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Disney Drops Pewdiepie Over Anti-Semitic Jokes

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LMAOOOOOOOO CHOKE

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Something interesting to note about this is it took quite a few months. Which means there was legal delegation…Now, Disney and YouTube both make their stance on antisemitism well known legally, so the legal delegation wouldn’t happen there. That means they must have been trying to negotiate with HIM for months. Probably trying to get him to clean up his act. After all, he’s a big money maker for both companies. Considering the fact that he was dropped after all these months probably means he refused, which is unsurprising, seeing as he’s defended his offensive humor in the past pretty intently.

Which means that the people giving him fucking money told him to stop being antisemitic, and he said no. Wow.

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Farewell online privacy

What happened?
Trump happened.
just get a VPN?

You can’t just tell people to ‘get a VPN (Virtual Private Network)’. Buying a VPN is like buying a house. It’s very very important. Having no VPN or having a ‘wrong’ one can seriously damage your life. Especially for Americans because their privacy laws are garbage. I am going to try explain why you should get a VPN but bare with me, I am from Germany and my English is far from perfect. 

Let’s start with a simple test.
Click this link here: https://whatismyipaddress.com/
It will tell your IP adres, your ISP (internet service provider), and your location. The location might not be very accurate, but then again, it’s just a simple website. Imagine what the government can do!

So basically, everyone can find out where you live. But there is more danger. Your ISP. Your ISP logs your every move online and they are required to keep it in case the government wants access to it (or if a 3rd party wants to buy your data (yikes). They have everything. What websites you visit. How long you stay on a website. What you download. Your search terms. European laws are more subtle on this but if you are from the US you are #@*#&, especially because Trump doesn’t support the open internet. It’s scary but maybe in the future you can’t get a job because the recruiter knows your searched on ‘how to deal with depression’ or anythings else that’s supposed to be private because it’s your f*cking right. Or you get a $100k fine because you pirated a movie 15 years ago. You need a VPN. You’re dumb for not using one. but what does a VPN do?

A VPN encrypts all your data so if it were be intercepted no one can ‘crack the code’ and damage your privacy. 

Usually being online goes like this (simplified): Your computer —-> ISP (—–> keeps data —–> sells it)

But with a VPN it goes like: Your computer —–> VPN (encrypts data)—–> ISP (ISP can’t see shit)

Furthermore, a VPN hides your IP address and location by giving you another IP address located in Spain for example (you can often choose from a list and change as many times as you want).  

Now that you know why you should get a VPN and what is does it is important to educate yourself because people often choose the wrong VPN. VPN providers are also businesses and have to obey the law. If you choose a VPN provider located in the US then you are throwing your money away because the laws in the US shits on your privacy. If the US gov wants the provider to give all their logs they have to obey.  The ISP  still can’t see what you are doing online and sell your data but the US gov can interfere with your VPN provider so NEVER CHOOSE A PROVIDER LOCATED IN THE US. 

I just wanted to make that very clear so my followers don’t buy false security.

There is still more danger! 
Who says your VPN provider isn’t selling your data? You need to check their logging policy. Do they keep logs? If yes, what for? For how long do they keep them? Tip: Choose a provider who doesn’t keep logs

More about law 
The US is part of the Five Eyes program (the worst):  

The Five Eyes, often abbreviated as FVEY, is an intelligence alliance comprising Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States. These countries are bound by the multilateral UKUSA Agreement, a treaty for joint cooperation in signals intelligence (source)

There is also a Nine Eyes (bit better) and Fourteen Eyes Program (better). 
You don’t want a VPN provider who is located in one the Five Eyes countries. 
If you had to choose go for a provider located in a country that’s part of the Fourteen Eyes Program or even better, go for a country that isn’t part of any program! 

I know this is a shitty explanation and please pardon my english but now it’s time to do your own research. Take your privacy seriously. Maybe WWIII breaks out and you get killed for liking the ‘wrong’ FB-page.  

Go to this website: https://thatoneprivacysite.net/simple-vpn-comparison-chart/

Make sure that your future VPN provider both has green boxes for Privacy Jurisdiction and Privacy Logging. 

I recommend ovpn.se and trust.zone. ovpn is located in Sweden so they are part of the 14 Eyes Program and they keep minimal logs. Their business ethics, however, are alright. 

Trustzone is located in the Seychelles. No country can interfere and their privacy jurisdiction is the best you can get. The US want your data but needs to get it from Trustzone? The Seychelles will simply give them the finger and wave them goodbye. However, this makes this provider very appealing for people who torrent and criminals because they keep no logs (and that is how it shoud be) Also,  there are almost no marketing efforts so this provider is one the cheapest)

Also, often providers such as ExpressVPN are being called ‘The Best’ on websites about VPNs but know that this is just marketing which also makes those provider more expensive (and they too shit on your privacy)

This must be the worst article you have ever read but please, please take your privacy very seriously.

EDIT: I got many people asking me which provider I use. For those who want to know, I use Trust Zone. They offer a free 3-day trial with no strings attached. But still do your own research! 

I am also with Trustzone but I think you forgot to explain one of it’s most important features. It protects you when you are using someone else’s Wi-Fi.
If you are at Starbucks and you use their Wi-Fi your privacy is at risk. Anyone with ill intentions could steal your information. Especially if you are using an unsecured Wi-Fi hotspot. With a VPN your data gets encrypted so no one can steal it. 

Wait, what’s going, on? Did trump destroy internet privacy with a bill or something? Where’s the news? Oh wait, why am I getting visions of Alex Jones and selling water purifiers?

He hasn’t yet but he says he wants to. And if he is serious about it it would be really easy to do. Since all our data is already recorded, as the person above explained.

Trump wants more surveillance of Muslim Americans. This in a country where internet privacy is already close to non-existent. 

Trust.Zone has a free trial. Use it. 

btw this post only has 11k notes? That’s quite disappointing for something this important. 

Don’t reblog this post to save a life.
Reblog this to protect an entire family!

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