#13thfloor — Public Fediverse posts
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Who up Fenstering they Freitag?
#Fensterfreitag #WindowFriday #NeonSign #13thFloor #austintx
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Magical Buildings Have No 13th Floor
Description: Now isn't that an enticing title? only 50/100. C'est la vie.
Location: Oahu, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean
Photograph copyright Peter West Carey. All rights reserved
https://thecareyadventures.com/blog/magical-buildings-have-no-13th-floor/
#Hawaii #PhotoOfTheDay #USA #13thFloor #buttons #elevator #Hawaii #PhotoOfTheDay #reflection #travel #USA
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Should we release the pixies?
So I asked this roughly a year ago, to a positive response, but the powers that be (I'm looking at you @arotrios) decided that it was better to keep them locked up in room 373 of the #13thFloor.
Well, seems like a year was a long time ago, and most doors to the 13th floor have collapsed or been locked from the other side. But the fact of the matter is that without some serious pixie luck stabilizing the portal I just opened to faewild.space will be somewhat difficult.
And so, after a rather convoluted technoshamnic ritual, I've found the door to room 373, but it's locked and I have no key.
So, here's a bet for the old crow. Let the pagans decide. If they vote release, you unlock the door from your side.
So here's the poll - should we release the pixies?
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CW: Extradimensional Message, WhatIf overload
No one will believe this, but that's ok. We'll couch it in a what if to make it easier to digest.
What if, when you brought your creative will to bear, the energy that drove you to create was bound in your creation? A piece of your soul woven into reality. What would that look like from the other side of veil?
What if I spoke to someone from the other side last night, and they said that these creations are alive? That they ripple like firefish on the surface of an obsidian pond, the poetry swimming with the music, slipping through art and magick in fractal schools of imagination, the brilliance of math waltzing with philosophy, storytelling a prophecy of infinite possibility.
What if they sang that the [Akashic record](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akashic_records) is a living ecosystem of imagination when seen from the in-between? And that the most curious thing is that even as we create it, it creates us - our dreams brush it as we drift in sleep, our desire is born within it, and we ourselves are the result of the creative spark in our parents eyes (or thighs, as it may be)....?
And what if this is why the fractal elves (themselves woven of this weave) laugh at us when we cross the boundary - just as we laugh at NPCs and characters like Deadpool who break the 4th wall?
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Strong cast today - TL;DR: Today is a good day to do good.
Here's our breakdown:
Present: 10S
Challenge: Priestess Reversed
Past: Queen of Swords Reversed
Future: Page of Cups
Above:6S
Below: Knight of Coins
Advice: Devil Reversed
External Influences: Knight of Wands
Hopes and Fears: 2W Reversed
Outcome: StrengthStarting with the 10 of swords, that's a card of the final triumph of battle, as well as it's cost. It's challenged by a reversed Priestess, rejecting spirit in favor of conspiracies and manipulation. In the past, the Queen of Swords (remember her from yesterday?) is still drunken and reversed, but the Page of Cups is upright, and leading us into a future of new loves and infatuations.
Above, the six of swords looks towards the recovery from battle, helping the wounded, and looking towards a new view of the world. Below, the Knight of Pentacles and Coins is saving for a rainy day, building basis of new inventions (the two cards can be very positive together, especially for those you help).
To make things weird, however, the Devil is drunk, upside down, and sitting in the Advice spot. I'm gonna let readers interpret that as they may, but in my view this is advice about how to deal with the Devil rather than a suggestion that we listen to him whilst intoxicated.
External influences show the Knight of Wands leading the viewer to become a catalyst of change, joining the positive forces of the 6 of swords and Knight of Coins. Hopes and fears are the 2 of wands reversed, indicating worry about misleading folks in a rush to complete your goals.
But should you persevere, you end up with Strength, upright and powerful, as the Outcome. As I said above, this is a good day to do good.
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Today's spread is an interesting one. We've got the Moon above, casting forth creativity and magick, drawing us towards the 8 of pentacles in the future indicating that indulging the Moon's inspiration will lead to a greater mastery of skill. The outcome, however, is the 7 of pentacles reversed, so it's likely to be a gateway into melancholic spaces in reflection.
What led to this? Given that the past (Queen of Swords) degrades into a present of 5 of swords reversed, it indicates that the thrill of that powerful position has led to ego-driven small minded conflicts, challenged by a reversed Page of cups trying to get all dreamy and inspirational.
This is driven by a reversed Tower below, indicating the collapse in the Queen's authority is part of and driving a larger transition. A rather snarky reversed 2 of pentacles suggests a close weighing of the pros and cons of the ego driven actions of that flipped 5 of swords in the present, if one wants to reach the calm of the Hierophant in Hopes and Fears.
All this conflict is driving away external support, indicated by the reversed 5 of cups in external influences.
Overall read? The moon is drawing us up and away from the collapse of the Tower and the Queen of Swords' reign, led by a drunken Page of swords to find a power deeper than mortal concerns about power and ego (looking for that Hierophant). The Moon won't be denied, even though the path it illuminates is dark, and it leads to a point of self-reflection that may be darker than one would like.
That being said, the 8 of pentacles in the future position indicates the ancillary benefits of this reflection will be substantial. If you're an artist and ready to face your darker side (and the results of your actions in the past), it looks like this may be the right time to do so - the process will have an significant benefit to your skills.
Finally, try to be gentler in your interactions today, especially with fools who seem to be talking out their asses - that's likely the Page of Swords trying to sober up.
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A spread to wake up the sunrise.
Looks like the upside down Sun below us is giving rise to some good outcomes in the minor arcana, with the 8 of Pentacles / Coins Above (goal), 10 of Wands in the future, and 6 of Cups as the outcome. Some Major action with the Lovers in Hopes and Fears, Temperance as the challenge (one I fail waaaaay too often), and as mentioned, an angry drunken reversed Sun below. Other challenges include a reversed Empress in external influences, and the 3 of swords (thankfully) in the past. Luckily we've got the 6 of wands in the present, nice space to be in coming into Monday morning.
However the real weirdness of this spread is the reversed Wheel of Fortune in Advice. This would indicate to me that gremlins are afoot, the table is rigged, and your BG3 game is gonna be plagued with critical fumbles. However, if you know the tables are turned against you, and an angry Empress is looking your way, best to rely on hard work and not fate today, pick up those 10 wands and work towards that 6 of cups, cause with a six pack, everyone gets a toast, and that card loves to make things win / win.
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Sunfire roses
cascading vines
waterfall whispers
a garden of mindA symphony silent
and sparkling with life
lingering among echoes
of wonder and strifeAn electric engine
in a neuronic embrace
the neurotic erotic
in this necrotic spaceusing rhyme
to shape time
into heartbeats
sublime
drifting on fantasy and brandywine
As summertime falls
into autumn piles
spinning blue moons buckwild
with harvest bliss
and a homecoming kiss
I can see them rising
over the fae falls
and the ash forest
beyond the Tilting Rock
calling the mist from from the scorched land
and charred memoir
caressing the burn scars
with moonbeam teardropsDoes Dionysus still dance in the hills?
Do the Sasquatch still run free?
Do the fae still parade their thistle blades beneath the oaken leaves?They do for me
Even in silent soliloquy
the unseelie cacophony
Sparkles bright against the entropy
of cubicles and clenched teeth
fluorescent lights and too much bleach
the smell of the sterilization of imaginative beliefSo I keep old Bacchus waltzing
make sure the squatches are well fed
belt out the blues for the little folk
and let them party in my head'cause if I don't
the part of me
that wants to breathe
is already dead.