The Triumph Of Grandeur

i don’t really give a shit about this tumblr being removed from the app store thing but above all i am really glad this is happening now and not in 2011 so i don’t have to scroll past some “PSA: TUMBLR HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE APP STORE!” “oh HELL NO!!! Dr who fandom grab your tardises!!!” “*50 gif reaction images of the supernatural guy looking pissed off” type of shit

On this day (Jan. 8) in 1642, Galileo Galilei passed away.

The Italian native was an astronomer, engineer, and a physicist. This distinguished figure is known as the father of observational astronomy, modern science & physics, and the scientific method. He is also known for his telescopic observations, which helped support the then controversial model of heliocentrism.

Rest in Peace.

𝐇𝐎𝐖 𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐂𝐈𝐄𝐕𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔 ✨✨

𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐮𝐩 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐲 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 <𝟑

𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐦𝐛𝐮𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮

𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐝𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐝, 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐦, 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝, 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞, 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲

𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐞, 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥, 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭, 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬/𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞, 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜, 𝐬𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜

𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥, 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥, 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬, 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜, 𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐮𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲, 𝐢𝐧𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞

𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐝𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜, 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫, 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝, 𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠

𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝, 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞, 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝, 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐭, 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜, 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭

𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬, 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐭, 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜, 𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥, 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐚𝐥, 𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐭, 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭

𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝, 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞, 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐝, 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐟, 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬, 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐧

𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐨𝐬𝐲𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜, 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐮𝐧𝐮𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥, 𝐚𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬, 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬, 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞

𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐲, 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜, 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞, 𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞, 𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜, 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲

𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐨𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐭, 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐭, 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞, 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞

a witch’s palm.

palmistry placements that may indicate certain natural traits or abilities related to witchcraft.

the mystic cross. “x” shaped cross located between the head and heart lines. indicates that spirituality, witch’s intuition, and acknowledgement of power or ability were understood at a very young age.

the psychic cross. “x” shaped cross located beneath:

the index finger: blessings from jupiter/zeus. wisdom, and a great capacity for knowledge. often destined to teach or impart. 

the middle finger: blessings from saturn/cronus. intuition, and a great capacity for visceral power. often has natural ability working in dreams and meditations.

the ring finger: blessings from sun/apollo. attraction, and a great ability to naturally draw in your needs and desires. often powerful with enchantments. 

the little finger: blessings from mercury/hermes. instinct, and a great natural ability for practice. often adopts new methods with ease and natural talent.

the psychic triangle. triangular shape located beneath the ring finger. indicates that in this life, or another, you have chosen to suppress your abilities. they are likely powerful, but potentially caused harm- intentionally, or not. (this does not mean they are unreachable, it more likely encourages you to work very consciously.)

the healer’s mark. a series of parallel lines located beneath the little finger. indicates powerful healing abilities; the more lines, the greater the gift. 

the traveller’s mark. a series of parallel lines located beneath the mount of the moon. indicates that there is an innate talent and drive in travelling both the physical and the astral planes. a natural ability for astral projection; the more lines, the greater the gift.

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witches weeds - jimsonweed datura stramonium, hemlock conium maculatum, enchanter’s nightshade circaea lutetiana, deadly nightshade atropa belladona, henbane hyoscyamus niger, moonflower datura innoxia, wolsfbane aconitum napellus

i’ve come across the concept of witches weeds a few times in my botanical wanderings, above are a few of my favorites. a word of warning - every plant above except for enchanter’s nightshade are poisonous plants. please do not go foraging for these plants, some of them can even create symptoms just by touching or breathing in near the plant. 

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FACTS ABOUT PLUTO: - pluto is named after the Greek god of the underworld (a later name for Hades) - pluto is 1/3 water (in the form of ice of course) and is 3 times more water than in all of earths oceans (the other 2/3 is rock) - pluto’s orbit is eccentric and for part of it, it’s closer to the sun than Neptune is - pluto has an atmosphere (sometimes) –when its orbit takes it closer to the sun, some of the ice thaws creating a thin atmosphere –when it goes back into its normal spot the ice freezes and the atmosphere dissipates

Image Credit: NASA, Johns Hopkins Univ./APL, Southwest Research Institute

The smallest constellation by area is Crux.

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