Parveen Shakir is the finest poetess in the history of urdu literature:
“ye dukh nahi ke andheron se sulah ki humne, malal yeh hai ke ab subha ki talab bhi nahi.”
It's funny how women are called misandrists for refusing to interact with men in their personal lives, creativity (books, music, art, and so on) and in politics, while the vast majority of men have always consumed exclusively male content. absolutely consciously.
they avoid friendships with women. they avoid women's books. they avoid films directed by women. they avoid women in gaming communities. they avoid women everywhere, hiding behind the fact that "it's not masculine!", but continue to be considered just... ordinary people? not anti-feminists, not misogynists, but ordinary people. this is considered the norm.
If for a man avoiding women is a choice, then for women it is always an encroachment on male dominance.
because how dare you not listen to men's music? how dare you intentionally reduce your consumption of content with male characters or written by men? how dare you watch exclusively female videos and trust exclusively female words? there's definitely something wrong with your head! you stupid misandrist and man-hater! go get treated!
"Teaching my son so cook so your daughters cooking won't impress him" teaching my son to do do laundry so he expects your daughter to iron his socks"
Teaching my daughter her worth so she never furnishes your crusty sons empty apartment.
Teaching my daughter to earn her own money so she can divorce your son and take his kids.
Teaching my daughter about consent so she will ruin your sons career.
self concept 101
okay students, class is in session and the assignment we’re focusing on is worth 100% of your grade in the assignment of your life. no pressure, right? except… it kinda is. because everything you experience, your relationships, your money, your looks, your success, it’s all filtered through the lens of your self-concept.
self-concept is the story you tell about yourself when no one’s listening. it’s the identity you live in, consciously or unconsciously. it’s the silent assumptions that run on autopilot like, “i’m never chosen,” “nothing ever works out for me,” “i’m not enough,” “people always leave,” or even “i’m that girl,” “i’m magnetic,” “everything works in my favour.”
those aren’t just thoughts. they’re blueprints. they create the framework your reality has to follow. because your outer world is just your inner world, externalised.
so if you walk through life with the self-concept of someone who always gets second best, your reality will match that. not because you deserve it, but because you believe it. and if you shift to a self-concept of someone who is deeply loved, always thriving, lucky, powerful, guess what? your world has no choice but to realign.
got it omg, here’s the cleaned-up version just how you like it:
here’s your homework, due immediately, with no extensions, sorry babes, life waits for no one…it’s all just now.
1. observe your internal dialogue
spend one whole day listening to your thoughts like they’re playing on a speaker, what do you actually think about yourself, not what you want to believe, but what you’ve been unconsciously affirming, catch the sneaky ones too, “i’m always so awkward,” “i’ll never look like that,” “ugh, of course this would happen to me,” these aren’t harmless little quips, these are energetic declarations
write them down, seriously, make a list of the self-concept you’ve been unknowingly living by
2. rewrite your identity
now take that list and write the exact opposite, this is your new self-concept, “i’m always chosen,” “i’m magnetic and people adore me,” “i’m a master at my craft,” “my beauty is undeniable”
this isn’t toxic positivity, it’s identity design, choose the story you want to live by and start being the main character who lives by that script, you don’t wait for proof to act like her, you assume the role and reality fills in the blanks
3. persist in your new self
this is the part most people flake on, but not you, because real change comes from repetition, from living the new story until it hardwires into your nervous system, so no, you don’t just write your affirmations once and call it a day, you say them out loud, in the mirror, in the shower, under your breath
you imagine yourself as her when you’re walking down the street, you refuse to entertain old stories that try to creep in, this is devotion, this is embodiment
and lastly, you don’t need validation, this homework is not about impressing others, it’s not about being seen, it’s about seeing yourself clearly, fully, and powerfully, once that clicks, your entire world will mirror it back
hand in your new self daily, you’re the teacher and the student here, and you’re getting an A+ obviously
class dismissed…but, the assignment is ongoing so you better get to working! 👩🏫
one time my university invited a motivational speaker and he started by talking about historical figures he found inspirational (like in business/economics) and then asked "what do they have in common?" and a girl in the crowd shouted "they're all men!"
Not sure who she was but I'll never forget her
they're mad at her for this. oh my god
Why Tara Bala is Especially Powerful in one’s own Chart on the Angles
As I have discussed in my previous posts, planets in cardinal houses 1, 4, 7 and 10 have the most visibility in one’s chart, especially if we judge a person not by their internal world, but just on the premise of their actions and external appearance.
I have also discussed Tara Bala, and how planets in the “enemy” or “friend/best friend” Tara Bala position can be detrimental or helpful to one’s life. That effect becomes particularly prominent, if the planet involved resides on the angles.
Case in Point: A singer, whose very significant chart planet is Venus in Vishakha in the 1st house. Any planet in the 1st house becomes an integral part of one’s personality, so that planet in Vishakha Nakshatra will be in the front and center of the person’s identity, even though it’s not a luminary. However, the person has Moon in Shravana in the 4th house, also on the angle. Shravana is Vishakha’s worst enemy, and thus detrimental to one’s expression, if one shares both of these Nakshatras in their own chart. So the person here is going to have trouble expressing the nature of their 1st house planet because of the nature of their basic consciousness, that the Moon represents, and it’s going to be visible to others.
The external reflection was visible in this singer’s public appearances, where she fluctuates very strongly between a more tame “girl next door”, even neglected, public persona (which some of her viewers have criticized heavily), and her alternative artistic personality, when she puts in more effort during photo shoots. On the same note, there have been fans who have criticized her behavior and appearance even during performances. Charisma and performance is a Vishakha theme, but Shravana is more domestic and feminine, and some people have made derogatory comments about her behaving and looking like a “grandmother” on stage. That’s because the wise crone of Shravana doesn’t mesh well with the more Jupiterian creative display of Vishakha.
What to do if you have the same issue in your chart? Make sure you satisfy both of those parts of your personality, but don’t mix them. Compartmentalize these sides of yourself with full love and awareness, and realize mixing some things is just a bad idea, like putting a bathroom in the kitchen, but that doesn’t mean both elements aren’t necessary in your life. That will come more naturally to people, who even with this Tara Bala have the enemy Tara Bala planet in more hidden houses (like 8th or 12th), as they will be more public with one planet over the other, and that compartmentalization will be natural.
To use the singer in question as an example, I would advise her to separate her public and private life, wear and do whatever she wants during her spare time, which shouldn’t be that hard because she’s a minor European celebrity, but make sure she always shows up strictly in her Vishakha energy when she does anything remotely public or posts it on social media. It will have to be a very strong, creative public act and take hard work, but otherwise something will always be awkward in self presentation of such a person.
The Saturn Nakshatra stage is about reevaluating the quality and durability of the given house area in your chart.
That will wildly vary between charts as to how it manifests, but generally Saturn cleans up the mess that the Jupiterian expansion left behind and tests the fortitude of the house Saturn occupies in your chart. You will notice such effects in your life, even if you don’t get a Saturn Mahadasha in this incarnation, simply through the Antardasha of another Mahadasha period.
To give you an example, I have Saturn in the 4th house and I was born in the Saturn Mahadasha, which lasted until I was 11. Even though I was just a child, I had a lot of changes around me during that time (probably because my Saturn is in a Mars Nakshatra), and every housing/family situation I’ve been in during that time has been tested and ultimately what didn’t hold fell apart, until only what was really stable remained when my Dasha changed into Mercury. First, my parents split up and my mom moved out of my fathers apartment. Then, I lived with my grandparents at their house, but it was very small, so there was no long term room for me, I slept in the living room, and my grandparents were getting increasingly tired at raising a child at their age. After I moved into our new apartment with my mom, I still visited every weekend and every major holiday, until by the end of the Dasha my grandmother refused any more sleepovers, saying she was too old and tired for the work it took and family visiting was reduced to Sunday lunch.
Then there was the matter of family community (since my Saturn is in Aquarius). We used to have a very big community between all my aunts and uncles and cousins and their extended family, which resulted in Christmases of around 12 people. By the time my Saturn Dasha ended, my uncle got a divorce and moved abroad to work to be able to afford paying child support. As a result, the family gatherings we got through his marriage were cut, and our holiday celebrations were cut from 12 to 4 maximum 5 people. That change was permanent, and when the Saturn Dasha ended, the family stayed in that shape for a very long time, and only eroded slowly with deaths of family members over time.
I gave you this description so that you can check the Saturn Mahadasha or Antardasha periods in your own chart relative to its house position and observe the changes that took place in your life, and what remained after Saturn’s cleanup.
SOOOOOO TRUE
I feel like people are naturally uninterested in the nakshatra of their ascendant because they are already the embodiment of that nakshatra as they interact through that nakshatra in the material world on a daily basis. We are more so hypnotized by and drawn to the nakshatra of our Sun, Moon, Ketu and Atmakaraka. Correct me if I’m wrong and let me know how YOU personally feel and why :)
I Manifested My Dream Apartment FOR FREE In 3 Days!!! (Law of Assumption Success Story)
ﮩ٨ـﮩﮩ٨ـ♡ﮩ٨ـﮩﮩ٨ـ. 🐍🖤 ﮩ٨ـﮩﮩ٨ـ♡ﮩ٨ـﮩﮩ٨ـ
⋆༺𓆩⚔️𓆪༻⋆ Backstory ⋆༺𓆩⚔️𓆪༻⋆
Hi babes!!!
A few months ago, I was literally homeless, no sugarcoating it. I was crashing at different people's places just to have somewhere to sleep. No stability. No peace. Constantly anxious. Constantly in survival mode. I was sick of it - of feeling like I had no control over my own life.
So one day, I made the decision. I'm done living like this. I deserve to feel safe, to have a home. And I'm not going to wait on the 3D to catch up. I decided I have my dream apartment already. I didn't know how. I didn't care how. I just knew it was done.
⋆༺𓆩⚔️𓆪༻⋆ Method ⋆༺𓆩⚔️𓆪༻⋆
The first thing I did was make a Pinterest board filled with dreamy apartment aesthetics. Think: floor-to ceiling windows, soft lightning, cozy corners, neutral tones, minimalist but luxurious vibes. I soaked in those images like it was already mine.
Then I tackled my self concept. Because let's be real: the world mirrors YOU.
I started robotically affirming the same core truths over and over:
༺♰༻I am a master at manifesting.
༺♰༻I'm GOD of my reality.
༺♰༻The world revolves around me.
༺♰༻I always get what I want exactly when I want it.
I also started listening to the "program your mind to think like GOD" affirmation tape by High Frequency Guru (literally obsessed with her. She is that girl) I played it every morning and night - when my subconscious was wide open.
I also let it loop in the background while I was cleaning, walking, scrolling, watching TV, passive, non-stop affirming like it was my job
Here's the twist tho:
I still felt delusional. I still felt like a fraud. My 3D said "you barely have a place to sleep"
But I didn't care.
I ignored the 3D. I reminded myself that my assumptions create my reality - not the other way around. I kept affirming. I refused to spiral. I refused to doubt. I made it law in my mind.
⋆༺𓆩⚔️𓆪༻⋆ Results ⋆༺𓆩⚔️𓆪༻⋆
3. Days. Later.
Within 72 hours, I was literally handed my dream apartment.
I'm not exaggerating. The EXACT apartment from my Pinterest board - same vibe, layout, same color scheme, fully furnished, even down to the little aesthetic decor touches I had on my vision board.
But wait! It gets better!!!!
I didn't have to pay anything.
Not for the move-in, not for the furniture, not for rent.
The rent is already paid for the ENTIRE year!!!
And it wasn't mommy or daddy's money. It wasn't even some long-lost rich relative. It came from a source I never even imagined.
Someone I didn't even know. Someone who just wanted to help.
The "how" didn't matter - it unfolded perfectly. And all I did was shift my mind.
⋆༺𓆩⚔️𓆪༻⋆ Final words ⋆༺𓆩⚔️𓆪༻⋆
If you're reading this - know that you can do this too.
You don't need to take physical action.
You don't need to stress over the how.
You don't need to be perfect or feel high vibe all the time.
You just need to do the one thing that actually matters:
༺♰༻Decide it's yours
༺♰༻Assume it's done
༺♰༻Persist in the new story, no matter what your 3D says
Your reality is your mirror: your thoughts are the script. Your mind is the only power. There's no one outside of you calling the shots.
You are God of your reality. The main character. The writer. The director. The producer.
And don't ever let this world make you forget that.
Love, Ivy 💚🖤