The Light Of Our Mother Surrounds Us,

aaaaaaaaaaa!! im so excited, Ive loved your art for years now!! an oracle deck from you will be soooo nice <3 <3 This collection already looks great!

Some designs from my oracle deck in the making.

clearly, the intelligent side of this debate. Absolutely no brain damage here.

you cannot convince me there is such a thing as an intelligent TERF. you have to have brain damage to enter.

being 25 is like: im dying. im living my best life. im a failure. my life hasnt started. everything interesting has already happened to me. im achieving my dreams. im cutting my hair with kitchen scissors. im starting a skincare routine. im a corporate professional. im a sellout. im out of groceries. i have too many groceries. i am never going to be successful. i am going to win a hugo award before im 30. im crazy. im boring. i need to finish this essay. i need to finish this story. i need to start a newsletter. i need to start tweeting more. i need to stop tweeting. i need to ghost all my friends. i need to tell my friends i love them. i need to find a new apartment. i need to take out the trash. i am the trash that needs to be taken out. 

you can resort to namecalling or whatever but the bottom line is that nobody has managed to produce an argument as to why biological sex isn’t a social construct that’s remotely coherent, nevermind convincing. your attitudes towards people who don’t fit your criteria for being male or female – whether they’re intersex, trans, or just people who’s sex characteristics in any way deviate from your anatomy textbooks – make it extremely clear to me that your ideology is more important to you than actual human beings. maybe get out of your echo chamber for a change and stop picking apart people’s bodies to determine whether or not you’re allowed to want to fuck them, which is really the only reason most of you care about this discussion to begin with. ugh. 

Do the Jana have any practical, day-to-day spheres of influence? I know they have virtues, but they seem distant.

Tumblr ate my last answer, and this one is far clunkier. Forgive me.

But yes. I have made a study of the Great Janati, pulling from original Madrian sources and modern Filianic sources, as well as personal research. Most of my ideas are still hodge-podge brainstorms, but I will post the three most ‘complete’ answers below.

-Sai Vikhe is the Opener. The cutting edge, the strength to endure. She is the patron of warriors, medical surgeons, firemen, and anyone else who uses blades or force to save lives and remove danger. She is precision, a rallying cry, and the protector of those who cannot protect themselves from the danger they face. At the highest level, she is Holy Valour. The neverending war against the demons, against Irkalla; to fight for eternity, to fight to exhaustion and beyond because without her protection, we would be consumed by monsters within and monsters without. The valour to wield truth like a blade, the sharpest blade. 

-Sai Sushuri is the Soother. The healing touch, the deep water. She is patron of psychiatrists, hospice workers, and naturopathic medical professionals, as well as boaters and fishermen; any who make their money off the open waters. She is the calm lake and the terrible storm, for hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. At the highest level, she is Holy Love. Gentle love and fierce love, the love of Dea for us. A love that compelled the Daughter to be shattered for our ultimate healing and redemption, and the love that tore apart the very gates of hell itself.

-Sai Mati is the Knower. The keen eye, the knowing hands. She is patron of advisers, farmers and craftsmen, of those whose hands and minds provide what civilization needs. Librarians, researchers, farmers, mechanics, carpenters; knowledge that improves the material world. At the highest level, she is Holy Wisdom. The saying, “Any work done prayerfully becomes an offering of infinite virtue” comes to mind. The maiden picking apples who cuts one open and is suddenly struck by the epiphany of the Pentacle within- that is Sai Mati. 

This is the extent of my comprehensible research. I’ll add to it as I go. 

Blessed is she.

Remember this system would actually probably rely on the filianic year, So you would have to google the weekday of march 21st (or any other 1st of a filianic month) before your birthday. Which for you specifically would actually be Sai Raya

On the Chapel of Our Mother God website, it's been said that "the Janya ruling the year of one's birth is considered as significant as the ruling animal of one's birth-year in Chinese astrology" - how on earth can I determine which Janya rules my birth year? I'm still trying to understand the years and days in Deanism/Filianism and I don't know how to determine this for a year that was 3 decades ago.

Rayati! Thank you for sending me this ask, because while I knew about this vaguely I never actually bothered to think about it that much, and it really is interesting to me.

If I recall correctly, the Janya who rules over a certain year depends on the day of the week that year begins. For example, a year that began on Sunday, Rayadi, was ruled by Sai Raya. So a quick Google search of "What day of the week did [birth year] start?" should work.

For anyone who needs a refresher of the Filianic week, here you go:

Rayadi (Sunday,) ruled by Sai Raya

Candredi (Monday,) ruled by Sai Candrë

Vikhedi (Tuesday,) ruled by Sai Vikhë

Matidi (Wednesday,) ruled by Sai Mati

Thamedi (Thursday,) ruled by Sai Thamë

Sucridi (Friday,) ruled by Sai Sushuri

Rhavedi (Saturday,) ruled by Sai Rhavë

My birth year began on a Sucridi, making Sai Sushuri the ruler of my birth year. Neat!

FUCK. honestly just FUCK. We missed a very important day yesterday.

Watching women fight in MMA is always slightly ridiculous when you know any average male fighter would wipe the floor with them in seconds.