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  • 30 day challenge | day 13 | what is your dream life?

    DAY 13: [NEPTUNE] What is your dream life? Neptune is the god of dreams and fantasy! He rules the Heavens. My dream life is to live in a cottage in the woods where I grow my own food and have lots of animals, especially farm animals and lots of cats. I would like to be

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  • 30 day challenge | day 12 | what are your mental strengths?

    12: [ATHENA] What are your mental strengths? Athena is the goddess of war. But she does not when war through physical force, rather, through mental strength. She is also the goddess of wisdom. She uses cleverness to defeat her enemies. I think that my mental strength is that I can allow people to be wrong

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  • 30 day challenge | day 11 | a letter to your future self

    DAY 11: [HERMES] A letter to your future self. Hermes is the god of communication. Dear future self, I’m looking forward to being you — my future self. Even though, aging is scary, and a bit disappointing and sobering. But I feel like I do grow much wiser with age. And the wisdom outweighs the

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  • 30 day challenge | day 10 | your daily routines

    DAY 10: [DEMETER] Your daily routines. Demeter is the goddess of harvest. She is associated with the Virgo astrology sign which rules the sixth house of daily habits. On work days, I like to wake up early and have close to an hour before I leave for work. I usually hit the snooze many times

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  • Album Review: “Subtract” by Ed Sheeran

    Ed Sheeran recently released his fifth album “Subtract” (or just “-“). [Read my reviews for his prior albums “Divide” and “Equals“] I’m a huge fan of Ed; he is one of my all-time favorite artists. I discovered him at the start of my freshmen year in college in 2012, when Taylor Swift first worked with

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  • 30 day challenge | DAY 9 | Who are you in private vs public?

    DAY 9: [HADES] Who are you in private vs public? Hades is god of the Underworld. My public persona is the person that I was conditioned to be through social norms and societal expectations. It is my private self but with a heavy filter. Depending on who I am with, I match up to their

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  • Seven year anniversary on WordPress: Seven articles that stand out

    It’s my seven year anniversary on WordPress! Woohoo! To celebrate, I’m going to share seven articles I’ve written on this blog that are special to me. This is in no particular order, and not necessary my all time favorites, but the ones that stand out to me! 25 Darkest & Saddest Lana Del Rey songs

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  • 30 day challenge | day 8 | confess a secret

    Persephone: confess a secret Persephone is queen of the Underworld who spends half of the year with Hades, and the other half back here on earth with her mother Demeter. She lives a double life because she is connected to death but also connected to rebirth and spring. I will spill a few secrets… I

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  • 30 day challenge | day 7 | what spirituality means to you?

    DAY 7: DIONYSUS: What spirituality means to you? Dionysus is commonly known as the god of wine, but his story goes much deeper than that. He is said to be the inventor of religion. He is associated with drunkenness and altered states, not for recreational purposes, but with the intention of connecting to the spiritual

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  • 30 day challenge | day 6 | what makes a happy home?

    DAY 6: HESTIA: What makes a happy home? Hestia is the goddess of home and hearth. She represents the fireplace of the living room; the warmth in which everyone gathers around and feels comfort. A happy home is a place where you can relax and feel comfortable. It’s a space where you can let down

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I’m Lotus Laura

I write about all kinds of things including spirituality, philosophy, mythology, health, cats, witchy tips, media reviews, and more, along with some personal life updates. I’m a self-published indie author of three novels. I am an astrologer and tarot reader. I offer personal readings for sale; you can also find free readings on my blog and youtube channel.

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