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  • My Favorite Aesthetics (Part I)

    An “aesthetic” is a niche style that can be presented in artwork, fashion, and decor. It invokes a specific feeling that transports you to a certain era in time or parallel universe. I am in love with aesthetics. There are a select few that I favor more than others. I enjoy a whole variety of

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  • “PORTALS” By Melanie Martinez is a Trip Through The Afterlife

    Melanie Martinez released “PORTALS” on Friday. The album is magical, mystical, and mythical, all at once. Its pop-sound is warped with a production that takes catchy beats and morphs them into something far more peculiar. It’s a fairytale walk through an enchanted forest with nymphs, and monsters, and other mythical creatures — both the scary

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  • This weekend, I went to my parents house to help clean out a major amount of junk! My dad rented a giant dumpster for us to throw everything into. I didn’t expect us to fill even half of it, but it ended up nearly overflowing. It’s amazing how much junk a house accumulates after thirty-something

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  • An open letter to my teenage self (on aging, adulthood, and growth)

    An open letter to myself from ten years ago, I am now twenty-eight. I’m going through my Saturn return. When I was born, Saturn was in Pisces. After twenty-eight years, Saturn has made its first return to Pisces since my birth. Saturn return is a sort of cosmic rite of passage in which you have

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  • Short story: RESTRAINT

    Short story: RESTRAINT

    **The following is a FICTION STORY** The more repressed you are, the more desperate you are for power. Sixteen years-old attending a strictly religious private school — chains, so many heavy chains. Your own home is a prison when your parents keep you under constant surveillance. And the only freedom from home is yet another

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  • Weekly Horoscope: March 27-April 2, 2023

    Energy is gaining momentum as the moon is waxing and Aries season has just begun. There are no major movements in the sky this week, which additionally means that energy will be high. This is a great period for getting tasks done, being proactive, and making moves according to your own will. You are in

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  • Album Review: “Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd” by Lana Del Rey

    This is Lana Del Rey’s ninth studio album (if you count “AKA Lizzy Grant” as her first.) I’ve done several LDR album reviews, and what I’ve found is that it takes me at least several listens before I can fully understand and appreciate a song of hers. So, I will be covering my overall reaction

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  • Lessons I’ve Learned About Love In The Past Few Years

    Going through bad experiences is necessary for knowing what you truly want. The past two to three years have been a whirlwind. I may look back at this as a dark time in my life, but I can also see it as an absolutely necessary part of my path for spiritual growth. Maybe I can

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  • “HOLY FVCK” by Demi Lovato Demi released “HOLY FVCK” in August 2022. It’s absolutely different from her prior pop albums which leaned much further into hiphop. But traces of her new rock sound surprisingly takes me back to her debut days, like “Don’t Forget” from her first album in 2008. Of course, much, much, darker

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  • Seven Goddesses to Honor on Ostara

    Today, we honor and recognize the time in which light now prevails darkness. Light has been growing in strength since the winter solstice, but now it has finally overtaken the darkness. The spring is the most fertile time of the year that represents the egg of new beginnings. We celebrate youth and fertility. Eostre She

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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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