Cafe astrology

Hello, everyone, and happy Friday!
I'm back after a one week break! Last post we managed to get the tag off of two games (and one got removed from the store altogether for some reason, so we're three games shorter this week). Good job, guys! This week there's two new games that need the tag flagged, including one that's been here before. The add tag list stays the same this week.
So, as per usual, please flag the tag on any/all of the games on the first two lists if you haven't already, and please add the tag to the games on the last list if you haven't already.
Thanks, everyone, and have a great week!
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Newly found games that need the tag flagged:
Phantom Tentacle (NSFW)
心灵连线-心靈連線 -Angel Link -エンジェルリンク -엔젤 링크 (NSFW)
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Previously posted games that still need the tag flagged:
LO FI - A YEAR TO FULFILL MY DREAM.mp3
Yeah！Fighting Girl (NSFW)
SakuraSegment 0.3 - Prologue (NSFW)
Valhalla：Awakening of Valkyrie
Emilia's PLAYROOM (NSFW)
Zodiac Fantasy 2
A Maiden Astrologer Divines the Future
Tales of Tsuki - Moon Guardians
九州谕-日系和风放置冒险游戏
MrWang And Love
Spring X Elixir
See You Later
V-Skin redpillgo support Pack
致命解药
VChat
Passage: A Job Interview Simulator!
Lord of the Other World
SAMURAI Survivor -Undefeated Blade-
Inner blade
Lovely Nurse (NSFW)
EroPhone RE
Gorgeous and Fantastic Battle
Arena Story～Rouge And Princess Knight～
人造機械之翼 Artificial Wings
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ADD THE TAG:
Romance of a Demon Kingdom's Fall
Under Pretense Of Death
CAFE 0 ~The Sleeping Beast~ REMASTERED

Hello, all, and happy Friday!
Last week we managed to get the tag off of four games!! Great work, everyone. This week there is one new game that needs the tag flagged, and no new games on the add tag list.
So, as always, please flag the tag on any/all of the games on the first two lists where you haven't already, and please add the tag to the games on the last list if you haven't already.
Thanks, everyone, and have a great week!
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Newly found games that need the tag flagged:
God Of Gamblers (NSFW)
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Previously posted games that still need the tag flagged:
LO FI - A YEAR TO FULFILL MY DREAM.mp3
Yeah！Fighting Girl (NSFW)
SakuraSegment 0.3 - Prologue (NSFW)
Valhalla：Awakening of Valkyrie
Emilia's PLAYROOM (NSFW)
Zodiac Fantasy 2
Pretty Girls 2048 Strike
A Maiden Astrologer Divines the Future
Tales of Tsuki - Moon Guardians
九州谕-日系和风放置冒险游戏
MrWang And Love
Spring X Elixir
See You Later
V-Skin redpillgo support Pack
致命解药
VChat
Passage: A Job Interview Simulator!
Lord of the Other World
SAMURAI Survivor -Undefeated Blade-
Inner blade
Lovely Nurse (NSFW)
EroPhone RE
Gorgeous and Fantastic Battle
Arena Story～Rouge And Princess Knight～
人造機械之翼 Artificial Wings
Cyber: Mind Dive 赛博：心灵潜入
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ADD THE TAG:
Romance of a Demon Kingdom's Fall
Under Pretense Of Death
CAFE 0 ~The Sleeping Beast~ REMASTERED

As per title lol it’s that time of the month and I’m feeling cranky & impulsive… story goes like so. I met a cute German man in my city top of the year. It was actually quite literally.. a trippy connection🚀. We exchanged socials but never kept in contact, kept it very friendly.
Fast forward to my bday solo trip, I went to Germany & Paris and he saw I was here (thru IG) and offered to hang out. We did, he took me to a this huge flea market, bought me food, we smoked, he took me to a cafe after to have chai because that’s just what they do I guess lol it was really cute.
Sn: I can be very oblivious to noticing when someone likes me. So I thought it was still friendly.
We went out again & he took me to another park. We went on a walk & it was romantic 🫶🏽 my Venus is in Taurus, I love the little shit. This is when I realized he liked me and I liked him.
He’d originally been offering me to stay with him & his roomies bc his place is fucking huge and I was uncomfortable with my racist host who swears she’s the sweetest🤡. Anyway, at first I said no bc I didn’t know him well but then my flight got cancelled back home so I took him up on his offer my last few days there. I was living a teenage dreaaaam. It’s kinda ugly how fast I fall into relationship mode. But he made it so easy… truly such a sweetheart and caring from what I see so far. Taking me to dinner then riding on a bike back home. Breakfast? Done. Bakeries to try new things? Done. The cuddles?? Done. Wanting me to meet his roomies he grew up with? Done. Initiative is my biggest turn on. Felt like he wanted me to be apart of his world & vice versa. (He met my bff on ft) I let myself bask in this moment bc I deserve. All within 2 lil days of me staying with him.
Now I’m back home. We still talk every couple days, tells me he misses me etc, and definitely wants to come to ny in a few months, likely staying with me. I’m open to it BUT if I don’t hear from you in a week? That’s a turn off for me. Ugh.
him: Leo sun. Pisces moon. Virgo Venus. Scorpio mars. Cancer mercury. Doesn’t give a shit about astrology lol 3 years younger than me. In school & working
Me: Aries sun/moon. Taurus Venus. Pisces Mars. Pisces mercury. Never dated someone younger or of another race. Recently done with school & working.
His communication can be spotty, which he spoke on with his last long distance relationship. The distance, still being in school, we’re not official, I wanna keep it all in consideration. But how do you go about communicating? Have you ever met someone abroad and it worked? Does it just die out? Should I keep my chill? I wasn’t expecting any of these fireworks to happen on my trip 😩

I'm namely reporting findings
So I'm thinking because the article on Sam has the date March 24th 2000 on the top (I saw 03/24 2000 which led to 325 for 20:00) and it also mentions it was at a sunflower cafe and i have been trying Sam's favorite pie out. I tried strawberry and banana on it's own, I tried S+B+ the yellow flower first because sunflowers are yellow, nothing. I tried S+B+ the red flower because its astrological symbol is for the sun and sunflowers are tied to apollo nothing. Has anyone found any sunflowers in game? Especially ones that can be picked up in the attic?

Hello, everyone, and happy Friday!
Last week we were able to get the tag off of three games! Great work, guys! This week there's three new games that need the tag removed. The add tag list has one less game this week, but otherwise is the same.
So, as always, please flag the tag on any/all of the games on the first two lists where you haven't already, and please add the tag on the games on the last list if you haven't already.
Thanks, everyone, and have a wonderful week!
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Newly found games that need the tag flagged:
Brick Exorcist
Rhythm Lust Girl 2 (NSFW)
Cyber: Mind Dive 赛博：心灵潜入
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Previously posted games that still need the tag flagged:
LO FI - A YEAR TO FULFILL MY DREAM.mp3
Yeah！Fighting Girl (NSFW)
SakuraSegment 0.3 - Prologue (NSFW)
Valhalla：Awakening of Valkyrie
Emilia's PLAYROOM (NSFW)
Zodiac Fantasy 2
Pretty Girls 2048 Strike
A Maiden Astrologer Divines the Future
Tales of Tsuki - Moon Guardians
九州谕-日系和风放置冒险游戏
MrWang And Love
Spring X Elixir
See You Later
V-Skin redpillgo support Pack
致命解药
VChat
Passage: A Job Interview Simulator!
Lord of the Other World
Girls Tennis League
SAMURAI Survivor -Undefeated Blade-
Inner blade
Lovely Nurse (NSFW)
EroPhone RE
Gorgeous and Fantastic Battle
Arena Story～Rouge And Princess Knight～
Adorable Witch5 : Lingering
人造機械之翼 Artificial Wings
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ADD THE TAG:
Romance of a Demon Kingdom's Fall
Under Pretense Of Death
CAFE 0 ~The Sleeping Beast~ REMASTERED

Hey you, tired young adult! Are you also looking for another tired young adult to vent about your problems, check in on you, talk to you about our goals and dreams and encourage each other to go for them?
Look no further! 🌻ABOUT ME:🌻 ✨️25 F (my pronouns are she/they) ✨️Based in Iloilo! ✨️Working professional ✨️Physical appearance (if it matters !): 5'1", chubbyish and chinitaesque, myopic (I qualify as a PWD) ✨️Personality: exciteable, friendly, patient and a good listener ✨️Hobbies and interests include: poetry, essays, sitcoms, manga (slice of life/josei/shoujo/fantasy r my go-to's!), astrology, tarot, watercolor painting, art, retro interior design and architecture!
🌻ABOUT YOU!🌻 ✨️Must have pleasing fersonaliti, and a dezayr for an EXCITING new life! (Chz) ✨️:PH BASED AND PINOY (Half-Pinoy folks r ok, but no foreigners Im sorry ): ) ✨️Good communication skills! (Aka di dry kausap, good listener and if magiging busy ay willing icommunicate hehe) ✨️Respectful of boundaries ✨️Understanding and considerate of the fact I may not always be available to hang out irl/I take a while to reply bc of my job ;; ✨️Passionate about your hobbies/interests/field and happy to discuss them without being condescending
If this sounds like something you're looking for, hit me up with a short intro with your typical milktea/cafe order! :D looking forward to meeting you!

Hey you, tired young adult! Are you also looking for another tired young adult to vent about your problems, check in on you, talk to you about our goals and dreams and encourage each other to go for them?
Look no further! 🌻ABOUT ME:🌻 ✨️25 F (my pronouns are she/they) ✨️Based in Iloilo! ✨️Working professional ✨️Physical appearance (if it matters !): 5'1", chubbyish and chinitaesque, myopic (I qualify as a PWD) ✨️Personality: exciteable, friendly, patient and a good listener ✨️Hobbies and interests include: poetry, essays, sitcoms, manga (slice of life/josei/shoujo/fantasy r my go-to's!), astrology, tarot, watercolor painting, art, retro interior design and architecture!
🌻ABOUT YOU!🌻 ✨️Must have pleasing fersonaliti, and a dezayr for an EXCITING new life! (Chz) ✨️:PH BASED AND PINOY (Half-Pinoy folks r ok, but no foreigners Im sorry ): ) ✨️Good communication skills! (Aka di dry kausap, good listener and if magiging busy ay willing icommunicate hehe) ✨️Respectful of boundaries ✨️Understanding and considerate of the fact I may not always be available to hang out irl/I take a while to reply bc of my job ;; ✨️Passionate about your hobbies/interests/field and happy to discuss them without being condescending
If this sounds like something you're looking for, hit me up with a short intro with your typical milktea/cafe order! :D looking forward to meeting you!

Hello, everyone, and happy Friday!
Last week we managed to get the tag off of one game, a small step in the right direction! This week there are four newly added games (but as per usual at least one has been on here before) that need the tag flagged. The add tag list also has a new game this week.
So, as always, please flag the tag on any/all of the games on the first two lists where you haven't already, and please add the tag to the games on the last list if you haven't already.
Thanks, all, and have a wonderful week!
​
Newly found games that need the tag flagged:
Arena Story～Rouge And Princess Knight～
Adorable Witch5 : Lingering
Hot And Lovely ：Violet
人造機械之翼 Artificial Wings
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Previously posted games that still need the tag flagged:
LO FI - A YEAR TO FULFILL MY DREAM.mp3
Yeah！Fighting Girl (NSFW)
SakuraSegment 0.3 - Prologue (NSFW)
Valhalla：Awakening of Valkyrie
Emilia's PLAYROOM (NSFW)
Zodiac Fantasy 2
Pretty Girls 2048 Strike
A Maiden Astrologer Divines the Future
Tales of Tsuki - Moon Guardians
九州谕-日系和风放置冒险游戏
MrWang And Love
Spring X Elixir
See You Later
V-Skin redpillgo support Pack
致命解药
VChat
Passage: A Job Interview Simulator!
Lord of the Other World
Desktop Garage Kit (NSFW)
Girls Tennis League
SAMURAI Survivor -Undefeated Blade-
Inner blade
Lovely Nurse (NSFW)
NejicomiSimulator TMA01 - Continuous orgasm training of a big-boob maid with a powerful piston dildo! - (Gapping) (NSFW)
EroPhone RE
Gorgeous and Fantastic Battle
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ADD THE TAG:
Romance of a Demon Kingdom's Fall
Under Pretense Of Death
The Witch, Wife, & the Wish
CAFE 0 ~The Sleeping Beast~ REMASTERED

In Sharp Entertaiment’s latest prod-uction, the only show that leaves you wondering “What do they see in them” more than Daredevil jacking off to a ghost, 90-Day Fiance: The Other Way, we see our protagonists, ignoring their problems, will they successfully ignore their problems- and will they not be problems, or will they still- these people have a lot of problems.
Nicole and Mahmoud
Nicole and Mahmoud have solved all their problems- by deciding not to talk about their problems, Nicole is currently running, internally screaming out of the house- to go meditate. My husband doesn’t want to move out of his mother’s house, we are avoiding our problems, this fine…Nicole’s meditation instructor tells Nicole that there’s a fun, modern area of Cairo. Without horrible Egyptian men- Nicole has found a kindred spirit who understands all her problems, that she refuses to talk about. At least she feels love though.
Nicole’s new friend wants to violently shake her and tell her to wake up, which is normal, they can hang out anytime. She can escape her mother-in-law’s house.
Mahmoud takes Nicole to a bridge, for a romantic date, for hummus drink, which is her favorite thing about Egypt- along with Nouran, who Mahmoud does not like- what’s this about not changing people, we weren’t supposed to talk- she wasn’t- what did she say about Egyptian men?
This woman is not good for our relationship. Did the producers pay you to make a friend that I don’t like? Nicole wonders if them meeting is a bad idea.
Nicole goes straight to the bad idea, and Mahmoud is so psyched about it, he gets to vet the woman who hates him- and all men. He is going to be as nice as he can, for Nicole, and Nouran, who thinks this is weird.
Nouran hates that Mahmoud hates fun, and other men seeing his wife stretch- thus begins the argument about feminism, and Islam, this was a bad idea, Nicole has earned a raise. Look, he found another problem- Nouran is dressed like a slut. And wants men to take responsibility for their actions.
Mahmoud and Nouran argue about who has sexier legs, and boobs- Nouran is the worst girl ever, in Mahmoud’s life, he thinks. Maybe he’s wrong, but, no he isn’t wrong, what is this radioactive green sludge drink? Is it also hummus?
Nouran doesn’t think that Mahmoud is deep, Nicole should leave- freedom!!! Also, covering your hair is bad for your hair, it needs wind and sun.
Jen and Rishi
Rishi is going to the dance bar, which is like a strip club- but with clothes, and hooka, and Rishi has reason to ball out a little, his wah-man is coming back, with the right visa! Nitesh, his astrologer friend is so hyped, seriously, he’s the second Indian astrologer ever on this show- and he has a lot of power. He’s running a one-man cult here. That is ready to fight for love, or at least a spinoff.
They have at least two months until they can tell his family so they have time to develop material, plotlines, drama, those Chai Guys can pop up and do a dance. “Just Give Me a Chai” has potential.
And Jen is ready to give Rishi a Chai, despite his previous indiscretion, he did bring her flowers- unlike some people who don’t give their fiances flowers. Jen is so excited that Rishi is excited, who was paying rent for this apartment for 3 months? Did he turn it into an AirBnB? He did splurge on an air conditioner, and blankets, and towels. It’s the bare minimum but Jen is pleasantly surprised- is there water too?
Rishi has a slo planned a spa- god dammit, he did cheat on her, didn’t he? Jen’s going to confront him about it! After she gets over- stop being horny and get some asnwers woman, Nancy Drew was never distracted by orgasms! Although I do have this suspicion that Joe Hardy may have been distracted by gay porn, Dumbledore was and now he’s dead.
Jen uses her ever-so-subtle acting skills to segue into the difficult conversation- that Rishi immediately starts lying about, Jen pulls her phone out of some, where was she keeping her phone? I am as shocked as Jen right now. Rishi is a dirty rotten scumbag bastard man liar! Like Sumit who, at least he’s not Egyptian.
Gabe and Isabel
Gabe is working out with Isabel’s dad, pumping iron, and giving another Ted Talk on being trans, because drinking and watching sports is boring, lets talk about my lifelong struggle with gender identity. Follow me on Instagram, here are some pictures of me that I hate, I wanted to die every single day, I think that your daughter is hot.
Isabel’s dad is surprisingly supportive and philosophical, his faith in God helped him understand Gabriel’s situation, by the way, he really should find God, if he wants to marry his daughter- who he somehow, I know she’s my daughter but how does that work? I missed the previous Ted Talk.
Isbael’s dad agrees to the marriage, she finally found a man to settle down with who, God told him to be open-minded. So can they have kids or, can you make this a series?
Gabe is making a series of these poetry classes, because now Isabel can make a lil’ knick-knack, conveniently, alone, with him, and re-eneact- holy shit is that Snorlax? Miguel is my favorite, did Isabel make a Wobbuffet cup because that would be pretty romantic, like this proposal, that Gabe is struggling through, can I go make a Wobbuffet cup? What time is it? How old am I? Do I really have to go to work tomorrow?
Isabel is excited- a Charizard Vase! I need a Charizard Vase, without a Charizard Vase in my life I will never feel complete. It would give me complete happiness.
Jeymi and Kris
See that? That’s Jeymi and Kris, they’re the main characters, that’s the Llama, the Llama is not the main character, it’s Jeymi and Kris, them, disregard the Llama, or Alpaca, Jeymi and Kris need money- for a food truck. It costs 2 episode’s salaries! Lets look at the post-apocalyptic school bus, it has zombies! And costs $20,000- honey, we’re starting an OnlyFans! I will start singing!
Kris wants to get down to the dollars and cents, what will they prepare what will it cost? Are dreams practical? We’re still lesbians, right?
Kris decides to take a quick trip home to handle some business, her bank is holding her account hostage, and her medicine is out, and the sky is falling, and her back- hopefully she comes back alive, Jeymi really wants her to. She did buy a roundtrip ticket right, no? This is fine.
Debbie and Ousama
Ousams is taking Debbie on a romantic date- to read poetry, with young people, at a cafe shop. Debbie is so inspired, and Ousama is, looking at a squirrel? Maybe it’s just nerves, does Morocco have squirrels? Do they have raccoons? Are people judging Ousama for having an old lady fiance? They shouldn’t be, this in kind of adorable. Did Debbie get the hairclip at Claire's?
Ousama reads the world’s shortest love poem, driven by his social anxiety, Debbie thought it was beautiful and special. Ousama has proven his love, also, Ousama has two M’s but I’m an American. Ousama is a tall glass of water, of love, Debbie is like Carrie Bradshaw on Medicare.
Daniele and Yohan
Daniele and Yohan are still arguing- from the episode last week, which I did watch, Yohan refuses to meet Daniele’s ex, who he, wait a minute is this some kind of trend? He thinks it’s weird, you can’t bro out with your Eskimo Bro, unless he’s a really cool bro, and Yohan is not a cool Eskimo Bro, look, he’s walking away, Daniele go sit on him so he doesn’t drive drunk! You are saving lives!
Daniele thinks that Yohan is going to be miserable for this entire relationship, because she has friends, and he demands consequences.
I give this episode ⅘ stars, the highlight was Nouran, she’s feisty, and Mahmoud is, going to have fun with that, about as much fun as Debbie on the farm, and Gabe looking for his paperwork- that no longer exists, so he can get married, and Yohan on his birthday, and Jen and Rishi and Kris and Jeymi, and, everybody has problems that they can’t ignore next week.

Hey you, tired young adult! Are you also looking for another tired young adult to vent about your problems, check in on you, talk to you about our goals and dreams and encourage each other to go for them? Or gusto mo lang na madaldal na frennycakes?
Look no further! 🌻ABOUT ME:🌻 ✨️24 F (nonbinary but assigned female at birth, I use she/they pronouns!) ✨️Based in Iloilo! ✨️Working professional (madalas busy for irl hangouts or calls but will make time for u kung vibes tayo!) ✨️Physical appearance (if it matters !): 5'1", chubbyish and chinitaesque, myopic (I qualify as a PWD) ✨️Personality: exciteable, friendly, extroverted, patient and a good listener ✨️Hobbies and interests include: poetry (I adore Ada Lìmon, Conchitina Cruz, Isabella Banzon, Richard Siken, Mary Oliver and Louise Glück's works), essays (usual topics include personal development, tarot/astrology, pop culture, beauty), sitcoms (new girl, community, seinfeld, golden girls, and abbott elementary), manga (slice of life/josei/shoujo/fantasy r my go-to's! Rn Im trying to read Witch Hat Atelier and Generic Kowloon Romance!), astrology, tarot, watercolor painting, art, retro interior design and architecture and botany !
🌻ABOUT YOU!🌻 ✨️Must have pleasing fersonaliti, and a dezayr for an EXCITING new life! (Chz) ✨️:PH BASED AND PINOY (Half-Pinoy folks r ok, but no foreigners Im sorry ): ) ✨️Same hobbies/interests and/or getting into them! ✨️Good communication skills! (Aka di dry kausap, good listener and if magiging busy ay willing icommunicate hehe) ✨️Respectful of boundaries ✨️Understanding and considerate of the fact I may not always be available to hang out irl/I take a while to reply bc of my job ;; ✨️Passionate about your hobbies/interests/field and happy to discuss them without being condescending
If this sounds like something you're looking for, hit me up with a short intro with your typical milktea/cafe order! :D looking forward to meeting you!

Hey you, tired young adult! Are you also looking for another tired young adult to vent about your problems, check in on you, talk to you about our goals and dreams and encourage each other to go for them? Or gusto mo lang na madaldal na frennycakes?
Look no further! 🌻ABOUT ME:🌻 ✨️24 F (nonbinary but assigned female at birth, I use she/they pronouns!) ✨️Based in Iloilo! ✨️Working professional (madalas busy for irl hangouts or calls but will make time for u kung vibes tayo!) ✨️Physical appearance (if it matters !): 5'1", chubbyish and chinitaesque, myopic (I qualify as a PWD) ✨️Personality: exciteable, friendly, extroverted, patient and a good listener ✨️Hobbies and interests include: poetry (I adore Ada Lìmon, Conchitina Cruz, Isabella Banzon, Richard Siken, Mary Oliver and Louise Glück's works), essays (usual topics include personal development, tarot/astrology, pop culture, beauty), sitcoms (new girl, community, seinfeld, golden girls, and abbott elementary), manga (slice of life/josei/shoujo/fantasy r my go-to's! Rn Im trying to read Witch Hat Atelier and Generic Kowloon Romance!), astrology, tarot, watercolor painting, art, retro interior design and architecture and botany !
🌻ABOUT YOU!🌻 ✨️Must have pleasing fersonaliti, and a dezayr for an EXCITING new life! (Chz) ✨️:PH BASED AND PINOY (Half-Pinoy folks r ok, but no foreigners Im sorry ): ) ✨️Same hobbies/interests and/or getting into them! ✨️Good communication skills! (Aka di dry kausap, good listener and if magiging busy ay willing icommunicate hehe) ✨️Respectful of boundaries ✨️Understanding and considerate of the fact I may not always be available to hang out irl/I take a while to reply bc of my job ;; ✨️Passionate about your hobbies/interests/field and happy to discuss them without being condescending
If this sounds like something you're looking for, hit me up with a short intro with your typical milktea/cafe order! :D looking forward to meeting you!

Hey you, tired young adult! Are you also looking for another tired young adult to vent about your problems, check in on you, talk to you about our goals and dreams and encourage each other to go for them? Or gusto mo lang na madaldal na frennycakes?
Look no further! 🌻ABOUT ME:🌻 ✨️24 F (nonbinary but assigned female at birth, I use she/they pronouns!) ✨️Based in Iloilo! ✨️Working professional (madalas busy for irl hangouts or calls but will make time for u kung vibes tayo!) ✨️Physical appearance (if it matters !): 5'1", chubbyish and chinitaesque, myopic (I qualify as a PWD) ✨️Personality: exciteable, friendly, extroverted, patient and a good listener ✨️Hobbies and interests include: poetry (I adore Ada Lìmon, Conchitina Cruz, Isabella Banzon, Richard Siken, Mary Oliver and Louise Glück's works), essays (usual topics include personal development, tarot/astrology, pop culture, beauty), sitcoms (new girl, community, seinfeld, golden girls, and abbott elementary), manga (slice of life/josei/shoujo/fantasy r my go-to's! Rn Im trying to read Witch Hat Atelier and Generic Kowloon Romance!), astrology, tarot, watercolor painting, art, retro interior design and architecture and botany !
🌻ABOUT YOU!🌻 ✨️Must have pleasing fersonaliti, and a dezayr for an EXCITING new life! (Chz) ✨️:PH BASED AND PINOY (Half-Pinoy folks r ok, but no foreigners Im sorry ): ) ✨️Same hobbies/interests and/or getting into them! ✨️Good communication skills! (Aka di dry kausap, good listener and if magiging busy ay willing icommunicate hehe) ✨️Respectful of boundaries ✨️Understanding and considerate of the fact I may not always be available to hang out irl/I take a while to reply bc of my job ;; ✨️Passionate about your hobbies/interests/field and happy to discuss them without being condescending
If this sounds like something you're looking for, hit me up with a short intro with your typical milktea/cafe order! :D looking forward to meeting you!

Just curious! Tell me your venus sign (from your astrological natal chart) and your ID. If you don’t know it check out cafe astrology, it’s more user friendly for beginners. I’m a FN and my Venus is in Gemini which I think makes lot of sense haha.

This is one of my astrological longreads, about how astrology underpins the Strike series. Consider it a trigger warning! :D

Timeline

Jupiter in Pisces Rx (retrograde): September 9, 2010 - January 22, 2011.
The Silkworm: November 15, 2010 - December 25, 2010.
(In other words, the events of The Silkworm happen when Jupiter is retrograde in Pisces).

Fishes everywhere

Let's quickly go through fish symbolism in SW:

• There is a character called Christian Fisher. (Who I think about as somewhat less flamboyant Guy Some - a character with "fish-like exophtolmatic eyes"). His assistant is called Jade - jade is a gemstone of March-born Pisces.
• Fish is known for its ability to change sex later in life and probably, at will - Pippa Midgley is on her way to do the same; if gender fluidness is not explored in-depth, then at least mentioned;
• Michael Fancourt compares himself to a barracuda - he is the biggest fish on the literary scene. "I think it's fair to say that I was a barracuda compared to Quine's stickleback."
• Strike compares himself to a fishing trawler attacked by seagulls (journalists). "They scurried along beside him, trying to make him talk, a pair of razor-beaked seagulls dive-bombing a fishing trawler."
• Strike compares an elusive memory to a fish: "Something had flickered deep in his subconscious as he spoke. Somebody had told him…someone had said…but the memory was gone in a flash of tantalizing silver, like a minnow vanishing in pondweed. "A poisoned skeleton," Strike muttered, trying to capture the elusive memory, but it was gone."
• He meets Liz Tassel in the Pescatori restaurant.
• Liz Tassel compared to a shark: "She stood perfectly still as snow landed in her fur collar, on her iron-gray hair. Strike could just make out the contours of her face by the faint light of the club's distant windows. The intensity and emptiness of her gaze were remarkable. She had the dead, blank eyes of a shark."
• Dave Polworth learned his lesson about messing with sharks. (What kind of fish is mythological Pisces? They are sharks#In_early_mythology)!).
• He's still got somewhat of revenge on them by securing a piece of evidence against Tassel;
• Which he fished out of the water: "...It was lying beneath some notorious cliffs at Gwithian: Hell's Mouth, a place featured on Dorcus Pengelly's book cover."
• Another crucial piece of evidence is, once again, inside of something. (Like the mythical Jonah inside of a fish). Lula's text - the will - is found in a bag's lining; a fragment of Owen's text - Bombyx Mori - is found in a plush orangutan;
• Orlando draws fish (or demonstrates drawings of fish) almost every time we see her;
• (she's one of the twins born days after Elspeth Kerr killed herself - in February, under the sign of Pisces);
• One of her drawings marks the typewriter cassette with a piece of the original Bombyx. "Orlando had drawn thickly lined black fish in the seething blue water. The used typewriter cassette lay beneath the image, nudged there by Strike."
• What happened to the remains of Owen Quine reminds me of Jonah again, who was swallowed by a sea monster and spent time in its belly before being resurrected. Similarly, Owen Quine is eaten by a "monster" (Tassel's dog) and becomes the lowest of lows (Tassel's dog's poo), only to be scooped up, analyzed, re-evaluated, and metaphorically resurrected.

Duplicity and duality are typical for all three "double" signs of the Zodiac (Pisces, Gemini, Libra), so there are many examples of that in the book:

• Two Bombyx Mori, one original, one fake;
• "Two hermaphrodites. Two bloody bags. All that gratuitous sex."
• paper books vs e-books; published authors vs self-published authors;
• Owen Quine belonged to both worlds;
• He also considered himself understanding of male and female genders;
• He had a wife and a lover;
• Had two daughters: Orlando (who was one of the twins) and an "adopted" daughter in Pippa;
• Two drawings by Orlando were important for the case. One was a piece of evidence against Leonora, another - marked the hidden treasure (the real Bombyx);
• Strike and Al are two brother fishes going in different directions: "But he thought wryly of his flat on this ice-cold winter night: two and a half cluttered rooms, ill-fitting windowpanes. Al would be spending tonight in Mayfair, in their father's staffed house. It might be salutary to show his brother the reality of independence before he romanticized it too much…"
• Quine and Fancourt are two brother fishes, too: "For various reasons, these relationships turned sour, and as Fancourt's literary career climbed, Quine's fell".
• Two cars on ice: Robin in a cab and Al in his Alfa Romeo Spider;
• Two people catch the killer: Robin "traps" her, and Al tackles her;
• At the end of the book, Strike and Robin go in their opposite directions: he to Cornwall, she to Yorkshire. Like fishes!

Now, it's time I insert Robin into this astrological equation! Until now, I omitted Venus from my theories, but her position is essential for this book, so here we go.

Venus: Timeline

While Jupiter is retrograde in Pisces, Venus is moving from her own sign Libra (in which she was retrograde), to Scorpio on November 29, 2010, and this transit influences the whole book.

Scorpio keywords:

• sex;
• secrets and mysteries - both creating and solving them;
• intense passion, deep emotions, obsession;
• loyalty and commitment, body and soul, all or nothing;
• manipulation;
• power struggles and control issues;
• revenge, also cold-blooded and long-planned;
• death;
• resurrection, a rebirth from ashes (another symbol for Scorpio is phoenix);

In short, Scorpio is about birth, sex, death, and birth again.
Venus is in detriment in Scorpio. "In detriment" translated from astrological means - behaving unnaturally, not like herself. Venus in Scorpio is secretive, vindictive, controlling, and never satisfied financially.
The best example here I can give you is -
Charlotte Campbell-Ross, born on November 21 under the sign of Scorpio, on decan specifically ruled by Venus.
She's a dark, nocturnal Venus, jealous, obsessive, and magnetic. Much of their relationship with Strike is about her demanding total control over him, body, soul, and the detective agency. She's lying and manipulative. Nothing will stop her from getting revenge: she will make a long-term plan that will poison herself the most, but she won't stop.
Robin (who is light, diurnal Venus) is slowly poisoned by Matthew's jealousy. (He's also not satisfied with her financially and demands more money). We're really starting to hate and despise him in this book! Buuut let's not be deceived, as his jealousy is not unfounded! It's she who follows another man - and a mystery! - on a snowy day, has a near-death experience with him (what an intense Scorpio thing!) caused by the ice on the road - all on the day of Matthew's mother's funeral!..
We don't know Liz Tassel's affinity with either Venus or Scorpio, but she lives a Venus in Scorpio life. She's a powerful woman with control issues who craves sex and revenge. She's been manipulated by Owen Quine, a would-be lover who got swooped by another woman (and then another woman too). Over his dead body, she pours hydrochloric acid like a scorpion's venom. She creates an elaborate mystery around the deed - but it is deemed for tragedy.
Here's another level of this Elizabethan tragedy. The stories of Elizabeth Tassel and Elspeth Kerr mirror each other at one point to go in completely opposite directions the next moment. (Elspeth is even a Scottish variant of the name Elizabeth). They both are confronted with criticism and betrayal of the men they love; they both feel immensely hurt. So much so that one puts her head in the oven, while the other… well, the other puts her hands into Owen.
Only later, a wonderful thing happens to Owen. We don't know if he has any affiliation with either Venus or Scorpios, but he's literally scooped up from dog's shit and reborn as a masterpiece of a book. It is a phoenix scenario; from the point of view of astrology, a phoenix and a scorpion are the same thing.
Scorpio, like Pisces, is a water sign, so we discover ourselves, once again, somewhere cold and wet:

Cold and wet

• It is very snowy throughout the book: the word "snow" is mentioned 110 times;
• It snows when they go to Devon (to visit Daniel Chard)
• Snow is bad in Yorkshire, too;
• (Cornwall is hit by severe floods);
• It snows when the killer is revealed at the publisher's party;
• It's slippery: Strike falls on the slippery floor of the metro (underground is a Pisces place; his whiskey bottle gets smashed because no fiery water is allowed in the book of cold);
• Strike and Robin nearly have a deadly accident because of the ice on the road;
• The road is icy again when the killer is caught;
• A liquid (acid) was poured over the crime scene and covered traces (pouring venom is what a scorpion does);
• A crucial piece of evidence is found in the dog's poo;
• Another is found underwater;
• Which was Liz's "fanfic", while Owen's original was found in the freezer (wet and cold!);
• Orlando's drawing with a receipt on the back was pinned to Kath Kent's fridge.
• "And with a feeling that he was diving again into contaminated water, he re-immersed himself in the grotesque world of Bombyx Mori."
• "he slid smoothly into sleep like a warship sliding out on dark water."
• Matthew wants to meet with Strike in Waterloo;
• Strike meets Al at the River Cafe.

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The Silkworm ends with Robin getting from Strike a surveillance course for Christmas. I find it funny because on January 7, Venus will move to Sagittarius, Jupiter's own sign of teaching and learning. What a fitting present for this period!

Random predictions and wild speculations

Again, I start from the assumption that Rowling writes in ring composition. So the penultimate book of the series should rhyme in spirit with the second one.
If the astrological pattern continues with "one sign - one book", and if there are ten in total in the series, the book before the last will be a Scorpio book. Something important about Charlotte will be revealed.
Here are two quotes from the Silkworm that I feel left something unresolved hanging in the air:

It was yours.

This is a message Charlotte sends to Strike 8 months after they've last seen each other. Has there ever been a child, dead or alive? Why did she have to lie about the dates? We won't figure it out before book 9, I think.

"His thoughts slid irresistibly back to Charlotte, thirty-six but looking twenty-five, celebrating her birthday with her new fiancé. Perhaps she had received diamonds, Strike thought…."

So, it might be nothing, but I reckon we'll learn exactly what really happened with Charlotte that day, and from a perspective more objective than Strike's. And it won't be anything like receiving diamonds, for sure.
Here's another piece of a random prediction: we'll get to know Al's story in that book. We don't know his affiliation with Scorpios, but he drives an Alfa Romeo Spider, and a spider is another symbol for Scorpio. Al appears in book 2, so we might expect his appearance in book 9. (His other appearance is in Troubled Blood - Cancer, another book of water).
Okay, that's all from me today! Thank you for reading; I hope it was entertaining!

You might know already (or if not, I will tell you now) that I have a theory there is an astrological pattern to the Strike series. Strike himself (think I) is an allegory of Jupiter, and each book represents one Zodiac sign as a step of Jupiter's journey through the sky.
Previously, I've written about what makes LW a Gemini book and TB a Cancer book. Today, I want to explore the overwhelming amount of Pisces symbolism in The Cuckoo's Calling.

Timeline

Jupiter is in Pisces from January 17, 2010, till July 5, 2010
The Cuckoo's Calling: March 28, 2010 - May 6, 2010
(Events of the book happen during the period when Jupiter is in Pisces)

Keywords for Pisces:

• fish, water, fisherman;
• cold and wet;
• all places near water inside or outside of the house;
• two opposites, duplicity, duality, shape-shifting;
• beauty, art, inspiration, fantasy and delusion;
• mental instability, addictions;
• white, black, silver, glittering colors.

Pisces is a sign ruled by two planets, represented by two fishes swimming in opposite directions, symbolizing duality and duplicity. Unlike Gemini, another double sign of the Zodiac, Pisces are opposites, not twins; they conflict, not cooperate. At the same time, each contains a little bit of another - think Yin Yang here, a great visual metaphor for Pisces. A little bit of white inside black, a little bit of black inside white - remember this monochrome metaphor when we discuss Lula, a black girl adopted into a white family; the story begins with the image of her black body on white snow. (And if we zoom in, we'll see "a sliver of dull white" between her black eyelids).

Duality

In CC, we experience it everywhere. Lula herself:

• had bipolar disorder;
• her best friends were black Rochelle and "alabaster-white" Ciara (whose name means "black" btw);
• was a romantic interest of two men - one white, one black;
• had two brothers, Jonah and John, one black, one white;
• (on the night of her death, they were caught on black-and-white CCTV footage, running in opposite directions, just like those fishes);
• hid her will in a double lining of a bag.

Everybody is secretly duplicitous in the book. While her jealous adoptive mother is dying, Lula researches her other family. Her biological father, a committed Christian, had never confessed that he had a second child, by a white woman. This woman - Lula's biological mother - is double-faced, quite like everybody in Lula's circle: they all are more than happy to sell their stories to the press at any given opportunity.
To summarise: the victim is bipolar, the customer is duplicitous, and everybody has a double life. Fishy!

Double allegiance

In modern astrology, Pisces is ruled by two planets: Jupiter (=luck) and Neptune (=imagination and beauty). With some luck, Pisceans can succeed in "neptunian" creative fields: art and beauty (makeup art in particular), design, photography, music, poetry. Lula's close circle consisted of models, designers and photographers; her boyfriend was a poet; a makeup artist was an important witness in the case.
Mysterious Pisces make great muses. They are not great at sharing their true self - but excellent at reflecting any image. Both Deeby and Some claimed Lula as their muse - but did they see anything but themselves in her?..
So, Lula was beautiful and lucky, but nobody knew her true self. She was someone everybody wanted - her mother as an ideal daughter, Guy as an ideal model, Deeby as his ideal black woman - but nobody quite understood. As readers, we have to figure Lula out based on the opinions of people who knew her, which are often contradictory and confusing. (Compare bold and bright Margot's portrait in TB vs Lula's shimmering presence).
Rochelle - Lula's spirit twin - was neither beautiful nor lucky - an example of what Pisces could be without Jupiter's good fortune and Neptune's good grace.
She, by the way, was a Pisces born on February 21. She hated water, - tragically, she was drowned, - ironically, you can't drown a fish, so she was "fished out" (Wardle's words) of the Thames.

Cold, wet, and fishy

Water, the element Pisces belong to, is everywhere in the story. Pisces are described as "cold and wet" - cold and wet is exactly what we get in CC:

• the weather is predominantly rainy;
• Lula's body on the snow starts the story;
• Tansy on the icy balcony during a snowy night ends the story;
• Rochelle is drowned in the Thames mid-story;
• drops of water from the rose vase play an important role;
• Strike goes swimming in the pool, which he only ever does in this book;
• Lula lived in a building with a pool which is mentioned every time Lula's apartment comes up;
• A few statistics to spice things up: the word "pool" is mentioned 30 times, comparing to 4 in SW, 5 in CoE, - none of them swimming-related, 5 in LW, 10 in TB - nearly all of them related to the fishy story with Douthwaite. (Who is, of course, Pisces).
• Some name symbolism. Lula's brother Jonah is named like a guy famously swallowed by a fish.
• Lula's other brother is called John - like John the Baptist, the fisherman. (Famously put people into the water, btw!)
• "Lula" means pearl - an underwater treasure. ("Margot" means pearl, too - she's another mystery in another book of water!)

Color palette

Tell me without thinking, what is the color palette of CC? I'll be damned if it's not black, white, black-and-white, silver (the color of fish!), and otherly glittery monochrome. Here are some examples:

• White family and black family, white friend and black friend, white brother and black brother;
• A photoshoot with angel's wings: Porter's a swan-like white; Landry's a greenish-black fading to glossy bronze;
• Some: white office, silver sparkly outfit, eyes exophthalmic so that they appeared fishlike, looking out of the sides of his head;
• Evan Duffield: head bowed, a large bunch of white flowers in his hand, black coat flapping behind him;
• Black-and-white interior of Kensington garden;
• Two hundred white roses in a crystal vase the size of a dustbin were knocked down on the black-and-white chequerboard floor;
• Black-and-white interior of the Duffield's house;
• Ciara's silver dress.

In addition to this, pretty much every image Strike looks at in this book is black-and-white:

• there is a photo of Charlotte's dead father in her flat;
• a photo of Jonny Rokeby with the Harlequin's face;
• a photo of Leda with her marmoset eyes;
• CCTV footage of two men funning from Lula's house.

I covered all the symbolism I could think of, and it's time to jump right into a random prediction and wild speculation trolley!

Random predictions and wild speculations

We all know that Rowling writes in ring composition, so it is safe to assume that the series' last book will echo the first book and develop subjects raised there.
Now, it's less safe to make an assumption - but I'll do it anyways - that the last book of the series will deal with the central mystery of Strike's life - who killed Leda Strike?
(I know that many of you don't want to hear anything about Leda ever again, In which case, stop reading right now because the rest of this is basically about her).
Look at how similar Lula and Leda are:

• obviously, their names start with L and have four letters;
• they were both once troubled young girls
• who run away from home
• and had a history of living rough
• and had (too) many sexual partners
• made her way in life by exploiting her looks
• changed their last names at some point
• became famous under the chosen name;
• had a boyfriend like Duffield/Whittaker.

I can write another post on how these two are basically the same character. Here are only a few quotes:

"Duffield had been elevated from obscurity by his participation in a critically acclaimed independent film, in which he had played a character indistinguishable from himself: a heroin-addicted musician stealing to support his habit."
Sounds very much like Whittaker, only the latest wasn't elevated anywhere.
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"Duffield, patently stoned, talked on and on, in the voice Kolovas-Jones had so accurately parodied, about dying being no more than checking out of the party, and making a confused case for there being little need to cry if you had to leave early."
Compare it with:
"It was then that Whittaker had shaken his head bravely and offered his gnomic pronouncement on Leda's death: "She wanted to die. She was the quicklime girl."

Now, if Lula and Leda were so similar - can we try and fill blanks in Leda's biography using Lula's biography?
Can we, for example, assume that Leda had a mental disorder?
u/SafeKaleidoscope9092 makes a good case for the idea that Leda had bipolar disorder here.
I myself think that she'd have schizoaffective disorder, if she were diagnosed. Like Billy in LW. We assumed that his fixation with you was all part of his psychosis. An obsession with a celebrity is quite common with these kinds of disorders… - says Billy's psychiatrist to Strike. Well, you know who else had a great obsession with a celebrity, if not Leda, who always wanted Eric Bloom and named at least one-third (or possibly even 100%) of her children after him and the band? What if her obsession was not a quirk but an actual delusion?... What if leaving her children was not a whim but flattened affect - a symptom of her condition? Was she a flake - or was, as the MayoClinic checklist puts it, her occupational and social functioning impaired?...
I would also suppose that Leda, like Lula, made a suicide attempt in the past - which made her eventual death of "suicide" credible to the public.
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That's all from me tonight; thank you so much for reading. I hope you mildly enjoyed my astrological rumblings! The sources I use (if anybody is interested at all) are Wikipedia and Cafe Astrology online, as well as The Penguin Dictionary of Symbols offline.

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