This oversized bomber is from Kohl’s (under is just a cropped tee), patent leather fanny from H&M (you don’t always have to buckle it to your waist, can also just lengthen it and carry) and sneakers are from Target. I used to go really nuts and shop a lot for new clothes, but since I’ve been really focused on calm in my finances the past few years I haven’t gone shopping since 2023 except for 1-2 pieces I managed to afford. I realized that I needed to take a break to truly see that there’s a goldmine sitting in your closet when you think you have nothing, you really have it all. I thank the finance Gods for helping me with greater self-acceptance - which is a life long endeavor - and which “spending” is tightly tied into our self-worth. This is why in astrology the 2nd house describes not only the way we are with finances and how we can create abundance naturally from our gifts but also how we view/value ourselves.
I learned a lot about what Aquarius means to me over the years and recently I cut my hair myself because I could not afford to get it done like I always did, and it was very freeing somehow came out incredible and alien-like. This is a simple t-shirt dress from Target, to which I have added a harness over the front in the past and now a fancy bra to make it a little more special (although I know it’s hard to see because it is black on black).
I bought this buttonless cardigan from Kohl’s a while back, cut as many holes into it as I could with a scissor, added safety pins where the buttons would go (so all down the front in a straight line), then just crossed both sides on top of each other (pulling it off my shoulders) and used the same safety pins to secure it tight across the top. Wearing this had a calming effect on me, a true balance of the equilibrium, after a long week of intense emotions, reminding me of a straitjacket. Underneath I am wearing a black tube top because it helps the thin fabric of the cardigan stay up and not fall.
Sometimes with makeup things just happen on a whim and I create something. On this day the moon was in Aries and there's a real blood rush to Aries, it’s like when a child runs too fast, blowing through the park not a thought and cuts their head open on the side of a branch sticking out or something and the parents are screaming. Sounds weird but Aries energy is this, sometimes to their detriment. I love channeling the moon’s energy so I added some red into my whole look that day. First I outlined my lips (like lip liner) with Spirit Halloween’s hot red matte lip creme (which I bought like 2 years ago), and then I outlined them again right over the red (lightly) with the black matte lip creme, and then I dabbed the black onto the empty parts of my lips with the applicator and tapped on it with my finger to blend, then also blended (lightly) the entire outline with my finger. The result was a very “old”-blood-that’s-been there-for-a-few-days kind of look and I loved it. It just fascinates me what makeup can do.
More of this can be found on my Pinterest page where I am building a goth lifestyle / goth fashion archive.
Jennifer Diane is a writer, artist and intuitive based out of New Jersey. Healing with the Occult is a publication that shares hidden, transformative knowledge.