Wood Season Check-in
We are well on our way through the season of Wood.
Having emerged from our Winter’s passage,
This is the season where we are supported to discern our path forward through the tangled undergrowth of old ways,
towards a more sunlit expression of our conscious desires.
Wood supports us to see ourselves clearly,
To envision our own unique and unfolding destiny,
and to practically configure our lives in support of this vision.
And with the current interplay of planetary energies, we are really being thrust into finding deep-level congruence in this process.
Last Saturday’s New Moon brought us deeper insight into the ongoing T-square between Mars, the Sun and the stellium of big players in Capricorn – Saturn, Pluto and Jupiter.
Like the element of Wood,
Mars demands that we honour our authentic expression;
That our life-force finds its passage into the world.
through the pursuit of what we value.
When this energy becomes blocked
we find ourselves feeling frustrated or collapsed.
We loose our ability to discern and commandeer
The humble every-day decisions to forge a thread of continuity;
The knowing that each step can
lend itself to the next,
carrying us gently forward.
Our footing slips, and we feel chaotic and disorientated;
We loose sight of the path;
We loose sight of our true essence.
If you’re feeling this at the moment,
Know that this is in support our illumination;
That we may see where the flow of our creative energy is being impeded.
That we may see where the structures in our life are not supporting our expanding potential;
Where the beliefs we hold about ourselves are silencing our soul’s whispers;
Where our deeper transformative processes are straining to empower changes in our outer life.
Asteroid Medusa is helping us through this energetic impasse,
by showing us where past trauma still holds her
invisible hand upon our throat.
With Libra’s current influences, consider the subtle and oft overlooked response of fawning – the act of pleasing and appeasing others to retain a sense of safety, acceptance and connection.
When we do this, we are distracted from our own authentic feelings, needs, desires and boundaries.
Medusa is showing us where the freedom of our life’s dance has become frozen;
Where are we muting the vibrancy of our emotional spectrum.
She wants us to reclaim the fire of our sacred rage
So that it may enliven our boundaries,
And breathe truth and vitality into our creative expression.
It’s ok that our strides forward aren’t decisive and confident right now.
Fledgling baby-steps are enough to slowly explore this new frontier;
To gently make safe, what we have previously not dared.
Wood is the conduit between our deeper processes of Water and the passionate expression of Fire.
If we bring compassion and curiosity to our stumbling,
We will deepen into strong roots of self-understanding.
They will anchor us with strength and authenticity,
So that our limbs can stretch further towards the heavens,
with greater joy and freedom.
Some questions to ponder:
- Do the structures your life support or oppress your life-expression?
- Are they rigid, or do they bend with grace to withstand life’s flux and challenge?
- Are they scaffolding and protecting what you wish to grow?
- If not, can you safeguard time, energy and resources in support of this growth?
- Where are you muting your expression?
- How can you make this part of yourself feel more safe?
- Which relationships and connections in your life lend you support and acceptance, as you lean further into this tender emergence?