Tag: shadow work
Mercury Square Pluto: Intellectual Intensity
Astrology offers a profound way to understand human behavior and potential. One particularly compelling aspect in a natal chart is the Mercury square Pluto configuration. This aspect, marked by a 90-degree angle between Mercury and Pluto, suggests a powerful dynamic between communication, thought processes, and the deep, transformative energies of Pluto. Photo by Giammarco Boscaro…
Chiron in the 8th House
Astrology can be one of the most effective tools for self-discovery and introspection, providing insights into our personalities, life paths, and the challenges we may face along the way. One celestial body that carries profound significance in astrological interpretations is Chiron, often referred to as the “wounded healer.” When Chiron is placed in the 8th…
Inner Visions | February 4, 2021
Journal Date: February 4th, 2021 I had another reiki session with Angelic yesterday. As usual, it was a good experience. I feel like it was very healing. This time I also had very interesting and intense visions while she was doing the energy healing. It began as it usually does. At first, I didn’t see…
Inner Beso Dream
Journal Date: February 2, 2021 At the end of the collection of short stories in Warming the Stone Child, Clarissa Pinkola Estés offers a couple tips for continuing the healing journey on your own. The first one is this: “Pay attention to your dreams. Your dreams will tell you everything. In terms of injured instinct,…
Entering the Hermes Field
Journal Date: Saturday, January 2, 2021 I remember early on into the first month or so of quarantine– I was reading a book on alchemy, and it was describing the process of “entering the Hermes field,” and how to use this in your own spiritual development and awakening. In the book, the author creatively describes…
This Train is Leaving the Station
Journal Date: May 5, 2020 I woke up early this morning to take my little puppy Beso outside before the sun rose. Coming back inside, I gave him a snack and lay down to rest more on the living room couch while he played with his toys. Soon, I found myself in the middle of…
Rubedo: the Red Phase of Alchemy
After the whitening of the albedo comes the last phase of the Great Work: the red phase, or reddening. The white phase consisted of an intense process of purification, in which all the rotting decayed matter that had died during the nigredo was thoroughly cleansed of impurities. What was left was then considered clean but…
The Dance of Sulfur
After Bellows Breath, you may want to follow up with another practice called the Dance of Sulfur. Sulfur is a yellow powder which the alchemists believed symbolized the active masculine principle of fire. It was often used in laboratory alchemy in the form of sulfuric acid (also known to them as vitriol). The Dance of…
Encountering the Animus
Journal Date: November 25, 2020 I decided to do some reading for fun, for myself, so I picked up Women who Run with the Wolves again. I’m picking up where I left off, in the chapter on nurturing the creative life. And once again, I’m finding that it’s exactly what I needed, exactly when I…
Albedo: The White Phase of Alchemy
If we have been able to surrender to the darkness of the nigredo, we may find that a shift begins to occur. The blackness that once seemed to only grow ever deeper begins to recede. The heaviness starts to lift as we relinquish our attachments to past beliefs, habits, ways of being, etc. As with…