Shadow

Astrology can provide us with the opportunity to face our poison, our darkness, and bring healing to it with awareness, insight, patience, and understanding.

Currently, we are under the beams of Scorpio energy until November 22nd. We have an opportunity to do deep, Soul work. Scorpio is a doorway into the shadow aspects of the self. A scorpion is an animal that carries poison in its tail (symbolic of our past, subconscious self). The poison in the Scorpion’s tail is very symbolic of the ways we carry our own poison. By poison I mean the ways we carry pain, suffering, heavy emotions, and the things about ourselves that we disapprove of, ignore, push away, and destroy.  

For example, negative self-talk and self-sabotage are some of the ways we can “poison” our consciousness. In ancient times, the poison also contained a healing remedy. Soul healing can be found when we face our shadow. When we stop running away from our dark and instead face it head-on. When we stop “drinking” of the “poison”…when we stop telling ourselves stories that hurt us….when we stop sabotaging our happiness and well-being…when we befriend the shadow and rise into the Light by fully welcoming ourselves as we are…Scorpio season provides us with the opportunity to look deep into the ways the shadow shows up in our lives…

One of my favorite stories from Buddhism illustrates our invitation to the shadow self…It is said that one day, Buddha sees Mara, the dark, evil one…Buddha smiles and says…”I see you, Mara. Come. Sit with me. Let’s have tea.” How profound to let go of fear and face the darkness within with Grace, and Lightness. How profound to befriend the Whole Self.

Today, invite for tea the whole self. Notice with kindness, compassion, and acceptance, the shadow aspects and parts of who you are that are not welcomed by yourself or by others. Find gentle ways to integrate these aspects or parts of the self into your life. Journaling, creativity, and spirituality can be tools to help develop a new relationship with your shadow. In truth, there is no dark or Light self…there is only one self…the self that is here and now… be completely present with what is here and now, as it is…welcome the whole self…and notice and how life unfolds from there.

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