Thu Feb 14, 2019: Meditation on the Ancestors, Healing, & Royalty
Happy valentine’s day! Yesterday I wrote about the upcoming shifts of Mercury, Mars, and Jupiter, and we meditated on communication and energy. Today we’re focused on ancestors, spiritual guides, royalty, and healing. We’re taking some of the energy from Monday and transforming it: how can we start to think of ourselves, regardless of the position we’re in, as regal? How can we cultivate a healthy, loving relationship with our ancestors that helps heal their pain and ours?
When the world around you is chaotic and seems as if it feeds off your oppression, retreat within yourself to reconnect with your truth. The page of Pentacles is perched on his little hill, alone, making sweet music and bonding with himself. This energy is precious and often overlooked. Spending time with yourself, allowing yourself the space and peace to exist just as you are, is a great practice for settling anxiety and protecting your inner peace. Nothing on the outside determines who you are on the inside, so stop running to the outside world to figure it out. You can avoid a lot of self consciousness and cognitive dissonance if only you reel it in from time and time. Be sure to put aside some time to spend with yourself and your ancestors, thanking them for what they’ve done for you before you were even here, understanding the traumas that plagued them and perhaps still plague your people-- perhaps they plague even you. Your ancestors are not removed at all from your life, your culture, your perspective of the world; acknowledging this is one thing, meditating on it is another.
It is at times hard for us to meditate. It can be hard to clear your mind of distractions. It can be hard to focus on one thing until you see it in a different light. Be patient with yourself and practice consistently. You won’t transform into a new person overnight. Things take time and you have all the time in the Universe. You don’t have to clear your mind of everything but the ancestors today, just try to see how they influence your daily life in ways that we have been taught not to notice.
The nine of Pentacles and three of Wands encourages us to reconnect with nature. Repot your house plants, go for a brisk walk, smell the fresh air, touch some moist dirt. For a healthy balance, try to interact with nature at least half as much as you interact with technology on a daily basis. Let the rain fall on you, maybe, if its not too cold and your outfit can get wet. Stargaze one of these nights if you can. Revel in nature, in what has always been and will always be, even when the WiFi goes out. And think, "this was how my ancestors lived. This was the world that they knew. How different and yet completely the same."
