Saturday, March 25th, 2006

Three pomegranate seeds.

Persephone’s story, as she tells it to me, is different than the others I have read about her. She says it was just three pomegranate seeds, that was all it took. But it wasn’t that it only took that many to keep her enslaved to the underworld, forever tied. It was that it only took three to give her the absolute wisdom of the underworld…hers to carry and keep forever.

Sometimes we may feel we will never get done wandering in the underworld, or never complete the frequent visits we find ourselves on…but just as it was for Persephone, it doesn’t take much for us to glean the gifts of the underworld, and allow the rest to simply play out before us. The underworld, rather than a terrible place of ghosts and demons, is a never-ending wellspring of golden wisdom. It is the ultimate buried treasure, and rather than hauntings, it offers us gifts. We simply must unveil our fears to find them.

The best way to carry out these unveilings is to demystify our fears by attempting to name them as clearly as possible. Literally to make a list of our fears and describe them, and plumb the depths of our consciousness to look for more that we may not have allowed ourselves to be aware of. We must invite our fears to dinner, and find out that they are not so alien…not so unrelated to our hopes and dreams and such closer companions.

We usually close our doors and batten down the hatches when our fears come close. Inviting them in is the last thought we often have, but in times like these…with Pluto, the astrological god of the underworld literally pacing around our houses, we may feel inclined to make a radical decision. Invite him in. He isn’t a bad guy after all. He is a bringer of change by way of death, which is the only passageway to rebirth. As we know, energy is not created or destroyed, only transformed.

If we find ourselves having a late night with Pluto, we too may get the golden chance to enjoy the fruits of the wisdom from the underworld…the true forbidden fruit. For once we are able to make gold from lead, finding value in darkness, we have become the master alchemist, and can see through the deepest of our fears into the light they contain.

It isn’t as unreachable as it may seem some days. Just reflect on your fears, write them down in detail. Then, next to each one write down what there may be to gain or learn from that fear. It just takes that small awareness to begin the shift…just three little pomegranate seeds. This is such a potent time for this exploration, and the rewards are infinite.

Wednesday, March 8th, 2006

When I got home from running errands today I opened the door of my car to find a bald eagle flying right across the path of a late-day moon in a soft blue sky. It is windy enough to make white caps all around our usually-whispering sea, and the eagle was gliding in the winds for a long time while I watched. What I felt most was its joy at barely moving, as if the effort it took to fly and the strength of the wind were so perfectly matched that it was a dance, or a love making.

This is a month where the energy waves are strong like this wind, and like the eagle we can glide on them. We have two eclipses this month, a lunar and solar, as well as a powerful alignment. Each of these events is what I would call a stargate. Yes, similar to the movie. An energetic gateway that opens and that we are welcome to travel through.

What will we find on the other side? Well, quite an altered reality in fact. Our altered reality. Things may look somewhat the same on the outside, but the very structure and fiber of how we experience the world will feel different. We may find ourselves saying or doing things we never thought we would. We may leave behind some things and some people when we cross through the gates, but we will find others on the other side.

These eclipses and alignments, like all of them, are like sacred geometries in the sky. They focus and amplify energies that we can either choose to participate with or not. They are like the universe pressing acupressure or acupuncture points to open up flows of usable energy, and to send messages about what is coming next, and to bless us and prepare us for it.

You don’t have to decide consciously about how you want to work with the energies, because your soul will decide unconsciously either way, but here is an idea if you decide you want to anyway.

Begin to imagine.

Just that, in essence. Begin to imagine what could come next for you in new ways. Begin to imagine what might come next for the world or the universe in new ways. Not based on the past or what seems possible based on practicality. Imagine what would be fantastic. Yes, fantasize about your future. As the energies descend or as your soul decides where to go with these stargates, it will get these messages and incorporate them into your reality. Imagine it in the most delicious, lush way you possibly can. Every time you dream you open. Every time you open there is more space for miracles.

A blessing on this powerful spring for all of us. Love, Jennifer