Got some BIG emotions?
On Sunday, my friend Bradley and I co-hosted an Astrological Journey to Identify Your Core Values. I've heard from a few attendees that their values are now deepening as they bring conscious awareness to the subject. Yasssss! This was one of our intentions.
Just prior to this big new event I was anticipating, I had an experience that you can maybe relate to.
Have you ever had one of those days where it starts out fantastic and then BAM, something unexpected happens? Suddenly, you go from feeling great to feeling .... well, shitty. 🤨
Ya, that's what happened. And unfortunately, I wasn't able to employ my go-to emotional processing activity (THE GYM). I made do with meditation, but I still felt very "meh."
On Sunday morning, as I was preparing for the event, I felt a cocktail of resentment, shame, frustration and anger.
How was I supposed to stand in front of 20 people, most of whom I had never met, when I felt so down? 🤦♀️
I couldn't very well show up like Eeyore, even though that's exactly what I was feeling. Pff.
Suddenly, it occurred to me that this was another opportunity to embody one of my highest values: Authenticity.
(I love how when you invite a theme into your life, it really "works" on your psyche in some magical ways. #Scorpio)
💥 If I was truly committed to authenticity, then my sadness didn't need to hide.
With that, I went about my business feeling a bit more lighthearted. By the time I had arrived and parked my car, the sadness had taken a backseat (which is what it really wanted anyway). ✨
This is one of Scorpio's gifts. The Scorpion says, "You know how you can tell that emotion is valid? Because you're feeling it."
And also: "You're safe with me."
Scorpio doesn't care if you're screaming like a raging lunatic, crying uncontrollably in despair or hiding in fear and shame. Scorpio has been there and done that — repeatedly.
♏ Big emotion? Whatevs.
♏ Intensity? Bring it.
♏Goth, gore and vengeance? Why hello, old friends.
Scorpio is comfortable with the full spectrum of human emotion — especially those that you've been taught are bad, wrong and to be avoided at absolutely all costs.
This Scorpio Season, embrace your emo Scorpio side. Let out your inner goth grrrl, dub her your Ride or Die and restock the black nail polish. 🖤💀🖤
Some goth grrrl contemplations for you:
🖤 What dark, intense or "bad" emotions have you shut away or otherwise don't want to deal with?
Scorpio is masterful at analyzing and embracing the skeletons in the closet. Now's the perfect time to process whatever's limiting you or needs to be purged.
🖤 How do you respond when others express their emo Eeyore or inner goth grrrl?
Where do where you fall on the spectrum of "ooooh, I got you," to "ooooh, get that away from me?" 🤔
This is helpful information, reflecting back how well you embrace these emotions in your own inner landscape.
🖤 Where could you benefit from dialing down the intensity a bit?
Scorpio can really play it up. This is the energy that will listen to sad music all day long, luxuriating and enjoying the maze of emo emotion. But I mean, at some point, we've got to give it a rest already. 🙄🤨
>> Is there some situation or an emotion that you need to shake off and move on from?
It's Scorpio Season: It's okay to feel the big feels. You're not going to die. But, you may just be reborn.
⚡ THE ASTROLOGICAL FORECAST
In the spirit of being authentic, I give to you, a confession:
I've never really wanted to write a weekly forecast. I was doing it because I thought that's what you wanted, dear reader. 🤫
But a friend of mine recently told me that she "always stops reading at the forecast." I was aghast and relieved at these words. 😱
Of course, she's just one person, so I'm posing this question to my whole mailing list:
❓📧 Do you regularly read the AstroLogical Forecast? Do you want me to continue writing it?
>> IF YOU DO, please respond and say "YES!" Otherwise, I may soon eliminate this portion of my weekly digest.
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Although we're now a few weeks out from Eclipse Season, we're still undergoing an important cycle that has to do with our values: Identifying, realigning and embodying them in our daily lives.
This is a topic that — like all inquiries — deepens with contemplation.
As one event attendee messaged me last night, "I'm already changing my values list. As I think about it more, I'm changing some of it." 🦋
I particularly loved this message because it came from someone who declared that she was already living her most important values. Now, they're possibly changing as she drops in and brings more conscious attention to them.
This is one aspect of having a spiritual practice that I truly love: An insight or Truth you understand today can deepen tomorrow. Unexpectedly, you understand it in a whole new way that's even more powerful. 💎
Thank you Scorpionic self-reflection!
