Living a Careful Life

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I thought I can, somehow, avoid the messiness of human interaction. 
I assumed if I control the circumstances and guard what is precious to me, 
I can somehow outwit the universe. 

At one point in my life, I consciously decided to stop crying to get myself out of a difficult experience. It took me a few years to be able to welcome tears in my life again, to start melting this hard rocky mountain inside of myself, slowly loosening the cold controlling grip on my heart.
Vulnerability is what makes us human. One way or the other we will get hurt. Naturally, we long for wholesome experiences that will nourish and support us. To separate the wheat from the chaff, we need to engage in the whole spectrum of experience, taste all the fruits we receive as a result of our actions. Sometimes the fruit is too ripe, past its prime, slowly disintegrating, yet by tasting it we are learning an important lesson. We are learning what does not feel good, what we don´t want to taste anymore.  

Venus in Capricorn is now inhabiting the earthy residence of Saturn. Capricorn might often revel in the feeling of „I have it all under control, I am making wise rational choices and strategic decisions, I am making progress“. Emotions and desires are off-limits. I need to keep them under control otherwise the passion will run over my life and all that I´ve been working towards and sacrificed so much for will be ruined in one steamy moment. Screw that, I am building something lasting here, something that has real value and outlives these temporary distractions.  

Circumstances will always be beyond our control. Despite my inner tendency for control, I believe that „life will get us anyway“, we can´t escape. The harder we resist, the harder we get hit. Eventually, there comes a point when we are no longer able to keep the status quo, to resist the pressure anymore. Our hard shell breaks and we are forced to grow a new life within us.

Venus in Capricorn has now risen out of Sun´s shadow, being born as the evening star. As she is gaining momentum, she trines Uranus. This exciting encounter is an electric prelude to the New Moon in Capricorn, a powerful seeding moment.

The Capricornian area of our chart is lit up with a promise.  The Fire Thief is illuminating the way to liberation while the nocturnal Goddess is bringing her dose of good fortune.

This is the time to break our ideologies, leave the Snow Queen's palace and embrace the juiciness of life.

The Goddess needs a new playground, she’s ready to have more fun. She invites us to experiment, to take a risk, to take joy in simple, mundane pleasures. 

To not be afraid to be “pierced by emotion”, to immerse ourselves in the messiness of human experience.

No need to rush, just give it a try. 

Some flowers take longer to bloom and that’s ok. It doesn’t make them less beautiful

Keep hope alive, keep dreaming.
Petra


 

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