What is happening to me now? Why am I feeling this way? These are questions we ask ourselves or our astrologer or our Tarot reader. I often
remind myself how much my feelings are like a passing mood---like the clouds or changing weather patterns—they
come and go. As an astrologer, I should be keenly aware of this as I observe
the patterns of the Moon and planets continually moving through the heavens and
our lives. But it’s not so easy to always remember that ‘this too shall pass.’
Late
yesterday afternoon I fell into a low energy vortex and ended up on the couch
unable to do anything but question the aching in my spine and the complaining of
my psyche. I’ve been diagnosed with low iron anemia…and I’d forgotten to take
my pills for weeks. And then there was ole Saturn and Mars squaring my Sun
exactly. Saturn rules the bones, and squares bring out the tension or
underlying problem…so there was the arthritis in my back and the pain. I
reminded myself that I’m like a 1947 model car…what can I expect?
I wasn’t happy despite coming up with multiple
reasons for my sudden “downfall.” I lay down and forced myself to rest for 20
minutes then made myself get up and walk to the drugstore to buy iron
supplements. On the walk home I popped one along with a chocolate Cadbury
egg…and slowly I began to open like a frozen daffodil just cut and put into
warm water. It was Easter, so one can indulge a bit, I told myself. Tomorrow I
will start losing weight. Sigh…
Just as I
walked in the shop at home a FaceBook friend dropped by, and in the course of our
conversation she mentioned she hadn’t seen a blog post for me in quite a while.
Yes! Someone had noticed. That felt good.
Someone had
missed hearing from me! Here was more warmth, like sunshine, flowing in...even
better than the chocolate egg.
Spring is
slow in coming this year. Snow is forecast for tomorrow. My spine aches so
intensely I must lie down again, and plan on calling the doctor tomorrow. But I’m going to return to the drugstore and
buy sunglasses that will change the color of the world from mundane gray to warm
amber hues. Simple solutions! Followed by the hard phone call…
“God grant me the serenity to accept
the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can and the
wisdom to know the difference”…and God bless friends who remember us…and notice when we are
missing.
