One of my fondest memories from college is when two of my friends and I stayed on campus during spring break. While we were catching up on work study hours and homework, we’d also enjoy having the grounds almost completely to ourselves. With spring emerging, we’d have our day outings when we weren’t working. In the evening, we’d make dinner together and play games.
Some nights, Michael and Terry wanted to watch horror movies. They were obsessed with them. These movies were terrifying to me, but I’d go along for the ride. We would scream and laugh all at once. The anticipation of something emerging from the darkness would rattle me from head to toe!
While I’ll probably never be a horror movie lover, I do
appreciate why people are obsessed with them.
Whether it’s pleasant or terrifying, the element of surprise is exhilarating,
especially when it emerges from the mysterious darkness. We have no choice but to be fully present to
the moment when these flashes of fear take over us. We become alert, with our adrenaline rushing, and it’s exhilarating.
Scary things aren’t all that emerges from the mysterious
shadows of life though. There is also
magic, and magic requires that same presence to the moment that our fear
does. There is a full-on surrender to
what is unfolding before us that allows room for unexpected blessings to arise. It’s all part of the soupy mix of life that offers
us the chance to embrace the unknown and trust that you can be in both your
fear and your magic at the same time.
Earlier this year, when I was experiencing a tremendous
amount of uncertainty, a series of unexpected blessings came into my life. As I was meditating one day, a message came
through from the universe saying, “How much will it take to prove that I’ve got
your back?”
If this chaos cycle has taught us anything, it’s that so
much is out of our control, and the more we resist that fact, the more we
suffer. Instead, if we choose to become
our own alchemists during challenging times, we discover true freedom. We don’t have to like the challenges we face,
but we do have the choice to surrender to them with faith in
ourselves knowing that the answers will be revealed when we’re
ready.
The new moon in Scorpio this week embraces the most
mysterious parts of our being. Not just
the shadowy parts of ourselves that aren’t ready to be fully acknowledged, but
the patterns that operate unconsciously through our whole being, influencing our
inner and outer experiences. Opposing
this new moon is Uranus in Taurus. Uranus
likes to shake things up with the unexpected and doesn’t seem to care whether
they’re pleasant surprises or our most dreaded fears coming true.
Depending on what area of your life has been shaken up by the chaos of the past two years, Uranus’ mission is to set you free from the old to make room for deeper levels of transformation. While this can be as terrifying as watching a
horror film, it is also working magic in unexpected and mystical ways. In the end this dance between the sun, moon
and Uranus is creating space for us to discover a whole new level of connection
to self, others, and life.
How can your fear and magic come together to support your inner
and outer alchemy?
What ways you can be present to all of it to help the
process along?
