June 21, 2018 | Dana Mrkich
Goddess Kali: Artist Unknown
Happy Solstice everyone! It's the shortest day of the year for us in the Southern Hemisphere, and longest in the Northern 🌞
We
also have Mars, the planet of "energy needing expression", preparing to
go retrograde next week. Retrograde periods highlight and intensify the
influence of a planet, making us more aware of how we're using a
particular energy in our life. With Mars, it can bring up: anger, rage,
explosive outbursts or aggression.
It's a time to look at why these emotions are coming up:
What is really being triggered?
What underlying issue is wanting your attention?
What underlying issue is wanting your attention?
What is your habitual response when it comes to anger?
Do you shut down, suppress it or project it?
Do you need to change this response?
Do you need to learn to express yourself and your needs in a more assertive way?
Do you need to change this response?
Do you need to learn to express yourself and your needs in a more assertive way?
Mars retro can also increase your desire to be physically active or vice versa enforce or encourage a period of rest.
It's also a great time to cook up creative ideas that you can implement a few months down the road.
If
you are one of the many for whom anger or rage is bubbling up, or if
you're empathetically absorbing it from the collective, strong physical
workouts are an excellent, healthy way of moving that energy through
you. Exercise is great for clearing any "excess" energy that doesn't
belong to you. It clears your mind so that you can healthy address any
authentic anger that does belong to you. Anger and rage are powerful
emotions and messengers. We don't just want to "release" them,
especially if they are coming up strongly or recur often. It's better to
look at why the emotion is there. Ask the emotion: what are you wanting
to tell me?
There
is A LOT of projection going on at the moment- personally, socially and
politically. We are angry about that over there, meanwhile the same
thing is happening here (in our psyche/our home/our life/our country/our
side). Projection happens because it's just too painful or overwhelming
to see/accept what's happening "here".
There
is nothing wrong with being angry. What isn't helpful however is being
angry when it happens "there" but ignoring it when it happens "here".
The tricky thing is we can often have a blind spot when it comes to
what's happening "here" which is why listening to each other is SO
important right now. Other people can see our blind spots, and we can
see theirs. Our new human mantra needs to be listen up instead of
lashing out.
How are you all feeling? #listenupinsteadoflashingout
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Life & Soul, Humanity Rising, Mars Retrograde, Anger, Outrage, Rage
MY TAGS: Dana Mrkich, Mars Retrograde, Aggression, Anger, Rage, Outbursts, Self-Expression, Triggers, Underlying Issues, Knee-Jerk Reaction, Physical Action, Listening, Projection, Personal Responsibility, Blind Spots,
MY TAGS: Dana Mrkich, Mars Retrograde, Aggression, Anger, Rage, Outbursts, Self-Expression, Triggers, Underlying Issues, Knee-Jerk Reaction, Physical Action, Listening, Projection, Personal Responsibility, Blind Spots,
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