Finding Hope in the Shadows

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Finding Hope in the Shadows
Tuesday September 14, 2010

"People who have no hopes are easy to control. Whoever controls those people has the power."--Gmork, The Neverending Story

Looks like fine cosmic weather, as the Moon waxes, to look courageously into your own personal mysteries. Both Venus and Mars are in Scorpio, driving us to boldly go where we haven't gone before....within ourselves or our relationships. It's those places we sense are touchy, and possibly explosive. Often, it's something that's got a psychic hold on us, because we fear going there so much.

Hope grows when we sense that we're close to the true source of what's bothering us. The love planets in Scorpio embolden us to sit long enough with the shadowy feelings, to discover the message there. This is a key period then, for soul searching, as we get closer to the Full Moon in Aries (Sept 23rd). Aries is a sign of freshness, and natural optimism that there's always a new beginning.

It takes time to coax out the shadow sometimes, because it's been driven so far underground. Often a gentle loving approach and patience works better than force. Yesterday's Yogastrology message was, "Pluto going direct in Capricorn, in harmonious trine to Virgo, supports us to SURRENDER disempowering patterns / initiate self-empowerment."

The path is smoother when you're intimate with yourself and your body. This is a great time to raise the volume on your inner life. It's the path of power, because if something or someone has a hold on you, you're able to free yourself. Hope grows when we know we can face anything, and make it through the other side stronger and more powerful.