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Dear friends,
Each day, we gather here - hearts from every corner of the globe - to share a breath, a quiet pause, and send the light of our love into a dark world.
Today we send the light of our love to those whose oldest wound has come into the light
To the ones who felt it this morning, the old tender place they’ve built a whole life around avoiding, touched by something as ordinary as a look or a sentence left hanging. To those who’ve spent years wondering whether they’re allowed to take up room in another person’s life, and who are being asked that question again today. We send our light to everyone whose oldest wound has come into the light, and to those discovering that the light is kind. It only wants to see, and to be seen back.
May the light be kind to what it finds
I let the old hurt be looked at, gently, and I don’t look away.
I take up my place in the room, because I’m allowed to.
I meet the one who wounded me, in memory or in person, with more of myself than I had back then.
I let the future have a say in who I’m becoming.
I let the tenderness come, and I let it soften me.
Tenderness at the old place
There’s a place in you that’s been sore for as long as you can remember.
Today something brushed against it.
Don’t flinch.
Breathe into the exact spot.
Let it be sore in the open for once.
What hurts is only what was never allowed to be held.
Hold it now.
By evening you’ll feel softer, and that’s the healing beginning.
Today, the sky touches the wound
The Sun in Libra, the sign of the other person, stands directly opposite Chiron in Aries, the wounded healer, so the oldest hurt of all - whether we get to exist, to matter, to take up room - gets touched through our relationships today. Early on the Moon in Aquarius passes the North Node, the sky’s marker for where we’re all heading, so what surfaces has something to do with the future, and then the Moon slips into Pisces and everything goes soft and tidal. It’s a day where the wound and the tenderness arrive together.
This is a day for letting the old hurt be seen in a kind light, and holding it with both hands.
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See you tomorrow morning!
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If you’re interested in exploring your own natal chart, I was part of the team that built Ask Arion - an app that helps you read what the sky has to say for you personally. It’s free to sign up, and a great way to start your journey with the stars.
I just checked my daily insight on AskArion.com and this is my third consecutive day of "Intense Clarity." It is already as advertised. I've been up since 4 am, and it's past 6 now, so I'll head over to the Resonance Room. I've already had my rendezvous with Chiron today, woke up to it, and since I spent an hour yesterday delving deeper into my chart I'm embracing that touchstone of transmutability.