I’ve read this once now over coffee, in the quiet of the early morning, racing through the paragraphs and tumbling down into the imagery. I will return to read it again, more slowly, holding its energy close to my heart. Thank you. Your words resonate and this piece is profoundly impactful.
Thank-you Nicole. This one felt quite important as it tumbled out of me. Made me weep at the end. Couldn't see the screen while I typed. I'm glad it resonated with you. xx
I so look forward every Sunday to reading your Substack. And this one like every other that I’ve read does not disappoint. It’s a lot to think about and it’s a lot to reconcile. One of your statements really struck me was the part about having our backs against each other and then turning around to see that it’s really just us. 😭😭😭
Kat, this is something I come to realise more and more each day - every person we encounter is really just a mirror of ourselves, reflecting back some part of us that’s asking to be held. There is no other, all is one. It’s the hardest thing to remember….but if we can remember it, we find the path to peace and understanding. xx
Such a wonderful wrap-up of this week, Wiz! You not only touched on the horrific events of 9/11/2001 and its aftermath, but you also pointed out some of the reasons for it happening without excusing the perpetrators. It has saddened me for years that most Americans couldn’t admit or understand that the prior bad actions of our political and military leaders were part of what lead up to the attack happening. Our country has done some amazing things in its short 250-year history, but it has also done and continues to do some truly atrocious things too. I am heartened to see many of my fellow citizens finally facing that truth and waking up to the fact that there is no “them”. I was also heartened to hear the son of one of the victims say that he wished people would stop using the events of 9/11 to foment hate. That it did not honor his father’s spirit or that of anyone who died that day and since to use them as an excuse to continue to hate anyone.
I would like to have seen what the world would have looked like had our leaders stood up and said enough hate, let’s grieve and change our ways. Maybe I’ll be lucky enough to see it happen in the future – I know I will do everything in my power to elect new leaders who do think that way, who recognize that we are all one people, and who want our government to work for the people as it was intended – let’s have true equality for all, women with full autonomy over their bodies, universal healthcare, fully fund the SNAP programs and anything that helps the elderly (especially social security), stop spending billions of dollars on stupid illegal wars or walls, cut back our military weapons budget and ICE budget and fully fund our public schools and teach our history as it was – not the white-washed version, hold greedy corrupt politicians, judges, corporations, and anyone else accountable in a court of law, and really mean it when we say no one is above the law, fully fund medical research for and about women so all women can get the help they need when they need it. And so much more that would build a better and more heart-centered world. That is what I hope for.
I’m glad you are here to let us know what the stars are showing us and asking of us – both politically and within ourselves. It gives me hope and courage.
I treasure your insights and send you much love and gratitude from my sweet corner of the world in Maryland, USA.
So much of this just couldn’t be said 25 years ago, we weren’t ready to hear it or hold it let alone say it. I know for myself that how I viewed the world back then has changed drastically in the passing years - sometimes it just takes time for us to feel the truth, and know what to do with it. 🥰
Like others have said, I am always looking forward to reading your Sunday posts. Today was no different. But my reaction was. Tears running, heart aching for Lindsay, for New York, for all of us. Not just the United States, but for all of us. We are them. They are us. The hope that the heart will become the driving factor for the future feels so very real.
It’s not unusual for me to suddenly understand that my eyes are about to well up with tears, and occasionally, the welling is well underway before i even register that it’s happening.
For the most part, I’m aware of what caused the emotional high-tide and why it overflowed the banks to spill out of my face, but sometimes it’s a mystery; maybe it comes to me later, maybe not.
Your article today brought tears from what I sense are three emotional surges in me….
The first I know, as I’ve cried those tears before: for that day, for us all, for the agony and terror and upheaval
The second is looser, and new to me; it’s from what you invited me to begin to understand: the last 25 years of incremental heaviness and compounding loss, of being unaware of what was kicked aside but was actually tethered to all of us, what we’ve been dragging with us for such a long time.
The third surge of emotion is a mystery to me; perhaps it will come in time? It’s a sense of so much more underneath, so much more to grasp. Those tears feel like ones that would arrive in jags of sobbing if could understand their true source….that I’m only just feeling the beginning of a flood of truth. It isn’t doom, more like the deep breath I would take before facing the something that I know will hurt, badly, because I know that it will get me to some place better on the other side, a place more firm, stable, hopeful? Joyous?
Anyway, thanks for sharing your perspectives and your interpretations; they (and you) are a comfort as well as a way to see and think differently about the here and now.
We contain multitudes, that’s for sure, and I believe that we all, together, make it so much harder than it has to be. Maybe we can knock that shit off and try something new!
Sarah, thank-you for demonstrating for us all exactly how we should be allowing these feelings to flow through us - let them flow whilst observing where they come from and what they’re connected to and what they’re touching, and gently asking why they’re here and what they’ve come to teach. These words you’ve written give us all a map for navigating difficult emotions. Thank-you for lighting the way xx
"...what the heart already knows; that there is no us and them, they are both one and the same, and so when the verdict comes, it comes via the heart, shaped more like compassion than retribution."
When we make "other" an object we stop seeing the human they are and we move away from our own connection to ourselves. We buckle up, tense up, against the pain, hurt, deep sorrow, confusion, and strike. But then we continue to ultimaltely feel lost, frightened and now horrified with ourselves; feeling our own light dimmed. It may not be apparent to us at first, as adrenaline runs through the body, but eventually we sit in the ruin of our own making.
I love you Wiz. Your carefully chosen words, provide a guiding light back to our own and collective hearts. Self empathy, love and compassion is how we walk through the door to the peace, love, abundance and joy again and again on this journey.
Oooooh the ruin of our own making. That’s exactly correct - we cannot harm another without harming ourselves. Thank-you for these words, and for holding this so tenderly. Glad you’re here xx
I understand Donna - I had a similar experience writing it. I wrote the final part of this in floods of tears, which made spell check rather challenging hehe. So much feeling attached to this one. xx
It occurred to me over the last week that I had come to astrology to find another perspective on our times that I could grapple with, but definitely looking for a narrative that the mind could understand. And here you are saying, “ nope “. 😂
What a journey it’s been to read along and I see that your insights have allowed me to be much more in the moment with people and situations.
Reminds me of the saying about America, that we come through and do the right thing, but only after all the other options have been exhausted.😵💫
It’s not just America - it’s all of us. Humans tend to get there eventually, but usually through maximum pain. That saying “no pain, no gain” could also be “we choose to gain through pain.” The learning doesn’t have to be painful, but often we resist the initial feelings, and push them away, so then they come back bigger, and we push them away, and the process continues until what comes back eventually is a feeling so big it can’t be ignored, and then the pain is immense. We keep choosing that way…..resisting the heart in favour of the mind. May we learn, day by day, to let both work together - the feelings of the heart informing the wisdom of the mind, not resisting the pain but allowing difficult feelings to flow and teach what they came to teach, and then…..ONWARDS!
Many retired investigators/police say the evidence/timeline presented doesn’t point to Lindsay. Prayers for all involved in the tragedy. Wonderful post as always Wiz 🌎🌈❤️🩹
It's natural to want to look for anything we can cling to that might mean Lindsay didn't do what she was accused of doing. It's a horrific thing that was done, and it feels easier to hold if there's a way we can think that maybe she didn't do it. But her own defense team conceded from the outset that Lindsay killed Cora, Dawson and Callan - that was never disputed by Lindsay or her lawyers. Kevin Reddington built the entire case around criminal responsibility - the question put to the jury was whether she understood the nature and wrongfulness of what she did, not whether she did it. Holding what those jurors were asked to hold - the full weight of what was done and the reason Lindsay's team offered - is what we are being asked to do now. Looking for other explanations disregards Lindsay's own defence in an effort to lessen the weight, but we would be wise to try and hold the whole of it. That's what this moment asks. xx
I’m not disputing the horror or refusing to hold all involved in the light. It’s my 33 years as a fellow RN and medical data/evidence that doesn’t compute that’s all. We all seek truth at this time in all things.
Definitely your best wrap-up yet, I shed some tears with your words. Thanks for helping move through the emotions of all that has happened and sharing news I didn't know; that the danger from the chemicals had been hidden and that Mamdani is the one who revealed it. Hopefully more new politicians will help with the unveiling and start to speak exactly as you suggested, grieving but without vengeance 😢💜✨
Grief without vengeance - that’s challenging for so many of us, but it’s what we’re being called to in these difficult times. May we walk with wisdom, through the fire. xx
I’ve read this once now over coffee, in the quiet of the early morning, racing through the paragraphs and tumbling down into the imagery. I will return to read it again, more slowly, holding its energy close to my heart. Thank you. Your words resonate and this piece is profoundly impactful.
Thank-you Allen. It's a lot to take in, and it's worth sitting with I think. I'm glad it resonates. Thank-you for reading. xx
Wiz, this was incredible. This is one of if not the most powerful articles that you've written. Thann you.
Thank-you Nicole. This one felt quite important as it tumbled out of me. Made me weep at the end. Couldn't see the screen while I typed. I'm glad it resonated with you. xx
I so look forward every Sunday to reading your Substack. And this one like every other that I’ve read does not disappoint. It’s a lot to think about and it’s a lot to reconcile. One of your statements really struck me was the part about having our backs against each other and then turning around to see that it’s really just us. 😭😭😭
Kat, this is something I come to realise more and more each day - every person we encounter is really just a mirror of ourselves, reflecting back some part of us that’s asking to be held. There is no other, all is one. It’s the hardest thing to remember….but if we can remember it, we find the path to peace and understanding. xx
Such a wonderful wrap-up of this week, Wiz! You not only touched on the horrific events of 9/11/2001 and its aftermath, but you also pointed out some of the reasons for it happening without excusing the perpetrators. It has saddened me for years that most Americans couldn’t admit or understand that the prior bad actions of our political and military leaders were part of what lead up to the attack happening. Our country has done some amazing things in its short 250-year history, but it has also done and continues to do some truly atrocious things too. I am heartened to see many of my fellow citizens finally facing that truth and waking up to the fact that there is no “them”. I was also heartened to hear the son of one of the victims say that he wished people would stop using the events of 9/11 to foment hate. That it did not honor his father’s spirit or that of anyone who died that day and since to use them as an excuse to continue to hate anyone.
I would like to have seen what the world would have looked like had our leaders stood up and said enough hate, let’s grieve and change our ways. Maybe I’ll be lucky enough to see it happen in the future – I know I will do everything in my power to elect new leaders who do think that way, who recognize that we are all one people, and who want our government to work for the people as it was intended – let’s have true equality for all, women with full autonomy over their bodies, universal healthcare, fully fund the SNAP programs and anything that helps the elderly (especially social security), stop spending billions of dollars on stupid illegal wars or walls, cut back our military weapons budget and ICE budget and fully fund our public schools and teach our history as it was – not the white-washed version, hold greedy corrupt politicians, judges, corporations, and anyone else accountable in a court of law, and really mean it when we say no one is above the law, fully fund medical research for and about women so all women can get the help they need when they need it. And so much more that would build a better and more heart-centered world. That is what I hope for.
I’m glad you are here to let us know what the stars are showing us and asking of us – both politically and within ourselves. It gives me hope and courage.
I treasure your insights and send you much love and gratitude from my sweet corner of the world in Maryland, USA.
So much of this just couldn’t be said 25 years ago, we weren’t ready to hear it or hold it let alone say it. I know for myself that how I viewed the world back then has changed drastically in the passing years - sometimes it just takes time for us to feel the truth, and know what to do with it. 🥰
Like others have said, I am always looking forward to reading your Sunday posts. Today was no different. But my reaction was. Tears running, heart aching for Lindsay, for New York, for all of us. Not just the United States, but for all of us. We are them. They are us. The hope that the heart will become the driving factor for the future feels so very real.
Today is my solar return.
What a gift! 💝
I wrote this one through tears. Floods of them. Such a heavy time, so much to feel. Happy birthday friend xx
Embracing you through the ether! 🥰
It’s not unusual for me to suddenly understand that my eyes are about to well up with tears, and occasionally, the welling is well underway before i even register that it’s happening.
For the most part, I’m aware of what caused the emotional high-tide and why it overflowed the banks to spill out of my face, but sometimes it’s a mystery; maybe it comes to me later, maybe not.
Your article today brought tears from what I sense are three emotional surges in me….
The first I know, as I’ve cried those tears before: for that day, for us all, for the agony and terror and upheaval
The second is looser, and new to me; it’s from what you invited me to begin to understand: the last 25 years of incremental heaviness and compounding loss, of being unaware of what was kicked aside but was actually tethered to all of us, what we’ve been dragging with us for such a long time.
The third surge of emotion is a mystery to me; perhaps it will come in time? It’s a sense of so much more underneath, so much more to grasp. Those tears feel like ones that would arrive in jags of sobbing if could understand their true source….that I’m only just feeling the beginning of a flood of truth. It isn’t doom, more like the deep breath I would take before facing the something that I know will hurt, badly, because I know that it will get me to some place better on the other side, a place more firm, stable, hopeful? Joyous?
Anyway, thanks for sharing your perspectives and your interpretations; they (and you) are a comfort as well as a way to see and think differently about the here and now.
We contain multitudes, that’s for sure, and I believe that we all, together, make it so much harder than it has to be. Maybe we can knock that shit off and try something new!
Sarah, thank-you for demonstrating for us all exactly how we should be allowing these feelings to flow through us - let them flow whilst observing where they come from and what they’re connected to and what they’re touching, and gently asking why they’re here and what they’ve come to teach. These words you’ve written give us all a map for navigating difficult emotions. Thank-you for lighting the way xx
"...what the heart already knows; that there is no us and them, they are both one and the same, and so when the verdict comes, it comes via the heart, shaped more like compassion than retribution."
When we make "other" an object we stop seeing the human they are and we move away from our own connection to ourselves. We buckle up, tense up, against the pain, hurt, deep sorrow, confusion, and strike. But then we continue to ultimaltely feel lost, frightened and now horrified with ourselves; feeling our own light dimmed. It may not be apparent to us at first, as adrenaline runs through the body, but eventually we sit in the ruin of our own making.
I love you Wiz. Your carefully chosen words, provide a guiding light back to our own and collective hearts. Self empathy, love and compassion is how we walk through the door to the peace, love, abundance and joy again and again on this journey.
Oooooh the ruin of our own making. That’s exactly correct - we cannot harm another without harming ourselves. Thank-you for these words, and for holding this so tenderly. Glad you’re here xx
Wiz, is incredible. This is one, if not the most powerful articles that you've written. Thank you.
Thank you, I started crying halfway through and couldn’t stop. I felt this deep inside.
I understand Donna - I had a similar experience writing it. I wrote the final part of this in floods of tears, which made spell check rather challenging hehe. So much feeling attached to this one. xx
It occurred to me over the last week that I had come to astrology to find another perspective on our times that I could grapple with, but definitely looking for a narrative that the mind could understand. And here you are saying, “ nope “. 😂
What a journey it’s been to read along and I see that your insights have allowed me to be much more in the moment with people and situations.
Reminds me of the saying about America, that we come through and do the right thing, but only after all the other options have been exhausted.😵💫
Thank you for the guidance.🙏
It’s not just America - it’s all of us. Humans tend to get there eventually, but usually through maximum pain. That saying “no pain, no gain” could also be “we choose to gain through pain.” The learning doesn’t have to be painful, but often we resist the initial feelings, and push them away, so then they come back bigger, and we push them away, and the process continues until what comes back eventually is a feeling so big it can’t be ignored, and then the pain is immense. We keep choosing that way…..resisting the heart in favour of the mind. May we learn, day by day, to let both work together - the feelings of the heart informing the wisdom of the mind, not resisting the pain but allowing difficult feelings to flow and teach what they came to teach, and then…..ONWARDS!
Incredibly moving. Waves of feeling as I read your words. This post has life that will ripple out in the days to come.
Amen 🙏
Very profound! Thank you!! ❤️
You’re welcome. Thank-you for reading!
Many retired investigators/police say the evidence/timeline presented doesn’t point to Lindsay. Prayers for all involved in the tragedy. Wonderful post as always Wiz 🌎🌈❤️🩹
It's natural to want to look for anything we can cling to that might mean Lindsay didn't do what she was accused of doing. It's a horrific thing that was done, and it feels easier to hold if there's a way we can think that maybe she didn't do it. But her own defense team conceded from the outset that Lindsay killed Cora, Dawson and Callan - that was never disputed by Lindsay or her lawyers. Kevin Reddington built the entire case around criminal responsibility - the question put to the jury was whether she understood the nature and wrongfulness of what she did, not whether she did it. Holding what those jurors were asked to hold - the full weight of what was done and the reason Lindsay's team offered - is what we are being asked to do now. Looking for other explanations disregards Lindsay's own defence in an effort to lessen the weight, but we would be wise to try and hold the whole of it. That's what this moment asks. xx
I’m not disputing the horror or refusing to hold all involved in the light. It’s my 33 years as a fellow RN and medical data/evidence that doesn’t compute that’s all. We all seek truth at this time in all things.
Definitely your best wrap-up yet, I shed some tears with your words. Thanks for helping move through the emotions of all that has happened and sharing news I didn't know; that the danger from the chemicals had been hidden and that Mamdani is the one who revealed it. Hopefully more new politicians will help with the unveiling and start to speak exactly as you suggested, grieving but without vengeance 😢💜✨
Grief without vengeance - that’s challenging for so many of us, but it’s what we’re being called to in these difficult times. May we walk with wisdom, through the fire. xx
Beautiful, dear Wizard. Thank you for your care within each line. May our hearts open and our minds follow.
Thank-you, as always, for reading, Julianne. xx