Scorpio and the Art of Transformation

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Happy New Moon

How are you holding up?

This month I am focussing on the art of letting go in order to be reborn.

I am wishing you the best and hope that despite the heaviness of this year your heart is finding some hope and lightness. Loss and change has been a major theme for all of us one way or another this year.

I have watched so many people make brave choices in the face of uncertainty, handle loss with grace and express their deep feelings with courage and vulnerability. I have watched changes quickly catalyze in the wake of the pandemic and seen people let go and allow these changes. As a result I've seen many of these changes bring them deeper into alignment with their values and needs. Priorities have changed.

I have seen people get married, get divorced, lose their business, start a business, deepen their relationships and spiritual practices and transform their lives in ways they thought they would do...someday...but the time was now. I am in awe of the transformation that has occurred: both internal and external.

With all change comes loss and letting go.

November is a month of transformation. We see the leaves falling to the ground and the earth letting death release the deadwood so that once again Spring can bring new life.

Scorpio, the Art Nouveau Astrology Oracle Deck

November corresponds with the Scorpio archetype ~ the archetype of the death rebirth cycle. Scorpio corresponds with the Death card in the Tarot major arcana. (see image below). These archetypes remind us that death is part of rebirth and that the two seeming opposites are in fact one phenomenon. This beautiful poem by Sri Aurobindo the Indian sage captures this truth:

Life, death, - death, life; the words have led for ages Our thought and consciousness and firmly seemed Two opposites; but now long hidden pages Are opened, liberating truths undreamed. Life only is, or death is life disguised, - Life a short death until by life we are surprised. ~ Sri Aurobindo

I am embracing November as a time to consciously let go in order to transform.

These are some questions I am asking myself:

• Is there anything that feels like “deadwood” and am I ready to let that go?

• What are my boundaries?

• How am I letting go and reducing stress by utilizing my boundaries?

• What is dying and what is being reborn as a result?

• What am I realizing it is time to let go of and how do I feel about letting it go?

• What old ideas about myself am I ready to let go of ?

Janine Roth's book below is a beautiful story of letting go. She describes the gut wrenching experience of loosing 30 years life savings and the ensuing painful but enlightening process that followed. She models in a very real way how to dig deep and find the willingness to step into loss as a portal for transformation and reminds us we don't have to wait for big losses, we can start embracing the fact of impermanence and change now.

This time of year calls us to slow down and let go...wishing you the very best this November as you navigate your own changes, transformations, deaths and rebirths.

Love to all.

Favorite book this month: Lost and Found: One woman's story of losing her money and finding her life b

Death Card Radiant Rider Waite Tarot Deck