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It is April in the Hudson Valley and snow is piling up outside. I’m not sure why weather surprises me anymore. As I get older, I think weather is the perfect metaphor for trying peering into the future. We can forecast what is to come based on current trends and patterns. But prediction is only as good as our willingness to be wrong; or be humbled over and over and over. Just as weather takes its course, so do the events and circumstances of life.
I’ve been thinking about this in relation to the astrological moment that we’re in. In the space between eclipses, now with the added layer of Mercury Retrograde, we are presented with two paths: To turn a corner and trudge ahead or to trek backward into already charted territory — and in this case, the familiar road once traveled takes work and resistance to stay on. It takes the determination to stay put; denying fate and testing destiny. The wilds and unknowns awaiting beyond the next peak beckoning you, singing their siren song. We may not want it. We may not accept the call.
Right now the universe is giving you what you need, not what you want.
My mom and I have always had a tense relationship. Over the years I’ve tried in multiples ways to come to a stable place with her, but I don’t feel like she’s willing to meet me where I am. I want to heal the deep disappointment I feel that our relationship will never been what I hoped it would. But it’s so hard to let go and it’s leaving me feeling on my own in so many ways. Is there any hope or healing that astrology can offer me when it comes to my mom?
Desperate Daughter