Alone in a maze of fear and confusion, face etched with worry and uncertainty as the mind grapples with facing reality within the conscious recognition that something is growing with a different rhythm within. The heart, overwhelmed, dully aches, for the land far from the threshold it now explores. Tears won’t come, but silently they cascade down an invisible waterfall into the Inner Lake. Joy seems like a distant stranger, as the colour from the world is bled, all faded to grey. Physically, so removed from home as numbness quietly spreads, the geography feels alien as you inhabit a world that you no longer recognise.
Words fail, as nothing can account for the multiple realities that have come together all at once. Sympathy only encourages the Lake to boil and compassion only feels like pity. And the look in the eyes of others, making this reality all the more solid and unavoidable…
We’ve all been there. All you can truly do is be there for another, as they come to terms with facing serious illness. Words may feel meaningless, trivial and painful, but the timbre in your voice speaks more than anything. Your presence, the kindness in your eyes, the space that you hold and the acceptance of who they are and what choices they will make, is all that is needed.
Time will come for words. But in the moment, words are unnecessary. You are.
Reflections on Mercury square Neptune as the mind embraces the challenges of presence, as opposed to rationalising.
Author: Andrew Smith
https://www.andrewsmith.ieAstrology has been my sole source of income, my way of being and the way that I live since discovering it on the 17th Jan 1993. Self-taught, I did sojourn with a correspondence course with the Faculty of Astrological Studies under the tutorship of Christine Tate-Wheeler, completing three of the four year training modules in a little under a year. However, I never sat the exams due to my commitments to seeing clients and running a school of astrology called The Dublin Astrological Centre.I’ve been ever so fortunate to have attracted people who wanted to work with me from the very beginning of my path and I’ve worked with clients intensely on a daily basis since 1994. I have a varied clientele, located all over the world, and have worked privately with individuals and corporately with business, sports clubs, political parties and religious institutions for over two decades. My practise is based in my office in Blackrock, Dublin, Ireland, from where I write, divine, create and see clients in person or via ZOOM.Until the time of my movement onto my current path, I was reading Geography in Trinity College, Dublin and playing football, two additional passions I still have today. I currently reside in Greystones, Ireland with my family. My life-partner and wife, Karen, walks the same path as an astrologer and we have two children, Sarah and Maya. Together we run the Blue Rose, a school of astrology and spirituality and have students all over the world who download our classes, join in via ZOOM or attend in person.
My focus is evident in my extensive public writing. I am interested in helping people develop a deeper confidence in their commitment to what they lOve and living what they love. And I would lOve to share my passion with you and to work with you concerning what you love.I look forward to working with you.
