For some, this time of year lingers like the sweet sorrow of a melancholic melody, as time is spent with those with whom you would not be friends but fate has decreed otherwise. But navigating the familial landscape does not have to be akin to tiptoeing through an emotional minefield, where the dormant can awaken and unresolved issues can erupt, casting emotional lava across the familial terrain. Remaining conscious, not in fearful anticipation or judgement, of the power of ancestral echoes and the impact of unresolved issues on the present moment is the Way of the Doula, as you skirt along the perimeters of a familiar graveyard, unintentionally shedding a flickering light on those buried grievances, slights, misunderstandings and stealthily hidden ego agendas.
A conscious heart, aware of these invisible forces, stands as a guardian against the inadvertent activation of emotional landmines. Taking time to reflect on the vast array of potential triggers embedded in familial interactions, offers you an opportunity to tread lightly, fostering an environment where not reacting to the whispers of unresolved issues can enable you to see how far your personal healing and compassionate understanding has come. Remember that your reactions are not merely personal but intertwined with the collective emotional history of your family, and your choices to rise to the bait or to let them wash over you, can have an impact on altering the level to which your ‘composite’ dynamics can express themselves.
Reflections on the Cardinal Earth Sun’s sextile to Mutable Water Saturn
Art by Elizabeth Shakespeare
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.