craftycorvid glad to hear Mr C is home. He will need to catch up with sleep and rest. I know I often howl about self care, but situations like this are stressful and draining. Make sure you rest too.
quirkychick I hope there will be some resolution soon. It's so hard to navigate families, that's difficult if your parents are withholding information.
My extended family have many secrets and lies, there are big gaps surrounding events, and no one wants to tell me the truth. When I ask I am shut down, so I have stopped asking, even though it would give me clarity with events that had a big impact on me as a child and as an adult. I haven't spoken to my sister at all for many years, but I am very close to her daughter ( now a mother too and in her 40s).
The relationship I have with my niece has deepened over the years, she used to feel like the "black sheep" in her family, but we have a relationship built on authenticity and truth. She told me that I give her a sense of "belonging" in her family again. Her mother- my sister- is an ultra conservative baptist, and raised her children in that warped abusive life model. Now an atheist my niece struggles to maintain a relationship with her parents and sister. Her whole world and support fell away when she became an atheist, and is dealing with the CPTSD that her upbringing gave her. Religion harms so many people, gives permission and foundations for destructive behaviour, views and societial structure. Gives greedy men the mandate to hold power over women, other people, animals and the poor earth itself.
My magical journey and views of the feminine are deeply entwined. Tools to claim back what is ours, our power and voice.
Thie patriarchy serves only a few- those men that rule, the women who serve as hapless handmaidens in return for eternal childhood. Many men are not served either, those who sit outside the win or die camp are ostracised.
We are all in need of more feminine energy and power to balance the scales which have tipped over too far and created such inequities and harmful economic models.
I hope the new moon in aquarius brings fresh energy for those in need of a new star. Jupiter and Mercury aid this energy and help us clear the clutter in order to find and set our intentions.
I have a slow day planned, plenty time for pottering and thinking about fresh simple food. Imbolc energies are rising, I love this sabbat, soft light, full of the most tender nurturing energy of Bridgit.
This is a lovely video -
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