Recently Grammy Award winning singer Lizzo shared this post on instagram:
โ๐โ๐ฆ ๐ ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ซ๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ญ. ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ. ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐โ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐จ๐๐ฌ๐งโ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ข๐ญ. ๐โ๐ฆ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ & ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฐ๐ฌโฆ ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ค๐ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐คโฆ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐ค๐๐ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐๐จ๐งโ๐ญ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ง๐๐ฆ๐. ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐งโ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ. ๐ ๐๐๐๐โ
No, sheโs not quitting music as she cleared up the other day by stating she meant that sheโs quitting giving negative energy any attention.ย
This share by LIzzo struck me as a poignant way to speak about the energy of this Total Lunar Eclipse happening today (April 8th) in the sign of Aries.
Letโs take a sec before we get into this, to understand what an Eclipse is all about.ย
Beyond the science of the sun, moon and earthโs rare alignment that will last pretty long for an eclipse, eclipses are often the mark of karmic, destined & fated events.
Eclipses are said to be felt 4 to 6 weeks before the actual event, and then 4 to 6 weeks after, and their impact can last up to 6 months, and for some people can last for years if they arenโt getting the lessons.
Eclipses bring โkismetโ (meant to be) situations into our life.
They bring the inevitable, and the โvery necessaryโ into our life for our soulโs purpose and evolution.
Eclipses bring major goodbyes & hellos.
Of course it will affect some people more strongly than others. Not everyone will have huge changes in their lives, but you may witness big changes in the lives of other people.
Eclipses also give us a chance to see how weโve grown, evolved, changed & matured.
Youโll want to think back to around April 2004 - March of 2006 to see what you were experiencing then.
Lessons may be coming back around that we didnโt get back then, and we are given the opportunity to finally work on the pattern with the wisdom we have gained since then.
Now, letโs get back to Lizzo. I feel her pain, Iโve felt like that, and Iโm sure many others have.
But I also know sheโs not innocent, and neither was/am I.
Lizzo is presenting the theme of this Eclipse - โHealing the Warriorโ
In astrology we are experiencing Chiron (the wounded healer) in conjunction with Aries (the will to act, the willpower to do).
During Chironโs journey through Aries, Chiron has been bringing up wounds surrounding the feeling of not having the right to exist (which Lizzo so eloquently expressed in her post on Instagram), fear of initiating or taking action, trauma associated with war, challenges expressing & relating to anger & aggression, painful experiences connected to unconscious or abusive experiences of masculine energy.
We are now entering a new 19 year cycle - a New Moon in Aries is about the NEW. New bold things, new daring things, new courage, new sense of self, new identity and most importantly a new perspective of yourself, and a new way of dealing with your own wounds & traumas.ย
Laying down all apocalyptic thinking, this Eclipse is trying to show us that whatโs happening INSIDE is what is important.
As the official first sign of the zodiac, Aries is very self focused right now. Itโs asking โwhat am I going through,โ โwhat am I feeling,โ โwhat do I need.โ
Itโs not asking โwhat horrible thing is about to happen during this Eclipse.โย
We do not need to feed the bear of fear that some in this world would love you to contribute to.ย
We are in big rebirth energy, and the battles and fights are now one on one with ourselves (Aries).
We are in very competitive, combative, combustible energy but this Eclipse is ruled by Pisces which is very spiritual and transcendentalโฆ thus the spiritual warrior is born.
We are being tasked with denouncing the role of the victim & becoming the master of our own wounds.ย
As with the human experience for most of us, Lizzo in my opinion has presented us with the human life rotation of:
The one who is wounded - the victim
The one who wounds - the perpetrator
The one who heals - the healer
If weโre all honest weโve all traversed these rotations of life.
We have all been the victim, and the perpetrator at some moments, period.ย
If youโd like to lie about that, then by all means keep up your beautiful narrative.
The healing is all on us.
So, are we deceiving ourselves?
We project things onto others, especially things we want to suppress in ourselves. And why?
We are socialized to hide our memories because they are perceived as unpleasant, uncomfortable and thus unacceptable by society.ย
We feel vulnerable, or weak or less worthy just for having such memories.ย
But even if we could forget our experiences, our body & mind would still contain the feeling and impact our health.ย
This energy is asking usโฆ โCan you see the scar & finally love it?โ
Can you see your inner heartache, bitterness, and torment and finally accept yourself?
On the other side of our traumas, anxieties, challenges & deepest wounds is our very own power to heal ourselves & others by acknowledging, embracing & accepting our courage.
These pains are showing us who we are.
We have all been wounded in many ways.ย
Maybe weโve been dealing with being left out, or feeling controlled or abandoned, or weโre dealing with the wound of perfectionism, or of being ignored, or being disrespected, or dealing with family dysfunction, or the fear of failure or success, or isolation, or being bullied.
Maybe itโs the pain of not finding the soulmate or โperfectโ partner.
The pain of not having a best friend.
The pain of being hyper independent.
The pain of going it all alone.
It doesnโt matter what the flavor of pain is.ย
We are all dealing with some kind of wound & weโre constantly trying to escape them, or weโre putting our scars on a pedestal like we are more special than everybody else, because weโve been through these things.
The lessons of our experiences is to turn our pain into healing, not through fixing, removing, or escaping but through acceptance of these things that we see in ourselves and others.
It doesnโt matter how wise we become or how powerful we are, we are not immune from the human experience.ย
We are now entering a phase of becoming our own therapists, and healers.
This is Self Help on another level.
We are healing our consciousness.
Weโre finally called to recognize that the โpoisonโ is the cure.ย
It is important for us to see what irritates us in others.ย
We need to see what gets on our nerves because these are the keys to resolution.
What weโve been trying to do is โdeal with these people, and THEIR flaws,โ but the key is in dealing with the wound that those people bring up in YOU.
We are the seen and the unseen (human and spiritual), and we are being driven to stand in our OWN wholeness.
We have to see that we are ALL dealing with certain pains and wounds.
We are all dealing with our own unique and valuable path.
This Eclipse in Aries is giving us the opportunity to work with that pain & that trauma, and those vulnerabilities in OURSELVES.
We are called to finally deal with ourselves instead of blaming others, and fighting against others.ย
Itโs time to deal with the wounds, pains and feelings that are triggered in US.
We need not see this as a bad thing.
Would you rather have your wreckless wounded inner child driving your car (life), or would you rather have the adult whole version of YOU driving that vehicle.
The impulse right now is to heal the warrior in ourselves.
We are called to deal with our own projections, subconscious fears, our suppressed feelings, and with everything that irritates us in others, everything that provokes us, everything we donโt like about others is the key to resolving our woundedness & traumas.
We deal with ourselves & NOT the mirror that others are for us.
Mocking, competing, feeling jealous, feeling superior, or putting ourselves above or below others is USELESS. It has no practical application & is very self destructive.
All our battles are inner battles.ย
They show us all the weapons weโve formed against ourselves.
As long as we view our painful experiences as imperfections that need to be removed, or as a a curse, or bad karma, or as punishment or as something that needs to be forgotten, we will continue to see these painful experiences as flaws and mistakes in others, when in truthโฆ
Healing is literally an INSIDE job. You are the healing.
Your pain is your power.
Andโฆ yesโฆ healers need healing tooโฆ but weโll talk about that soonโฆ
Without sounding too cornyโฆ let us remember thatโฆ
There is a love that sees our worth and knows our quality - and that love is in you. Itโs the bedrock underneath your humanity.ย
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