Vedic Depiction of the Headless God of Karma, KETU - the dragon’s tail…
Wow, what a humble reminder of the wisdom of the Eclipses.
The karmic portal of reality opens, revealing all of its timeless wisdom. Sense impressions from past experience, unprocessed memories, unconsious patterns — all rising to the surface to be seen, known & understood.
As I always say, to see is to free it. As we turn the light of awareness into the shadow, those patterns and hidden wisdom beneath the surface begins to be set free.
Illumination begets liberation — yet awareness alone is not enough. We must be willing to not only look, but truly see ourselves within the shadow; the way we have shaped ourselves around it, how it has formed a facet of our Self. We must be willing to acknowledge with deep compassion for our humanness, for our ability to survive life’s more challenging circumstances that have created certain coping mechanisms or patterns in us. Especially relationally, because this first eclipse is in Libra.
Relational trauma gets healed through relationship. So, if your relational space feels super sticky right now, its probably because some BIG karmic sludge is beginning to move. Give yourself and others the grace to take space, and check back in later in April. This is a time for the deep internal spelunking that allows for our more vulnerable parts to reveal themselves to us, so that we may understand and offer them healing compassion to grow from.
It can be a LOT to not only have all of our deep inner-relational sh*t come up to the surface, but THEN to also be witnessed by others. It doesn’t always serve the process to be all up in it with one another — know when to take space and give your own process some breathing room.
In the meantime, be gentle with yourselves and each other. Mercury is in the shadow of its upcoming retrograde in Aries, beginning April 1st — just in time for the second eclipse in Aries, a week later on the 8th. It’s a murky time.
Don’t try to figure it out right now. Give yourself permission to set it down, rest, and be present with yourself. Put your plans on hold. Take a moment of pause from the urgent pace of life. Offer your inner world the presence it deserves — and make space to process some of what emerges. Lean on whatever practices are most supportive for you. And be kind to one another. <3
LOVE TO YOU xx TÆGAN
