LaurenThe illumination of hidden fears. The price of stagnancy.
A wise woman once said that to know your shadow is to befriend the darkest entities. How we view that which is ‘evil’ is also an expression of how we view those ‘unacceptable’ parts of ourselves.
I was watching a podcast episode recently on the Sumerian goddess Inanna, whose identity is often reduced to that of simply a love and fertility deity. In the myths involving Inanna, she descends into the underworld and is reborn upon her return. This story of descent and rising, of darkness and light, has traditionally been seen as an aspect of the feminine. Only in recent history, have these legends been retold through the eyes of man, reduced to tales where the final outcome is prioritized over the journey itself.
Remember that when you allow yourself to descend to your lowest, you are engaging in a revolutionary act that defies the very notion of patriarchal control. The dark is the space of ultimate evolution, of limitless possibility. Those who demonize its pursuit seek to demonize the soul’s journey.
Life cannot exist without the process of descent. Awaken your fears and you too shall flourish.
#astrology #astrologyforecast #astrologersofinstagram #astrologersofig #mythology #sumerianmythology #innana #shadowwork #shadowworker #astrologyposts #sunsquarepluto #sunintaurus #plutoinaquarius #zodiac #zodiacsigns #fyp
A wise woman once said that to know your shadow is to befriend the darkest entities. How we view that which is ‘evil’ is also an expression of how we view those ‘unacceptable’ parts of ourselves.
I was watching a podcast episode recently on the Sumerian goddess Inanna, whose identity is often reduced to that of simply a love and fertility deity. In the myths involving Inanna, she descends into the underworld and is reborn upon her return. This story of descent and rising, of darkness and light, has traditionally been seen as an aspect of the feminine. Only in recent history, have these legends been retold through the eyes of man, reduced to tales where the final outcome is prioritized over the journey itself.
Remember that when you allow yourself to descend to your lowest, you are engaging in a revolutionary act that defies the very notion of patriarchal control. The dark is the space of ultimate evolution, of limitless possibility. Those who demonize its pursuit seek to demonize the soul’s journey.
Life cannot exist without the process of descent. Awaken your fears and you too shall flourish.
#astrology #astrologyforecast #astrologersofinstagram #astrologersofig #mythology #sumerianmythology #innana #shadowwork #shadowworker #astrologyposts #sunsquarepluto #sunintaurus #plutoinaquarius #zodiac #zodiacsigns #fyp
Melanie Howarth