Who Are You Becoming?
We are over the halfway mark of what feels like a strange experiment. The theories of who holds the strings run rampant. Regardless of the answer, this movie is a projection of our collective conscious and unconscious in coordination with the cyclical nature of the five elements and the challenging alignment of planets reverberating down dissonant notes.
A couple of months ago I wrote about who we will be when we’re finally able to unmask ourselves. Although some people have been avoidant to this safety protocol, for most, we’ve been undergoing a massive time of internal change over the last six months.
With the pullback of energy forcing us to retreat home, literally and figuratively, we’ve had the chance to see our true selves and less of the face we put on for the world. Our inner battles have varied from grief to loss to isolation to exhaustion.
I don’t know about you, but I’ve been super nostalgic, wanting to hang on to the past. And yet I know the tide is changing and if I don’t stay afloat, I’ll end up like the craggy old Bunker’s singing, “Those were the days.” Some days I take one step back, other days I take one or two steps forward, knowing better days lie ahead.
During this time, I’ve watched my wife grow into an embodied mother as she carries our child. Her stomach is the outward manifestation of her inner metamorphosis. I’ve watched myself step into a new career path that’s now ready to be seen too.
It’s not easy to become someone new.
Take Taylor Swift, for example. She just released an album she wrote and recorded during COVID from her “stream of consciousness,” but it’s not the usual upbeat pop her fans are used to. Those around us usually like us to stay the same and yet we all know we must evolve to stay alive.
Who are you becoming with or without others on board?
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