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I'm glad you're here. How have you been? How is your heart? What is your heart really longing for these days? Have you been able to give yourself a heart-full? Have you made time for yourself?
This is a good moon for that.
Wednesday August 16 ~2:38am Pacific
The new moon arrives in Leo, the energetic, the bold. But this is also in the midst of Venus retrograde, an event that happens every 18 months. Venus makes a trip of descent and ascent, taking our hearts with her.
I think of this time as one of reflection and rewriting. I'm looking at the way things are going and whether that's okay. I'm looking at the way I care for myself and others.
Is that okay? Do I need something more?
I know I talk a lot about self care, and I would like to switch that phrase to self devotion. After all, devotion is a bigger ask, a more serious commitment. And you should be that too.
How can you devote time to yourself?
How can you remind yourself of your divinity?
How will you hold yourself as something precious?
How can you open up to the heart space of consistent care?
If not you, then who?
If not now, then when?
Your heart is beating for you. Let's return the favor.
Let's drop into the places that know we deserve more -- and give yourself that and more.
In love and magick,
Irisanya
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What I'm Up To
Hi friend,
It's been a month of catching up, of resting (trying to, anyway), and talking about my latest book "Pagan Portals: The Norns - Weavers of Fate & Magick."
I am starting a few new books: one on Hestia and one on the Greek pantheon. I'm also writing some pieces for anthologies and journals. And I'm getting ready for some travels in September and October.
In addition, I'm talking to folks about teaching and starting to figure out my schedule for next year. (And there a few teaching things coming up later this year, but I will share them next month...)
What is true too is that I've been working the Venus retrograde HARD. To me, this means I've been looking at what my patterns are in my relationships with money and beloveds. I'm seeing how old responses are not suitable for new relationships, which has been hard to witness -- and also a gift to recognize.
I'm not sure last-year-me would have been able to see what I'm seeing.
While my exes haven't come back, the ways I interacted with them and responded to them have. I have been projecting old stories onto new people, and it's not a good look.
So, I'm working with that. Honestly, I think growth also looks like realizing when you're doing the things you don't want to do anymore. When you see the things happening and while you might not be able to stop it, you can pause and recognize it. And you can sit with it and see how to better manage it the next time.
Because, you're a work in progress. Well, I am, anyway.
A blessed, beautiful, often wicked mess.
xo
Irisanya
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