KNOW THYSELF
Who we are is a mystery. Self-knowledge lies not in accruing explanations for who we are, but in knowing our callings: doing that which we have to do. The astrological chart shows us the gods, the daemons knocking at our door: that is what the planets really are. Childhood explanations for who we are tend to take us away from the mystery and its creative power.
"The soul... hath had elsewhere its setting, and cometh from afar." (Wordsworth)
From The Journey by Mary Oliver
"One day you finally knew
what you had to do, and began,
though the voices around you
kept shouting
their bad advice—
though the whole house
began to tremble
and you felt the old tug
at your ankles.
"Mend my life!"
each voice cried.
But you didn't stop.
You knew what you had to do...
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My main output continues to be short videos, but I will be giving you the youtube rather than the tiktok links from now on, as they were problematic for some of you. I am having fun making them; there is something I can express through speech that I cannot through writing. Maybe it is the electricity of my Mercury in Aquarius opposite Uranus! Here goes:
(3) Aquarians Part 1
(5) Why Fate is Sexy
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