The Royal Within

Claiming back the traits of the divine masculine

Dear Hearts,

It has been a tough two weeks with the full moon in Capricorn and Saturn so close by. For me personally, dealing with extreme core issues that included stepping up into responsibility. I don’t think any rock was left unturned that did not bring up the places in my psyche and in life where I was not living in the divine masculine with integrity. Being asked to step in personally, in business, physical labour and paving the way for the new manifestation that I had envisioned last spring and summer.

This vital threshold carries the energy of the Elder but more specifically Cronos, Grandfather Time. As we continue to bring the light back into our lives as Spring returns, we are still in the South travelling sunwise on the dreaming wheel continuing to the East, where in Spring the aspiration seeds are given a chance to be planted on your heart path. Slow and steady or fast and hard it is up to you to win the race. However, Cronos reminds us that time is all consuming and must be used wisely if we are to overcome this challenge on the quest.

It is important at to question (as always) what are the traits of the masculine that you would like to see manifest and embody as you move forward towards the horizon. The patriarchy and men in general have been given a bad rap socially in history and as an energy some even try to emasculate by disowning specifics traits that are deemed to be life negating.

However, these qualities that we sift through are neither positive nor negative when used with discernment and balance. Owning or releasing these values thoughts and beliefs are very connected to the father figure and the examples thereof that we received in life. And so, there comes a time when we have to allow the divine masculine within to parent our inner child. The habits that lay within the subconscious of paternal self-sabotage are making their way to be seen and decided upon. In this crucial time, we have the choice. Will we repeat the patterns of the forefathers?

We are being supported as always by Spirit and the cosmos and if you continue with the hard work and determination, the Solar eclipse/new moon on July 12th will assist the transformation in integration of the new in all areas worked upon. Destructive limiting beliefs can be turned into the blessing with focus and hard work. Surrender to what you cannot control and wait for the whispers in the south from the ancestors and from the spirit of you. Welcome in the Light.

Ritual – Claiming Back Your Royalty

I believe that we all have a sense of royalty within our paternal lines. It is something that I think that our inner child craves for, to be a prince or a princess. And in many ways, over and over again we have been told through childhood stories that worth comes from this idea of wealth and prestige. Ruling over our internal/external kingdoms.

For many of us, this forms a barrier and although we still may have an internal quest with a princess to win over and a castle to achieve, we fall short. Self-sabotage and the ramblings of our negative thought traps stop us from seeing who we truly are and the traits we carry as divine sparks of the creator. We believe that because we have not a title (whatever that may be) that we may not be worthy or perhaps because we were not born into certain privileges we ae not deserving of achieving joy, love, happiness and confidence. These ideas of limited worth may have been placed upon your soul prior and certainly since birth. Yet how many are true?

Find a quiet place in nature or in your home.

Set up a circle or wheel and sit in the South.

Move your consciousness to observing your belly as it breathes in and out.

Start to observe your heartbeat in your chest. Take some time and allow your heart to open with every in breathe. Find the place between where you feel safe and secure. Let the sensation of peace wash over you.

From this place of neutrality, ask your internal guidance, the wisdom in the South to speak to you of the divine masculine traits that you embody. Allow an image of your divine masculine to appear.

**Draw this image, placing the traits on the back.

Now move your awareness to your breathe,

Watch as your nostrils take in the air and move to your lungs. Watch the oxygen move into your blood.

Invite your life giving ancestors to speak from this place of awareness as you continue to observe the blood around your body. Observe any sensations and or thoughts that come about. Images may also arise from the stillness. Note these in a journal.

Ask the question of the Ancestors.

What are the divine masculine traits that you hold within your paternal bloodline?

Have a conversation about your ancestors about the divine masculine and claim these back within your lineage.

Thanks the Ancestors and Thank the South.

On your ancestral alter, ensure that you place a representation of your conversation and something to bless them. Candles and perhaps something that they would have enjoyed in life.

When we honor the ancestors, we give them energy to continue to open doors and the way on our path.

Sena x

Your ancestors can not leave you or disappear from you. They are a constant support of wisdom and exist in your blood. By going within, you are able to observe the small pearls of wisdom in order to create more flow, peace, joy, happiness, resilience, courage and compassion in your life. This is different from learnt knowledge and can on be accessed through moving beyond the go in an altered state. It is in this place that we also find divine inspiration and creativity. However, these space can only be reached when one feels safe and held in their environment. The Dreaming wheel provides this holding.

Finding Stillness In The Darkest Night

The Ancestral Golden Shadow

Winter Solstice June 21st Midwinter – Southern Hemisphere

This amazing astrological event marks the time when the point where we see ourselves starting to move out of winter and towards spring where we will be rebirthed into our manifestations. On Thursday the 21st of June, the earth experiences 14hours of darkness and we see the longest night of the year. Known as Midwinter, the Solstice can be seen metaphorically as the point where our psyches move out of the darkness and start to see the light. We are surrounded by such myths as Persephone as the universe aligns to our internal dialogue of letting go.

This means we are finally ready to move from the dark night of the soul and see the clarity that we need for the challenges that have braced us since the end of summer. And so we start to sieve through what it is of thoughts values and beliefs we need or can shift, transform into a life giving code of integrity.

As you start to wake up from Winter, it is important to self-care and focus on healing. You are being support cyclically by nature and therefore any work on yourself will be amplified. Supporting yourself through the dark night is a form of self-love. When we can pamper ourselves with healing, we open to self-love which ultimately allows confidence, courage, creativity and resilience. Focus on your bliss and what you loved to do as a child. This will open to wonder and enquiry, whereby you will be inspired to create.

Shamanically, we are placed on the Dreaming Wheel in the South. This is the place of still waters that run deep. Life giving blood. The place of Wisdom, the ancestors and bone seed. Warrigal the Dingo, Marumna the Whale. We are asked to travel down to the depths of out being. To sit silently and wait. Unlike the silence of the North. The South poses a reassuring quality. For it is here that we find our medicines and the gifts of the golden shadow. If we are patient enough and brave enough to call out we find that anything is possible in this void. For what you are calling is also calling you. And manifestations are indeed possible come Spring.

BE WARNED! This is also the place of the trickster, so follow your intuition towards your life giving choices and start to ground in the opportunities that are to be birthed. There will be doubts that show up however, the light will start to return and mental strength and vitality regained. Watch for bogus opportunities that are egoic based rather than of service of Spirit. This is the trickster at play. The true opportunities lay await with the connection to the ancestors and the blood. So find time to settle your thoughts and go within. Ask the question what are my gits? You may ask What are my ancestral gifts? Wait in receivership for the answers.

Ritual

Mindfulness and Mediumship

Find a quiet place in nature or in your home.

Set up a circle or wheel and sit in the South.

Move your consciousness to observing your belly as it breathes in and out.

Watch as your nostrils take in the air and move to your lungs. Watch the oxygen move into your blood.

Invite your life giving ancestors to speak from this place of awareness as you continue to observe the blood around your body. Observe any sensations and or thoughts that come about. Images may also arise from the stillness. Note these in a journal.

Ask the question of the Ancestors. What are your discarded gifts that lie within the golden shadow. How can strengthen the connection to my medicine and continue to walk the path of my heart come this Spring. Continue to note the observations that come.

Your ancestors can not leave you or disappear from you. They are a constant support of wisdom and exist in your blood. By going within, you are able to observe the small pearls of wisdom in order to create more flow, peace, joy, happiness, resilience, courage and compassion in your life. This is different from learnt knowledge and can on be accessed through moving beyond the go in an altered state. It is in this place that we also find divine inspiration and creativity. However, these space can only be reached when one feels safe and held in their environment. The Dreaming wheel provides this holding.

Happy Winter Solstice Dear Hearts! Looking forward to hearing about your personal rituals and shifts! Watch your thoughts, we are in a very powerful place at the moment. Thought become things come Spring.

I have been getting recommendations for blogs and courses and information so here are some references:

Astrology

https://newparadigmastrology.com/

http://www.mysticmamma.com/new-moon-in-gemini-june-13th-2018-astrology/

Shamianism

http://www.sotems.com.au/workshops.htm

http://www.boneseedwisdom.com.au/

https://www.facebook.com/soulcraftaustralia/

Winter Warmers -Two Masks to Every Tail.

Using Mask Work to find the Balance within our psyche and owning qualities we would like to embody as we are rebirthed this Winter

Dear Hearts,

The last two weeks have been extremely grounding. The end of the Taurean energy of earth has asked us to look at our environments and stabilising the wants and needs of our physical world. For me, this has manifested in a move and setting up a house, a new relationship of growth, a potential new business opportunity and a chance to step up as a mother. With all of these new creations being birthed into the world, chaos and fear is sure to be present with the breaking down of the ego or human consciousness.

This small death and rebirth is supported by the new moon in Gemini which asks us to find balance in our lives. In this full darkness of the moon, we can journey to the centre and ask the questions of ourselves pertaining to who we are and the masks that we wear. Gemini, an air sign and known to govern the mental realm as well as thought direction and examines what we are manifesting and how closely we are on the path of our hearts. With every mask being brought to the surface, you decide which you wear and when, if at all you wear any masks. We see the life negating masks of fear and the life affirming masks of love. Yet, even then are these twin faces are not always completely black and white and we have to sieve through the grey areas of our life to make things clear. However, even within ourselves there lies a trickster and fearful decision will be coated love.

With this comes the connection between thoughts and emotion. Emotion comes from the heart and is known to, on a vibrational level, send out a higher hertz frequency. This will mean that despite all the positive intentions if your emotions are not balanced, your manifestations will fall short. The new moon will allow you to see and balance out where you give too much energy or too little. The hardest decision is to act, follow through, change a habit or face a fear. In the next two weeks you will find that you may have to act on finding that balance with the centre of your being.

Moving towards a Full Moon in Capricorn will further challenge this calculation of the internal self. For the next week, until the winter solstice on June 21st, it is important to sit on any life changing forward movement. We are still in the winter of our psyche and are letting go. Once the Solstice passes and the moon is full, the manifestations of this important healing will become clear.

As we continue to move towards the centre and define our thoughts value and beliefs, we are supported and our curses through lessons become blessings. This is something that I have witnessed over and over again. Though without this definition of who you are, you can be influenced by outside opinion and popular belief. This last week of winter provides the opportunity to again.

LET GO the thought processes that you no longer want.

The belief structures that have held you in fear and your heart path purpose.

LOOK OUT FOR THOUGHT LOOPS!

The ones that keep you up at night!

RITUAL

The Masks You Wear

I love using masks and archetypal work to assist me in defining who I am. And with this New Moon in Gemini what better time!

Journal

In a safe place, find the time to start defining what qualities you would like to embody as you are rebirthed this winter and what qualities you would like to let go. Some qualities may be new and some may be old and need refining. Be honest with yourself. We all have a shadow that we are not proud of. Some of these qualities we need and are useful, some however stop us from achieving joy, love, happiness and confidence.

On two separate mask, write the qualities of both the rebirthed and the old. Take some time to decorate and embellish the mask as you see fit. You can use pencils, crayons, paint, ribbons, wool, buttons whatever calls you and the mask.

Place the masks on you alter, personal teminos or place that you will see them regularly. As your thoughts come up, life negating or life giving, dialogue with the masks. Start to categories which value these beliefs belong to.

When we can define a thought to be a quality we no longer desire it can become easier to let it go.

On or after the 21st June, think of a way that you would like to let go of the mask. I like to use nature and the elements. I find that this assist me to metaphorically let go. You may burn, bury, send out to ocean on a rip or attach it to a helium balloon!! Whatever you decide, make sure that the process is one that you can walk away from. Journal the process.

When you are ready, there may come a time that you feel to place on the mask with your qualities on. Go to your safe place. Take a deep breath and centre yourself. Put the mask on. Allow these new and old strengthened qualities to wash over and into you. Let the mask move you. Walk in these qualities. Journal about how it felt to be moved and move within balance.

As time prevails, you may see that these qualities or new habits formations are no longer and effort or something that you have to do. That these comes naturally to you as an authentic expression of your being.

Blessings,

Makeda x