Holy shit, I'm blown away by this. Thank you. In addition to the things I talked about in prep for my recorded reading with you, I just had a blackwater leak in my apartment and am being displaced (hopefully only temporarily) for the third time in a year, twice in this complex alone. Defo feeling 5P and others. But 8 of Wands, 9 of Cups and even the Sun have shown up in personal readings too these past months and call my attention. Knowing Jupiter in Cancer (my rising sign) is 159 days away also helps. I am struggling deeply, but even in my darkest moments, I do find a spark of hope somewhere. Hermit actually can feel hopeful to me. I loved what you said on the pod about how moving through Hermit is like trying to see via candlelight. I personally feel the Hermit is visually impaired. Haha I'm biased, but when I could see a little better, I still only could see the next step in front of me. What's beyond that lantern is unknown or less known to us, and so MLK's quote comes to mind about how faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase. That's a lot like living with a visual impairment. It can be scary and lonely sometimes for that literal reason among more metaphorical and political ones. But when moving through contraction, I was told once that all you have to do is take the next right step. All you have to do is breathe. Now all you have to do is get out of bed. Now all you have to do is make the chai ... and so on. And I don't say this in disservice to darkness. I think the world is too afraid of darkness, which is why I (carefully) observed the eclipse last April when many of my teachers would encourage going to ground during such an energetic outage. Darkness can be bad, depending, but isn't always; and yet light, ranging from a spark to a blazing sunrise over the water, has always signified hope to me. Hermit, by nature of Virgo's mutability, would seem then to hold both things in the balance.
Mel, thank you for sharing this — I’m so sorry you’re going through this (yes, hopefully temporary!) displacement ❤️ appreciate you sharing all that you did here. Sending so much care to you.
Hi Lindsay, I would like to know what difference is there between this substack community and the new mighty community ? It seems to essentially be the same - q&a's, spreads, people gathered ? I'm trying to be mindful of what I subscribe to, and since both have a cost, I feel like I should be informed about my choice :) Thank you !
Definitely some similarities, but I think they are actually quite different in more ways than not!
Substack = weekly-ish posts from me, you can comment as a paid subscriber, answering folks’ questions as they come in. No live elements.
Mighty Networks = two dedicated live calls per month (one a practice sesh and the other a teaching/Q&A call), a live “office hours” session with me per month, weekly prompts, and a chance to get to deeply connect with other community members.
Substack is a learning space where I’m mostly offering content to you, and Mighty Networks is a community connection space that is perfect for folks who want to practice, learn live and support one another while also working with me.
Holy shit, I'm blown away by this. Thank you. In addition to the things I talked about in prep for my recorded reading with you, I just had a blackwater leak in my apartment and am being displaced (hopefully only temporarily) for the third time in a year, twice in this complex alone. Defo feeling 5P and others. But 8 of Wands, 9 of Cups and even the Sun have shown up in personal readings too these past months and call my attention. Knowing Jupiter in Cancer (my rising sign) is 159 days away also helps. I am struggling deeply, but even in my darkest moments, I do find a spark of hope somewhere. Hermit actually can feel hopeful to me. I loved what you said on the pod about how moving through Hermit is like trying to see via candlelight. I personally feel the Hermit is visually impaired. Haha I'm biased, but when I could see a little better, I still only could see the next step in front of me. What's beyond that lantern is unknown or less known to us, and so MLK's quote comes to mind about how faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase. That's a lot like living with a visual impairment. It can be scary and lonely sometimes for that literal reason among more metaphorical and political ones. But when moving through contraction, I was told once that all you have to do is take the next right step. All you have to do is breathe. Now all you have to do is get out of bed. Now all you have to do is make the chai ... and so on. And I don't say this in disservice to darkness. I think the world is too afraid of darkness, which is why I (carefully) observed the eclipse last April when many of my teachers would encourage going to ground during such an energetic outage. Darkness can be bad, depending, but isn't always; and yet light, ranging from a spark to a blazing sunrise over the water, has always signified hope to me. Hermit, by nature of Virgo's mutability, would seem then to hold both things in the balance.
Mel, thank you for sharing this — I’m so sorry you’re going through this (yes, hopefully temporary!) displacement ❤️ appreciate you sharing all that you did here. Sending so much care to you.
Hi Lindsay, I would like to know what difference is there between this substack community and the new mighty community ? It seems to essentially be the same - q&a's, spreads, people gathered ? I'm trying to be mindful of what I subscribe to, and since both have a cost, I feel like I should be informed about my choice :) Thank you !
Hey Maude! Lovely question!
Definitely some similarities, but I think they are actually quite different in more ways than not!
Substack = weekly-ish posts from me, you can comment as a paid subscriber, answering folks’ questions as they come in. No live elements.
Mighty Networks = two dedicated live calls per month (one a practice sesh and the other a teaching/Q&A call), a live “office hours” session with me per month, weekly prompts, and a chance to get to deeply connect with other community members.
Substack is a learning space where I’m mostly offering content to you, and Mighty Networks is a community connection space that is perfect for folks who want to practice, learn live and support one another while also working with me.
Does this help?
Yes, it does, thank you 🙏🏻✨
🩵🩵🩵 appreciate you asking! It’ll help other folks who likely are curious about the same thing!
Is that a typo in the title? I got really confused for a second when I was looking for the January post!
🤦🏻♀️ omg — thank you so much for bringing this to me! YES, there is a typo in the title! I’ll correct that now!