Deep in the throes of book edits, my publisher and I are getting very close to finalizing the first of four sections of this book, which will be my first memoir. It traces my journey of remembrance through equal measures of ignorance and revelation.
When a fairly mundane event triggers an unexplainable phobia, my life is turned upside down in an effort to restore peace and find a healing balm to staunch the harrowing trauma.
But the trauma is ancient and deep, ancestral and karmic, catalyzing a deep exploration of soul—past, present and future—to face and embrace into wholeness the “witch wound.”
From the mountains and jungles of Peru to the sacred hills and wells of Avalon, to a mysterious island in northernmost Scotland…encoded with living myth and magic, inviting you into a ancient future story that spans, not only continents, but time, incarnations, dimensions.
Writing a story like this, you might imagine, is both both cathartic and painful. A powerful alchemy of healing and synthesis began as I sat down to write. Whenever I found myself stuck, unable to find words or not knowing where the story could go next, I knew it was another invitation to deepen into some fragment of unprocessed emotion, one that refused to let me pass further without first tending to it.
However, contrary to what I might have imagined, the healing journey did not complete upon writing the last pages of this story. For the witch wound runs deep, very deep.
Patterns like fear of speaking, being misunderstood and persecution anxiety continue to trigger within interpersonal relationship dynamics and situations as I deepen into the editing process, apparently peeling back more layers of that godforsaken “onion.”
Furthermore, this fear of being called out for what we hold in our hearts as truth looms heavy in the collective web. With daily examples of polarization—right or left; mask or no mask; to vax or not—all carrying the dreaded possibility of a being branded with the modern-day scarlet letter of social media shaming or cancel culture, simply for saying or doing what feels right or not.
Personally, I am allowing this cauldron of polarity magic to be the catalyst that propels me even deeper into self-inquiry.
This Full Moon in Virgo is at 3:17 am EST on February 27, 2021.
This full moon can support us by illuminating these old fears and patterns within.
Virgo is the sign of the priestess. She who knows and sees the patterns of life within nature. She is able to digest and synthesize these patterns, and as a devoted vessel bring these cosmic and earthly forces through her in an expression of devotion and service. With these ancient ways of knowing and being that we carry in our blood and bones and DNA, also come barriers and limitations derived from old ancestral and incarnational fear around sharing and being who we really are. But Virgo is also here to help us reconfigure old patterns, composting those that are well-spent, in an effort to clear away space for the new.
Full Moon in Virgo journaling prompts for helping heal the Witch Wound
- Where do I feel persecuted (whether by self or other);
- Where am I not speaking or sharing because I fear being misunderstood or judged?
- What am I afraid will happen if I speak or share who I am?
- How can I choose to see and hear myself more deeply?
- Where am I not seeing or listening to myself, my own innermost voice?
May these prompts support you in your healing and reclamation of your holy self.