Posts concerning the shadow side of the collective or an individual…
Some people loom large. They have some quality about them. It could be money, fame, power, or things having to do with their character or their personality. Charisma, for example. But also a hard-core sense of control, or a violent nature, or many other things. If your parent is like this, it can be quite […]
I know people who never, ever, spread their pain around. Clearly, they have pain. All kinds of calamities fall on people like this and they never reach out and smear you with it. Somehow they manage to carry their burden without forcing others to pay along with them. I admire this and I can’t believe
“I love all my kids the same.” Most mothers say this and perhaps it’s true from a certain angle. But from other angles it hard to substantiate and in some cases it’s flat out obvious a mother prefers one child over the other. As for the way I titled this post, I think it is
Cap writes on Does Everyone Have A Dark Side? “…I definitely have anger. I wouldn’t call it “anger issues” – although, its been a little bit lately due to hormones and sleep deprivation, but I am aware of it. I used to date men who were angry and point fingers at them, until Elsa P
I feel I have a negative “affective presence” at this time. I’ve just learned this term. It means, my presence has a negative affect on the group. I don’t think it’s always been this way but it’s this way now. I give this to Pluto transiting my first house and perhaps my Scorpio heavy, progressed
I vaguely remember the first time it was suggested that I “go with the flow”. It irritated me at the time. Maybe it’s because I’m earthy? But I did listen and as years went by, I met with this message many times in a myriad of ways. Going with the flow is the key to
When under stress, it’s common to choose a shadow person to blame. I do it. I bet you do it too. You’re all keyed up so you start thinking about this person you don’t like. It distracts you. This is an 8th house thing by the way. Pluto. Scorpio. You’re using this person. They don’t
I continue to be sick of the boring bickering back and forth that has consumed our culture. I have written about gaslighting for nearly two decades. I’ve also written about how important it is to control your own mind. That was the dominant topic around here, circa 2007-08 with Saturn in Virgo. Last week I
