Grief Is Eros

Written By Damascena Tanis

Grief is Eros.

It bubbles up from within us with a certain kind of vitality.

It has aliveness.

When I feel the heavy sensation of my grief sitting on my chest. I know I need to give it motion.

At first I thought it meant I needed to cry. 

But what I’ve learned is that it’s not always a sorrow that is called for. 

It is expression. 

It wants to be channeled through my body. 

To be given shape, structure, or flow.

It wants to find an outlet, a meaning.

It wants to be honored.

If we understand that so much of grief is love longing. Love unrequited. We understand the energetics of it.

Love is beautiful when it circulates.

Love is crushing when it doesn’t.

Damascena Tanis

Damascena is an Archetypal Astrologer, Ayurvedic Wellness Practitioner, and The Facilitator of the Transformative Journey through the Mandala of Venus’ Wisdom, called “Sky Dancer”.

She is a passionate devotee of the ever unfolding mystery. As an expert observer, a trait she developed as an only child, she regards herself as both a student of life, and decoder of the cosmos.

Skilled at recognizing invisible patterns, and picking up on subtle shifts in the collective, she gets a thrill from uncovering and revealing the hidden threads that are woven together to create our paradigm.

Her passion for this existential detective work aligns well with her unique approach to one on one client work, as she helps others to discover the building blocks of their archetypal blueprint, and mythic overtones. She does not believe that astrology is static, and therefore works with clients to develop strategies and practices that allow them to transcend challenging aspects of their natal chart.

She lives on the Shores of Lake Erie with her husband, four kids, and Cat, Oscar (the grouch).

These days, when she isn’t interpreting a natal chart, or translating the stars for her astrology blog, you can find her engaging in one of her favorite pandemic pastimes, unraveling her inner “good girl”, cultivating the ability to thrive in the deep, dark, unknown, or playing her favorite game of identifying fun paradoxes called “two things are true at once”.

https://www.RedMoonRevival.org
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