The Eclipse & The Cave…

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THE ECLIPSE AND THE CAVE

We spoke earlier this week about how the Mars opposition to Uranus was a time to drop in with our Nervous System because the energy may act as a catalyst to unfreeze things that are stuck.

I want to take a moment to break down the enormous opportunity we have at this moment.

The Eclipse overnight happened conjunct “The Blinking Eye of Medusa”, aka the Demon Star Algol.

Eclipses themselves are historically known to be a celestial kick in the pants, that gets us off the fence around the things we have neglected tending too.

Algol is thought to be a mischief maker, and to bring about the type of events that any ghoul, or demon, might strike into the heart of a native who has an encounter with an evil, or possessing demonic force.

The Ancient’s interpreted Algol as terror, destruction, and mutation. To them Algol represented disaster and inhumane acts. Both literally and figuratively ‘losing your head’. (with fear) It has associations with violence and terror. Striking a petrifying fear in the hearts and minds of those who see her coming, as there is no escaping her carnage. Murder and tragic death were also thought to revolve around Algol.

SYMBOLIC REPRESENTATIONS

Medusa is said to have turned to stone the people who crossed her gaze. This symbolically represents the type of Nervous System response that happens when we encounter events that manifest as extreme terror and fear.

In Medusa's Patriarchal myth, she retreats to a cave after the climax of her story. The cave itself symbolically represents an alchemical crucible. A container in which transmutation can take place.

It is my belief that Algol represents the spiritual principle that all poison can be medicine. And an eclipse conjunct this star, can be an opportunity to heal what once felt too monstrous to face.

THE INVITATION

The Mars/Uranus Opposition, and the Eclipse combined may cause just enough heat to begin thaw parts of our System that have been frozen, causing an uncomfortable inner stir….Perhaps enough to liberate parts of our body and psyche that have been held prisoner by past fears and traumas.

Beth Shaw in Psychology Today says “People living with residual trauma are continually getting ready for the next attack or life-altering event. When someone is preoccupied with a real or imagined threat, the resulting fear, rage, or disappointment will be reflected in the body.

The problem comes when something prevents the nervous system from completing its natural, survival-based response, such as being held down, held against your will, or being immobilized (duty requirement in the military or via medication from an unwitting medical attendant) for example. In these cases, the experience can become stored in the body, resulting in mental or physical illness or both — and can lead to a diagnosis of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).”

I might add here things like pandemic lock downs, or being forced into guidelines one finds completely out alignment on a soul level might be another form of this principle of “being held down”. In addition, many humans have experienced this sense of being held down by the Dominator Paradigm in general. Both in this current lifetime, or they carry this trauma on an ancestral level.

Dr. Peter Levine, a pioneer in Somatic Healing, says “the energy that is “locked up” in a client’s frozen state is the exact energy we need to target to help them find a release” He goes on to further explain that we often lock trauma inside of our body with our muscles, as a kind of armoring defense, causing pain, and discomfort. It’s the very sensations we are locking inside that will take us out of the freeze response.

In the animal world, animals “shake off” the freeze response caused by a life threat. When animals suffer trauma, it has been documented that they will literally shake it off, which helps the animal discharge the energy of the traumatic event. This is a type of somatic release.

And so this eclipse portal is quite literally an invitation on a personal level to allow what has been petrified within us to come up to the surface and work on a somatic level to release it if we have a safe container and the support to do so.