The Underworld

Written By Damascena Tanis

The Underworld has many mystical and mythological components. I do not go into them in this episode. Instead I approach the Underworld from a very practical and applicable viewpoint. Sharing my own experience of the Underworld from a mundane perspective. And, most importantly, the ground we travel at the first gate of the Underworld. What resistance to dropping into looks like. I also provide an applicable map.

Reflections to accompany this episode. 

Evaluate how your identity is tied up with the thing that is going to die?

How much of it is an attachment to fantasy, illusion, or the way things “should” be?

Often, what keeps us from the emotional alchemy of the Underworld is our resistance to being with what is. With reality. What “isness” do you know you will face if you go into the pain, that you are actively avoiding? Sometimes naming it helps relieve the tension against it.

A lot of the suffering that we encounter is actually our resistance to giving up a piece of our identity because the ego doesn’t want to let it go.

We can ask ourselves this question, who am I if I don’t have this story? This romance? This partner? This person? This job? This house? Etc. And that brings us into a closer relationship to the alchemy that is trying to happen.

The deity of the Underworld severs all of our attachments with ruthless compassion. It is one of their primary functions. The severing is in service to revealing the naked truth of who we are. Revealing deeper levels of soul. Creating true soul intimacy. Because all we have at to cling to at this stage in our journey is our soul, and the truth that is trying to emerge. This is the gateway of rebirth.

The entire Underworld Journey, wants to happen because the thing we are attached too is no longer true. 

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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