what you are rethinking this week is not just a job or a relationship or what have you, it is powerful, ingrained patterns of the soul that thwart your growth and require healing and change on the deepest levels. this week you can connect with even more of what this inward journey means for you.and my actual sun sign reading got even more specific. It felt like someone had been watching and eavesdropping on my latest energy work session and the results it's had on my life this week.
I wondered how this could be accurate for all of us at the same time, while we all have vastly different lives and experiences. I wondered how it was possible to have free will and autonomy when it sounded like I was living my life from a script, predetermined by the Universe. I wondered why this might be totally accurate for me, but not even remotely close for millions of others.
In pondering these things, the metaphor of partner dancing came up. Dancing with a partner has come up several times this week, both as a metaphor and as an activity. I'm not a partner dancer, so I'm clumsy and dense when it comes to the signals. Even when the hand and body signals are firm and clear, I don't know what they mean, so I'm guessing what my response should be. Sometimes I guess right, but most times I guess wrong and there is a collision of some sort and toes are often stepped on. It's jarring and ugly, yet humorous and we laugh and move on. Even when I guess right, the movement is abrupt and over or under executed. It's not graceful and smooth like the other dancers I see on the floor.
It takes practice and refinement to both learn the signals and optimal responses to them. There are multiple responses and ways to communicate them with my partner so that I, too, can direct the flow of the dance. Over time, with lots of practice, the communication becomes subtle and effective and the result is a work of art, as the dancers glide over the floor, executing complex moves, seemingly effortlessly.
I think the Universe operates just like this. Astrology points to the same gross influences and opportunities we all have occurring at any one time and we can all have vastly different experiences based on our skill at interpreting the signals and executing our responses. It's the fine tuning that comes with practice that allows subtle communication between dancers' hands and we can fine tune our communication with the Universe in the same way, if we choose to pay attention and develop it. At first, we will be dense and unskilled and our lives will reflect that. Either the influences and opportunities will bounce off and be unheeded or we'll respond in a less than optimal way and there will be collisions of various natures and intensities.
When collisions happen, we're not being punished, it's just an opportunity for refinement and growth. All the while, an internal conversation is occurring and we get to choose it's contents. We can choose to be open and look at our collisions with an eye toward self discovery and refinement or we can choose to belittle and berate ourselves and shut down and erect walls of protection. It's totally up to us.
It's not always easy to stay open when major collisions occur. It requires faith that we live in a benevolent Universe and a willingness to let go of what we know for an expanded experience. It's worth it, though, because that dance with the Universe is so beautiful, both to behold and experience.
