The Chrysalis ~ A Sanctuary of Healing

Truth or Consequences? (Facebook post from 8-12-2016)

What happens to women who are silenced and unable to speak their truth? What are the consequences to women who live under the oppression of voicelessness? More importantly, what happens to a society and culture where feminine voices are ignored and the feminine principles of compassion are devalued and are of little priority?

When women refuse to speak up and speak out from the fear of reprisal or rejection, or because our messages are devalued or ignored, we lose our power to change the world.

Can we change the world? Of course!

The "world" is malleable because it is simply a reflection of WHO WE ARE! We can change the world if we want to, but only if we believe we can, and only if we take the first steps and open our mouths. Sticks and stones can hurt and words can hurt, too, but if we don't stand up for injustice where we see it, if we don't speak out for the voiceless, and if we can't even speak up for ourselves, where is our hope? What are we to become?

The truth cannot hurt anyone. It can certainly sting the ego and bring justice to where evil lurks, but it can only nourish the soul. Sometimes the truth is the lightning bolt of awareness that will break open a heart to let in the light.

Don't ever be afraid of the truth!

If you look at statistics, I should have become a voiceless woman, silenced and kept from being any kind of influence on the world at all. In fact, most who know my personal history would be surprised I'm still speaking out on such a public forum.

But the miracle we miss is that we have a platform! If you can read my words, then there is where my power lies. I can still connect and reach out no matter who tries to silence me! I don't need money or resources to share my messages of love and compassion...and neither do you!

Our words have power and if we have courage too, we can use our words to change the world, or we can use them to keep it heading towards the hell everyone keeps talking about. Can we change our perspectives and actually do something to make the world a better place, rather than just lending it our complaints and disgust? I believe we can.

Facebook is a powerful platform...use it wisely.

Ann 💚

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Full Moon in Gemini - Raising Your Game to Become a Light in The Darkness

Part of our animal nature is to run when the going gets tough. The threats might seem real but most of what we fear or encounter are simply the irritants that create a pearl. With everyone following this newish trend toward self above others, we can forget that we aren’t islands. Going too far with this belief system validates the discarding of others to save ourselves. What do we save ourselves from? Suffering? Growth? Challenge? If we avoid all of all of that for the sake of remaining comfortable, we also lose the opportunities inherent in duality.

Abuse is never to be tolerated but the call to service, endurance, and patience isn’t an emergency we need to escape. Confronting dysfunction doesn’t have to lead to secondary trauma or compassion fatigue if we can claim our emotional sovereignty. Sometimes we forget that authentic and unconditional love requires sacrifice, and sacrifice is the only thing that will give us our wings.

If we insist that we never suffer and release all attachment to our loved ones, our neighbors, our community, we lose the opportunity for service where it matters most, and where we have the most influence - in our own homes, communities, and families. We end up being an ineffective and inefficient vessel for light to infiltrate the darkness if we shine only when it’s easy and convenient…or comfortable. Do we shine no matter how much darkness tries to douse our flame or do we sputter and falter when the rain starts to fall?

It’s scary to speak our truth, to stand our ground when it’s shaking, to be a light when there’s nothing but sewage to shine upon. But lighthouses are made to withstand the worst of storms for the sake of bringing ships home from the darkest of nights.

If you’re going to be a lighthouse, you’re going to have to withstand the storms and take a beating once in a while.

Ann 💚

Photo by The New York Public Library on Unsplash

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Are You Surfing or Drowning in This Grand Water Trine?
October 23rd ~ December 8th

We have been swimming in a lot of water lately. On October 23rd, when the moon ushered the sun into the sign of Scorpio, she created a grand water trine with Jupiter in Cancer and Saturn in Pisces. Scorpio was already hosting Mercury, Mars, and Black Moon Lilith. Jupiter has been transiting the sign of his exaltation in Cancer, another water sign, since June and is stationing retrograde during this unfolding of events. Mercury is another planet stationing retrograde during this grand water trine, but he will also do an about-face, closing out the trine in early December. Saturn, who was retrograde in Pisces at the opening of this grand trine, will also station direct during this time frame.

That’s a lot of shifting and moving and rearranging that may go unrecognized without a deep look into all the facets of this Grand Water Trine. Not only have I considered - and experienced - the depths of this water trine in my own life, I have compared and contrasted the events in this sequence of trines within the collective.

I keep an extensive daily journal and I have a detailed record of everything I think, dream, plan, fail at, grieve…everything I experience is recorded. I am able to look back at these astrological transits and compare them to the events, feelings, and thoughts I experienced while they were in effect to gain a subjective understanding of astrology. And thanks to google, I can also glean an objective glance into the workings of astrology and identify its likely influence on world and community events, cultural zeitgeists, social beliefs, and collective mores.

Water signs lie in a trine position from one another within the zodiac, just the same as fire, air, and earth signs do. This means that each sign is 120º from the other two of the same element. This arrangement joins signs of the same nature in very beneficial and cooperative relationships. Water signs exert a real and palpable force upon our bodies, minds and spirits…maybe more than any other element, as our bodies are composed mostly of water. There is no escaping the effects of the cosmos on our lives, but it too often escapes us what is actually happening and why.

We are not buffeted only by external and personal events and circumstances, we are buffeted by the stars and the planets as they crawl across the skies. The more we know and understand about these effects, the more control we have over our responses to them. When we understand and acknowledge the transient nature of our experiences, as shown and demonstrated by the behavior of nature and the universe itself, we can better manage our own behaviors and responses to inevitable change.

Let me take you through the sequence of this Grand Water Trine.

October 23rd
The moon arrives at the late degrees of Scorpio to join Mercury at 23º and together, usher in the Grand Water Trine.
October 28th
Mars arrives at 25º of Scorpio, trining Jupiter at 24º and Saturn retrograde (Rx) at 25º
November 16th
The Sun arrives at 25º Scorpio trining Jupiter, now retrograde at 25º Cancer, and Saturn Rx at 25º Pisces.
November 21st
Mercury retrograde returns to 25º of Scorpio to trine Jupiter Rx at 24º Cancer and Saturn Rx at 25º Pisces.
November 25th
Venus arrives at 24º Scorpio to trine Jupiter Rx at 24º Cancer and Saturn stationing to go direct at 25º of Pisces
December 6th
Mercury is direct at 24º Scorpio in a trine with Jupiter Rx and Saturn, now direct

Can you identify the role these planets have played in your personal life since this water bath began? There have been and will be malefic influences from Saturn and Mars, as well as benefic influences from Jupiter and Venus. The moon exerts an emotional imperative while the sun brings light to the dark shadows of Scorpio. Mercury remains neutral as the trickster of the zodiac and will probably surprise us like he never has before.

Three of these players connect in both direct and retrograde motion and both Scorpio and Cancer had more than one degree in their signs covered by the trine. That is significant due to the fact that each degree has a different theme of affect, and these effects are described by the Sabian Symbols. Lynda Hill and James Burgess have wonderful websites that cover Sabian Symbols in great detail.

This event has the potential to change the world, and it is changing before our very eyes. This grand trine also has the potential to make great change in our personal lives and it is guaranteed to do so. The more you know and understand about your own personal astrology, the better you can navigate the uncontrollable waters of change. Knowing where in our lives these influences might be felt and how we can work with them, rather than against them, will take us to the shore and leave us in much better shape had we chosen to swim against the tide.

We still have plenty of time to work with this grand water trine as mercury continues his retrograde. Venus has yet to meet the big guns and exert her loveliness into this mix. There are so many healing opportunities and hope for positive change to be found within this time frame. The closer we work with the natural tides of the universe, the safer we will be as we continue to bob and weave and surf the waves of change as best we know how.

Ann 💚

You can reach me at ChrysalisCoalition@gmail.com for information on astrological coaching.

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The Value of Storytelling in Healing

Understanding the healing value of storytelling is key as we are constantly challenged to rise above the temptation to identify with our stories. This is the challenge we must face if we are attempting to heal through creative self-expression.

Your story is the most important thing you can share but the least important thing about who you currently are. Telling your story is not the same thing as living your story. Sharing your story is not the same thing as being your story. Knowing the difference is not only important, it’s the key to living your truth and recovering from the story you’re currently telling. It’s still your story to tell, but your challenge is to tell your story without becoming the main character in your current reality.

Tell your truth but live a different one. The one where you became the hero and stopped being the victim. You were a victim but if you are no longer being victimized, it’s time to heal that. Understanding the difference is important to achieve your own growth and healing. How do you tell your story? Are you objective and detached or are you still angry and outraged, or alternative, still needing some time in the fetal position?

It’s important to know where you are on that spectrum when engaging in this kind of healing, because if you keep telling your story before healing from your story, you will just perpetuate the wounding.

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