note: this post is directly pulled from my 11/3/21 email newsletter without edits. this time, as a bonus, this blog post will include my awareness practice section, which is typically reserved exclusively for newsletter subscribers (subscribing is currently free!). if you would like to receive my weekly note in your inbox along with additional sections and features not included here, you can join my email community.
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this time, my note is relatively short, and my prime invitation is for you to dig into the scorpio season themed awareness practice prompts later in this email.
what is scorpio season?
depth. passion. power. intimacy. mystery. intensity. courage. magnetism. rebirth. release.
who is scorpio season?
raw. real. soulful. perceptive. psychic. independent. original. sharp. outspoken. clever. candid. honest.
why is scorpio season?
this alchemical time asks us to surrender to the undercurrents of life and to stare our deepest selves straight in the face. ruling the sign of scorpio is the planet pluto, which is often experienced as confronting and sometimes even burdensome— but only ever to call us more firmly into our power and rebirth us into the witnessing of a more honest self.
but like, what the fuck, seher?
i know. it's kind of the most. for me right now, scorpio and pluto are definitely like, “bitch, hi.”— more precisely as a cacophony of varied chaos and grief that i guess are asking me to surrender and release and get clear or whatever. so rude.
but this is how we grow and find more meaning in our joy, right?
so that's why i got all the awareness prompts for you— to meditate on, deep dive into, let marinate in the back of your mind, reflect on, converse about, or throw in the trash (only to later pull out a crumpled piece of email at the exact right moment, and finally be like, “aha!”).
here's to fortitude and agile flow in riding deep and sometimes turbulent waters. and here's to the unique peace and wisdom found when we allow our pain and our shadows tender loving space.
awareness practice.
1. your truth.
which parts of your true self do you have trouble owning and accepting?
where are you not speaking or embodying your truth? how has this been hurting you? what would it look like to stand boldly in whatever it is you have to say and whoever it is that you are— and own it? how would that feel?
imagine your most authentic self. who are you? what is it you stand for? how do you look, feel, think, and move? what do you want? what do you do? what will you not do?
what helps you feel most embodied in your authentic self?
2. facing it.
which parts of yourself or your life do you avoid excavating and taking an honest look at? why?
how have you been lying to yourself or others? are you ready to tell the truth? what might that look like?
which areas of your life could benefit from some radical honesty— whether to yourself or others? what do you need to get more raw and real about in your life?
what’s something you keep trying to ignore but won’t go away? what if you stared it right in the face this time? told it: “let’s go!”? what would that look like? and how might confronting this thing free you?
is there a part of your shadow or darkness that particularly scares or intimidates you? what if you offered this part of you some deep, tender love?
what in your life needs to die in order to create space for the new?
3. desire + risk.
what, specifically, is it that you most deeply desire? what, if anything, is keeping you from this?
what is the one thing that you most earnestly dream about for your life? how would it feel to promise yourself that you’re going to make this happen and believe your own hype?
if you could release the one thing holding you back in your life, what would it be? what’s the first step you can take to make this happen?
what would happen if that one goal you keep procrastinating you finally made a priority?
what’s a meaningful risk you’ve been hesitant to take? how would your life be different if you took this bet on yourself? how would even the simple act of giving yourself this chance impact your relationship with yourself?
4. power.
what is your relationship to power? do you judge it? hide from it? resent it? test it? spar with it?
how do you diminish and undercut your own power? what’s one thing you can start doing today to take your power back?
who would you be if you were fully in your power? how would a balanced and grounded embodiment of power express through you?
5. intimacy.
what can you do to deepen presence and intimacy with yourself? your relationships? with life itself?
6. muse.
if you could pick a scorpio muse to help you embody your unique passion, power, and magnetism— who would it be?