what the planets teach us about social + environmental justice
PLUTO /
the work you do in this life, and the healing, is not just for you or for everyone whose life touches yours (which it is), it is for the ancestral line. go back and heal the ancestors. whatever has brought you this far in your journey is not enough to sustain the journey. you must shed what you know in order to learn what will carry the vision forward. be always willing to bravely shed the skin, release the creature you were, and become the being who can birth a new world.
NEPTUNE /
let no one put a limit onto what you are allowed to dream for the world that you want to inhabit. you are here to dream that world with your life. let your desire to transcend become a bridge that creates profound hope in everything your life touches. let your dream for that world become the bridge between the future and this moment.
URANUS /
the urge for liberation cannot be contained. the desire for freedom cannot and will not be caged within any living heart. there is no creature alive whose heart beats to be caged. the desire to live - the desire for free - is the heartbeat of everything. it may appear “shocking,” but it is no surprise. stop being surprised that hearts, lives, humans, and every living thing desires to be free, to thrive and taste every possible liberation.
SATURN /
this has been going on for a long ass time. real, systemic, change takes a long-ass time. make a long-term plan for sustained alchemical action. hold yourself and others accountable. take the time to learn about the structures that underpin everything you stand on. you cannot dismantle what you do not understand. recogonze that you not only reap what you sow but you reap what others have sown. you must cultivate the resilience to see something through long after it is convenient, easy or noticeable.
JUPITER /
we exist as individuals and also as myths - the summation of what we have believed and what we have been taught. what wisdom amplifies your spirit? whose voice reminds you that truth is powerful and that truth is possible? bring to mind the stories and teachers, the ancestors, who have made your beliefs and visions possible. fan the flame. make big shadows they can move in.
MARS /
embrace dismantling as a warrior experience. change is also fast but not for long. know that with chaos is the opportunity to cultivate a new kind of courage. know that it requires risk to change the rules. what does not come easily must be confronted with tenacity and prowess. we must learn the lessons of the inner champion so that we are strong, sure, swift.
VENUS /
we have been taught to think that beauty, magic and art are separate from justice. in fact, they are inextricable from justice. the vision for the future must be reflected in how we manifest the vision for the future. you cannot whitewash corruption and put shiny things on it and expect it to produce creativity or right relations. you cannot erase beauty, pleasure or diplomacy from the process and expect the fruit of your actions to manifest beauty, pleasure or diplomacy. beauty and justice are medicine for the same disease. both. all.
MERCURY /
what transmissions are you paying attention to? what messages must be sent now? what learning, what information needs to be learned and/or unlearned, re-done, taken back, sent out, amplified, muted? resistance also requires → ballots mailed in, checklists created, voices amplified, phone calls made, research done, emails sent, news created + circulated, texts messaged, signs made and profound listening.
