Tara
I am Self-Trust.
Grandmother and Hawk
We are the wisdom keepers of embodied wisdom and discernment.
Retrograde Gate of Descent
March 28, 2025: Venus meets with the moon in Pisces, still in Her retrograde phase.
The tool, the guide, and the gift:
My tool that appeared to me was a bow and arrow.
What I needed in order to use it was steadiness and intention.
The figure I saw began as the great Sphinx but became Isis.
The object in the water was an Apple. I decided to keep it, but in exchange, I had to give up my fear.
First Gate of Descent
April 24, 2025: Venus meets with the moon in Pisces
Venus is high in the morning sky, shining brightly as Morning Star. She meets with the moon at the Crown Chakra gate.
At this gate, She releases attachment to needing the agreement of others with my choices, letting go of self doubt and making space for self trust.
Working with Water:
I have played with speaking into the water in a glass, speaking words out loud and allowing the resonance of my words to imbue the water with the energy of love and self trust, blessing this water such that after drinking it, my cells would be permeated with the intention of love and self trust.
Second Gate of Descent
May 23, 2025: Venus meets with the moon in Aries
Venus is high in the morning sky, shining brightly as Morning Star. She meets with the moon at the Third Eye Chakra gate.
Working with Fire:
Fire work took place during the early period of the summer when I took my children camping. My favorite part of camping is the campfire. I’ll stoke the fire till after everyone else has gone to sleep, and I’ll stay burning all the firewood till the last embers are barely holding on.
Finding that perfect balance of oxygen to wood fuel, adding even more raw energy into potentized gathered energy in just the right amount; I can stoke the fire all night, my wood runs out sooner than my enthusiasm.
We got rained out the last night we were there, and I couldn’t have my fire. I lamented that I wouldn’t be able to do this again until next years camping trip. But then realized I could do this in my back yard whenever I wanted. We once had a fire pit, but it rusted, and a new one was never brought in to replace the one we threw out. I’ve decided I will invest in a new copper fire pit, so that it will never rust. And I can joyously tend to my fire henceforth, never to be thwarted for all too long by weather.
The Third Gate of Descent
June 22, 2025: Venus meets with the moon in Taurus
Venus is high in the morning sky, shining brightly as Morning Star. She meets with the moon at the Throat Chakra gate.
The gift of Earth: Physical touch… the warm embrace, or lingering fingertips on the backs or shoulders of my children, nuzzling into their necks and taking in all their essence, tracing the lines of their faces with my hands around their cheeks. As we are all made of this earth, the minerals and star dust of the ages, I deepened into the appreciation and the love of their physical matter.
The Fourth Gate of Descent
July 21, 2025: Venus meets with the moon in Gemini
Venus is high in the morning sky, shining brightly as Morning Star. She meets with the moon at the Heart Chakra gate.
The Fifth Gate of Descent
August 20, 2025: Venus meets with the moon in Cancer
Venus descends in the morning sky, shining brightly as Morning Star. She meets with the moon at the Solar Plexus Chakra gate.