Fitness gurus are my heroes these days, as much as my beloved spiritual teachers and then I realize that my fitness gurus ARE spiritual teachers too.
I was reading a Jillian Michaels book on the train:
“…it’s okay to struggle. So often we feel shame when we struggle, as though it makes us less in some way. Many people have thoughts like If I were stronger, this wouldn’t be a problem for me or if I were more disciplined, I wouldn’t get strung up like that. Utter crap. Struggle is a part of life. The key is what you do with your struggles…”
If you are a Leo, an Aquarius, a Scorpio, a Taurus (one of the fixed signs) being hammered by the planets in Taurus opposing Saturn in Scorpio, which is feeling like an all-out war for some folks, please please don’t add shame to the mix too. Shame is extra. You don’t need it. Return to sender!
I feel like springtime, Taurus Season, should be easier somehow. Remember though we’re in Eclipse Season which feels like 1. lockdown and 2. anything could happen. Destabilization. False starts. False endings. More intensity than clarity now, thus you must work on your balance. You can work from the outside to the inside. Even those of you getting the good stuff may feel uneasy or that your life is flashing before your eyes.
I know not everyone is exercise obsessed like me these days. I’m in my early 40s after radical change to heal my health and hmm I’m remembering a weight loss from my high school days… how I changed the outside first and then my insides changed. Usually, the wisdom is that it works the other way. Not for me.
It’s ironic. Taurus is supposed to be our solid ground but not this time around. So the question becomes how will you keep it real and righteous and keep passing the open windows…
Who are your heroes?
Love, MP
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5 thoughts on “Shame Is Extra: Taurus vs. Scorpio”
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Lucky you – she’s in your City… I have never met her – but did a bit of it and am watching the change and healing for my daughter (43 – life changes and health issues on major scale in last two years).
Blessings on your journey and gratefulness for your sharing.
What Sara stated resonates for me. I l-o-n-g to be creative like artists, actors, musicians, etc. I have the same problem too being a Taurus Sun in the 2nd House. I keep praying my efforts will be successful, and I can create the life my soul longs for. However, I’m also a late bloomer……….
Good question, Aliza.:) Whether living (Thich Nhat Hanh, Paul Rusesabagina, Chris Hedges) or dead (Martin Luther King Jr, William Lloyd Garrison, Margaret Sanger, Joan of Arc), most of my heroes are people who’ve been courageous enough to risk their own well-being for the sake of the ‘least’ among us by walking the talk.
In other realms, I’ve admired Dr. Andrew Weil for his holistically-based approach to health and nutrition, and Dr. M. Scott Peck for his moral and spiritual contributions. While I don’t agree completely with anyone (we all have our blind-spots and/or moral shortcomings), all of these people have influenced and inspired me to seek the truth and exercise greater self-discipline and awareness.
Adding, other than Jesus, most of my heroes have (or had) ‘feet of clay’.:)
I can see how a fitness guru or other mentor could feel like a hero – it doesn’t matter what’s killing us or which part of us is dying – it still hurts. It’s like throwing a drowning person a life preserver, then once they’re safe, either teaching them how to swim or helping them stay out of the water. We all need encouragement and support.
My heroes are determined musicians, artists, writers, anyone who won’t give up on their expression, their divine right to creativity.
I say that because I have pretty high creative tendencies but I am a slug. This is my really dark side of being a Taurus sun. Maybe it’s the fourth house too. Late bloomer? Hoping one day I will be sick of laying on my ass.
Isn’t the solar eclipse supposed to be a good thing; a spark of action?
Could be….