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The Familiar is Strange
I have spent the last few days with my folks.
As always, my experience brings to mind a quote from Ram Dass:
“If you think you are enlightened, try spending a week with your family.”
It’s funny how hard it is to be your highest self around those closest to you, but my parents and I are all doing well enough this round.
We’ve been kind.
We have kept political discussions minimal.
We each put in effort.
We’ve all said ‘I’m sorry‘ after blow outs.
For Venus Retrograde, I want to talk a bit generally about family through the lens of tarot.
If family is a tough subject for you or holds deep trauma, I send you heartfelt compassion and welcome you to skip this week’s suggested activity below.
It’s a unique challenge to be related to others.
Family can reflect the parts of us that we gloss over with society.
They mirror cycles of patterns we know better than to get caught in,
but here we are slipping and sliding right toward them again.
They are our Tower Card and 3 of Swords, constantly giving us lessons in growth and identity we still need to own.
In the ways that we dearly cherish them, there is a preciousness that is incomparable.
There’s often a love full of nostalgia and hope.
They can inspire an expanse of varied emotions, rampant with ambiguity that pulls us different directions.
They are our Lovers Card of sacred connection and our 10 of Cups of all the feels.
Even when we did not grow up with our lineage, there’s still inherent connections to our identities.
One of my closest friends recently found her biological dad’s family.
They share quirky alignments in their adventurous spirit, a mutual love of water sports, and shared hobbies of caring for birds.
Our family holds the Hierophant of our DNA with the traditions set in the 10 of Pentacles.
This week, in line with the potential insights of Venus Retrograde, take a moment to write a bit about the family you grew up with.
What characteristics seem consistent across various individuals, including yourself, in your family of origin?
How do you reflect these traits and how do you feel about them in yourself?
Where do you seem to diverge from the norms in your family?
Was this in reaction to their behavior, or was it something that just seemed to come from your own intrinsic nature?
How would you like to nurture the healthy similarities and differences to your family in your own spiritual growth?
Let divination shine a unique lens on these archetypes when you sign up for a tarot reading today.
Scroll down to enjoy an Instagram comedian who mimics her German mother in ways that eerily relates to my own Berliner Mom.
Be Your Own Best Parent,
Jenna Lynne Roberts
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