I did it! Err... My beloved did it!
Yesterday just after noon we got a wild hair and did what I've been making myself ready to do for more than a year: We cut my hair! Gone: 18" of hair. Remaining: 3" all around and one long braid behind my right ear.
The timing was perfect in so many ways, including star-time:
- the invisible moon in the Hecate's Sickle configuration (the tiny crescent before the dark of the moon) -- the perfect time for cutting away the grief, betrayal, fears, and disappointments of the last ten years;
- the moon's north node in Aries (cardinal fire) -- a blast of much-needed decisiveness and certainty about getting on with this long-imagined act;
- Sun and Moon and Chiron in Capricorn (cardinal earth) -- grounded energy for releasing old wounds and building new foundations for growth and prosperity;
- Mercury, Venus, Mars and Pluto in my natal Sagittarius (mutable fire) -- for deep transformation and the emphatic, energetic projection of harmony and core values into my deepest self and out to the farthest reaches of the universe;
- Jupiter in Libra (cardinal air) -- for expansiveness and balance and for honoring the growth, learning, wisdom, and the good times, good people, and good fortune of the last ten years;
- Saturn in Cancer (cardinal water) -- for ... hmmm ... washing those hard times right out of my hair;
- Uranus in Pisces (mutable water) -- for hopes, dreams and radical ideas for social change to benefit the planet and her creatures;
- Neptune in Aquarius (fixed air) -- for the focus to craft hopes and dreams into reality;
- Sedna in Taurus (fixed earth) -- for bringing the Daughters and Sons of the Goddess into our power
So Mote It Be!
Haloscan:
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Blogger:
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Courage? Yes! I did save a bit of it, but most I trashed. It was such a spur-of-the-moment thing, even though I've been working my way up to it for awhile. I just wasn't thinking beyond get-it-off-of-my-head at the time or I'd have saved some for Locks of Love. Somewhere I have a big piece from a childhood cut which will go to them when I find it.
The piece I scanned has since been braided. I'm going to use it in a shield I'm making.
And already I love how free I feel without all that hair to take care of. I love it!