Kimberly Upton - Mystic Wise Woman

Cancer (June 21-July 22)
Listen to poet Robert Bly's description of you: You came into this world as a radiant package of cosmic wonders, as an unspeakably sublime bolt of primordial resonance, as a barely coalesced jumble of blinding beauty--and yet all your parents wanted was a good little girl or a good little boy. You should mourn for that discrepancy, advises Bly. He encourages you also to mourn for the fact that you then constructed a false personality in order to please your parents and thus be able to survive emotionally. Now here's what I have to say about all that: It's a perfect astrological time to express your grief for these calamities, then heal yourself from their damage and start becoming the marvel you were born to be.

Yesterday was a fast and heavy full moon. While running errands, I noticed that many people were really agitated and upset.

The Moon was in Sagittarius - moving into Capricorn.

Last night I dreamed so heavily that I woke up feeling sluggish and unable to understand my surroundings. The dream was telling me that it is time to move ahead in studies of shamanism. This always cheeses me out, because I've met people who read 1 or 2 books then say, "I'm a Shaman." That makes me think that people will look at me and think I'm that way, too. Funny what the mind can keep the heart from doing. ;)

For me, we are all shamans. Each one of us has survived some kind of life complication and go on to help others in some way (if even very small). At times, we can create our own reality (even if it isn't exactly the one we want). Artists, writers, musicians and children are shamans at heart. Soo...to say I'm a shaman is to say, actually, that I am human. :)

I think that what I'm aiming for is what the name of this journal is - mystic and wise (and I'm a woman, so...). The mystic part I have down. I'll obtain total wisdom after I'm dead. ;) Wisdom comes as we grow.

Today is an interesting day - it is also the first day on the job.

Here's to new beginnings...

Thank you for stopping by. May this adventure be everything I hope it to be.

With deepest love,
Kim