Living the Spiral

Living the Spiral

Emotional Motion Sickness: an Eclipse Season Postmortem

The avoidance of grief, the fetishization of shame, and the repair that can only happen in community.

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Alison Dale
May 19, 2023
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Hey friends,

We made it! To the end of eclipse season, to the end of Mercury’s retrograde period, past the final Scorpio south-node eclipse. We won’t have to witness the scorpion shedding her skin again until the year 2040. I, for one, am relieved.

Hello from the other side, where today’s Taurus new moon shines like a beacon of hope. I may write a separat…

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