Bread - A Foolish Facilitator
April 19, 2023
New Moon in Aries
Aries solar eclipse
This past weekend four of the foolish facilitators gathered to plan. We breathed in the sharp sea air of the San Mateo coast, gazed at the blazing stars, watched baby sea lions learn to climb the sea rocks with their mamas, and got down to the business of making, and planning the making of magic. And we were doing it while upside down. And if you happen to be lucky enough to come to this June's magically restorative camp, you'll be doing it upside down, too.
For this alternative view of the multiverse, we can thank the Hanged One. Card number 12 of the major arcana shows a person hanging by their leg, tied to a living tree in the shape of a Tau cross. Their free leg is also making another cross – or also may be seen as a yogi in tree pose. If they are hanging as a form of torture or punishment, our Fool, for this is the Fool we met at our very first camp, the Fool of card 0, now further along in their initiatory journey, they don't seem to be suffering. They are relaxed, glowing with an internal light, at peace with what they are doing. Is it a rite of passage? A sacrifice? It certainly seems so. The Hanged One looks out and sees the world from an entirely different perspective, and in so doing gains something, learns some lesson, some magic, that will ultimately carry them forward on their journey towards The World card. They are halfway there. Interestingly enough, the woman/goddess depicted on The World card (number 21... ya see that? 12 is the Hanged one... 12...21... yeah) is in the same position as our foolish Hanged One, only now right-side up.
Now, I'm no astrologer, but I am a witch, and I know enough to know that there are phases of the moon that are more conducive for planting and those that are best for harvesting and the work that has to take place in between. This dark moon is a good time for setting out your seeds, your intentions, of what you want to see grow. That might be literal seeds for your garden, or it might be the seeds of your desire for societal change. Either, or both (!!) are great options. The dark moon in Aries also reminds us that we can slow down for a bit to rekindle our creative juices. Slow down and we might see that the halo of the Hanged One comes from their fire within. It's not a sweaty glow! Just chill out and hang for a bit, and perhaps contemplate how you plan on watering and feeding those lovely, rebellious seeds of yours and how you want things to look when they all take root and bloom.
One of the things I've been thinking about as I have been hanging with the Hanged One is how upside down the world has felt for the last several years. I've been ending my (almost) daily workouts by practicing headstands and trying to stay in that position long enough to ground. It's a very interesting thing to do, grounding through your head. There are people walking by, doing Zumba in the room across from me, and here I am, rooted and strung up to the stars. Yesterday I was thinking about how, after living in the upside down for all this time, that maybe I was actually right side up in this position and wondering how my change of perspective might help me sow seeds as is only right, it seemed to me, in the air. So here I am, casting my word seeds to the winds. What will grow? What will be eaten? Only time will tell. Keep hanging in there, fools. We have only the world to gain.
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