As many of you know from my previous forecasts, I was in Costa Rica two weeks ago with family and friends and it was a long-needed vacation that was planned for two years. Since there is a Full Moon this week today with Sun and Uranus are together on this Full Moon – offering some ‘light’ on things that absolutely require your attention right now – I thought I’d share my own Full Moon (or shall we say enlightened experience) on my recent trip to Costa Rica where I had never been.
I had never been to Costa Rica and was with trusted friends and family who push me to try things I never tried before, one of which was ziplining (also ATVing)! At this age, I was reticent to try it, but I am strong and my two adult children were with me and wanted to share this opportunity to bond as a trio. Now, if you’ve never ziplined, this is an amazing way to see the world from a completely unique perspective – very far up where you see the entire landscape, where the atmosphere is much cooler (a good thing in the tropics) while requiring your complete attention (watching the brake man for brake signals) while you fly quickly above cavernous mountains and valleys. I must admit the first landing was tough, you must pull down on that brake at just the right time and with just the right amount of strength – it just takes a little practice.
The point of this story is twofold. First, experiencing and trying something you’ve never done before (with assured safety measures and being in decent physical condition) challenges your self-imposed limits, then your fear, and moving past trepidation. A qualified guide makes all the difference (in any area of life this is important when you try new things) and then going for it. All good.
But it was as we finished at the end of this experience where I faltered and where my fear (Saturn) tried to overtake me – and then, once completed, I learned something. The ziplining went fine – but at the end, without being told at the beginning, there is about a 100-foot-long bridge we had to cross over suspended over very deep canyons. The challenge was that the so-called ‘bridge’ was made of only 4″x4″ beams, strung end to end, on cables! Sure — you were tethered if you fell, but at 76 years of age – and being very aware of balance issues as we age– my heart was in my lungs – but – there was no choice – to get out of there, you had to walk those very narrow beams to get out. And with big feet it is not easy.
My adult children were behind me trying to talk with me but I had to silence them – because I had to do an internal meditation – not looking how far I had to go (metaphor here) but what was right in front of me that was terrifying (also a metaphor). I took deep breaths – moved very slowly – because if I went down it would have thrown the others down who were on that same beam – so NO that wasn’t going to happen.
My angel/guides were my children. My son who quietly said – “Mom, just put your heels down – like duck feet – instead of toe to heel” – and that helped – a lot. My daughter kept saying ‘Mom, you can do this.’ I was never so grateful to get to the ground as I was in that moment. The deep state of fear I was in – hindered me while forcing me to buck up and get through it. Having a couple of Jupiter types offering encouragement all the way (my children) saved me. Plus if I went down, they’d go down – so I just embraced the terror and did it finding out that I could do it in the end, though I was shaking perceptibly when I climbed down😊
We are currently surrounded by things that create fear and trepidation these days, whether we walk on 4″ x 4″ beams over deep caverns or in flux about the state of our jobs, finances, homes, families, or businesses. Nothing is the same as it was and there is no clear view of where things are going. It appears there is no endgame. We are suspended on these bridges moving us from one state to another without solutions in sight. All you can do now is look at what is right in front of you – not to the end nor the past.
The key thing is finding the right guides (Jupiter) types to move you through these times providing alternate views or ways of doing things differently or learning new methods of doing things. We get so caught up in our very rigid systems and schedules that sometimes the solution or outcome is right in front of us. We don’t see it until someone enlightens us sometimes with just a few words – providing a fresh perspective we never saw. The key thing is DON’T PANIC. Stop – slow down – limit self-criticism for not doing ‘enough.’ If tired, carve out a piece of the day – where phones are off and you can rest – you will get to the end of that ‘beam.’ You will. One move at a time.
