the tower
unexpected upheaval
today i write to you for the last time as a 34-year-old, my birthday swiftly approaching. a birthday is, in some ways, the opposite of the tower: it is expected, every year, the same date. and yet. 35 feels like another impossible age, and living in an aging body feels like living in a tower that is constantly on fire, beset upon by lightning.
and yet.
libra season has begun, and today is the first day it has really felt like it. the air is cool and the leaves are falling and the skies are so blue. it is a balm, every year, even as it signals another year of being in this unruly body. i am a part of this, born to it, and accepting that feels so joyful.
mercury has also stationed retrograde today, and so: remember that if you are too much in your head, it can be good to take a break and go outside. enjoy being a part of nature, even if you are in the middle of a city. (we can talk about the false binary of city/nature some other time, hmm?)
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this week’s deck: mesquite tarot
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