Took some Tarot cards out into the woods this weekend. Libra season is here, and with it all the Falling of leaves and other things. I feel the season asking us what we will put down over the next few months. What do we do now that it is time to release?

We are being invited into a new space. Space made of boundaries that are inclusive and known; firm and elevated; open and boundless. We are being invited into all that is possible when we stop questioning our own limits and limitations and instead embrace self-care and self-knowing as the path to expansion.

Cards from the Pagan Otherworlds deck by Uusi Designs

What can be built on a foundation made of the Stone of a deep trust in our own knowing? What mysteries unlock when projections fall away and we surrender to the depths of feeling — grief, joy, regret, longing, hope — that we hear but do not know how to heed?

The calls that come from these depths can be overwhelming and complicated, like trying to figure out what to do about a tidal wave. It reminds me of when I dream of being in the ocean and know that what I need to do is trust that I can swim underwater.

In the depths we meet new and different creatures, and worlds upon worlds that we could not imagine if we tried. We are given the choice in this life of how to work with the truths we find there, or perhaps better said, how to work with the fact that we find truth there, truths that can sometimes seems completely at odds with life as we know it.

As modern Westerners we have been living a life consumed by what is outside of us, and the amplification of those realities, all while what lives inside of us is ignored and pushed down. The time for that is not only over but now more and more impossible. And that also means, I believe, that the work of integrating those truths is harder, because they have been held down for so long.

So be gentle with yourself as the night comes earlier, the leaves drift and the rain falls. Feel into your body and self for how it might feel to allow some submersion this season. You might even find parts of yourself relieved to be allowed this return to source and primality.

To connect more with these energies, get a journal just for your night dreams, and write down the ones that startle you or seem especially strange. Notice the Moon and what phase it is and what sign, and how you feel when you gaze at the sky. Read a fairy tale or myth, or pick up that book that has been staring at you but has felt a bit scary. Make some space for getting with what wants to get with you, and what you feel your SoulSelf longing to make time for. Make some Art. Eat an Apple. Look around your house and notice what themes are already there, what images you are drawn towards and how they call to you. Explore the deeper stories and mythologies behind movies that you love. Patch up the Shelter of your mind by taking time to release what is past its time, and realize what you are gaining in that release. Clean your house and make it cozy. Then go for a walk in the rain so you can come home and experience gratitude for what you have. Let yourself simplify and deepen. Let yourself get more complex and more whole. Recognize yourself as a living being in need of nourishment of all kinds. A Being with a path all your own.