Thinking about the Sirens from this perspective one wonders if the archetype really is the dark destructive feminine, or else the feminine who has dived to the depths and brought back uncomfortable truths.
The placement of Sirene in the natal chart may be a gift and a curse: the place of our destruction should we succumb without reason of the conscious mind and rationalism of the structured social world. And yet, if we can withstand the ethereal power of the song and somehow resist the almost impossible urge, we may be blessed with the gifts of the gods.
There comes a time when we must wise up. Not to become treacherous and join the ranks of deceivers and manipulators, but to read the room and act accordingly, engaging foresight and insight (gained from the school of hard knocks), intuition (from learning to trust our inner knowing), humility (see school of hard knocks), and cunning (remembering our magic). We create our own laws born from the truth of our soul and a desire to become who we are meant to be.
What if the so-called menopausal “brain fog” is more akin to the dissolved state of the pupa and metamorphosis and not a sign of lack of capacity. What if after or even during the menopause transition women awaken to their deep feminine sexual nature. And what if menopause is not only the closing of a chapter but the beginning of a new, full bodied, self-possessed erotic delight in self-awakening?
There are so many styles of relationships now and a whole new mind-boggling lexicon to describe them. The field is open. Are we brave enough to say what we really desire?
Clearly Cecile did not think the world was ending either. We sat face-to-face, fresh out of the lake, the warmth of the sun penetrating our skin, our breathing slow, rhythmic, and synchronised. Eyes closed, and feeling my own hand reassuringly on my womb, she began-
“On the full moon give an offering to Mama Quilla…”
A trip to the Beverage Park in Kirkcaldy (Balwearie) to walk among the old trees and revisit a place that I’d spent a lot
Working with the moon and the feminine mysteries are intimately involved with the fertilizing spirit of nature and the transformation of the soul, not only for oneself but for the collective…for the moon and the feminine are closely connected to the principle of Eros- connection and relatedness of all things: mind and spirit, masculine and feminine, relationships of all sorts, earth and humanity, cosmos and psyche.
Eros as a spiritual practice or indeed a divinity may be the key to restoring the connection with humans and earth, masculine and feminine and a whole manner of splits that have occurred as a result of a world view where solar consciousness has become “not the morning sun born of the night, but the sun in his zenith at high noon”.
