Letting Go

by Lauren Lesko

“you, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection.”

Autumn is the season for letting go of what has passed. Letting go of old thoughts and feelings nourish new growth in consciousness in the same way that falling leaves nourish new growth in the earth. This Autumnal Equinox promises harmony in our relationships but not without explosive actions and disruptive dramas on our path to creatively resolving how we relate with one another. When the Sun enters Libra the light of day and the dark of night are of equal measure insuring that the light and the dark aspects of our psyche are as well. If we are lucky this month we may glimpse the truth of mystics and experience for ourself that one is of the other.

The Sun is the instinctual archetype of our creative vitality and when the Sun enters Libra our self-creating is miraculously reflected back to us in our relationship with others. Our relationships, especially our intimate relationships, mirror what is most difficult for us to see in ourself. The guiding light of Libra illuminates what we cannot see on our own. This season the stellar grouping of planets in Libra is a poignant challenge to look honestly at our relationships and become more aware of our individual contribution to the quality of those relationships. Libra is that aspect in our psyche seeking equality. The healing balm of Libra is the soothing reminder that our relationships reflect our individuality, the complexity of thoughts and feelings emanating from our psyche, and that we are equally responsible for creating the quality of any relationship we share with another.

* Buddha