From the womb-like High Priestess, consciousness is brought to form through the nurturing power of The Empress.
In this deeply personal and raw episode, Eliza, whom identifies intimately with this archetype, shares her stories of finding and honoring her inner Empress, healing ancestral mother-wounds, grieving lost pregnancies, and understanding the verb of mother as it has played out in her life. We believe sharing one's story has the power to heal-- for when we're offered others' tools for understanding their wounds the capacity to heal our own has an opportunity to expand. Our conversation in ‘I Am The Empress’ delves far deeper into the mother archetype than the woman who packs our lunches and kisses our scraped knees. Mother is life-giver and caretaker, yes, but she is also Nature herself, biology, wildness, a portal between realms. Mother is sensual, blood and guts, physical form, fertile ground, passion and ferocity of love. She is dream-tender; never letting us give up, reminding us to eat, bathe, and rest while we pursue our life’s work. Mother knows best: when it is time to expel, extract, push, let go. “Her power is worldly and frankly sexual; her snakes, poppies, and forceful gaze remind us to treat Earth energies with respect, that she deserves - and expects - proper recompense for her bounty.” -Anastasia Kashian (American Gods Tarot)
*Episode cover art features American Gods Tarot by Anastasia Kashian, Tarot of the Abyss by Ana Touriam, Death Mother from Dreamscapes Oracle deck by Matt Hughes and Esmerlize Tarot
Acknowledgments:
‘Mysterious Dark’ by Sophia Faria in We’Moon Gaia Rhythms for Womyn 2022 Calendar (thanks, Erin!); Familiars in Witchcraft, Maja D’Aoust; Weston of Root Lock Tarot (rootlocktarot.com); Dreamscape Oracle Deck, art by Matt Hughes booklet by Jaymi Elford; Musical excerpt courtesy Kate Bush, 'Mother Stands for Comfort' from Hounds of Love EMI Records on 16 September 1985
8th House Healers Podcast is Eliza Harris and Sarah Cole-McCarthy. Original podcast theme music, Dylan McCarthy (dylanmccarthymusic.com). All rights reserved.
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/8th-house-healers.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.