Making Peace with the Past

This week offers the opportunity to make peace with the past & reconcile old childhood hurts especially those concerning parents. You may be looking back at what seems like a lifetime ago. Reflecting on how you were raised & perhaps on what they could have done better. Now that you are older (and they are older), there’s greater understanding of where they came from and that maybe they did the best that they could from their former awareness. Possibly they were too young and inexperienced as a parent.  Maybe they knew no better and were running on programs created by their own parents.  Perhaps with the benefit of age, if you asked them now, they may have done it differently if they were to do it again. Some try to make amends by being better grandparents than parents. Some never change. But YOU,  may be committed to parent in a more enlightened way. Doing things differently on your end. Elaborating on what was beneficially instilled in you growing up and perfecting it for your own children. The lilies bring us from purity and innocence of childhood to full-blown love, compassion and forgiveness. The World card helps us to see the greater picture. Recognizing the light shadow aspects of parents or elders who are flawed, make mistakes and have dysfunctions like all people. Focusing on the pain of the past and holding on to old grievances will hinder you. Moving forward in your life with peace & empowerment means coming to terms with these hurts, healing them & ultimately forgiving those who wronged you. These times are behind you and don’t have to bind you. It’s inspiring to recognize you can heal from these earlier hurts and therefore break the circle of repeating dysfunction. Use the energy of this week to transform difficult lessons into wisdom that can navigate your path and help you conduct the music of your life moving forward.