"Blessed be the fruit. May the Lord open." - Margaret Atwood
To emerge is to bring forth into the light, to rise up, or to come out of obscurity. Transformation occurs in darkness, when no one is looking. This is the darkness of the unknown, the unconscious, the unborn, of winter, and the darkness of doom. All transformation registers internally, first, before ever becoming visible. When the unseen, the unwritten, and the unexpected is ready to be brought forth from the nocturnal womb of the moon (for "gloom is its cocoon"): We have an emergence.
It's been said that the "wound is the place where the light enters us", and this brings to mind the cracks in an egg or a seed. For a human egg to be fertilized, it must first be successfully penetrated (or broken into) by the sperm. These cracks, these wounds, are what ignite transformation and the eventual emergence. Within the venom is the elixir. When we find ourselves afflicted with a physical or emotional wound, just remember that it's called an emergency. Why? Because it's a chance to change our lives and our attitudes for the better, by becoming stronger. Wiser. Kintsugi. Breakdown to breakthrough.
Spring Fever and March Madness
Fire and Rescue: We incinerate what we no longer need, what no longer serves us. This is why we fire employees who no longer fulfill their duties. And these eliminations can save us a lot of trouble down the road. When we feel motivated to take action, action that'll transform our situation, we say that we're fired up. Hot-headed Aries (the Ram, Cardinal Fire) initiates a new growth cycle every spring, after having emerged out of the darkness of winter. The maddening frenzy of spring fever is felt by all as mating season begins.
April Fools Rush In
Heat is motion, and the faster a thing moves and vibrates, the hotter it is. To rush into something is to hastily speed or charge (electric, power) into it. In college, during Rush Week, fraternities and sororities are scouting for potential recruits: Pledges to initiate. This typically takes place towards the beginning of the school year.
The Green Man
From Zero to Hero: In tarot, The Fool is the first card. But it's actually 0. It's the egg of all-potential, which precedes manifestation. Limitlessness must collapse or fall into limitation. We see this inevitable descent as The Fool is about to blindly march over a cliff. On the Qabalistic Tree of Life, The Fool connects Kether (the primal point) and Chokmah (the seat of the fiery life force which empowers). Kether (Crown) is the head, or the beginning, which initiates all activity through Chokmah.
This willing force is transmitted to Binah (Understanding) which organizes it and puts it to use through limitation. Limitlessness is useless without some defining purpose, and to define is to limit. Binah and Chokmah are connected via The Empress, who represents the imagination. She is the archetypal embodiment of spring, fertility, and rebirth. As The Fool rushes into manifestation, the incoming flow of energy falls into (slowing down) form where it flowers—emerging as the shape of the image maker's blueprint.
This concludes today's article for my 30 Days, 30 Posts challenge. Tomorrow's topic of discussion will be on Weight Loss. Yesterday's article was about Winter.