Day 3: Waning Gibbous in Virgo

Sacred Rose

Dear Blossoming Soul,

I’m used to rushing.
To planning.
To being the one who does it all.

Because if I don’t do it, no one else will.

I need to care for my body, my mind, my soul.
Get enough sleep. Spend time with my friends. Take care of my family.

Sometimes it feels like there are too many balls in the air, and one small mistake could send all of them tumbling.

These are all the things I think I’m supposed to do.

But what happens when I loosen my grip?
When I allow a ball or two to drop?

Or perhaps there is one I’ve already let fall, one that was purely selfish and just for me, that I need to retrieve.

This is the work for me today.

To really look at the things that occupy my time and my mind and ask whether they actually serve my well-being.

I wish this were a one-time answer, but I know it isn’t.
This kind of care requires constant assessment and recalibration.
A gentle checking in.
A willingness to notice what’s working and what isn’t.

Right now, I can feel guilt and frustration surface for not working out more, for not planning my meals the way I think I should.

And then I remember: it’s winter.

Energy wanes. Bodies turn inward. The desire to cocoon is real.

To feel guilt over a natural cycle is to confuse care with control.

Today, I’m practicing something simpler.
Listening instead of correcting.
Responding instead of demanding.

Letting care be seasonal.
Letting support look quieter than productivity.

This is the tending.

Daily Oracle Card

AFTER THE RAIN isn’t asking me to feel better.
It’s reminding me to let go.

The storm doesn’t need to be over for me to do so.
I can unclench, even if things are still unfinished.

AFTER THE RAIN is the moment when the body remembers how to breathe again.
When urgency loosens.
When I don’t have to hold everything all at once.

Care doesn’t mean I have to fix anything.
Rest isn’t a failure.
Letting go doesn’t mean something has gone wrong.

It means I am allowed to stand here, wet-haired and human and trust clarity will come.

Always,
Your Trusted Friend 🌹