Will you see with new eyes?

 WE DON’T SEE THINGS AS THEY ARE. WE SEE THEM AS WE ARE.

This Solar Transit brings an awareness of what isn’t quite right. What has lost its vitality. What could be corrected, healed, or renewed.

Gate 18 carries the awareness to recognize what’s been spoiled. It can be easy to experience this as criticism, especially when you see so clearly what could be better.

But what if this awareness isn’t here to judge?

What if it’s here to help you see what is ready for renewal?

The Earth in Gate 17, Opinions, grounds this awareness through the patterns you see and the opinions you form about them.

You naturally recognize patterns in your experiences. You observe what works, what doesn’t, and form opinions about the patterns you see.

But an opinion is still an opinion.

And when you bring those opinions into your relationships, they can quickly become judgments.

You may believe you’re seeing another person clearly, when you’re actually seeing them through the patterns you’ve developed over a lifetime.

You may see something that needs to change. They may see it differently.

This is part of the great curriculum of the Quarter of Duality, where relationship and bonding become the ground for discovering yourself through another.

Can you recognize what needs attention without making someone else wrong?

Can you hold your perspective without needing another person to see it your way?

And perhaps most importantly, can you turn this awareness toward yourself with the same compassion you are learning to offer others?

Autumn beautifully reflects this energy. As leaves and seeds fall to the ground, nature releases what has completed its cycle, making room for new growth.

You don’t have to hold on to everything simply because it’s been part of your life.

Sometimes correction means changing something.

Sometimes it means releasing it.

And sometimes it simply means seeing it with new eyes.

THE REAL VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY CONSISTS NOT IN SEEKING NEW LANDSCAPES, BUT IN HAVING NEW EYES. ~ Marcel Proust

Love Yourself,
Ruth Brennan

Gate 17: This is what I see.
Gate 18: This is what I recognize needs correction.
Quarter of Duality: And what happens when another person sees it differently?