They say things come in threes.
Luck, both good and bad.
The human predilection for pattern recognition that makes us love lists of three. (There's poetry in "this, that, and the other thing" and "here, there, and everywhere.")
Triple deities from around the world.
By design and sacred accident, I've built my own trinity of magic right here at the start of February (a time when we northern hemisphere dwellers in the higher latitudes surely need some sparkle and uplift):
Imbolc, the day that we celebrate Brigid, Ireland's goddess and saint
My daughter's birthday (she just turned seven!)
The release of my book, The Sovereignty Knot (she just turned one!)
Our Struggles With Celebration
All of these early February events are cause for celebration. But...
It's all too easy to transform the wonderful into the stressful and get tangled in the attempt to make all the parties perfect. I admit it has been easy to feel a bit breathless this week.
That's when I remember to go back to my own words and take my own medicine...
In The Sovereignty Knot, you meet the Archetypes of Sovereignty: the princess, the queen, and the wise woman. We are always all three at once, though some of us are more comfortable working with the energy of one more than the others.
For many women who pride themselves on "holding all the things," embracing the princess within can feel regressive. We're supposed to get past all that foolish pink and naïveté, right?
Actually, I believe that we need to recognize and treasure the princess energy within at every stage of life. In part, we need the princess because she knows how to party. She's the one who is always ready to dance like nobody's watching.
So, as I try to quit trying to control everything and just enjoy this week with all of its abundance of celebrations (and all of its snowbanks), I invite you to join me and get (re)acquainted with your own inner princess magic.
Call on the Archetype of the Princess (even when - especially when - you're too old, too busy, or too important to do so)
An excerpt from The Sovereignty Knot:
Once upon a time, I wanted to slay the princess. I wanted to entomb her in my early twenties and make her stay there with all my unexamined regrets. But to do so would rob me of the ecstasy and adventure that the princess wants to enjoy her whole life through.
The princess within knows how to laugh, how to flirt, how to set aside the worries and the deadlines to simply be here in this moment. The princess knows how to sneak in the backstage entrance and how to stay up talking until dawn. She knows how to stay up all night long making love, too. You probably need her more now than you did at twenty-one, when the whole world was designed to invite you to the party.
You’re invited to consider how you might celebrate the princess you once were. This is also a chance to allow the princess that’s always been within you to bring more lighthearted energy into your daily life. What do you need to celebrate right now?
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