Venus in Capricorn 12.9.2022 - 1.2.2023

A peony reminds us what patience is.

what grace is,

and what beauty is.

We show up expecting so much from life.

from friends,

from family.

But a peony.

A peony owes nothing to anyone.

It is only here to champion the beautiful,

tragic and powerfully poetic fragility of life.

The peony asks us to lean into the knowing

that everything is temporary,

that death is upon the heroic tasks of being alive.

The peony asks us,

in turn,

to live fully.

To live with joy.

To be an exuberant expression of existence.

Who are we to know when our time has come?

Who are we to know what forces orchestrate our lives?

Who are we to be anything but grateful devotees,

navigating the mysteries of a

Universe unfolding

As flinging

and as delicate

of each unfolding

Peony flower.