"The cry we hear from deep in our hearts comes from the wounded child within. Healing this inner child’s pain will transform negative emotions."
-Thich Nhat Hanh
The month of Aries is the start of the lunar new year. It is called in Hebrew “Rosh Chodashim,” the head of all months. As the seed of the year and the DNA of all the coming months, it affords us the opportunity to plant seeds with our consciousness to do deep inner work that will soften our journey and smooth our path to change.
The first 12 days of Aries are especially important as they each correspond to one of the 12 months of the coming year. The sixteenth century Kabbalist Rav Isaac Luria explains that the spiritual work we do on these 12 days influences what we will experience in the corresponding months to come.
To guide you through a process of internal transformation, I am going to overlay two modalities, Kabbalistic astrology and the inner child archetype, to assist us to do profound work of healing from within.
My hope is that with the knowledge of the cosmic opportunity ahead of us these next 12 days, a gift given to us by the great Kabbalists, together with an exploration of our inner self, we can begin embracing our child so that we can move to our spiritual growth and maturity.
Looking forward to taking this journey with you.
The 12 Days of Aries, Day 10, Capricorn
Welcome to Day Ten of the 12 Days of Aries, which begins at sundown on Sunday, April 17 and ends at sundown on Monday, April 18.
Capricorn is a cardinal earth sign. Cardinal months are those that appear at the beginning of each season and herald new beginnings and changes underway. Earth signs have the gift of manifestation. Hardworking and incredibly grounded, Capricorns can fall into the trap of placing the physical above the spiritual, which gives them feelings of insecurity and lack.
The Capricorn Inner Child Archetype is a victim when it doesn’t see the results it is working for in the physical world. This child has trouble understanding that the real cause of what we experience in our physical reality exists on the level of consciousness. The voice of this child says, “Show me and thenI will believe,” rather than the other way around. This child feels afraid, limited, insecure and isolated.
We all have a bit of this Inner Child Archetype within. Maybe we obsess about results, rather than receiving all that can be gained in the process. Or perhaps we live in constant insecurity because we do not know how to access the fruits of the spiritual world. By acknowledging this little child inside, we can begin to find healing. In fact, when we feel the pain of this child’s limitation, we can open ourselves up to the grace of a Higher Power and embrace the love of those around us.
Consciousness for the Day: Pay attention to the people in your life more than the things on your to-do list. Open your heart and engage in some sort of prayer or meditation. Before you do anything, ask the Light for help.
Most importantly, be gentle with yourself and your inner child. You are work in progress and a child of God who loves you. Healing comes from positively acknowledging and taking responsibility for what we need to change, not from beating ourselves up.
