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Amaranth Rose's avatar

I can feel the energy of the blackthorn readily as a 954 with an 8 wing. I liked the poem very much too. Those who have loved me have been bewildered to reconcile the barb and the berry, or in my case, the thorn of this rose (my name). Nobody wants to be the scalpel in a transformative love story. It was a balm to read what Annie wrote. It gave hope to my secret sadness. This time I'm strong enough to stay for the whole healing, I hope.

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Samantha Taroni's avatar

This is so moving to read. It is always inspiring to hear from those who have learned to live with an appreciation of our own shadows and their impact. My month with this tree has brought me some of this medicine. Not the easy kind. Im very grateful for your words here. Thank you Amaranth.

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Annie O'Shaughnessy's avatar

Wow. This is a very powerful and timely piece. Thank you. It feels deeply personal too as I believe I was partnered with a 854 for 8 years. Love and grace were central to this chapter. The beauty, courage, depth, truth of his interior, exposed in the face of our Love, changed me and him. Eventually, our individual unresolved trauma shuttered our hearts to each other. But it pierced me, a 793 in ways that needed piercing. I could actually feel my heart when he was able to bring his unguarded presence. Thank you for offering this context.

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Samantha Taroni's avatar

Its moving to hear about that Annie. Thank you so much for sharing your life-changing experience of this pattern in your life. You speak elsewhere about ballast and for me, connecting with this pattern by spending time with the blackthorn, is offering me something like this. Looking at what is real without blinking is what it feels like!

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Rob Hutchinson's avatar

I love the colour and the texture of the sloe berries, there's something dark & brooding about them, and at the same time an intriguing desire to reach out and touch the bloom on the surface. 458 isn't a trifix I've engaged with often, perhaps they're not the most readily drawn to personal enquiry work?

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Samantha Taroni's avatar

Thanks for commenting Rob...the sloes are like that for me too! And then the striking contrast of the flashes of white we're having now.

I experience 458 to be very self-contained...and for this reason, I cannot know for sure, but I imagine this archetype to have capacity for deep soul-searching...but not in public.

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