Parting the Mists

A fitting draw for today, the second part of the Day of the Dead and All Souls Day.

As I’ve said before, this card means more than honoring and remembering our ancestors. It’s also about taking the initiative to heal ancestral wounds and to use our ancestral gifts. No family is ALL bad; each has something worthwhile even if one has to really dig to consider it. Find what your ancestral gift is – and work to heal and end the cycle of genetic wounds. This isn’t easy. I’ve often had to tell myself “they can’t all be dicks” in regard to my father’s family. Truly, they all aren’t, and something happened to cause the behavior and hateful attitudes to those who did have these traits. I had to work to keep that from poisoning my own life.

Blessings and have a good day!

Thistle

ANCESTORS – The love and legacy of our DNA

I walk in their footsteps 
Their wisdom inside me remains
I am unique, yet carry a legacy
Their blood runs in my veins

Whether or not we know our ancestors, we are the product of those who have lived before us, DNA-wise. Externally, we may have the body type of our father, our mother’s eyes, our grandmother’s nose, our great-grandfather’s skin tone.

On the inside, it gets even more interesting. We know now that we can “inherit” the way our body works, blood types, genetic disorders, even propensities for aspects of brain function like introversion, musicality, and mathematics.

Many Pagan paths associated with Halloween believe that we are born perfectly imperfect to be exactly what we are meant to be. What does this mean? It means that the gifts our ancestors left us and the unique synergy of the combination of the physical, mental, and physical that is created within us, sets us up perfectly to achieve our ultimate purpose.

Should the Ancestor card bring itself to your attention, know that you are ready and able to action your birthright of power. You have the support of those who came before you. There may be challenges or struggles, but you have everything you need to overcome them. You will prevail!

The Halloween Oracle by author Stacey Demarco and artist Jimmy Manton