combatting conditioning | south node in gate 32 | august 26th - january 8th, 2024
Welcome to Combatting Conditioning, a brand new series from me, Jaclyn Michelle of interior creature.
Periodically, I'll be popping onto the blog to zoom in on a major gate transit and sharing some journal prompts for effective shadow work & deep de-conditioning.
In August, Mars moved into Gate 32, The Gate of Continuity, which is ruled by Libra and lives in the Spleen Center. The South Node will be in Gate 32 until early January 2024. This gate asks us to get honest about our conditioned habits, patterns, beliefs, and behaviors around navigating failure & error.
Shadow Work/De-conditioning Questions to consider:
Which end of the fear frequency spectrum to you more frequently tend toward: directionless action or restrictive inaction? Does this vary depending on the situation (professional situations versus in romantic situations versus family situations versus friendship situations versus life purpose/big goal situations)?
Failure: What is your current relationship with failure? How do you work with failure now in your adult life? How was handling failure, error, or mistakes modeled for you as a child? Was it safe to acknowledge failure? How have these experiences shaped your conditioned habits, patterns, beliefs, and behaviors as an adult?
Directionless Action: How was corrective action modeled for you as a child? Was there an adult or caregiver in your life whose behavior was in line with this fear frequency? How did their tendency to take scattered or ineffective action make you feel? How did it impact your relationship? What did their behavior teach you about the nature of corrective action or your own ability to fix mistakes or errors? Are these beliefs serving you now as an adult?
Restrictive Inaction: How was avoidance modeled for you as a child? Was there an adult or caregiver in your life whose behavior was in line with this fear frequency? How did their deep fear of taking corrective action make you feel? How did it impact your relationship? What did their behavior teach you about the nature of overwhelm and avoidance or your own ability to fix mistakes or errors? Are these beliefs serving you now as an adult?
Continuity and Peace: Think about the quote above from Pema Chödrön. How could your desire for peace influence your ability to work with failure in an expansive, generative way?
Are you finding this Combatting Conditioning series supportive? If so, watch this space! The first volume of my book The Rebuilding Year is dropping so soon and I cannot wait to tell you all about it!
In the meantime, thank you for nerding out with me 🤗
Do you have Gate 32 activated in your chart? How is this South Node transit affecting you? Let me know in the comments!