By Elizabeth Smith, Astrocartographer
This past spring I began a search for temporary housing from which to do some permanent home hunting in one of my favorite US states, Vermont.
Some of my best astrocartography in the world is there and I decided it was time to brave the winters. But every time I found an Air BnB that looked like it might work, an obstacle would come up, preventing my follow through.
I booked several places only to be bombarded by relentless discouraging intuitions. When I decided to chalk them up to fear and tried to ignore them, foreboding dreams replaced them, leading me to cancel again and again.
Several times hosts had things come up that made the place suddenly unavailable on the dates I’d requested. I looked into other short term housing websites and thought maybe that would change my luck. Same pattern recurred.
No matter what I did, the rug kept getting pulled out. So I gave up trying to make it work. I grieved and accepted that I would not get to live my life out under such favorable stars.
Then this morning I woke to learn of the devastating floods that have befallen the Northeastern US states, especially Vermont. Photos of the damage in the NY Times were of the exact counties I was struggling to get to.
I looked on in shock at submerged vehicles and homes thinking over and over “Oh my God.” as we do when brushes with mortality hit us. “I could have lost everything.” I realized before falling to my knees in tears of gratitude, realizing that I had been protected by what we frame as disappointment, difficulty, bad fortune.
How limited we are in our understanding of the Divine Plan.
How important it is to assume nothing.
How wise it may be to trust Nature’s Guidance, especially when it screams in your ear with a repeated refusal to give you what you think you want.
Realizing the limitations of both the mind of reason and the mind of desire, in the end, thank Mother Universe, Divine planning won the battle I was having with it.
So much of our pain comes from our logical attempts to do what we think we should do. So much of that pain can be avoided when we realize that we are never alone and are always being guided. It’s a matter of tuning in.
But I am among the fortunate in this moment. My heart goes out to those who were there.
Sending blessings and healing to all the beautiful souls in the human, plant and animal kingdoms who inhabit Vermont and all places affected by traumatic climate events .