Age 50 - 56
Septennial #8

This 8th septennial heralds the autumn season of one’s life. This is embodied through the process of being in the world and being affected by it, and the results of our maturation will become the fruits we leave as our legacy.

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In this cycle, the multidimensional changes that accompany menopause may bring about a physical, mental or spiritual climax. There is often a radical lifestyle shift in this septennial. Menopause facilitates a pruning away of all that is no longer necessary, and our own needs and desires move forward, demanding recognition and fulfilment.

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Health issues may arise, connected to the upheaval of menopause. We may begin thinking about how to deeply support our health as preparation for elderhood.

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At age 55, a lunar node occurs. This is where the sun, moon and earth are in the same position as they were at the moment of your birth. This time represents an opportunity to reconnect and realign with your life purpose. Pay attention to what is happening in your life at this time – it may hold clues to the future expression of your destiny.

Exercises

Respond to the following prompts in your journal:

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What responsibilities do you have? How do you experience these?

What have you been able to harvest in these years?

How was/is menopause for you?

What conclusions have you made about yourself and life?

What is emerging from your depths, calling to be expressed in the world?

How are you being called to center yourself in your life?

What changes will you/did you make in your life in this time?

Where do you see yourself in another seven years?

What are you doing to support life on earth?

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After completing the prompts, divide a page into two columns. The headings for each column should be ‘negative’ and ‘positive’. In the ‘negative’ column, write a list of negative experiences, emotions, themes, actions and reactions from this septennial. In the ‘positive’ column write the positive experiences, themes, actions, gifts, relationships from this septennial.

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Then, take a few moments with your eyes closed to feel into the negative list, considering each item you have written down. Then do the same for the positive list. Now, allow the two lists to merge – try to sit above or apart from the two lists and allow them to merge into one list, being, or energy – however you like to think about it. From this place, ask for a seed image to emerge, which represents the summation of this septennial, of the two lists and the merged lists.

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Your seed image may appear in your mind visually, or as thoughts describing the image, or in another way. Go with the first image that arises and open your eyes and draw it on the next round piece of paper.

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