Chinese Astrology Year of the Black Snake 2013

Black Snake is kin to Water Dragon. Enough said. But not nearly enough perceived. Until your body undulates in the undercurrents and power brims from your inner being, Snake is dorment. Wake him up if you want to slip through the cracks between consciousness and unconsciousness, dreaming and waking.

2013, in Chinese Astrology, celebrates the Black Snake. This year, how will you honor the energy of this watery reptilian that glides and slithers through the dark waters of your own (and collective) psyche? Will you fear and avoid it, keeping to high and dry land? Or will you dive deep and discover the infinite magic which is Snake energy?

Snake is the shaman of the underworld. Do you ever dream of snakes? Or fear them obsessively? Have you ever been bitten, or had a near encounter? If so, you may have been called to become a medicine man or woman yourself. Are you listening? Snakes “hear” by sensing subtle changes in temperature, by feeling vibrations through the earth, by perceiving chem trails emitted from all other living things, through the tuning fork of their forked tongues.

Black Rat Snake

To become a shaman in the lineage of Snake, first you must know when it is time to shed your skins, and rejuvenate. You must get to know the flow of the seasons; to sense when it is time to go sit in the sun and when it is time to retreat into the cool shadows. You must recognize that change isn’t something that happens once every few years or decades, but constantly, and to act accordingly. You must sharpen your sense of smell and intuition, and stop believing everything you see with your eyes…

Apprentice yourself to snake. Move like her on the ground and in the water. Feel into her breath, and claim her poison which protects and heals, paralyzes and destroys.  Only until you have realized and accepted your own innate potential to kill AND create life will you have complete control over your own choices. Then, you will see the divine in your own likeness. Go look in the mirror, and catch a glimpse of Snake swimming in the black pupils of your I’s.