Gently Now

GENTLY....

VENUS RETROGRADE IN SCORPIO Is not messing around. Dark underbelly of the past. Mercuy will join her later on in the month, SO be advised—love, relationships, etc, hold tight. I have a self imposed gag order. Don’t cut the bangs, make major purposes etc. if you can help it. WAIT until Nov 14th.

I appreciate this astrologer. She offers amazing insights and encouragement for spiritual growth via astrological understanding. Mollymccord.online.      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6zNCZztOM8

Moose symbol 

Its patience is physical rather than decorative. A moose may spend hours feeding, taking what the season offers, then standing motionless among trees until the Forest seems to have grown around it. It does not rush to make a point. Yet this quiet body can run quickly, swim strongly, and defend itself with hooves when a predator or person closes the distance. The symbolism is not passive endurance. It is stored force, kept available instead of scattered across every demand.

Antlers sharpen the image, especially in the bull, whose enormous seasonal rack grows from the skull, is used in contests during the rut, and is later shed. The antlers are not permanent proof of rank. They arrive, become useful, and fall away. That cycle gives Moose a meaning beyond masculine dominance or visible achievement. Strength can be seasonal. A feature that helped win one kind of contest may need to be released before the next season begins.

The cow moose adds another line to the symbol. She raises a Calf with fierce attention and can attack when a person, wolf, or bear approaches too closely. Her protection is not sentimental. It is a body placed between danger and the young. Moose therefore speaks to a form of gentleness with boundaries: feeding quietly, keeping watch, and becoming formidable when someone violates the distance that keeps life safe.

Because moose live in bogs, lakes, and dense northern woods, they also symbolize passage through conditions that punish haste. Long legs make uneven ground manageable. Broad hooves spread weight. A powerful swimmer can cross cold water, but the animal still chooses when to enter. The archetype asks for a similar accuracy about effort. Not every obstacle deserves a charge, and not every quiet stretch is a Retreat.

The result is a large, understated meaning: solitary strength that remains connected to nourishment, protection, and place. Moose does not promise that the world will become less demanding. It offers another way to meet demand, with patient movement, selective force, and enough self-respect to stop explaining why the trail needs room. 

“Find your still waters, and know when to charge through the brambles.”

(https://mymythos.org/archetype/calf/)

ANVAH: 

Is 40:11

He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young. 

[נָהַל] NAHAL: GENTLE PURPOSEFUL LEADING

verb Pi`el lead, guide to a watering-place or station, and cause to rest there; bring to a station or place of rest; lead, guide; refresh 

1. LEAD TO WATERING STATION
2. BRING TO A GOAL OR LOCATION
3. LEAD GUIDE
4. PROVIDE REST
5. REFRESH WITH GOOD.  
6. HITPAEL: JOURNEY BY STATIoNS. 

James 3:17

17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

"gentle" in the sense of truly fair by relaxing overly strict standards in order to keep the "spirit of the law."

1933 /epieikḗs ("justice beyond ordinary justice") builds on the real intent (purpose) of what is really at stake (note the epi, "upon") – and hence, is true equity that appropriately fulfills the spirit (not just the letter) of the law.

Matthew 11:29 Jesus invites, “Learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart.”

Poto taken from Bible Hub. A beam of balance. Learn from me. I am MEEK: Strong but gentle 

• DEFINING "PRAUTES" (GENTLENESS, MEEKNESS)
• PRAUTES AS DEFINED BY THE ANCIENT GREEKS...
1. To describe persons or things which have in them a certain soothing quality...
• -- E.g, having a humble and kind demeanor which calms another's anger
• To describe gentleness of conduct, especially on the part of people who had it in their power to act otherwise...
1. E.g., a king forgiving a servant who failed a particular task
   • The king has the authority and power to render punishment
   • But chooses instead to show kindness and forgiveness
   • Such a king would be praised for his gentle and meek behavior
2. To describe the ability to take unkind remarks with good nature...
   • E.g., as when embroiled in controversy
   • Being able to discuss things without losing one's temper because of unkind and unfair personal remarks
3. Most often, to describe the character in which strength and gentleness are perfectly combined...
   • E.g., a horse obedient to the reins, a watchdog friendly to the family owning him
   • There is great strength present, but it is tempered by a gentle spirit
4. Aristotle had this to say about "prautes"...
   • "the ability to bear reproaches and slights with moderation, and not to embark on revenge quickly, and not to be easily provoked to anger, but to be free from bitterness and contentiousness, having tranquillity and stability in the spirit." (On Virtues And Vices)
   • This does not imply that there is never a place for anger in the gentle man
   • Indeed, the man who displays "prautes" is angry "on the right grounds, and against the right persons, and in the right manner, and at the right moment, and for the right length of time." (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics)
   • "he will err on the side of forgiveness rather than on the side of anger" (Barclay)

Taken from: https://executableoutlines.com/topical_series/flesh-and-spirit/fs_16.html

O gentle weariness by Hafez O gentle weariness, Thine is the power that can all spirits free From bonding-trouble, thou art a goddess To all the suffering slaves of misery.   Thy sanctuary No suppliant vainly seeketh; wheresoe’er Desperate grief is, then unfailingly Is thine all-hallowing rest & refuge there.   Our sorrow hath outgrown Solace, yet still in thine all-mothering hand Is balm of soft oblivion, who alone Our never-ending needs dost understand.