Navigating Midlife with Astrology

Without ritual and initiation the mental health of today's society is failing. We have no framework for the metaphorical deaths and rebirths we experience as human beings.

Disconnected from our own nature and the cycles of nature around us we become depressed and suicidal without the knowledge and understanding of the cycles of our life.

Astrology and myth can help us to navigate these cycles and find meaning in the transitions we are going through.

There are certain distinct stages that we go through as human beings and these cycles have been changing as our life expectancy increases.

If we navigate these cycles better we can better prepare for our older years and find the path to a way of living that is SUSTAINABLE for us.

I left nursing and the NHS because that way of life was not sustainable for me. I would have had to have worked for 47 years before I could retire. 47 years!!! Under that amount of pressure and strain was not a life that I wanted to subject myself to.

Learning about the astrology of midlife has shown me that the reason why I wanted to change career wasn't because I was a failure or incapable. It was because life is much longer now than it ever has been and it is more important now than ever to find a way of life that is sustainable for us.

Astrology is the celestial roadmap to a sustainable life. A life that feels true to yourself and fits with who you naturally are. It can show us our natural skills and talents and where we might find fulfilment.

What environment we might thrive best in, where we might struggle and so on.

Our physical bodies and mental capacity changes during middle age so it makes sense that we may not be able to do the same career that we did when we were in our early twenties.

Through life experience we realise that we have gifts and talents that we didn't know we had and middle age can be the time when we explore our previously unknown gifts and really create a life of fulfilment, expansion and growth.