The story of the day I sat down to sculpt my wife’s wedding band. Designed for our “Valkyries” or guardian angels who brought us together exactly when we were ready to never let go.
“I won’t ever let you go…” Ed Sheeran
Last night when I began to think about eclipse, my plan was to write about the word… the definition… A celestial body blocking another – OK… A loss of power – not good… A falling into obscurity – not a chance. Maybe I could spin it to mean something more fluffy…
“you eclipsed my pain”… You took my pain away… Yes, all of it, that is completely true… But it was too forced… I am reminded that the word of the day is for today, not for last night. I learned in the past that I shouldn’t begin something and then let it fit the word of the day somehow, no matter how excited I was… Patience… My one word of the day mistake was to already have a thought on my mind. Today is the eclipse… Today is the day I would be inspired… And I fell asleep.
This morning I awoke to my clock radio singing these words to me…
“So you can keep me, inside the pocket of your ripped jeans, holding me closer ’til our eyes meet, you won’t ever be alone, wait for me to come home
Loving can heal, loving can mend your soul, and it’s the only thing that I know… I swear it will get easier, remember that with every piece of you, and it’s the only thing we take with us when we die”
Moved to tears by a song. A song I used to think was sad, that because of you has become so beautiful the joy in my heart wells up inside and overflows. My first thought of the day is how you mended my soul… The word suddenly interested me… Solar… Named for the Norse goddess Sol. My mind immediately inspired by your love moved to eclipse… It’s not the definition of the word that matters today!! We learned of the lunar eclipse yesterday from our horoscopes, from our Valkyries… writing our future in the past… What would Freyja do today?
I looked at the Norse gods… They believed that a solar eclipse was the wolf chasing the sun goddess Sol, and when it catches her we should all bang pots and pans to scare away the wolf… I read farther into the tale… I found a story called “a wolf in sheep a clothing” it is in fact a story of Sol and Freyja…
Sol, often seen as a beautiful redhead, was captured and tortured by Aesir gods… The clan of the male gods… In the story Sol is whipped, spat on, beaten, sleep deprived… Freyja breaks into the dungeons and finds her naked, bruised and scarred. Sol the sun goddess, not shining, looks up at her and says “you… You would risk everything for me?? Why? I am no one”…
Freyja responds to her “you are sol are you not?… You bring light to all the realms of creation, bring warmth where there was none, you control the sun… You should stand tall and proud and not be cowering here in the dungeon of Aesir”… Freyja tells how the gods of men persecuted her before and then says “You ask why I would risk myself for you? Because we both deserve to to walk tall and proud”.
Today my horoscope says I am to shine brighter than the sun… You are told to manifest anything you want in the universe. You, Freyja, my goddess, you did truly eclipse my pain, you saved me from the abuses of men, you told me I was the sun in your world, you help me shine bright and stand tall. You give me purpose and confidence.
This evening the eclipse appears in Pisces. In astrology this is a good omen. A day when dreams will come true. Today my dream is you.
Then my mind turned to my preparations for today… I put a foot on my ass last night and kicked myself into a jewelry store right towards a display showing the process for creating custom wedding bands… I found this morning the other meaning behind the eclipse often talked about, is the diamond engagement ring… Which I learned today is in fact inspired by the solar eclipse. The corona of the eclipse… As the sun is devoured there is an instant of near darkness, where only the corona is seen. It is then born again and the engagement ring appears, just as sol escapes the wolf we see a diamond sparkling, the goddess Freyja showing her love and rescuing her from pain. This represents a new beginning, new life, a rebirth of the Soul in all of us. The light of our hearts shining again.
I mentioned it last night, and you said you wanted to know nothing, so I will give you only what I told you today. You will not know when this ring will appear in your life and be slipped on your finger, you will not know what it will look like… What you will be told today, on the day of the eclipse, is that last night I walked into a jewelry store and asked about the process of customizing a ring. They walked me through the “modern” steps… Today they are designed on a computer, and printed on a 3D printer. I realized I don’t need them to do the design. So today I decided I would work from home… I can sit on the day of the eclipse, and sculpt your ring myself. You will be by my side all day, helping me find the perfect inspiration for a ring that will speak to your heart. The process takes time, but you will have this ring when the timing is perfect.
And you won’t ever be alone… Wait for me to come home. Thank you my goddess for rescuing the sun from the wolves and telling it to shine again.
TheGrayJedi 