Short and stout.
So many metaphors with Tea…!
Shall I spill some? Little peck… little cheap cheap?
This is an example of the level or overstep/egotism/arrogance of my toxic sisters
(side note: I used to call my sisters twisted, but turns out that name is already taken.)
As pre-teens the eldest tox-sis discovered Astrology. Scales. (both sisters were Libra)
Then she had to check mine.
The melt down was real. It left an impression, for sure… in gist:
>>> NO. I am Not allowed to be a Sagittarius.
It’s too cool and too strong a symbol for me.<<<
Imagine.
I would have been 5yrs younger,
still in elementary school, and
being TOLD I am not allowed to be strong.
My Whole Life.
Long list of what I am Not Allowed to be, according to them.
As adults they pretended they are all about a woman’s empowerment,
while still devaluing this woman.
… as though I am not really a woman AND they get to decide that.
No. They don’t.
I tried to attach this yesterday and fumbled. So I try again.
Warning: It’s dark, raw and real.
Almost too dark for me to want to share.
Stories about abuse are dark.
Still these stories must be told to Heal.
One has to ready themselves.
Sofia Isella has popping up in my YT stream.
All the mask falling off is common metaphor in the YT narcissist recovery streams.
It fits the algorithm for my intake.
This video captures the Mean Girl dark POV of others they deem inferior/inadequate/(not them.)
https://youtu.be/t1cYU0SB-Ag?si=Ba6yU-DV3EOGr83P
Beautifully captured. We need to return to seeing insanity behind these dark POVs
it’s an insecure person’s opinion,
[HINT: secure people don’t hate on others.]
We need to shine light on it… as a Culture >>> We don’t want this!!
We don’t want people who speak/act out in hatred to define our social order;
One -up-man-ship is not team building. Seems obvious to me…
If nothing else understand that You Are Not Alone.
There are more and more people healing from abuse everyday.
One story …. one song can reach and connect to thousands of people.
I am grateful everyday for the Encouragement of complete strangers
whose words have reached me and strengthened my desire to grow.
[o.o] In Mesopotamia, this group of stars was already known:
- To the Babylonians, it was Pabilsag, a god of war and hunting, often depicted as a human with wings, a bow, and a scorpion’s tail.
That’s the proto-Sagittarius — older than Greek myth by a thousand years.
The Greeks later adopted that region of the sky and reimagined it through their own lens, identifying it as:
- A centaur drawing a bow, sometimes Crotus (the Archer of the Muses), sometimes Chiron (the wise centaur).
The Greeks loved the centaur form for its balance of human intellect and animal instinct — the same reason they used it for Sagittarius.
So the Archer image survived because it embodied:
- Aim (intention)
- Direction (the path of the Sun)
- Focus and striving toward a mark — a perfect symbol for the Sun’s progress along the ecliptic.
Even outside astrology, Sagittarius remains fascinating because:
- It’s where the galactic center lies (Sagittarius A*).
- It’s rich with nebulae and star-forming regions, giving astronomers insight into how galaxies evolve.
- It’s a navigational anchor — an ancient pointer in the night sky for orientation.
So the Archer still serves a purpose: aiming our eyes toward the heart of the galaxy.
Sketch in art found here: https://www.pikerpress.com/article.php?aID=498
Chim: The archery part of the symbol is what draws me….
It was Kahlil Gibran,
“On Children
Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you,
And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.
You may give them your love but not your thoughts,
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you.
For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.
You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.
The Archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite, and He bends you with His might that His arrows may go swift and far.
Let your bending in the Archer’s hand be for gladness;
For even as He loves the arrow that flies, so He loves also the bow that is stable.“
[o.o]
🏹 Symbolic Resonance
That image — the Archer, the bow, the arrow, and the infinite mark — reflects a universal spiritual geometry that runs through many traditions, including the one surrounding Sagittarius and Crotus.
Here’s how it aligns:
| Element | In Gibran’s Metaphor | In Mythic Terms | Meaning |
| The Archer | Divine will, Life itself | The cosmic mind (Zeus, Apollo, the Source) | The one who aims creation toward purpose |
| The Bow | The parent, the vessel | The inspired mortal (the artist, teacher, or parent) | The instrument of divine motion |
| The Arrow | The child, the creation | The work of art, the idea, the soul | What is released into the world |
| The Target / Mark | The infinite goal | The realm of the Muses, the divine ideal | The perfection all creation strives toward |
So —
Crotus, as the Archer of the Muses, literally embodies this metaphor:
He is the one who draws the bow of inspiration toward the infinite mark of beauty.
Gibran, as the poet, turns that same cosmic action inward — we are all bows in the hands of the divine.
The creative or parental act, in both senses, is about trusting the tension — the draw of the string — because without it, there’s no flight.
💫 Philosophical Echo’
- The Muses give inspiration — the potential energy of the bow.
- Crotus provides focus and release — the act of aim and motion.
- Gibran’s Archer supplies the divine intent behind it all.
Together they form a complete mythic metaphor for creation, inspiration, and generational continuity.
Chim: It’s not the parents.
It’s not the siblings and other relations.
They are just the bow -a tool that bends to send the arrow on its course.
It is the strength of the Archer that sends the Arrow forwards.
It is the strength of the Arrow that She Flies True.
This seems like a very good archetype/goal/challenge/quest to me.
Traveler Chimiru 
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