Essentially Athena

This Scorpio season has kind of felt like walking through our own personal haunted house: surrounded by relics of days gone past, the ghosts of our former selves conjure up phantasmic visions, weaving together lie upon lie, until we are caught in a web of harrowing distortion regarding who we really are, what has happened, and where our lives are potentially headed. Often times, we enter this house completely willingly without realizing it—despite the discomfort and anxiety of reliving our worst fears, our minds CHOOSE them because they are familiar. Predictable. And, in that sense, safe. It's in these moments when we feel the ground begin to shake that we actually hold on to our fears for comfort, because, well ... been there, done that, right?    It's a habit that ultimately boils down to a belief that power (or, in this case, empowerment) equals control. However, trying to control things—our environment, ourselves, potential outcomes—in order to remain in our power, is hone...