#nurturing

[harmoonix]

💙Saturn in water signs need nurturing with emotions/feeling emotionally stable or secure, they're more sensitive to the things around them

🌺Saturn in fire signs need nurturing through passion, understanding their inner world, their inner selves, their inner soul

✨Saturn in earth signs need nurturing through compassion and acceptance, they will love to get someone who will accept them no matter what

🌎Saturn in the air signs need nurturing through soft communication to be able to understand their emotional nature, to be able to talk with someone without restrictions

[crimson-and-clover-1717]

This little flashback scene from the Pilot continues to haunt me.

Stede’s separated from his family physically reflecting his feelings of isolation, but I also think there’s a further psychological theme here. It’s a play within a play, and Stede is the audience. He’s watching a version of childhood which he never received.

Mary is a nurturing mother. She is interested in her children’s opinions. She asks questions, listens to their answers, and validates their responses. Children’s worlds are different to adults’, so discussing a favourite horse might seem trivial, but to a child it’s important, pitched at their level. Mary understands this and engages appropriately.

Alma’s response is a lovely one. She likes Halifax best because he’s ‘very pretty and very fast’.

Mary validates Alma’s response, but Stede doesn’t or can’t do this. It’s not that a parent shouldn’t offer their opinion here on a favourite animal, but it’s how Stede does it. He interjects in a way that interrupts Mary and almost overrides Alma’s answer. In fact, the way he just shouts out, is more in keeping with how Louis might respond, agewise.

I think there’s two things going on here. Stede never had this kind of parenting, it’s never been modelled to him. No one ever sat around a dinner table when he was a boy and asked him his favourite animals. Nobody asked Stede his opinion on anything. So when he sees his own children being nurtured, the broken child within him jumps in awkwardly with his own response. It’s an arrested development as well as possibly being linked to neurodivergence.

The second interesting thing is his answer. Stede perceives himself not to possess the qualities of being ‘pretty’ (good-looking) or ‘fast’ (athletic), but I think he knows he is ‘kind’, or has the potential to be. And so his favourite animal displays those qualities or is projected to have them. It’s an attempt at self-validation. But further, it’s what Stede is looking for too. He is yearning for kindness in life. His blurting out is a cry for help. And so a fun conversation becomes all about Stede’s trauma.

The family stare at him, not so much because of the answer, but because it is such a gut response, out of sync with the tone and power dynamics of the conversation, with Stede aligning with the children. Stede, as many broken people do, has moved the conversation away from his own children and onto himself and his unmet needs. Not because he’s selfish, but because he’s hurting and traumatised.

Mary doesn’t know what to do; so after a stare of contempt and confusion, she ignores Stede, and redirects back to the children with a conversation about favourite pigs.

And Stede’s just left hanging. A still broken child. A stranger in his own life.

Link to how Stede wins at life in the end

[in-tenebris-et-in-solitudine]

[mommytalkstome]

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[the-healing-mindset]

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[justjudethoughts]

Say what you want about the old animated Barbie movies, but they understood the feminine genius.

[breathing-in-waves]

Magnolias in full bloom 🪷🩷

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

'Dao De Ching', Lao Tzu, Stephen Mitchell translation.

[unpopradicalism]

Cancer is the sign of The Mother Archetype.

Ruled by the Moon, planet of the Night, of dreams & nightmares, this sign is secretive, intuitive, deeply connected to its emotions and roots.

Cancerians are the natural caregivers of the zodiac and, once they have accepted you in their « nest », that which could take time because Cancers are extremely self-protective, they’re all about nurturing, protecting, providing emotional comfort and depth of intimacy...in one word, they’re mothering.

As a Cardinal sign, Cancer is action oriented, self-motivated, creative, innovative and a bit domineering...but since it’s a Water sign, Cancer is the most subtle of the Cardinal signs in doing so.

So, here is a caveat : Cancerians risk blurring the line between attentive nurturing and controlling behaviour, and they might end up not treating the people around them like human adults, but as vulnerable childs under their sinister Mother-Crab claws...

[848ellie]

Butterfly Wings 🦋 The butterfly is a symbol of the divine feminine, unfolding with grace. Each delicate wing carries the essence of creation and transformation. As it takes flight, we see the divine feminine rise and inspire others, reminding us of the beauty and elegance of change.

[workinprogress14]

holding him while he sleeps. the little kisses. the gently brushing his hair. the feeling his chest rise and fall. the taking care of him. the making him feel nurtured and safe.

[autogaiagraphy]

So long to a version of me that was overly invested in making sure everybody ate, even when they left the kitchen dirty.

For the full video 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽

[dk-thrive]

Are we facing toward the light? How about now?

— Alexandra Fuller, Fi: A Memoir of My Son (Grove Press, April 9, 2024)

[futurefatum]

🔵🌎🪐Mars from December 2024 to May 2025 - Pam Gregory (Tone: 540)

Mars retrograde (Dec '24-May '25): Reflect, nurture, & shift to heart-based living. Unity consciousness is the future! #MarsRetrograde #Unity #Astrology

Posted on December 5th, 2024 by @PamGregoryOfficial ABOUT THIS VIDEO: The video discusses the astrological significance of Mars’ retrograde motion from December 6, 2024, to May 2, 2025. It highlights the potential impacts of Mars retrograde in Leo, its shift into Cancer, and its out-of-bounds status. The video frames this period as an opportunity for self-reflection, personal power, and…

[inmyperfectworld]

Treat me like a queen and make sure that I'm good, and I'll treat you even better and take care of you. 🩷