BLACK JAGUAR

THE DAY YOU SWALLOWED THE SUN

I decided to post this today, after witnessing the full moon turn blood red between the hours of midnight and 3am, from Sydney Australia this morning.  Yes...I am a bit tired, but felt that today was a good morning to share this write which I actually wrote on the 5th November 2011.

That day you swallowed the sun

you left me in a place

where the only recourse left open to me

was to embrace the darkness

in all it's unseen divinity

Tuning into my own inner light

I began to see with my second sight

listen with my heart

and to no longer fight

I learned to develop my integrity

and how to collapse duality

I began to see roads within the chaos

which led me to travel with no fear

into previously unknown aspects of existence.

I saw that everything is not always as first it appears.

You taught me how to move silently,

knowing when and how to react,

To manoeuvre and

understand things unseen.

To cut through the illusion

(of separation)

and see how painful lessons of the past

can be transformed into a higher sense of

self,

purpose

connectedness.

My ego, previously marked with spots and scars

of trials and lessons learned

began to fade into a stealthy obsidian glaze

The stars now reflecting the future in my eyes

gone was the smoky haze

The day you took the sun away

Instead of looking at my life with gloom

I formed an allegiance with the night

embarking on a vision quest

which took me to the dark side of the moon

to find

my truth

my voice

my power

I didn't always like what I saw

no more smoke and mirrors

Tapping into ancient traditions

I learnt to harness my passion 
and creativity

to move forward into the “great beyond”

with

patience,

caution,

perseverance

until what I seek, is right before me

and to spring upon it !

without hesitation

or procrastination.

I now know through you, that

even on the darkest night

I can see the light

This is the medicine of Black Jaguar

(c) Teresa/Divinia 5th November 2011

BLACK JAGUAR (Panthera onca)

  is revered as a divine figure and the possessor of knowledge.

Mayan legends tell how eclipses were caused when JAGUAR swallowed the Sun and the black jaguar could be born into the earth reality when the sun returned.

The hidden sun was said to be Jaguar, whose spotted skin symbolized the stars glittering in the night sky. Thus, it was called the "Jaguar Sun."

The Mayan word for Jaguar is IX (pronounced eesh).