🌊 I took a tumble in the Atlantic today - and the astrology bears out!

This morning in the Virgo Classroom we were talking about Mother Mary and the consciousness of the ocean*. About devotion, about purity, sacredness and surrender. Later, I invited Carl and the kids for a midday walk at Salgado — our wild, empty stretch of coastline near Nazaré.

I love it there. It feels sacred to me.

Years ago, before we conceived our youngest, I made an offering to this very ocean. A private prayer. I stepped into the water for the first time — and was immediately taken under by a huge wave. Only later did I learn that this beach is completely unsuitable for swimming. People lose their lives here. Since then, I’ve had a very healthy respect for it.

Today I stood at the shoreline and gave thanks for everything. For my littlest boy, now 7 and for the field of consciousness I feel part of. 🌊

And then the ocean gave me something back. ‘Moana’ style 🌺(Have you seen Moana?)

A smooth, round black stone was dropped right at my feet on an otherwise empty beach. It had a natural circle worn into it — like a circle within a circle. It felt unmistakable.

I picked it up and stepped a little closer to rinse it in the water. A small wave covered my feet — but as it pulled back, it took the sand (and me) with it.

In a split second I was waist-deep and being dragged forward. At that exact moment I knew I needed to move. A huge wave was building behind me. I ran. It crashed just as I reached the shore and soaked me completely.

Not the first time I’ve been drenched there — but definitely the last.

It was a very clear reminder: there is something bigger than us.

Later (of course) I checked the chart. Asteroid 'Luisa' was in a grand trine with Venus and Jupiter. 'Mary' (conjunct Chiron) was sextiling 'Stone' and 'Christen'. Make of that what you will. All I know is that I felt met by the Mother, and slightly baptised. Again. 🌊

*Mary is associated with Miriam in hebrew, but in christianity has been associated with the sea.