Surrender

Trust, letting go of control, free flow, receptivity, yin energy, inner knowing, intuition, synchronistic opportunities, getting out of your way, the path of least resistance, allowing who you naturally are to flourish.

Surrendering can be one of the hardest things to do. Trusting that we can achieve more by loosening our control can take great courage. Sometimes the most constructive way forward is to stop forcing things into being. Rather than allowing, inviting and drawing a project into being, the energy here is of frustration as if you are pushing something heavy up a mountain. At these times, gravity or “flow” don’t seem to be on your side. Use this awareness as a guide when you start to detour from your path.

When control is released, so too is resistance. One of the biggest skills we can learn is to get out of our own way. When we are in a receptive place, we are open to a world of opportunities and the great mysteries can unveil themselves. The mind loves to control the outcome, but this only creates limitations. It can feel scary, but when we allow ourselves to be “caught” by the universe, myriad possibilities open to us.

This painting is called A Star is Born, and its message is about becoming the start you came here to be. You can reach your peak life experience through surrendering and allowing who and what you truly are to flourish. Today, be more, by doing and trying less. This advice goes against the grain of our striving culture that encourages us to source from outside ourselves and to busy ourselves out of a natural state of all-knowing bliss. Surrender is a key element in the creative process. When I let go and flow, allowing intuition over direction, I find I create far more powerful works.

That is not to say our lives should be left to the slipstream. The message is about freeing ourselves form the paradigm of control and force. Yes, we an achieve with this mode, but we also lose opportunities for magic. A synchronistic meeting, following our intuition and being in the right place at the right time, can outweigh months of careful planning.

Divinatory Meaning

Loosen your hold on the reins and know the universe will catch you. Trust, even though things are not as you imagine. Stay poised and aligned with your purpose. At the last minute, the situation will reveal its magic.