Omens and endings
This morning I grabbed a moment to reach for the book in which I write my omens for each month of the year over the twelve days of Christmas . I was curious to see what I had for October, and I’ve decided it’s definitely worth sharing.
You see, the timing is exquisitely perfect in relation to my counselling studies. We are nearing the end of our placements, and this week our seminar at university covers handling endings to counselling relationships. The omen was written on the 4th of January, ten days after Christmas, and long before I had any idea of what the second semester coursework would be covering and when.
Tenth Omen Day – October 2023
Twelve silver eggs on a eucalyptus branch…
The eggs – presumably from a shield bug – looked like silver pearls lined up. So beautiful! The thing that struck me was the way it seemed like treasure – abandoned? No, left in trust that something good, in shield bug world, may come of them.
We are so accustomed to protecting, securing, hoarding and nurturing. At the end of it all, we, too, cannot control everything that will happen to anything we might create or treasure. Everything, ultimately, has to be released with hope and trust, and the knowledge that no outcome is guaranteed.
This strikes me as so pertinent for the process of counselling. For a little while we seek to nurture and protect, but nothing is guaranteed. In the end we send out our treasure – both what we have invested of ourselves and our clients – in hope and trust that something good may come of it all.
The Wistful Dragon 