Happy 20th Buffyverse!
So, I did a thing.
Before I get to it, I have a confession. I am completely and utterly obsessed with Buffy The Vampire Slayer. I'm talking BIG, fan. Huge. Ever since I've seen the show I have been completely hooked and never looked back. Buffy is my absolute hero and that show- the writing, scenes and characters- they have all SHINED a light on me and my life.
So, for funsies, I did a thing. I pulled a card for Buffy Anne Summers to show me the energies she portrays and how it might relate to my life.
I pulled The Empress.... which, although is a strong female card, was NOT what I was expecting. Taking a step back, I analyzed this...
{Warning: SPOILER ALERT!! If you have not seen Buffy...well, what the hell are you doing? It's on Netflix, go binge that shit right now!!}
The Empress IS the lioness. She is the nurturer and the world exists because of her fertility and her compassion for this world. At first light, I see Buffy more as The Strength card: Calming yet fierce. And she is that card, don't get me wrong but, the empress is feminine personified. It is motherly and fierce and THE protector. Through season 6 of Buffy, she has such a dip in her inner empress. She is distant and depressed and completely lost. Then she learned to enjoy life again after the terrible heartache of loosing her mother and dying at the end of season 5. During season 6, she comes back "different". She believes it was due to some sort of magic mix up but of COURSE she is different because she went through tumultuous events in her life. Don't worry- I'm nearing my point.
My point is that in season 7, she comes to realize that she needs to stop and smell the roses. That there was never anything wrong with her or the choices she made but she was growing. THIS is what the empress embodies. Stopping, smelling the roses and realizing that you are as mighty as an oak tree!
There are very many facets to Buffy, as there is to me!... or to anyone for that matter. The Empress was pulled for a reason. This facet needed to be shown from Buffy to mirror my life in some way.
Embrace my feminine side, don't give up and stop to smell your growth once in awhile. Go outside, get some sunshine and get in touch with something more tangible. Sometimes the best way to get a grip on reality is to well..... grip reality. Touch some earth, go elbow deep in that shit!
Don't worry about doing it wrong- Buffy is there to back you up.
Happy 20th ya'll. XOX
