The Village That Raised You

Once upon a time, Storytellers traveled from village to village, bringing their tales of Elsewhere and Otherwise. While they were visiting, they also collected local stories. They'd hear of the hunter's success, the hero's victory, the widow who overcame poverty and all the other tales of courage and wonder that had written themselves into the weave of the village since last the Storytellers came to call.

Until the story was told or the song was sung, the significance had not been made complete. The event was just an event until the Storyfinders set it to magic by giving it to words. Then the event became legend. It lived in the minds and in the weave of the village. It was told and passed on and taken, as a thread, to the next village. Dramas, comedies, tales of valour and tales of woe, all became part of the tapestry.

So it is with your story.

If you don't know where you've been, you don't know where you're going. You may feel transient, as if you are just passing through and maybe don't count for so much; as if no one takes notice.

But the good news is, you mattered so much, the whole sky took notice the moment you drew your first breath. The story written in the sky at that moment was your story.

And though a traveling Storyfinder can tell your story, or parts of it, and make it come alive and infuse it with magic so the story has staying power, only you can tell the real story. You're the one living it. Once you see that things are not so random, that the Universe is not out to get you,  that things come in cycles and are, at least in part, predictable, you can begin to write your story along more constructive lines.

This is Co-Astrology. It takes a bit of work on your part. You don't have to become an astrologer, but you do have to work a little to find the thread of your story.

So, how about it? Do you want to take this journey?

I'll be giving prompts, such as writers sometimes use, to help you set off down the path to the village that raised you.