What Is Personal Sovereignty?
Unpacking worth
In astrology, the sign of Leo is ruled by the Sun. The Sun is sovereign, because we depend on it for life. It generates energy continuously and commands a place in our solar system. When I reflect about this sign and planet together, it always comes to my mind how being rooted in worth is quintessential for any authentic ability to offer.
Leo season lasts a bit longer and circumstances have bubbled up themes of enough-ness for me. Pride, self-esteem, dignity: I’m exploring what these qualities mean by feeling both their presence and lacking.
Sometimes you don’t know your own worth until you’ve felt unworthy. Sometimes relationships or obligations test your sense of dignity, and through the tests, come opportunities to deepen your embodiment of it.
I’m having this small dilemma. Recently, I’m aware we are inherently worthy, just by existing. At the very least, we are all deserving of love and kindness. But the world is also a flawed, painful place and to ignore this reality, for me, is a form of spiritual bypassing.
This where the conflict comes in. I experience this inner dialogue lately, telling me many of the people, places and things I invested my time into, are no longer matching my needs and desires.
As I grow, it’s apparent that needing more or seeing old variants as not enough is not a statement on another’s value. It is a proclamation of self.
It would be difficult for an oak tree to thrive off only a drop of water. My journey of expansion has me to the brim with what was satisfiable, and now I take these first steps toward expansion
I deserve so much love and kindness. But I also give it. And the key, is that my capacity to ask, is matched by availability to give.
To support this ability, it is necessary for me to realize that what was once okay, now needs more. What used to serve me, is no longer enough. So I claim this space, just like the Sun.
Otherwise, I am not growing. I am not free.
This is my sovereignty.