From childhood to early adulthood, I have gone through what many might call “phases,” especially in how I presented myself outwardly. Looking back, I always saw snapshots of past versions of myself that felt detached, like strange characters from another time, costumes I once draped over myself, now outgrown. I explored all the stereotypes and labels, but none ever felt like home.
I always knew I was running around with a cape, stepping into identities like costumes, throwing myself wholeheartedly into each role, mastering them as best I could. In my early teen years, my higher self always reminded me never to regret anything. Every experience, every lesson, was fuel for my growth. I have always valued experience tremendously, knowing I could never separate myself from it or wish it away. I was always a willing participant. I knew my path of creation was unfolding beneath every pair of shoes I tried on.
This connection to experience is what led me to explore larger systems of meaning, archetypes, astrology, tarot. Thinking about the roles we play, the patterns we embody, it makes sense now that I am drawn to discussing and helping others understand these concepts. To truly know them, one must live them, see through their lens, become them, journey with them. And then, one must transcend them. That is the path to understanding the archetypes, the tarot, and all the systems that shape us, until we realise ourselves as the actor, take a bow, and walk off the stage, stripped bare, into the unknown, where home is created by us in every moment.
