Well fellow symbol watchers, it’s been a long time since my last post in March of 2010.  It has been — and continues to be — one hell of a tumultuous and transformational year. I  think some of us who are middle aged or older forget that new life is still within us — can still come from us — even in the midst of the most destructive environments and in the wake of the most heartbreaking relationships. We’ve got at least four or five decades behind us.  We know too much about people and about fate — and how they collude to strip us of our hope and humanity.

That’s where I’ve been for quite a while: “It’s too late for new life for me.”  And by new life, I don’t mean just changing a job or a place of residence, or even a relationship.  I mean CREATING something brand new to put out into the world.  Something from my wellspring, that shows the worth of  my masculine and feminine uniting.

And then, a week ago, the universe gave me a gift (as she has so many times in the past) in this dream:  I was lying on an examining table and was very surprised to hear the doctor or nurse (a woman in a white lab coat) tell me I was pregnant.  ”You’re kidding; that’s impossible.  I’m [years] old!”   “No, you’re pregnant,” she said.  Then I began to take notice of the feeling, the energy in my body, my belly, and I realized it’s true.

Our souls know new life is possible at any age.  Whether we’re 30, 45 or 85, man or woman, physically fertile, perimenopausal or infertile.  Pregnancy in dreams reminds us that new life is possible; it’s on the way.  I would imagine when the dream symbol appears for a man, it could also be commenting on his feminine nature being brought to fruition (!).

Will my pregnancy be difficult ? Possibly.  Will it change me?  Undoubtedly.  (I’ve already had to undergo monumental change just to become psychically pregnant.) Will the new life I create be a joyful addition to the world?  God I hope so.

– Writeye