Let’s be honest: pretending to be okay is one of the most energy-draining things a person can do.You’re constantly editing yourself. Thinking about tone, facial expression, body language. Playing the role of someone who’s composed, unbothered, emotionally “together.” Even when you’re hurting, unraveling, or flat-out numb.This kind of emotional labor isn’t just tiring—it creates a split inside you. A gap between what you show and what you feel. And over time, that gap turns into loneliness. I’ve read that psychologist Carl Rogers called this disconnect between our real self and our presented self “incongruence.” Not only is it distressing and uncomfortable, it quietly chips away at our mental well-being. Because no matter how good you get at acting fine, a part of you always knows you’re lying.That part starts to feel unseen, unheard, unfelt. You become emotionally disconnected not just from others, but from yourself. Over time, this gap between inner truth and outer performance creates a low-grade emotional exhaustion that builds quietly, like background noise you can’t turn off. You learn to live with it. You forget what it feels like to exhale, to be held in your truth without needing to edit it. And then, without warning, a small moment—an offhand comment, a late-night breakdown, a minor disappointment—triggers everything you’ve kept buried. That’s when the mask cracks. July 16
In mundane astrology, the cardinal ingresses of the Sun (entry into the four cardinal signs/ constellations, i.e. 00 deg of Aries, Cancer, Libra, and Capricorn ) have a traditional reputation as important mundane events. So significant are these ingresses that progressing their charts can reveal dates when events resonate perfectly with the planets on the angles. The webpage My Inner Creative is published from South Africa (likelyJohannesburg). Presented here in the Cancer ingress at Johannesburg progressed to July 16, the date on which the above article was published. Notice that the Sun-Jupiter-Saturn-Neptune square is aligned with the MC and thereby triggered.
With its link to deception and delusions, Neptune is connected to appearances that belie reality. A Saturn-Neptune combination is about knowing the difference between fact and fiction. It brings up consequences of having lived in denial of what our heart knows is true. The pain it causes may feel cruel and not make much sense in the moment but it is a stepping stone to a much more solid, beautiful long-term future aligned with our soul’s path.
And finally what is Jupiter in Cancer doing in the mix? Well for one thing since Jupiter is conjunct the star Tejat. How about we remind ourselves about what Nick Fiorenza says about this star.
This can indicate the need to emerge from our own mental obscurations and illusions that keep us from actions we need to take. As Tejat brings to visibility that which has been suppressed, we may draw experiences that reflect parts of our selves that seem rather dark and opposing to our unfoldment--the fears, hesitancies, and blockages within our selves that keep us from stepping forth into a greater harmony in life. Tejat asks that we be willing to walk through the shadows of self to claim our power and place
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