Battling the darkness as a spiritual warrior

In this time of great change, indigo children are the souls born to pave pathways through the darkness for future generations.  They are considered the spiritual warriors of our time.

Indigo children, so called because of the predominant indigo color in their aura, often undergo periods of great turmoil and personal stigma, and must accept and embrace the shadow side of themselves in order to transform the the world into light. 



Ara MacDonald explains the astrological implications of being an indigo child, and what it means to be a spiritual warrior.



"Spiritual warriors encounter the urge to fight, but the spiritual side asks if it’s a battle worth fighting… having a battle with self to discover the answer," Ara said. 



The indigo children are born with an aspect of Scorpio somewhere in their chart. Scorpio energy initiates the death of the ego, Ara said, particularly accepting and integrating the dark side of nature into the whole being.



"The true warrior energy is about protection of creatures, people and beings that can’t protect themselves, and it’s about defense rather than attack."





Indigo children, predominately those born within the years 1983-1995, have a double dose of this Scorpio warrior energy, Ara said. They were born under another warrior sign, Pluto, which rules the sign Scorpio. The planet Pluto represents transformation and transmutation of selfish desires into proper use of power.




"Western culture has a warped view of what a warrior is," Ara said.  "They’re looking at the warrior energy the wrong way and they want to shun it.  That’s part of the initiation of being a spiritual warrior, to be attacked, traumatized, beaten down.  Not having support.  That’s how they become spiritual warriors."



Historically, a warrior—both the physical and spiritual variety, such as shamans—were ceremoniously initiated. Sometimes this took the form of a spirit quest, being bitten by a poisonous snake, or taking plant medicine.  In our generation and culture, Ara said life does much of the initiation for us.

Being labeled as ADD, being misunderstood, having intense childhood experiences, being labeled troublemakers or rebels are all examples of warrior initiations of our time, particularly those directly related to the spiritual awareness of an indigo child. Depending on how "well aspected" Pluto is can determine the intensity of the initiation

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A lot of people have had a hard time understanding that energy, so they don’t want to delve into it, but you must acknowledge and accept them, and integrate [that energy] into our beings so we can be fully understanding and accepting of who they are."


If this first stage of initiation can be considered the "death of ego," then Ara said the next stage is self-training. For the spiritual warrior this often happens like the first stage—internally, and alone.




"It doesn’t matter how it happens, as long as you are going through your spiritual truth," Ara said.  "It’s battle with self, it never ends.  The point is to keep on training and… it gets easier. Once you accept your power, working with it and transforming it, then that feeling of being alone starts to vanish and you meet other warriors."

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Ara has been studying astrology for the past 20 years, and has been teaching others in the art for the past seven. She also reads tea leaves, tarot cards, palms and charts. She can conduct a phone reading in tarot or astrology. 



Ara is preparing to write her first book on the energy generations, including the indigo children.



Contact Ara at fortuneteller69@yahoo.com or visit her on Facebook to receive a reading or learn more about taking one of her astrology classes in the Crestone area of Colorado.

To learn more about the Indigo Children and other astrological archetypes, listen to Ara's radio session on "Thinking Outside the Box" or check back soon for more blogs on the topic.

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