Tap Into Your Premenstrual Power By Connecting To The Muse-Beloved Archetype

Written summary of podcast:

Most conversations about the premenstrual phase focus on its challenges—mood swings, rage, irritability. These experiences are often linked to shadow work, as unresolved emotions and suppressed parts of ourselves surface. While this is a powerful avenue for healing, it’s not the only way to engage with our inner autumn.

The Muse Beloved offers a different perspective. Rather than relating to the premenstrual phase solely through the lens of struggle and shadow, we can also meet it through creativity, desire, and deep presence.

Who Is the Muse Beloved?

The Muse Beloved is one of four archetypes that make up the wholeness of the self. These archetypes represent different facets of our deepest nature before wounding or conditioning took hold. They are:

• The Nurturing Generative Adult (aligned with inner winter)

• The Innocent Sage (aligned with inner spring)

• The Wild Indigenous One (aligned with inner summer)

• The Muse Beloved (aligned with inner autumn)

Although we can access all four archetypes at any point in our cycle, each one has a natural home within a particular phase. The Muse Beloved lives in inner autumn, guiding us to embrace the gifts of this season.

The Gifts of the Muse Beloved

While the shadow aspects of the premenstrual phase demand our attention, the Muse Beloved invites us to soften into something deeper. This archetype embodies creativity, inspiration, and deep presence. She is a master of the shadows and the mystery. The Muse-Beloved would rather ponder a mystery than solve it. It is the part of us that longs for a deeper connection to all aspects of our soul.

The Muse Beloved is not about striving or proving. She is about being—a deep, rich presence that allows truth to flow through her. In this phase of our cycle, we may feel called to slow down, turn inward, and connect with our raw, unfiltered desires. This is a time for creativity, for allowing inspiration to move through us without needing to force or control it.

The Muse-Beloved will ask you to meet all parts of yourself in the shadowy depths of your psyche so you can really come to know who you are and your soul gifts.

Meeting Your Muse-Beloved

Our Muse-Beloved lives in the world of deep-imagining. They are not one for intellectual problem solving.

One way to meet your Muse-Beloved is to find a spot in nature where you can sit facing West. Go there at sunset. Observe what comes up within you. Observe how the nature is reflecting your Muse-Beloved back to you.

Some Journal prompts that can help you meet your Muse-Beloved:

• In what ways do I shelter myself from receiving or giving love?

• How can I open myself to love more fully?

• What truths are coming to light in my relationship with myself and with others?

• Am I able to offer all parts of myself unconditional compassion?

• And if not, what might need tending to?

By honouring the Muse Beloved within, we open ourselves to a new way of experiencing inner autumn—one that is rich, meaningful, and deeply connected to our essence. Instead of battling against our premenstrual phase, we can learn to dance with it, allowing its wisdom to guide us home to ourselves.

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