Wisdom Wednesday Long Form: From War to Weaving: Living the Shift to the Violet Ray

The world feels locked in the red ray—force, threat, intimidation. Our mentor, Oh Shinnáh, taught that a shift is underway toward the violet ray—compassion, balance, repair. The goal isn’t to erase strength. It is to transmute it.

In this week’s Wisdom Wednesday we name the teaching, honor the line of wild, wise women who kept it alive—from Hildegard to Mary Magdalene—and offer four practices you can start now: forgive, self-reflect, speak to restore, add a simple ritual.

From war to weaving. Start today. Full episode on the red vs. violet rays is coming—stay tuned.

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Transcript

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I was just thinking, when you talk about what we haven’t done on the podcast and what might be helpful for people as we talk about 2030, we haven’t talked at all about Oh Shinnáh’s teaching—her astrological teaching—about Venus and Mars, the red ray and the violet ray, and what’s being brought in right now, how that’s being reflected in the world.

We talk about the muddy waters of our time. We talk about trying to give people tools in real time to navigate those muddy waters. But we’ve never really, not since I’ve been on the podcast, or even when you first started it, talked about Oh Shinnáh’s teaching about the Mars ray—how the world right now is fighting its last fight under that influence before we move into the Venus ray, the feminine energy.

That shift is about compassion, about love, about how we actually address things through forgiveness, through self-reflection, through the ways we interact with each other and work to communicate in more constructive ways—rather than yelling, screaming, threatening, or intimidating, which is the influence of the Mars ray. We’re seeing it play out in microcosm and macrocosm.

This is really being influenced astrologically, and we haven’t talked about it much at all. In fact, not at all, because it’s such a big thing—but it was a core part of Oh Shinnáh’s teaching and her writing about the Goddess as the weaver of life.

I’m excited because I’m hearing more from friends who are beginning to attend Goddess retreats and look at how to bring that energy into the world in a constructive way—one that aligns with people’s beliefs, whether through Mary or other goddesses. I’m starting to see that in what’s online, in what friends send me—retreats and ceremonies really focused on the feminine, the feminine energy as symbolized through the Goddess.

I know you’ve done those teachings, Linda, and we’ve tried to get that out in small ways, but we haven’t talked about it in a podcast. I’d love to really dive into that—bringing in what Oh Shinnáh taught us, and also what we’ve learned and experienced since.

We touched on it when we did the Hildegard episode—delving back a thousand years to those wild, wise women who tried to bring the feminine energy forward in a time dominated by the Mars ray, by the red ray, in Oh Shinnáh’s terms.

It tells me the feminine has never been totally put down. We’ve always been here, always scrambling—maybe in quieter ways, not as visible—but it’s becoming more out there now. They never gave up; they were always underground, agitating so the knowledge wouldn’t be lost. It was passed down and is now ready to be brought forward.

When I read Hildegard’s writings, I think, “Oh my God, she was so far ahead of her time.” And yet her knowledge still lives—there are clinics in Germany still practicing what she taught. Much of it has to do with feminine principles: how you approach things, how you bring healing, compassion, and harmony.

A thousand years ago! And look at Mary Magdalene—she’s coming to the fore again. They tried to stomp her down—make her a prostitute—but it didn’t work. It’s a tribute to the strength of women.

Now is our time. Retelling the Goddess stories is a way to bring things forward because we didn’t grow up with these. That’s why I delved so deeply into them—I realized we have a big void. These stories are archetypal; they tell us how to cope. They hold wisdom practices that help us overturn a situation without being forceful—just matter-of-fact, wise, seeing the bigger picture.

Sometimes it’s as simple as starting a song, a dance—something that begins to weave in that communication and depth that come with the Divine Feminine. It’s really important.

We’re moving energy differently. A guy might say, “Okay, we’re going to get this done—habam!” That’s their answer.

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But some of that is because there are men who are balanced in their aspect—or working on balance. That’s key, because there are also women who approach things from a very masculine standpoint.

As Oh Shinnáh said, it’s all about harmony and balance—whether we see it in yin or yang. In other traditions they honor that. In India they honor their goddesses. Masculine and feminine are both present. In Japan, the same—Kannon is everywhere, the goddess of mercy, and Amaterasu, goddess of the sun, embodies what we might call the masculine principle: she shines forth in beauty and strength. It’s all about balance.

I learned that balance in the military. I had to—yes, I was a nurse, but I had to learn all those fighting things. It wasn’t just “take care of patients.” It was a really interesting dynamic because, up until then, I hadn’t experienced that side.

And I love that, because it contributed to your wild-woman self—you learned how that energy works and can choose when to use it. You have other options now.

Exactly—the way of the peaceful warrior, as Dan Millman calls it. Oh Shinnáh taught us those skills for being out there in a strong, grounded way.

Even in my work, holding the feminine energy while stepping into roles traditionally held by men wasn’t easy. Navigating that wasn’t easy. But I love that we’re talking about it.

This discussion reminded me of Oh Shinnáh’s saying: “We have ten years to turn this around.” Thank you for bringing it up.

In my Goddess classes I would teach about the red ray and the violet ray, and people would say, “Wait—this is prophecy?” And I’d say, “Oh yes. This isn’t just our lived experience; it’s a time of major transition.” These stories are going to help you.

It’s in Nostradamus. It’s in the Hopi prophecies. Many traditions speak of it. Sometimes we forget the broader picture because we’re busy—just trying to get to the grocery store and buy what we need at a reasonable price. Life feels tight, and it’s easy to lose sight of the larger movement of spirit.

This was an excellent warm-up for our recording.

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I love that idea. Let’s see how and when we can get the red ray / violet ray conversation out there. It fits right in with Wild Women Changing the World.

So for those listening: stay tuned for the broader podcast that talks about what it means to live under the influence of the Mars ray versus the ray of Venus.

It’s time to get that information out there.

Thank you so much for bringing it up, Sally.

And credit to Dove—because as we’ve revisited these teachings, we realized: “Oh wow, what we heard back in the 1980s—that’s our lived experience right now.”

I can see Oh Shinnáh sitting there with her hands raised, saying, “I’m giving you the tools to manage this, because you’ll need to take it into the world.”

Who knew? But that’s what we’re doing—with the podcast, with the classes, with everything we share.

Linda, we’ve got to get you back to teaching your Goddess classes. People need them.

Stay tuned.

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