Michael MacLafferty, LMFT | Archetypal Wellness
Oakland Psychotherapy & Astrological Consulting
As a psychotherapist, I want to see disability destigmatized, to be recognized as a unique and valuable perspective in society, and for awareness to grow around the language that is used to describe it. As an astrologer, I want to see disability humanized and conceptualized as a multivalent archetype, not merely existing on a list of potential sour transits.
Can you see yourself in The Fool as well as The Emperor? We have the potential for all within us, given the right circumstances. The more we tell ourselves "I am good" and "Others are bad," the more rigid and inflexible we become.
A few months ago, I went to a signing and Q&A at my local comic book store. As soon as I entered the store I saw him, but I pretended that I didn’t. He sat in a power wheelchair, and was talking with friends who stood around him. Maybe he had cerebral palsy? I felt uncomfortable knowing the store would have to think about making accommodations in their seating arrangement. Who knows what other special needs he may have?