Greetings everyone, hope you're having a good labor day.
I wanted to ask for advice on how people have helped their older parents who are in difficult situations.
In my case, my mom is having a particularly bad time even though she isn't even 60 yet, and her saturn return is ahead of her. She has a pretty challenging chart (fallen sun, fallen saturn, fallen jupiter, possibly fallen mercury on 29.50 degree of Aquarius, saturn squares her venus etc), and she's had a hard life too right from her teenaged days.
She's a very difficult person to deal with in many ways (was a rough childhood for me), and all the negative stuff has affected her health severely, with obesity, blood pressure and nerve issues, and I think she's sinking into depression after some issues with brother's marriage.
I'm trying to help but it's hard, and I'm not really sure how to motivate her at all. She's sinking into this weak maudlin religiosity/spirituality that is broadcasted on TV and on youtube, which seems like a way to ward off the pain, rather than genuine spiritual practice, and it kind of worries me that this is her mind accepting passivity in the midst of her struggles.
Has anyone had any success turning things around for a family member?
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branchandroot
Greetings
Date: 2023-05-01 12:17 pm (UTC)I wanted to ask for advice on how people have helped their older parents who are in difficult situations.
In my case, my mom is having a particularly bad time even though she isn't even 60 yet, and her saturn return is ahead of her. She has a pretty challenging chart (fallen sun, fallen saturn, fallen jupiter, possibly fallen mercury on 29.50 degree of Aquarius, saturn squares her venus etc), and she's had a hard life too right from her teenaged days.
She's a very difficult person to deal with in many ways (was a rough childhood for me), and all the negative stuff has affected her health severely, with obesity, blood pressure and nerve issues, and I think she's sinking into depression after some issues with brother's marriage.
I'm trying to help but it's hard, and I'm not really sure how to motivate her at all. She's sinking into this weak maudlin religiosity/spirituality that is broadcasted on TV and on youtube, which seems like a way to ward off the pain, rather than genuine spiritual practice, and it kind of worries me that this is her mind accepting passivity in the midst of her struggles.
Has anyone had any success turning things around for a family member?