Where the Body speaks in Cycles

Your menstrual cycle is one of your oldest teachers.
Before you knew language, you knew rhythm.
Before you understood power, your body was already weaving you into its lunar ceremony.

This pillar asks you to return to the moment your cycle began — not to relive old wounds, but to reclaim a story that was never fully yours.
Many of us were initiated into womanhood quietly, awkwardly, or with shame. Few were welcomed. Even fewer were taught the magic.

Persephone brings this pillar because she understands both blood and rebirth.
Descent and return.
Loss and reclamation.

Your cycle is not an inconvenience or a flaw — it is the monthly descent into your own underworld and the rise that follows.
To honor it is to return to yourself.
To betray it is to betray your nature.

This page is your invitation to begin again.

Tracing the Story of Your First Descent

Menstrual Timeline Mapping

Before you begin, create beauty:
Light a candle.
Choose one crystal for grounding and one for remembrance.
Place a hand over your womb and breathe.

This is not about perfection — it’s about presence.

These questions will guide you to map your menstrual story, starting from the beginning and weaving through the years.
Allow your body to speak.
Allow your memory to soften rather than perform.

Reflection Questions:

• What do you remember about the moment you first bled?

• What emotions lived in your body that day — excitement, fear, shame, confusion?

• What stories were spoken or implied about menstruation in your family?

• Who taught you what it meant to bleed — and what did they teach you?

• Was your first bleed acknowledged, celebrated, ignored, or hidden?

• How has your relationship with your cycle shifted over the years?

• What have you avoided, pushed away, or resented about your bleed?

• What wisdom does your body offer you each month that you’ve been taught to dismiss?

• Are you ready to reclaim this initiation on your own terms?

The Reclaimed Initiation

This practice is not about reliving discomfort.
It is about witnessing the parts of you that were never honored — and choosing to honor them now.
Your bleed is not a burden. It is a lineage, a rhythm, a returning home.

The Three Card Pull : The Lunar Teacher

Before pulling, whisper:
“Persephone, guide me into the wisdom of my cycle.
Show me what I’ve forgotten.”

Card 1 — The Old Story
What belief, memory, or wound shaped my relationship with my cycle?

Card 2 — The Body’s Message
What my cycle has been trying to teach me that I haven’t been hearing.

Card 3 — The Reclaimed Initiation
How I can honor my bleed as sacred, powerful, and inherently mine.

Closing Invitation:
Place your cards near your womb space or on your lap.
Let Persephone show you how your body mirrors the seasons — again and again and again.