Creativity, Cannabis, and the Intersection of Astrology.
Beauty comes from being vulnerable, even if it appears messy.
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Earlier this week, I decided to take a cannabis (THC x CBD) capsule, partly to spark some creativity and partly to help with muscle pains.
As someone who’s been a creative since I could hold a crayon, I’ve struggled the most with my creative practice this year.
I went from writing and recording spoken word poetry, writing long-form captions and articles, creating guidebooks, and effortlessly pumping out content 2-3 times a day to hitting burnout, completely reinventing my creative process and what I create.
For the readers who understand astrology, I’m in a 5th house profection year; Mercury rules my 5th house/became my timelord, and my natal Mercury is tightly conjunct my Mars.
So, of course, 5th house themes such as creation and creativity have emerged, and it hasn’t come without challenges.
But that’s not the point.
While I was unsure of how the capsule would affect me since cannabis and I haven’t always gotten along (even with a high CBD-to-THC ratio), I was reminded of something one of my favourite astrologers, Gracey @NorthAstrology, shared on Twitter that shifted things for me:
(I’m never calling it X.)
Although I can’t quite say I resonate with the heavy karmic debt part, I do know I’ve approached the use of cannabis with impure thoughts, like automatically worrying I’ll have an anxious experience.
Yet, like any herb one works with, Mary Jane deserves deep reverence and intentionality, so I grounded myself and set an intention prior to consumption.
The impact was profound.
In the past, I never considered approaching cannabis from a more spiritual perspective.
As I navigate this 5th house profection year with Mercury as the planetary ruler, it’s no surprise that my relationship with cannabis and its influence on my creativity and creative practice have emerged as well.
Saturn is in the mix too, but I don’t want to share too much about my chart. So, here’s another great share from Gracey, whose education on cannabis and astrology has helped me forge these positive connections that will shape my creative process moving forward, starting with this piece of writing:
During that experience with cannabis, I had this beautiful thought that washed over me with visceral warmth:
“I’d rather live with the vulnerability of an open heart because living with it closed must be a dull existence.”
I later realized I was embodying that in every area of my life except for my creative one.
That is when I truly recognized that vulnerability and creation are innately connected.
When we allow ourselves to be open, to create in spite of our doubts—not despite them—and move past the fear of how our art, writing, or music will be perceived, we create space for new ideas and inspiration to flow.
It’s in that heart-centred openness that we can tap into the raw emotions that fuel our creative expression.
Beauty comes from being vulnerable, even if it appears messy.
When we release the need to control the outcome, we allow ourselves to be conduits for something greater than ourselves—something pure, divine and unfiltered.
It’s like tapping into a universal flow that has always been available, but we’ve been too guarded to fully access.
That vulnerability, though it may feel like a risk or a major trust fall, is actually an invitation to deeper alignment with our true selves.
It invites us to create from a place of authenticity, not perfection.
The real magic happens when we let go of the fear of judgment and allow ourselves to uninhibitedly pour parts of ourselves into what we’re creating and actually let ourselves be seen in that.
In doing so, we offer the world our greatest gifts.
