 stories have always been one of the most powerful ways for human beings to transfer wisdom from one person to another or from one generation to another. And in this video today, I'm going to introduce to you a really just one of the special story that I've come across. It's a book called The Little Light by Deepa Sanathani. And you may recall, if you've been with me for a while, I interviewed the author a couple months ago. And we had a fun time talking about spirit animals. This book is about spirit animals, but it does have a spirit animal character in it. I'm just going to start with a quick introduction to the book. I'll read you a little passage. And then I'm going to share with you why this book is so special. And be sure to stick through to the end, because there's a special event associated with this book that I'd like to invite you to. Okay, so The Little Light is the name actually of the main character of the book. And it's not her real name, but it's what she's referred to. And it's because it's the story of a little soul. And it kind of tells the story of what happens when the soul's about to come in to the manifestation and all these celestial guides. So let me just start with this passage here, from the middle of the book. Maya, a voice whispers. Maya, it's time, time for you to emerge from the womb. It's approximately midday. The sun is at the highest point in the sky. The rest of the planets watch silently at the little light manifest itself into the physical world of matter. It's a girl, the doctor says. Not that he had to, the gender of the baby was known well before it was born. After the nurses cut the umbilical cord, they hand the baby to the mother, who feeds her for the very first time. Despite the pain of the labor, the mother feels a deep love growing inside her for the baby that she brought into this world. It is like I loved you well before you were born, she thinks. Perhaps we were tied together in a previous life. A black owl with turquoise eyes silently sweeps into the room. Only the baby can see it. I am Parusa, the owl says, the spirit guide of your paternal ancestors. I am here to guide you in this world so that you may fulfill your destiny. It is not a path that has been laid out for you, but one you will have to create on your own. The baby looks at the owl and blinks. The journey from the cosmic womb to the physical world is a painful one for the mother and for the little light itself. You have inherited a great legacy, Parusa says, but by the time you are old enough to inherit it, the old ways will have turned to dust. Know that you have been born into this world so that you can bring forth a new legacy, one that will survive for generations to come. To help you in this task you will meet your twin when the time is right. You may not recognize him, but he will recognize you. Together you will bring forth a new age for all mankind. But for now, sleep, little one. The baby closes its eyes and falls asleep. Maya, voice whispers, Maya, your time has come. Okay, so there's a lot that happens in the story before we even get to that point of birth. Okay, so when the story first begins she has a couple guides that kind of usher her in and then she's brought into the space of this cosmic womb and the planets all come in and they have a party and during this party we get to learn the kind of the personalities of each planet as they bestow their blessings upon this little soul. And I just have to say that I found it to be a very both entertaining but also extremely informative way to learn about the planets is sometimes when you start learning about concepts like astrology, it can be just so much information packing in your head. It's like really, really hard to figure out, okay, what does Jupiter mean again? You know, what about Mercury? What's the deal with the retrograde? All this stuff. I don't consider myself an astrologer. I just have a sort of a basic understanding of the planets and the houses. So to me this was a very, very easy way for me to start to understand the planets at a deeper, more visceral level and then all the interactions between the planets were first of all really entertaining and second she used the story an amazing way to both tell the story and to help us to understand what the dynamics can be like between planets. So it was like they were actually embodying the aspects and the chart of this little soul. Later on in the book, we delve also into reincarnation and past lives and some of the concepts around that. We actually discussed this book in my Patreon group, the Wolfpack and in fact it was one of my Wolfpack members who suggested that we read this together and it was just everybody just really, really enjoyed the little light. What it did for I think every one of us who read it was like we all dug out our charts and started to really read this book and start to look at our own charts in a different way. I was only expecting it to be a fun story but what came out of it for me was a much, much deeper understanding of the planets and certain aspects of astrology that I had no clue about. There were just a lot of aha moments that came out of the dialogue of the book and it was like oh now I understand what the North and South nodes are and it really sparked a big stream of inquiry for me looking into my charts and it just kind of popped up all sorts of like wow I suddenly realized this about myself and that explains all the stuff that I had been really kind of clueless about before. So Diva tells me that the book is actually written for a younger audience. A lot of people have been purchasing the book for their children or grandchildren as just first of all it's a fun alternative to a lot of the really dark stuff that's being marketed to that age also as an introduction to astrology and but I think any age could really appreciate this because it tells you so much about yourself. So if you are interested in this little book check it out and if you do find yourself reading it and if you're free on the evening of Wednesday November 17th I'll be hosting an open host Meet the Author event with Diva Sanatani and we're just going to have a book discussion about The Little Light. You are welcome to join it'll be free of charge and I would love to see you there. If you do read the book, post a comment below and love to hear what you think and as always remember you are going to be free.