After Alcarion drank from the Fountain of Fomalhaut, the stars whispered one word:
“Anchor.”
And so he descended from the dream-garden into the Forge — a temple carved into red stone, its halls filled with the ringing of tools and the rhythm of breath. This was the realm of Devotion, the 6th House — not of obedience, but of offering.
Waiting within were two powerful presences:
Selatha, the Moon Priestess of Instinct — and Sarithan, the Saturnian Blacksmith of Time. They did not smile. They did not welcome. They simply waited for Alcarion to show up.
Because this house was not about feeling safe.
It was about showing up despite not feeling ready.
Alcarion’s Moon in Aries burned with fierce sensitivity. He felt everything — the moods of his students, the undercurrents of every room, the fear of failing to give enough. It made him protective, fast-moving, reactive — a healer and a flame.
But then came Saturn — retrograde, ancient, unrelenting.
He whispered:
“You may burn out… or you may forge yourself.”
Their union, in Aries, was not easy. His inner world often clashed with the world’s demands. He wanted to retreat, to rest — but he also felt compelled to rise, to serve, to be worthy.
In the Forge, he learned the discipline of fire.
– To turn emotion into movement.
– To transform burnout into boundary.
– To see work not as sacrifice, but as sacred repetition.
He began waking at sunrise, not out of pressure, but reverence.
He infused his classroom with rituals:
– Silence before every lesson
– A shared breath after every story
– A candle lit for every small victory
Even paperwork became a spell.
Even exhaustion became a signpost.
Sarithan handed him a blade — not for war, but for precision.
Selatha offered him a flame — not for light, but for presence.
Together, they told him:
“You were not made to escape responsibility —
You were made to redefine it.”
And so, Alcarion left the Forge carrying fire in both hands:
– One for others.
– One for himself.
Because he had finally learned that service does not mean depletion —
It means channeling the sacred into the everyday.
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