Sage in the Sky

She didn't save him because she was strong. She saved him because she had decided.In this episode of Sage in the Sky, we step into Carterhaugh, the haunted Border woodland of one of Scotland's oldest ballads, to meet Janet. The young woman who trespasses, desires, conceives, plans, and ultimately rescues her lover Tam Lin from the Fairy Queen by holding him fast through every terrifying transformation. Snake. Bear. Lion. Red-hot iron. Burning coal. She does not let go.This episode is for every woman who has watched something she loves shift shape in her arms and for every woman who is learning to hold on to her own truth when the world is trying very hard to make her let it go.In this episode, we explore:~ The full ballad of Tam Lin — the trespass, the double rose, the pregnancy, the Halloween rescue at Miles Cross~ Janet as the rare medieval heroine who is the rescuer rather than the rescued~ The five transformations as a map of how our own truth shape-shifts under external pressure — the snake of doubt, the bear of fear, the lion of rage, the iron of pain, the coal of erasure~ The psychological difference between secure holding and anxious gripping~ Attachment theory and the secure base — what it means to be the unchanging centre while something changes in your arms~ The green mantle — how Janet brings what she's held back inside the boundary of her own selfhood~ A 12–15 minute guided practice for working with what you have been holdingHave your journal ready. Trust what arrives.~ Carrie🌿 Shadow Map Reading — a one-to-one tarot session for the woman ready to map her own inner landscape and find what's been calling to be held. Book at sageinthesky.com🌿 The Threshold Tarot Spread — a free five-card spread for the woman who already knows and is learning to trust it. Download at sageinthesky.comVisit www.sageinthesky.com for more magicFollow on Instagram @sage_inthe_skySubscribe to the Lantern Letters — a free weekly reflection on shadow work, tarot, and Scottish folklore, sent every Sunday. Sign up at sageinthesky.comShare it with a woman who needs it. Screenshot your favourite moment and tag me on Instagram — I'd love to hear what landed for you.If you enjoy the podcast, leaving a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify helps other women find this work, and I'm deeply grateful for every one.