From the blood of the slain Medusa sprang Pegasus — the winged horse, child of sea and sky. As the story goes, when Perseus beheaded the Gorgon, Pegasus rose from her body and ascended to Olympus, where he would later serve Zeus, carrying his thunderbolts and stirring the clouds into rain.

Pegasus embodies the miracle born from pain — the creative and spiritual power that arises after deep wounding. His wings symbolize transcendence, the soul’s capacity to rise above limitation and carry divine messages between heaven and earth. To the Greeks, he was sacred to the Muses; wherever his hooves struck the ground, springs of inspiration were said to flow.

When Pegasus appears, it is a sign that your suffering holds the seed of grace. You are being invited to let spirit lift you — to transform heaviness into vision, sorrow into flight. Pegasus reminds you that freedom is not escape from pain but the transformation of it into art, wisdom, and compassion.

Myth and Meaning

1. The Wound —
The wound of Pegasus is despair — the sense that beauty and light are lost after hardship. It may manifest as disillusionment, fatigue, or doubt that healing is possible.

2. The Mask —
You may wear the mask of the Idealist or the Escapist — rising above problems through fantasy, busyness, or denial. This mask hides the grief that still needs to be felt before true flight can begin.

3. The Trigger —
Loss, rejection, or creative block awaken this wound. When grounded inspiration feels unreachable, the memory of pain seems to weigh down your wings.

4. The Medicine —
Faith and imagination. Pegasus’s medicine is creative transcendence — to let your pain become poetry, your sorrow become song. Healing arises when you allow your spirit to express what words alone cannot.

5. The Gift —
Your gift is inspiration and renewal. You remind others that healing is possible, that beauty can emerge even from ruin. Through your courage to rise, you give others permission to do the same.

6. The Path Forward —
Take flight with intention. The path forward is not to flee the earth but to balance heaven and ground — to let imagination and reality dance together. Pegasus teaches that when you trust the wings born of pain, you carry the storm’s wisdom into clear skies.

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