The Mythology
Gyhldeptis (pronounced gill-dep'tis), whose name means "lady hanging hair", is the forest Goddess of the Tlingit and Haida people of northwest North America. To her people she was the mossy hanging branches of cedar. When her people were threatened by the destructive whirlpool Kaegyihl Depgeesk, which ate seafaring ships, she called all the natural powers of the coast together and perpared for them a sumptuous feast. Delighted with the feast, they all agreed to work with her. Thus Gyhldeptis was able to synthesize their energies and change the whirlpool into a river.
The Lessons of this Goddess
Gyhldeptis glides into your life to tel you the way to wholeness for you now lies in synthesis. It is time to bring al the divergent parts, all the opposing pieces, together into one whole you. At this time in your life you may be engaged in conflict or opposition. Now you must resolve it and create union. Perhaps you are dissipating your energy, your life force, in too many directions or have hundreds of irons in the fire. This is the time to find the common thread that will serve your needs in the best way. The Goddess says that by learning to listen to all the different pieces, all the divergent parts of you (and this can include your family, community, partner), you hear and give what is needed to creat wholeness. Wholeness is created when all the parts are honored and listened to, when all parts are brought together and synthesized into a whole. The greatest gifts to the whole often lie in the most disparate pieces.