Glossary

Shadow work Meaning

Reflective work focused on rejected traits, projections, shame, fear, desire, and avoided emotions.

Definition

Reflective work focused on rejected traits, projections, shame, fear, desire, and avoided emotions. In yap, this term is useful because it can be connected to journal entries, dreams, transits, moon phases, and personal pattern tracking.

How to use it

Write the term into a journal entry only when it helps explain a real pattern. The goal is clarity, not memorizing jargon.

What to track

Record the date, feeling, context, chart factor, dream symbol, or transit that made this term relevant.

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