Sedna in Astrology: Betrayal, Deep Healing & Reclaiming Your Inner Power
- Carrie Symes
- 20 hours ago
- 3 min read
Sedna in Astrology: The Part of You That Was Betrayed… and Had to Survive It
There are wounds that don’t come from what was said.
But from what was done.
From the moments you trusted…and something in you was broken open instead.
Not loudly.Not always all at once.
But in a way your body never fully forgot.
This is where Sedna lives.
The Myth of Sedna: The Descent Into the Depths
Sedna comes from Inuit mythology.
Her story is not soft.
It is not symbolic in a distant way.
It is visceral.
Human.
She was a young woman who lived with her father.
In many versions of the story, she is deceived into marriage—
sometimes by a man who is not who he appears to be…
sometimes by a spirit disguised as human.
Eventually, her father comes to take her home.
But on the journey back across the sea, a great storm rises.
The waters become violent.
And in that moment—her father makes a choice.
To save himself…he throws Sedna overboard.
The Breaking Point and the Betrayal
Sedna clings to the side of the boat.
She doesn’t give up.
She fights to stay.
And as she holds on—her father does something unthinkable.
He cuts off her fingers.
One by one.
She falls into the ocean.
Alone.
Betrayed.
Severed from the life she knew.
And sinks into the depths.
What She Became
But the story doesn’t end there.
As Sedna descends, something begins to shift.
Her severed fingers transform into sea creatures—
seals, whales, the life of the ocean itself.
And Sedna becomes something else entirely.
Not the abandoned girl.
Not the betrayed daughter.
But a powerful sea goddess—ruler of the depths.
Keeper of life, death, and sustenance.
Feared. Honored. Respected.
Not because she avoided suffering—
But because she transformed within it.
Where This Lives in You
Sedna in your chart points to a place where you may have experienced:
Deep betrayal, especially from someone you trusted
Abandonment at a moment when you needed support most
A loss of control that forced you into survival
Emotional depths that feel hard to explain… or even access
This isn’t surface-level pain.
This is the kind that lives in the body.
In the nervous system.
In the quiet ways you may struggle to trust again.
The Survival Response
For many women, Sedna energy shows up as:
Guardedness in relationships
Difficulty trusting—even when you want to
A tendency to shut down or detach when things feel unsafe
A deep, unspoken grief that doesn’t always have words
Because when trust has been broken at that level…
Your system doesn’t forget.
It adapts.
The Descent Isn’t the End
Sedna’s story is not about the betrayal alone.
It’s about what happened after.
She didn’t return to who she was before.
She became something else.
Something deeper.
Something that could hold both the pain…and the power that came from surviving it.
Working With Sedna (Gently, Safely)
Sedna is not energy you force open.
She requires slowness.
Safety.
Respect for your nervous system.
This work can look like:
Acknowledging the parts of you that don’t feel safe trusting yet
Letting your body set the pace for healing
Creating small, consistent experiences of safety and support
Allowing grief to exist without needing to resolve it immediately
Because healing this kind of wound isn’t about “letting it go.”
It’s about learning that you can hold yourself now… in ways you couldn’t then.
Sedna & Your Power
Sedna doesn’t bypass pain.
She transforms within it.
She becomes the authority of her own inner world.
Not because she chose what happened—
But because she chose, over time, to remain.
To adapt.
To survive.
To become.
A Gentle Reflection
Where in your life do you feel the hardest to trust?
Where do you notice yourself pulling back…even when part of you wants to lean in?
And what might it feel like to meet that part of you—not with pressure—
but with understanding?
You Are Not Broken
If this part of you feels distant… guarded… hard to reach—
There’s nothing wrong with you.
There is wisdom there.
Protection.
A part of you that learned how to survive something that should have never happened.
And that part of you?
It doesn’t need to be rushed.
It needs to be met.
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