New Energy in 2023

 

January has a special meaning to us. It is our first foot forward into the New Year. We emerge from intentions we may have set in the Winter Solstice. Days get shorter and we learn to make the most of them. We wrap up 2022 in a celebratory way before ultimately parting ways with it. In some cultures we even burn the old year in a definitive way, to end an old chapter and hearken the new year. It is the first opportunity we get to shed a snake's old skin and either make new goals or rededicate ourselves to our goals, life's purpose, motivations, ambitions, and our true path.

 

Energy of the Month: Hierophant ~A Letter to my Younger Self-Ambar Lucid~

 

Recommended tools: Working with the Future Quantum Self in the Akashic Records, Writing a Letter from your Future Self, Visualization exercise

Astrological Correspondence: Creativity, Self-expression, recreation, relationships, offspring

This month, the Hierophant calls on us to embody our future selves in order to shorten the gap between the starting point and our desired goals. Imagine that you are already your most successful self and in the place where you want to be, with all the positive habits and routines that you've developed. Treat yourself the way you would if you were already happy with where you are. Now emulate those helpful habits and routines in your daily life. Perhaps this version of you takes daily vitamins, meal preps, reads half an hour before going to bed every day, and listens to classical music. It is time to start acting as this version of you and follow your own roadway to the success that this version of you already has. Write a kindly letter from your Future Self to the current you, so that you can read it whenever you falter or whenever you need a word of encouragement. This version of you is so compassionate towards you and whats the very best for you. 

 

The Hierophant also calls us to release the attachments that obstruct our path and get in the way of communication with the divine and our future self. We want to become a clean slate, an open cup for divinity to fill and speak to us. Then we can more readily transmit divinity message to us. This is how we can awaken to the power of the divine and our passion for conveying its message. Even if we don't feel like we know it all (in truth,  we never do), we may also step up to teach if a student comes our way or if we feel called to do so. Do not doubt the wisdom you have gained from experiences. 

 

Love: 5 of Pentacles ~Maybe October- Dekker~

 

Tools: Mirror Work, abundance, "I am enough."

 

The presiding energy this month in love is: "How can I be exactly what is needed. Maybe another  week, day, or year, I will be better or stronger." We may be feeling particularly lacking in the financial sense. We may be feeling that we are not contributing enough financially or domestically to the relationship. Or we may be wanting a relationship but feeling like we arent in a financially stable enough place to pursue one. We may be comparing ourselves to our partner's contributions and feeling down on ourselves for it.

 

But if the situation were reversed, we would be supportive of our partner in the same way they would be for us. It's okay to be experiencing setbacks and to accept lovingly given support. It is okay to build up our strength until we can contribute in a way that we would want to. It's okay to build ourselves up to a place to be able enter a relationship too.

 

Money: Chariot ~Chariot-Page France~

 

Astrological association: Social Life

 

Recommended tools: Parts Work (Internal Family Systems)

 

In money, you are asked to be the Bringer of your own future. To swing your way from dreams to happy endings. This can be accomplished when you achieve unity over your ambivalence. You must overcome the oppositions within, so that you can throw your entire being into the direction of your goals. Through strength of will, you can bring together contrary tendencies and have them work together as a team with you. You can make money the sphere of your personal action. This is the time to choose your financial path and autonomy, to become the triumphant master of your fate. The best way to harness this energy is to work with the Hierophant first, to follow the true path made evident to you when you become receptive to divine will. Without this guidance there is a risk of subjecting yourself to the Wheel of Fortune, but combined with the energy of the Hierophant,  the Chariot becomes unstoppable.

 

Work: 3 of Wands ~Into the Great Wide Open- Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers~

 

Tools: Flow State, Creativity

 

In work this month, we have a lot of opportunities for personal development. This is the time for looking ahead, towards growth, expansion and exploration. You have a lot of creative enthusiasm,  and a spontaneous and intense energy. This is the time to seek and embrace enthusiastic work, to create from a State of flow and joy. If you do this, you will tap into relentless motivation. This is a good time to make plans for studies, travel, creative businesses and collaborations. Accept whatever changes life may have brought your way, and think in terms of the big picture. Embrace discovery and learning, and embrace the new. Be bold, have faith, and see you are able to create from this space. 

 

Health: 3 of Swords ~Loveletting-Sons of an Illustrious Father~

 

Recommended tools: Sacred tear energy, emotional release, trauma-based yoga, reading and learning 

 

Our health this month ties in deeply with our emotional state. We must resolve the our struggles in the emotional sphere so that they do not manifest in the physical sphere. There are many difficult emotions to be dealt with, particularly for those of us who have painful associations from the holidays. The holidays may accentuate grief, for that which we do not have. We may feel isolated in our experiences when we feel surrounded by others who do not share in this difficult experience. In this life we all must at some point experience pain, suffering, loneliness, sorrow, rejection and even betrayal. We must release this energy, and cry out. But we must also be wary of giving into the emotion so fully that we only identify with it and forget to let go and move on. We must accept loss and face reality in order to grow and move on. Growth is what results from pain. We learn how to overcome suffering. We learn through the consequences of our actions. We may also let go of what may have been comfortable but is no longer serving us...but it is necessary to have more rewarding experiences in the future 

 

Spirit: Hermit ~End of Beginning-Djo~

 

Astrological association: Personal beliefs, philosophy, religion

 

Recommended tools: Meditation, Solitude, Introspection

 

The Hermit signifies the end and the beginning. It represents who we are when we enter this world and when we leave it. The Hermit proactively ended the relationship with the old world (and the old year). With this, we can venture into a mysterious future that we have yet to master. The Hierophant serves as a bridge that leads to a known ideal, whereas the Hermit ventures into the unknown. It is the highest mission, birthed from deep crisis. It is a lonely but rewarding path that leads to wisdom, experience, and deep reflection of the path we've led up until this point. This inevitable crisis leads us to the profound change that we seek in our lives, to get to the goals and ideals that we seek to establish in the new year (of which January is a symbol). This step cannot be skipped. But we can choose whether to perish or to be renewed. Faced with nothingness, it is here that we release ourselves from the attachments holding us back. This spiritual pilgrimage is where we can overcome our doubts. We learn how to fight injustice, and we learn of our own errors that have shaped our past. This will teach us the prudence that we need when creating our own futures.

 

A blessed New Year to you all on this path. ✨️