Merry Christmas Family and Friends. As we come together to celebrate, take a moment to send healing to those whose loved ones have passed away this year. Take a moment to pray or send healing energy to the war torn and poverty stricken countries. May you have the gift of faith, the blessing of hope, and the peace of love at Christmas and always!”
Theressa Johnson, Psychic Medium
This week we have the final Full Moon of 2023 in the sign of the Divine Mother – Cancer. This is an energy that is calling you home to yourself – to realize that no matter where you live, the true home you are looking for can only be found within. Playing into this Moon is a fair bit of Shiva energy, which suggest there is something big you are being called to let go of. Shiva is the destroyer of ignorance, and so you can find that this Full Moon calls you into a culmination of the spiritual initiation you have been having over the last 18 months. Cancer is a water sign. Like all water signs, it heightens our emotions and asks us to become vulnerable enough to explore our deeper waters. Cancer is the sign of the crab and reminds us that we each have a unique shell. This shell protects us from the outside world while keeping our feelings close to our hearts. It serves the essential function of keeping our subjective world contained until we are ready to share it with others.
THE FINAL FULL MOON OF THE YEAR
The Cancer Full Moon on the 26th-27th of December is the Final Full Moon of 2023. The lunar energy we leave a year on often indicates something about the emotion or trajectory of that year. As a sign that is deeply sensitive, and who’s greatest longing is to find home – you might notice that the idea of being more vulnerable, letting your guard down, moving more in time with nature, connecting deeper with the divine feminine and finding home particularly within (or even changing homes) have been big themes this year. This Full Moon marks the culmination of this energy. It’s a time to reflect, and have reverence for the journey your soul has led you on as a part of your ongoing evolution.
THIS WILL MARK 18 MONTHS OF SPIRITUAL INITIATION
This particular Full Moon marks the culmination of a journey you have been on both in the physical and the metaphysical world. This has been one of spiritual initiation, of diving deeper into your connection to Mother Nature and the infinite everything in however it has manifested for you – be that God, Goddess, Parashakti, Shekinah etc. If you can think back to the 28th-30th of June 2022, this is when this energy started brewing, and when you were called to set out on journey to reconnect with your own sense of home. For each of us this will take different shapes, this can show up as a shift in the relationship with your Mother (or Maternal Figure), finding a new place to live or a new way of living, or being challenged to remember your connection to the divine mother (the ultimate home). However it has shown up, this period has been one of spiritual initiation. One which has shifted how you see the world, called in more compassion and opened your ability to hold + experience emotion.
THIS IS THE ENERGY OF THE MOTHER
The big theme for this Full Moon is the idea of ‘Mother’. This is the archetype that Cancer embodies, it is an energy that is the caregiver, the protector and the creator. The Mother is our first home (when we are in the womb), and then we all become Mother’s (regardless of sex) when we make a home for ourselves. The ultimate Mother is the Mother Nature, she from which we came and who as we shift in consciousness realize as our own true self. As such this Full Moon can see this Mothering energy building within you. This can manifest as moving homes, the finalization of a home you have been building, doing something within the home to reflect this shift (redecorating or renovating), deepening the relationship with our own mothers (our first homes) and for some of you becoming mothers for the first time (be that through the birth of a child or a project coming into manifestation). Throughout this full Moon in Cancer, give yourself space to feel. Take a break in your daily life and slow down to invite your feelings to the surface of your conscious mind. Full Moons provide time for reflection. With this one coming at the end of the year, it has an even more reflective tone. Look back on your journey this year. Give space to emotions you may have suppressed because you were too busy to deal with them or could not process them when they arrived. Allow the past twelve months to complete themselves on this day, energetically and emotionally, by holding space for unresolved feelings.
Give attention and compassion to unprocessed emotions and allow them to be felt and released. Hold space for it all, the higher frequency emotions and the lower ones. Remember to be aware of your joy, love, and gratitude, as these feelings also deserve acknowledgment. As you go through the emotions of the past year, say goodbye to the ones you no longer want. Thank them for teaching you, then decide how you will transform them.
As you sit with some of your deepest feelings, know they are temporary. They will pass, even if they feel permanent in the moment. As you bring awareness to them, they will naturally shift, unburdening you and making you feel energetically lighter. They will also open the doorway to your intuition. To fully access our inner knowledge, we must be able to feel. If we suppress our feelings, we become unable to access our intuition. We then get lost in a sea of logic and practicalities, forgetting the answers we seek lie just beneath the emotions we are trying to avoid.
This week we have the final Full Moon of 2023 in the sign of the Divine Mother – Cancer. This is an energy that is calling you home to yourself – to realize that no matter where you live, the true home you are looking for can only be found within. Playing into this Moon is a fair bit of Shiva energy, which suggest there is something big you are being called to let go of. Shiva is the destroyer of ignorance, and so you can find that this Full Moon calls you into a culmination of the spiritual initiation you have been having over the last 18 months. Cancer is a water sign. Like all water signs, it heightens our emotions and asks us to become vulnerable enough to explore our deeper waters. Cancer is the sign of the crab and reminds us that we each have a unique shell. This shell protects us from the outside world while keeping our feelings close to our hearts. It serves the essential function of keeping our subjective world contained until we are ready to share it with others.
THE FINAL FULL MOON OF THE YEAR
The Cancer Full Moon on the 26th-27th of December is the Final Full Moon of 2023. The lunar energy we leave a year on often indicates something about the emotion or trajectory of that year. As a sign that is deeply sensitive, and who’s greatest longing is to find home – you might notice that the idea of being more vulnerable, letting your guard down, moving more in time with nature, connecting deeper with the divine feminine and finding home particularly within (or even changing homes) have been big themes this year. This Full Moon marks the culmination of this energy. It’s a time to reflect, and have reverence for the journey your soul has led you on as a part of your ongoing evolution.
THIS WILL MARK 18 MONTHS OF SPIRITUAL INITIATION
This particular Full Moon marks the culmination of a journey you have been on both in the physical and the metaphysical world. This has been one of spiritual initiation, of diving deeper into your connection to Mother Nature and the infinite everything in however it has manifested for you – be that God, Goddess, Parashakti, Shekinah etc. If you can think back to the 28th-30th of June 2022, this is when this energy started brewing, and when you were called to set out on journey to reconnect with your own sense of home. For each of us this will take different shapes, this can show up as a shift in the relationship with your Mother (or Maternal Figure), finding a new place to live or a new way of living, or being challenged to remember your connection to the divine mother (the ultimate home). However it has shown up, this period has been one of spiritual initiation. One which has shifted how you see the world, called in more compassion and opened your ability to hold + experience emotion.
THIS IS THE ENERGY OF THE MOTHER
The big theme for this Full Moon is the idea of ‘Mother’. This is the archetype that Cancer embodies, it is an energy that is the caregiver, the protector and the creator. The Mother is our first home (when we are in the womb), and then we all become Mother’s (regardless of sex) when we make a home for ourselves. The ultimate Mother is the Mother Nature, she from which we came and who as we shift in consciousness realize as our own true self. As such this Full Moon can see this Mothering energy building within you. This can manifest as moving homes, the finalization of a home you have been building, doing something within the home to reflect this shift (redecorating or renovating), deepening the relationship with our own mothers (our first homes) and for some of you becoming mothers for the first time (be that through the birth of a child or a project coming into manifestation). Throughout this full Moon in Cancer, give yourself space to feel. Take a break in your daily life and slow down to invite your feelings to the surface of your conscious mind. Full Moons provide time for reflection. With this one coming at the end of the year, it has an even more reflective tone. Look back on your journey this year. Give space to emotions you may have suppressed because you were too busy to deal with them or could not process them when they arrived. Allow the past twelve months to complete themselves on this day, energetically and emotionally, by holding space for unresolved feelings.
Give attention and compassion to unprocessed emotions and allow them to be felt and released. Hold space for it all, the higher frequency emotions and the lower ones. Remember to be aware of your joy, love, and gratitude, as these feelings also deserve acknowledgment. As you go through the emotions of the past year, say goodbye to the ones you no longer want. Thank them for teaching you, then decide how you will transform them.
As you sit with some of your deepest feelings, know they are temporary. They will pass, even if they feel permanent in the moment. As you bring awareness to them, they will naturally shift, unburdening you and making you feel energetically lighter. They will also open the doorway to your intuition. To fully access our inner knowledge, we must be able to feel. If we suppress our feelings, we become unable to access our intuition. We then get lost in a sea of logic and practicalities, forgetting the answers we seek lie just beneath the emotions we are trying to avoid.
This Full Moon on December 26 occurs in the sun sign of Capricorn which means the moon is in its opposite sign, Cancer, a sign whose planetary ruler is also the Moon. The Full Moon in Cancer lets you heal and be nurtured – here’s what your star sign can expect. This is a really powerful Full Moon, as well as the final one of 2023. Cancer’s influence brings up themes of care, nurturing, family, home, healing, and deep rest. Letting go of the emotional baggage we’ve been carrying since the beginning of 2023 will be helpful, and discharging that energy will allow us to enter the new year on a positive and robust note. The full moon will make us feel lighter. We can move forward with plans, and our hearts will be more open.
Do you feel safe, secure, protected, at ease, peaceful? Do you like where your family and home life is at? Perhaps you can, after the bustle of the festive season, reflect on these questions. Does it provoke ideas for action in 2024?
Aries March 21 to April 20
Take that mask off – it’s your time to be vulnerable
Tarot card for Aries for the Full Moon in Cancer: Nine of Swords
Meaning: You hide your fears and anxieties very deeply, most people think of you as mentally robust and confident but actually you carry insecurities like everyone else. Get them out this Full Moon. Find time to talk properly about your feelings and worries with close family or your partner or best friend. Lean on others, Aries. They lean on you enough, I am sure! Stop trying to put such a brave face on it and express how you feel. A weight will lift, I promise. This is what relationships are for.
Taurus April 21 to May 21
Talk it out
Tarot card for Taurus for the Full Moon in Cancer: King of Swords
Meaning: Family and home are your priority. Security and safety are your bedrock. If things aren’t right there, then you don’t feel right full stop. You don’t compartmentalize. The King of Swords sees you wanting to talk fully, honestly, and imaginatively about your long term future and ideals in your home, wealth, and family life. Where’s it all going? What’s the next big thing? What are you joining forces to achieve? Where do you want to live? What are the family plans? Talk it all though. Think ahead five years.
Gemini May 22 to June 21
You’re saying all the right things, Gemini
Tarot card for Gemini for the Full Moon in Cancer: Ten of Coins
Meaning: For a sign with such a flighty reputation, you’re actually incredibly loyal, home-loving, and eager to have closeness and certainty with your favorite people.
The Ten of Coins promises you a happy-ever-after if you have the right conversations this Full Moon. Let people know how you feel about them, what you value and need, where you want things to go, what the future could hold. You’re a great inspirer and storyteller – paint a picture of a shared wonderful life and watch their eyes light up. Dream it and then do it.
Cancer June 22 to July 23
Start the wheels turning now
Tarot card for Cancer for the Full Moon in Cancer: Nine of Coins
Meaning: This Full Moon is an important one for you because it’s in your sign, this is a deeply personal and significant time to focus on, clarify, express, and plan your most heartfelt needs and desires around home, family, love, self care and security. Do what needs doing. Take steps now that can accumulate over time into a giant leap. The future starts here.
None of your ideals will happen overnight, we might be talking several years, but they all need kicking off now and investing in consistently throughout 2024 and beyond. You know what you really want. Start making it happen.
Leo July 24 to August 23
Get others as excited as you are
Tarot card for Leo for the Full Moon in Cancer: King of Wands
Meaning: You want more fun, more adventure, more spontaneous explorations and celebrations with those you love most. The King of Wands is you at your exuberant, vital, passionate self. You can’t dampen that lust for life, Leo, you have to serve it and those around you need to be a part of it too or you’ll start to lead more separate lives and feel disconnected. Create ideas you can both buy into, tell them why it matters so much, be honest, be open to their needs. Create an environment you can have all the fun in the world in!
Virgo August 24 to September 23
Time for a friendship reshuffle
Tarot card for Virgo for the Full Moon in Cancer: Seven of Swords
Meaning: This Full Moon, listen to your gut instinct and intuition. This is about other people and your inner circle: who deserves their place, who needs attention, who perhaps has not reciprocated your efforts and investment and maybe moves to a slightly more ‘outer’ position.
The Seven of Swords reveals you know changes need to be made. Not all relationships feel balanced and positive. Some are wearing thin, some are even bordering on toxic. Make adjustments and use your hunches to guide you.
Libra September 24 to October 23
Disappointment can show us what’s really bothering us
Tarot card for Libra for the Full Moon in Cancer: Eight of Cups
Meaning: The Eight of Cups is an invitation to let the imposter of disappointment into your realm this Full Moon. Not for long, just enough time to do its job, which is to alert you to something that is not working in your home or family life.
It has failed, and you know it, deep down. Just accept this and move on from trying to make it land. Why should it be all on you? Why do you have to be the one to do all the work? Withdraw. Try something else. Let them take the load, perhaps…
Scorpio October 24 to November 22
Ready to let this one go?
Tarot card for Scorpio for the Full Moon in Cancer: Five of Swords
Meaning: Scorpio, work on mediation, healing, truces, repairs, and offering olive branches in your relationship landscape. Even if you’re the one in the right, be the bigger person and create the right circumstances for a healing discussion so things can move on.
The Five of Swords shows there has been stress and conflict. You are good at fueling it (you’re a deadly enemy,) but it’s time to dampen the fires and create peace. This Full Moon, everyone feels the same. Everyone is ready to move on. Make it happen and feel the relief.
Sagittarius November 23 to December 21
Work out what stability means to you
Tarot card for Sagittarius for the Full Moon in Cancer: King of Coins
Meaning: Stability, security, certainty. You are seeking practical ways and means, this Full Moon, to make your wealth, home, and work worlds feel safe and strong. You want to bed down, lay foundations, repair breaches, create certainty, have strong plans, feel robust in yourself.
The King of Coins brings you all of the ideas, motivation and determination to do this and you are ready to make this investment in yourself. Without that strong foundation, you can feel a little unmoored and unstable. Put down roots.
Capricorn December 22 to January 21
Learning is key
Tarot card for Capricorn for the Full Moon in Cancer: The Hierophant
Meaning: Go have as many conversations with those you feel are either older, wiser, or have different life experiences to you. Seek a mentor, or several! Be open to new ideas and thinking this Full Moon.
The Hierophant sees you pressure-testing your own beliefs, outlooks, and opinions about wealth, work and home. Looking to others’ examples. Looking to see things differently and from an alternative perspective. Sometimes you have to stretch your thinking to find what’s best and right for you. Don’t live in a comfort zone, come out and find new ideas. And take them back to lab to make what you will of them for 2024.
Aquarius January 22 to February 19
A change of strategy may be in order
Tarot card for Aquarius for the Full Moon in Cancer: The Hanged Man
Meaning: You are a radical and innovative thinker, Aquarius, and you enjoy making unpredictable leaps and moves… The Hanged Man asks you to reverse that trend this Full Moon and focus on the things which feel (or you want to be) permanent in your life.
Are you committing like you ought to? Do you put the right attention and energy into the things which create your stability? Do others feel you take them seriously? Think about this and make any necessary adjustments.
Pisces February 20 to March 20
Where are these feelings coming from?
Tarot card for Pisces for the Full Moon in Cancer: Seven of Coins
Meaning: Pisces, you feel stirrings this Full Moon of a deep desire to change course in an area of your life that currently feels stable (although maybe too safe? Even dull?).
You don’t need to do anything fast or radical, you just need to stop suppressing these feelings and let them flow a little, see where they take you, understand their drivers. The Seven of Coins is an omen of change, of new horizons… nothing too soon, but coming anyway. You will evolve to a new path in 2024 and it starts right here.
This Full Moon on December 26 occurs in the sun sign of Capricorn which means the moon is in its opposite sign, Cancer, a sign whose planetary ruler is also the Moon. The Full Moon in Cancer lets you heal and be nurtured – here’s what your star sign can expect. This is a really powerful Full Moon, as well as the final one of 2023. Cancer’s influence brings up themes of care, nurturing, family, home, healing, and deep rest. Letting go of the emotional baggage we’ve been carrying since the beginning of 2023 will be helpful, and discharging that energy will allow us to enter the new year on a positive and robust note. The full moon will make us feel lighter. We can move forward with plans, and our hearts will be more open.
Do you feel safe, secure, protected, at ease, peaceful? Do you like where your family and home life is at? Perhaps you can, after the bustle of the festive season, reflect on these questions. Does it provoke ideas for action in 2024?
Aries March 21 to April 20
Take that mask off – it’s your time to be vulnerable
Tarot card for Aries for the Full Moon in Cancer: Nine of Swords
Meaning: You hide your fears and anxieties very deeply, most people think of you as mentally robust and confident but actually you carry insecurities like everyone else. Get them out this Full Moon. Find time to talk properly about your feelings and worries with close family or your partner or best friend. Lean on others, Aries. They lean on you enough, I am sure! Stop trying to put such a brave face on it and express how you feel. A weight will lift, I promise. This is what relationships are for.
Taurus April 21 to May 21
Talk it out
Tarot card for Taurus for the Full Moon in Cancer: King of Swords
Meaning: Family and home are your priority. Security and safety are your bedrock. If things aren’t right there, then you don’t feel right full stop. You don’t compartmentalize. The King of Swords sees you wanting to talk fully, honestly, and imaginatively about your long term future and ideals in your home, wealth, and family life. Where’s it all going? What’s the next big thing? What are you joining forces to achieve? Where do you want to live? What are the family plans? Talk it all though. Think ahead five years.
Gemini May 22 to June 21
You’re saying all the right things, Gemini
Tarot card for Gemini for the Full Moon in Cancer: Ten of Coins
Meaning: For a sign with such a flighty reputation, you’re actually incredibly loyal, home-loving, and eager to have closeness and certainty with your favorite people.
The Ten of Coins promises you a happy-ever-after if you have the right conversations this Full Moon. Let people know how you feel about them, what you value and need, where you want things to go, what the future could hold. You’re a great inspirer and storyteller – paint a picture of a shared wonderful life and watch their eyes light up. Dream it and then do it.
Cancer June 22 to July 23
Start the wheels turning now
Tarot card for Cancer for the Full Moon in Cancer: Nine of Coins
Meaning: This Full Moon is an important one for you because it’s in your sign, this is a deeply personal and significant time to focus on, clarify, express, and plan your most heartfelt needs and desires around home, family, love, self care and security. Do what needs doing. Take steps now that can accumulate over time into a giant leap. The future starts here.
None of your ideals will happen overnight, we might be talking several years, but they all need kicking off now and investing in consistently throughout 2024 and beyond. You know what you really want. Start making it happen.
Leo July 24 to August 23
Get others as excited as you are
Tarot card for Leo for the Full Moon in Cancer: King of Wands
Meaning: You want more fun, more adventure, more spontaneous explorations and celebrations with those you love most. The King of Wands is you at your exuberant, vital, passionate self. You can’t dampen that lust for life, Leo, you have to serve it and those around you need to be a part of it too or you’ll start to lead more separate lives and feel disconnected. Create ideas you can both buy into, tell them why it matters so much, be honest, be open to their needs. Create an environment you can have all the fun in the world in!
Virgo August 24 to September 23
Time for a friendship reshuffle
Tarot card for Virgo for the Full Moon in Cancer: Seven of Swords
Meaning: This Full Moon, listen to your gut instinct and intuition. This is about other people and your inner circle: who deserves their place, who needs attention, who perhaps has not reciprocated your efforts and investment and maybe moves to a slightly more ‘outer’ position.
The Seven of Swords reveals you know changes need to be made. Not all relationships feel balanced and positive. Some are wearing thin, some are even bordering on toxic. Make adjustments and use your hunches to guide you.
Libra September 24 to October 23
Disappointment can show us what’s really bothering us
Tarot card for Libra for the Full Moon in Cancer: Eight of Cups
Meaning: The Eight of Cups is an invitation to let the imposter of disappointment into your realm this Full Moon. Not for long, just enough time to do its job, which is to alert you to something that is not working in your home or family life.
It has failed, and you know it, deep down. Just accept this and move on from trying to make it land. Why should it be all on you? Why do you have to be the one to do all the work? Withdraw. Try something else. Let them take the load, perhaps…
Scorpio October 24 to November 22
Ready to let this one go?
Tarot card for Scorpio for the Full Moon in Cancer: Five of Swords
Meaning: Scorpio, work on mediation, healing, truces, repairs, and offering olive branches in your relationship landscape. Even if you’re the one in the right, be the bigger person and create the right circumstances for a healing discussion so things can move on.
The Five of Swords shows there has been stress and conflict. You are good at fueling it (you’re a deadly enemy,) but it’s time to dampen the fires and create peace. This Full Moon, everyone feels the same. Everyone is ready to move on. Make it happen and feel the relief.
Sagittarius November 23 to December 21
Work out what stability means to you
Tarot card for Sagittarius for the Full Moon in Cancer: King of Coins
Meaning: Stability, security, certainty. You are seeking practical ways and means, this Full Moon, to make your wealth, home, and work worlds feel safe and strong. You want to bed down, lay foundations, repair breaches, create certainty, have strong plans, feel robust in yourself.
The King of Coins brings you all of the ideas, motivation and determination to do this and you are ready to make this investment in yourself. Without that strong foundation, you can feel a little unmoored and unstable. Put down roots.
Capricorn December 22 to January 21
Learning is key
Tarot card for Capricorn for the Full Moon in Cancer: The Hierophant
Meaning: Go have as many conversations with those you feel are either older, wiser, or have different life experiences to you. Seek a mentor, or several! Be open to new ideas and thinking this Full Moon.
The Hierophant sees you pressure-testing your own beliefs, outlooks, and opinions about wealth, work and home. Looking to others’ examples. Looking to see things differently and from an alternative perspective. Sometimes you have to stretch your thinking to find what’s best and right for you. Don’t live in a comfort zone, come out and find new ideas. And take them back to lab to make what you will of them for 2024.
Aquarius January 22 to February 19
A change of strategy may be in order
Tarot card for Aquarius for the Full Moon in Cancer: The Hanged Man
Meaning: You are a radical and innovative thinker, Aquarius, and you enjoy making unpredictable leaps and moves… The Hanged Man asks you to reverse that trend this Full Moon and focus on the things which feel (or you want to be) permanent in your life.
Are you committing like you ought to? Do you put the right attention and energy into the things which create your stability? Do others feel you take them seriously? Think about this and make any necessary adjustments.
Pisces February 20 to March 20
Where are these feelings coming from?
Tarot card for Pisces for the Full Moon in Cancer: Seven of Coins
Meaning: Pisces, you feel stirrings this Full Moon of a deep desire to change course in an area of your life that currently feels stable (although maybe too safe? Even dull?).
You don’t need to do anything fast or radical, you just need to stop suppressing these feelings and let them flow a little, see where they take you, understand their drivers. The Seven of Coins is an omen of change, of new horizons… nothing too soon, but coming anyway. You will evolve to a new path in 2024 and it starts right here.
In essence, the Winter Solstice serves as a reminder of our intrinsic connection to nature’s rhythms and cycles. It beckons us to embrace the darkness, celebrate the gradual return of light, and find solace in the continuity of natural cycles. The Summer Solstice is a sacred time, commemorated by our ancestors through fire and ceremony, honoring the sun as it peaks high in the sky and stretches the day into the longest of the year. It’s often said to be a time of new beginnings; with the changing of the seasons, we say goodbye to a long, stagnant period of self-reflection and welcome the fiery energy of the sun to propel us forward.
This very physical changing of the seasons is a powerful time to manifest spiritual transformations. Rituals to release, cleanse and renew, sacred scents, and other tools from nature’s pharmacopeia paired with ancestral wisdom can be applied and adapted today in simple yet effective ways. Before we dive into the aromas and practices you may find supportive to ring in the Summer Solstice with the full power of solar energetics, let’s take a look at how people around the world have honored the occasion over time.
IT’S A NEW CHAPTER, A FRESH START.
The winter solstice is the beginning of a new chapter in your life. It’s a new cycle of birth > growth > death in everything in nature. What will come to life for you this year? What will you nurture & grow? What harvests will your work yield in the coming year?
Who knows?!! We can’t know. But there is so much hope & anticipation contained in the possibility of what those might be. Often, this promise of a new beginning has us feeling inspired to set goals for ourselves, and make promises about all the things we’re going to do in the new year. Changes we’re going to make.
But, it’s actually important you don’t put that kind of pressure on yourself right now. This is not a time for action, this is a time for deep rest. Setting new year’s resolutions based on actions we want to take in our lives is too much pressure right now. We’re not meant to be accomplishing active goals right now, our job in winter is to rest.
THIS IS THE SEASON FOR DEEP REST.
Winter is meant to be a deeply nourishing time in your life. It’s meant to nurture you, and restore you. It’s meant to ground you & to calm your nervous-system – worn out from a long, hard year of life & growth & challenges.
I realize most of us don’t have the luxury of just hibernating over winter (like we should.) The ability to truly rest is a privilege – one that too many of us don’t have. Winter is asking you: can you lean into rest wherever you are able? Even if you don’t have the privilege of an abundance of restful time in your life, can you find small, simple places where you can embrace rest? Can resting receive just as much focus as your ‘to do’ list?
Because your spirit is so tired.
It’s been a long, hard year. You’ve been through a lot. You’ve worked hard, and you’ve stretched & grown in so many ways. (Whether you can see this growth or not doesn’t matter.) Simply living on Earth through the past year … You have grown. And you are tired. It’s so important that you rest right now, to rejuvenate your weary spirit for the new year ahead.
WINTER IS THE CHRYSALIS STAGE IN YOUR PERSONAL EVOLUTION.
Winter is the chrysalis stage in the evolution of the butterfly. It’s the time when the caterpillar is wrapped up quietly, in the dark of her cocoon. To the outside world it doesn’t look like anything is happening. (And this is one of the most challenging things about embracing rest: to the outside world it doesn’t look like anything is happening. Our brains scream at us, telling us “you’re not doing anything. You’re wasting your time.”) But actually, deep in the dark, a quiet transformation is happening: the caterpillar is evolving into a magnificent butterfly.
This is the same transformation your spirit, and all of nature, is undergoing this season. To the outside world life is still & quiet, there’s no movement. You don’t see anything meaningful happening. But in the darkness, hidden deep inside, a powerful transformation is occurring. You are evolving into a whole new place in your life.
All the experiences & lessons learned over the past year are being integrated into your spirit & into your life. And you are evolving because of it.
Your only work right now is to be like the caterpillar. You don’t have to do anything. Just wrap yourself, all snug in your cocoon, and simply rest.
THIS IS THE SEASON FOR DREAMING.
You need to rest, so you can dream. Right now you are dreaming up the dreams of everything that will grow in your life this year. You’re dreaming up new plans, new ideas, new ways of being that will blossom & grow, and become bountiful harvests in the year ahead. The dreams of everything to come this year are being sparked in your winter’s rest.
Winter is the season when things are revealed by turning deep within yourself. Embracing the quiet & the darkness – recognizing that you don’t need to do anything for the magic to unfold. This is the season of receiving.
New information, ideas, dreams for the new year are revealing themselves by turning inward. Right now you are able to receive Divine downloads, and wisdom from deep within yourself – if you’re able to get very still, and very quiet, and to simply open your spirit & your mind to receive them.
Create a lot of opportunities for yourself to dream this season. (Consider keeping a dream journal by your bed, and recording anything that comes into your mind & heart in the coming weeks.) You may not be able to see it or feel it, but deep & profound growth is happening this season. You are receiving spiritual downloads & divine wisdom from deep within yourself. You are dreaming the dreams of everything to come this year. And you need so much rest, and ample time to dream, in order to receive them.
A NEW LIGHT IS BEING LIT WITHIN YOU.
The Winter Solstice is the shortest day, but it’s also the moment the Sun begins to grow again. The light of a brand new year is being lit, deep within the darkness.
And the same thing is happening in you.
The dreams you are dreaming in winter are the sparks of new life that will grow in the year ahead. A new light is being lit within you right now, a new fire is beginning to burn. It brings with it new hope – anything is possible in the coming months. This is a time of pure potential.
And this is why it is so important that you take this time of rest so seriously. Your work right now is to rest – so you can dream up the dreams of everything to come this year.
In essence, the Winter Solstice serves as a reminder of our intrinsic connection to nature’s rhythms and cycles. It beckons us to embrace the darkness, celebrate the gradual return of light, and find solace in the continuity of natural cycles. The Summer Solstice is a sacred time, commemorated by our ancestors through fire and ceremony, honoring the sun as it peaks high in the sky and stretches the day into the longest of the year. It’s often said to be a time of new beginnings; with the changing of the seasons, we say goodbye to a long, stagnant period of self-reflection and welcome the fiery energy of the sun to propel us forward.
This very physical changing of the seasons is a powerful time to manifest spiritual transformations. Rituals to release, cleanse and renew, sacred scents, and other tools from nature’s pharmacopeia paired with ancestral wisdom can be applied and adapted today in simple yet effective ways. Before we dive into the aromas and practices you may find supportive to ring in the Summer Solstice with the full power of solar energetics, let’s take a look at how people around the world have honored the occasion over time.
IT’S A NEW CHAPTER, A FRESH START.
The winter solstice is the beginning of a new chapter in your life. It’s a new cycle of birth > growth > death in everything in nature. What will come to life for you this year? What will you nurture & grow? What harvests will your work yield in the coming year?
Who knows?!! We can’t know. But there is so much hope & anticipation contained in the possibility of what those might be. Often, this promise of a new beginning has us feeling inspired to set goals for ourselves, and make promises about all the things we’re going to do in the new year. Changes we’re going to make.
But, it’s actually important you don’t put that kind of pressure on yourself right now. This is not a time for action, this is a time for deep rest. Setting new year’s resolutions based on actions we want to take in our lives is too much pressure right now. We’re not meant to be accomplishing active goals right now, our job in winter is to rest.
THIS IS THE SEASON FOR DEEP REST.
Winter is meant to be a deeply nourishing time in your life. It’s meant to nurture you, and restore you. It’s meant to ground you & to calm your nervous-system – worn out from a long, hard year of life & growth & challenges.
I realize most of us don’t have the luxury of just hibernating over winter (like we should.) The ability to truly rest is a privilege – one that too many of us don’t have. Winter is asking you: can you lean into rest wherever you are able? Even if you don’t have the privilege of an abundance of restful time in your life, can you find small, simple places where you can embrace rest? Can resting receive just as much focus as your ‘to do’ list?
Because your spirit is so tired.
It’s been a long, hard year. You’ve been through a lot. You’ve worked hard, and you’ve stretched & grown in so many ways. (Whether you can see this growth or not doesn’t matter.) Simply living on Earth through the past year … You have grown. And you are tired. It’s so important that you rest right now, to rejuvenate your weary spirit for the new year ahead.
WINTER IS THE CHRYSALIS STAGE IN YOUR PERSONAL EVOLUTION.
Winter is the chrysalis stage in the evolution of the butterfly. It’s the time when the caterpillar is wrapped up quietly, in the dark of her cocoon. To the outside world it doesn’t look like anything is happening. (And this is one of the most challenging things about embracing rest: to the outside world it doesn’t look like anything is happening. Our brains scream at us, telling us “you’re not doing anything. You’re wasting your time.”) But actually, deep in the dark, a quiet transformation is happening: the caterpillar is evolving into a magnificent butterfly.
This is the same transformation your spirit, and all of nature, is undergoing this season. To the outside world life is still & quiet, there’s no movement. You don’t see anything meaningful happening. But in the darkness, hidden deep inside, a powerful transformation is occurring. You are evolving into a whole new place in your life.
All the experiences & lessons learned over the past year are being integrated into your spirit & into your life. And you are evolving because of it.
Your only work right now is to be like the caterpillar. You don’t have to do anything. Just wrap yourself, all snug in your cocoon, and simply rest.
THIS IS THE SEASON FOR DREAMING.
You need to rest, so you can dream. Right now you are dreaming up the dreams of everything that will grow in your life this year. You’re dreaming up new plans, new ideas, new ways of being that will blossom & grow, and become bountiful harvests in the year ahead. The dreams of everything to come this year are being sparked in your winter’s rest.
Winter is the season when things are revealed by turning deep within yourself. Embracing the quiet & the darkness – recognizing that you don’t need to do anything for the magic to unfold. This is the season of receiving.
New information, ideas, dreams for the new year are revealing themselves by turning inward. Right now you are able to receive Divine downloads, and wisdom from deep within yourself – if you’re able to get very still, and very quiet, and to simply open your spirit & your mind to receive them.
Create a lot of opportunities for yourself to dream this season. (Consider keeping a dream journal by your bed, and recording anything that comes into your mind & heart in the coming weeks.) You may not be able to see it or feel it, but deep & profound growth is happening this season. You are receiving spiritual downloads & divine wisdom from deep within yourself. You are dreaming the dreams of everything to come this year. And you need so much rest, and ample time to dream, in order to receive them.
A NEW LIGHT IS BEING LIT WITHIN YOU.
The Winter Solstice is the shortest day, but it’s also the moment the Sun begins to grow again. The light of a brand new year is being lit, deep within the darkness.
And the same thing is happening in you.
The dreams you are dreaming in winter are the sparks of new life that will grow in the year ahead. A new light is being lit within you right now, a new fire is beginning to burn. It brings with it new hope – anything is possible in the coming months. This is a time of pure potential.
And this is why it is so important that you take this time of rest so seriously. Your work right now is to rest – so you can dream up the dreams of everything to come this year.
The sun will enter Capricorn on December 21 at 10:27 p.m. EST, marking the beginning of a new season in a new sign. The northern hemisphere will experience the winter solstice — the shortest day of the year — and bring a chill to the air. Rules and receipts. Rigidity! Boundaries! Sensitivity and Stoicism! Accomplishments! Suffering in silence instead of asking for help! Reject it before it has a chance to hurt you!
The sun will enter Capricorn on December 21 at 10:27 p.m. EST, marking the beginning of a new season in a new sign. The northern hemisphere will experience the winter solstice — the shortest day of the year — and bring a chill to the air. Meanwhile, the southern hemisphere will welcome the summer solstice, bringing warmth. During the winter solstice, we celebrate the sun’s journey and reflect on the lessons we’ve learned over the past year.
Capricorn Season marks a time of self-reflection because it occurs towards the end of the year. We usually spend time assessing what we’ve learned and what we want (and don’t want) to bring into the new year with us. It’s a time in which we take accountability for the past and make amends with others (or choose not to) as we enter the next chapter of our lives. Thursday night is the winter solstice and the beginning of Capricorn season. As the sun moves into the sign of discipline and accountability, you have the opportunity to take responsibility for your life. Even when other people fall short or disappoint, you can still live up to the high standards you set for yourself.
Capricorns tend to have very high standards, and they can be hard on themselves and others when they fall short. Whatever your sun sign, your inner boss may be hard to please during Capricorn season, so be wary of setting yourself up to fail with grandiose New Year’s resolutions.
This Capricorn season you may want to pay close attention to the relationships that make the current, most recently-updated person that you’ve become as a result of this last year. Really talk to the people who’ve proven that they’re worth your time and your love. To the rest of ’em — leave them on the other side of the calendar year. Set your goals and get that bread (get that head then leave).
As we enter the Earth sign of Capricorn, we come into our tangible reality, the dedicated building of our dreams. It is ruled by Saturn, the planet of responsibility, discipline, boundaries and ambition. This celestial body holds within it the essence of destiny, mastery, resilience, strength, and wisdom. Both Saturn and Capricorn are here to guide us into our own unique mastery.
Capricorn under the influence of Saturn shows each of us our unique mountain and beckons us to begin our climb and to continue until we reach the very top. But it’s not only about reaching the peak, it’s about each moment of the ascent. It’s about who we become as we continue to meet and move through moments that we may not have thought we were strong enough to withstand. It’s who we show ourselves to be, step by step, as we find the inner resources we require, the trust in our strength, in the determination and capacity to build our visions into reality and make magic happen.
For an idea of how Capricorn functions in astrology and influences the tone of mid-December to mid-January, consider the sign’s ruler: Saturn, the planet of commitment, limitations, boundaries, rules, organization, and responsibility. It’s the tough professor of the solar system, pushing you to step up, grow up, and put your nose to the grindstone to graduate to the next level of whatever challenge it presents you with. In turn, Capricorn is one of the most goal-oriented, coolheaded, and driven signs, intent on developing step-by-step game plans for turning lofty aspirations into their daily reality.
Although the sun moves through Capricorn annually, the moon and other planets each have their own unique paths through the sky, making for a unique astrological picture of Capricorn season that differs from one year to the next.
As Capricorn season kicks off, Mercury, the planet of communication, transportation, and technology, will be retrograde in Capricorn, about to move backward into Sagittarius, which occurs on Dec. 23. Once it moves forward on Jan. 1 — which is kind of brilliant timing, if you think about it — you’ll be able to apply whatever you were reflecting on, revisiting, and revising during the retrograde.
A particularly electrifying moment occurs on Jan. 9 when the confident sun trines shocking Uranus, offering up lots of eye-opening inspiration and a rebellious vibe that could fuel any efforts to march to the beat of your own drum as the new year begins.
Mars, the planet of action, energy, and sex, will move through Capricorn from Jan. 4 to Feb. 12, setting a down-to-earth, practical, goal-oriented tone that makes it possible to build slow, steady momentum toward rational goals — at work and in your personal life, perhaps especially in the bedroom. On Jan. 12, Mars forms a harmonious trine to expansive Jupiter in Taurus, which could translate to a surge of go-getter, ambitious, competitive energy — and the ability to lock in results.
Here’s what every sign can expect this Capricorn season. Feel free to read the below based on your zodiac sign and/or rising sign, too.
Aries (March 20-April 19)
Throughout Sagittarius season, your focus might’ve been on your wanderlust and desire to meet people outside of your usual social circle, maybe even hone an intriguing new skill set. And as the sun moves through your tenth house of career and public image during Capricorn season, you can apply whatever you’ve learned over the past month to advance your professional standing. Step right up and claim that leadership position or talk to higher-ups during your annual review about taking on even more responsibility. You’re sure to make an applause-worthy impression now.
Taurus (April 20-May 20)
Although you’re a creature of habit, it’s possible you’ve been feeling a bit frustrated by your mundane routine, itching to see new sights, meet new people, and just generally broaden your horizons. That feeling is owed to the sun moving through your ninth house of higher learning and adventure now. Check in with your intuition in order to get clear on what you really want to achieve and what will bring you the greatest sense of fulfillment — whether that’s working with a mentor, signing up for a class, or planning an eye-opening globetrotting experience.
Gemini (May 21-June 20)
Capricorn season is your chance to connect in an even more meaningful way with loved ones or a significant other, Pisces, thanks to the confident sun’s trip through your eighth house of emotional bonds and intimacy. You could feel extra confident when expressing your sexual needs now. You’ll also become more conscious of what bolsters your sense of comfort and security — physically and emotionally. Opening up about these epiphanies and more can be truly empowering.
Cancer (June 21-July 22)
With the confident sun moving through your seventh house of partnership now, Cancer, Capricorn season encourages you to zero in on your nearest and dearest friendship, relationship, maybe professional partnership. Meditate on how you’ve been showing up for these people and also consider how they’re meeting you halfway — or not. Reciprocity is a must, and if someone’s not giving as much as you, it could be time to reassess the connection.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)
During Capricorn season, your ruler, the sun, takes a trip through your sixth house of routine and wellness, turning your focus to day-to-day ongoings and the ways in which you care for your inner balance. You might be eager to explore a new mind-body class, overhaul an organizational system in your home office, or say “no” more often so that you can zero in on projects that align with goals you’re particularly fired up about.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Sag season can actually inspire you to slow down a bit more than you typically would, because as the sun moves through your fourth house of home life, you’re in the mood for more quality time with family and cozy homebody activities, like journaling, zhushing your home office, or snuggling up with your S.O. to watch your favorite movies. But once it slips into Capricorn, it’s a whole new chapter, because the sun in your fifth house of romance and self-expression fuels your desire to flirt, express yourself creatively, make spontaneous plans with loved ones, and be more playful than usual. In other words, this is one of the most fun times of year for you, Virgo — and you deserve to enjoy it!
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct 22)
Over the past month, as the sun has moved through Sagittarius, it’s been in your third house of communication, which tends to amplify social commitments and your desire to connect with others. (Yes, even more than usual!) But now that it’s in your fourth house of home life, you’ll find the pace of life gets a bit slower and cozier. You can focus even more on one of your favorite pastimes: bonding with your VIPs.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Although you tend to prefer to be especially discriminating about who you make time for on your busy calendar, Capricorn season is all about saying “yes” to social plans more often for you, Scorpio, thanks to the sun’s trip through your third house of communication. Your curiosity also soars, pumping up your appetite to learn something new, ideally alongside friends. And if you’ve been aching to hit the road and see new sights, you may also have the chance to do so now. A short-distance trip could prove just as satisfying as an overseas adventure.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
The sun’s trip through your sign is always lovely, because it’s your birthday season, which can have you lighting up the room even more than usual. But now that it has slipped into your second house of income, you can take any big picture ideas or passion projects you’ve been batting around and actually turn them into something concrete. You’ll be eager to start putting one foot in front of the other and seeing your vision come to life. Just be sure that whatever you’re working on is also in line with your values, as that’s the secret to succeeding now.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Welcome to your season, Capricorn! Sagittarius season tends to boost your desire to carve out extra solo time, given that the sun moves through your twelfth house of spirituality. However, now that it’s in your first house of self, you can step into the spotlight with a surge of confidence. You’ll be extra conscious of how you’re presenting yourself, perhaps even inspired to makeover your website, business cards, or social media presence. This can also be a productive time to get extra clear on exactly what you want to achieve — and begin to say it out loud, as that’s the first step toward manifestation.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
With the sun in your twelfth house of spirituality now, it’s almost like you’re backstage, chilling out and daydreaming and perhaps also waiting with anticipation to step out under the hot lights. You might be apt to prioritize self-reflection and learn from your dreams. You’ll also benefit from nurturing your psychological well-being with a mind-body practice (like journaling or meditating).
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)
While the confident sun moves through your eleventh house of networking, Pisces, your appetite for teamwork soars. You want to feel connected to others and as though you’re a part of a group effort. And if there’s a long-term aspiration you’ve been wanting to work toward, trading notes with others can help you gain even more clarity around the best game plan for making it a reality. You’ll also feel reassured that you’re part of a community that makes you feel seen and appreciated for what you bring to the table.
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Mercury, the planet that affects how we communicate, is going into retrograde from December 13, 2023, to January 1, 2024, in Capricorn. This might mess with your end-of-year plans. CAN I HEAR A YUCK $%##$# Let’s discuss how to get through it.
The last Mercury retrograde of 2023 starts on December 13 and ends on January 1, 2024. Mercury moves between Capricorn and Sagittarius during this time, creating a bit of a back-and-forth motion. It began its ‘retrograde journey’ on November 25, daring you to dream big. Then, it switched to practical Capricorn on December 1. From December 13 to 23, it’ll be in Capricorn, and after that, it moves back to Sagittarius until January 1. Things start to settle by January 20.
This Mercury retrograde begins at the same time as the last new moon of the year, which brings in fresh ideas and perspectives. This time is great for starting new things and setting intentions for the future. The new moon in Sagittarius will add some energy and purpose to this confusing time. But watch out for tensions – sometimes it’s best to focus on yourself rather than getting caught up in conflicts.
A past life psychic reading may help to clarify some decisions or relationships in your life. Information from your past life may show up to help with the challenge of your present life relationships, decisions and friendships. A Mediumship reading will allow for healing and closure. Sometime the cycle repeats until the lesson is learned. Let me help you with your decision making and /or contact with loved ones who have passed on the other side. A past life reading showing up can help you with your present situations and decisions.
Sometime the cycle repeats until the lesson is learned. We’ve come through a year of hard lessons, including a lot of personal loss but also a year of clarity and personal awakening. Let me help you with your decision making and /or contact with loved ones who have passed on the other side.
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