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“Sometimes the challenge chooses you.”

Mark Pollock said that during a conference I was at in Berkeley, California this week and it stuck to me. Not in an “Oh, that’s a gem!” type of way, but in the way that feels like divine intervention. In the way that feels like the answer to the prayer I've been waiting for. If you regard spirituality as having an air of purity and softness and wonder why you don’t see the messages you’re asking for, then that‘s probably why. The Universe/God/Spirit/Etc. is love, but it loves us so much that it has the tendency to slap us when we need it most. How else would we align when we’re not opening our eye(s).

That was mad woke, I know. But I feel very clear these days. Do I chuck it up to the transition from Capricorn into Aquarius season? Kind of. Let’s talk about what’s going on and how we should best navigate the cosmic energy through self-care of our mind, body, and spirit.

Let’s welcome the New Moon in Aquarius, ya’ll. It’s the humanitarian and community sign ruled by Uranus, the planet of awakening, so if you’ve been thinking a lot about purpose and existence in your current lifetime, this is probably why. If you’ve been feeling emotional about it all, this may also be why. 2020 came at us with no time to spare. Hella planetary alignments with hella get-yo-shit-together energy. Whether that means zooming in your mental, emotional, physical, or spiritual needs, the cosmic consensus is:

There’s a collective shift happening. You can see it in the good and the bad happening worldwide, so you should be able to feel it in your life as well because just being here, alive in this lifetime, contributes to the ripples of change that affect everything and anything. Tune in and see. Tune in and feel. Tune in and amend. Tune in and allow the forces of change to move you into purposeful action, no matter what the position you‘ve been destined to play in the here and now.

If it seems like I‘m always saying this is an important time for our spirituality, it’s because I mean it each and every time. The New Moon in Aquarius welcomes the time of "the water bearer." Although we all have a divine purpose, we always have free will. We can either drown in the waters of change or root ourselves and let the water grow our seeds of purpose. Everything about the energy around us is urging us that something greater is coming, for us, for the world, for the entire Universe. This time is ripe for making sense of the shifts that are happening whether we want them to or not.

This ain’t a time to play small. You can either lounge in fear of the unpredictability of life or love the fact that it’s here to shake us into awareness, recalibration, renewal, and action. One will freeze us, making our experience that much more painful, and the other welcomes pain as a sign that we’re being called to break through. The choice is yours.

Let me say it again...this ain’t a time to play small. 

If you’re on it and you feel energized and expressive by the Aquarian waters of change, by all means...TALK YO SHIT. You might be fueled by Aquarius’ need to free your ideas, your advocacy, or your passion, but met with its sometimes abrupt and aggressive nature. Just make sure you check your ego and allow the greater good to be the root of your expression.

I keep talking about being “rooted” but how can we do that, practically, in our sometimes very busy lives? Well, Aquarius being "the water bearer" is a self-care cue in itself. Think clarity and cleansing. Drink water, prepare a spiritual bath, and maybe set New Moon intentions in water. Don’t have access to an ocean or a pool? Stand in the shower or lay in a specially prepared bath, close your eyes, and speak your intentions out loud with as much conviction as possible. It’s probably my favorite way to pray, meditate, and speak to my higher self and my guides. 

All in all, recognize that the crazy and sometimes terrifying and horrible things that are happening in our lives aren’t calling for a fearful response, but a fearless one. We’re in a moment of collective soul retrieval, of remembering wtf we are as the tests pile on. A moment of giving ourselves grace as we unlearn fear and relearn our true selves. Will you tune in and power through or sit out waiting for the larger lesson to appear? I’m just the messenger, but keep aware, stay rooted, and stay grateful. There’s so much more where this energy is coming from. 

1. What areas of my life are shifting? How can I look at them as moments of break through and not just breaking?
    
2. How can I “water myself“ and care for my mind, body, and spirit during this season?
    
3. Am I conscious of the way I am using my voice and how it is affecting change in the world at large? How can I cultivate more self-awareness and let that root me in grace?

The New Moon in Aquarius goes exact on:

Friday, January 24

4:42 PM EST | 1:42 PM PST

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If you want to set intentions with a New Moon Ritual, you have until Monday, January 27 at 4:42 PM EST | 1:42 PM PST to use the most potent energy of the moon.

• “Uranus is ruled by Aquarius and is the planet of change and awakening, but the changes we feel on this New Moon are more likely to be emotional ones.”– Forever Conscious
   
• “This could be a challenging day as there are opposing influences that can either inspire you to continue shedding the old and refining your intentions, or take you into a place of stubbornness, resistance and feeling disempowered by what you experience as a stuck place.” 
  
  “Worries and anxiety around issues out of your control will not serve you. Focus on something that you can change and take some time for self-care.” – The Power Path
   
• “Right now, we the people, individually and collectively are moving through a time of Soul retrieval, where we are taking our power back. As individuals, we are claiming our hearts and owning what we know deep down to be true for us. As a collective, we are re-connecting to our primal relationship with our Mother Planet and the web of life that we are a part of. There is so much power there.” – Mystic Mamma
   
• “Uranus is forcing us to make changes in our lives to ensure our security for the future. Sometimes Uranus brings curve balls, shocks or surprises. We need to be on our toes, open, objective, flexible and prepared for the unexpected. Life can be unpredictable and in those times it’s our core values that can ground us and bring us back to centre. Focus on what really matters.” – LUA Astrology
   

• "Astrologer Liz Greene writes that Uranus "reflects our universal human longing to know where we are going and why."
  
  “This new lunar cycle will inspire many to take a stand, speak loudly, and perhaps even demand to be heard. How we each use this influence depends on our core values, and how we want to direct its powerful energies.” – North Point Astrology
   
• "Unpredictable, exciting, and demanding, this astrology is like a metaphorical earthquake. Shaking up what has grown stagnant, it encourages us to make a break with our bad habits. However, because this moment has a flair for the rebellious, you’ll need to make sure that when you buck a system you have good cause to do so. The New Moon in Aquarius is a time to do away with playing it small, but it’s no time to be reckless. Being intellectually thorough is the way Aquarius rolls.” – Chani Nicholas
   
• “In big or small ways, when you’ve tuned into Aquarius, you’ll feel the urge for a better future.  Follow that inner niggling...how something in your present isn’t exactly right.   This is divine discontent, opening the door to new possibilities.   Genius loves to pour down whenever we get cranky.  When we identify our problems, our genius will try to solve them.  Aquarius helps to inspires breakthroughs and progress of all kinds.“ – Moon Circles
   

• I see find meaning and see guidance and direction in all of the occurrences and relationships that unfold and end in my life. 
   
• I transform the aspects of my mental, physical, and spiritual self that keep me latched onto fear and inaction. I move and speak with conviction.
   
• All my expressions, verbal and non-verbal, are rooted in purpose, passion, and compassion.
   
• I flow with transformation, gracefully allowing what no longer serves me to fall away, and what is necessary to my expansion to come into my life.
   
• I allow the waters of life to purify my heart, cleanse my life of negativity and stagnancy, and grow my seeds of purpose.
   
• I am guided, supported, and protected by the Universe always, all ways.

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