Monthly Muse January
I do not know about you, but for me January never feels like the beginning.
In fact in my body something always feels a little off.
Being in my world you probably already know that the whole calendar system is not accurate, since the true organic new year begins in spring, not in the middle of winter. Makes sense, right.
This is why so many ancient cultures celebrated the new year with the Equinox, the day when light and dark are exactly the same length, right before the great turning. So clear, so aligned, so in rhythm with the earth. And yet nobody questions it anymore. Hypnosis at its finest.
Then some guy came along and decided to change the whole thing and now we dance like drunken gummy bears in the middle of winter, or summer for the southern hemisphere, pretending the year has suddenly changed.
And it works.
As you know, belief is powerful. We create reality, or we live inside the one we are told to subscribe to, so the transition becomes palpable.
Of course we do not want to be spiritual grumpy pants, so we join the party. Its all good we gotta play the game a bit and have some fun right?
Anyhow, back to my body.
This beautiful, intelligent ecosystem holding ancestral memory and the living imprint of the earth simply knows. January can feel confusing because something in us knows the new year has not really happened yet.
I feel like I am standing in the threshold, not quite through.
Especially with this being the final month of the Chinese year, the moment where the snake finishes shedding and the horse prepares to gallop.
The snake is shedding its tail. The very last piece.
I know what you are thinking. Another final clearing. Another release story. I am bored of that language too. But this one is real. It will be felt.
Old identities falling away. Essence returning. Passion remembered. Purpose embodied. Pleasure becoming compass.
This is the year and this is the time.
I feel it much more than I ever felt before.
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I have not shared much about my own month, which I usually do in the Monthly Muse, but this is what wanted to come through.
All I can say for now is that things are moving with momentary periods of integration and further shedding inbetween.
It has been a powerful ending to the year for me and if you have not yet listened to my latest episode, go ahead and tune in with me there, where I speak about shamanic descent, healing depression, and igniting unshakable self worth.
Fun fun.
So my friend, as we move through these final sheddings of the tail, remember you are deeply loved.
You are doing absolutely amazing work for yourself, your lineage, and the collective.
This year is going to be your best one yet.
I can feel it…
With so much love and magical wink sprinkles,
Asherah
