autumn . aries . new moon . equinox

The leaves are about to show us what it means to let the dead growth go…

My start to this new year has been turbulent, unpredictable, upheaving.. a sense of unbalancing structure and foundations fuelling uncertainty that everything is not as it seems (rightly so) and I can’t be alone with feeling this. I have been sitting in all consuming sorrow over the state of my life for some time now..

...the body struggles to process the unfathomable.

I haven’t been clear with myself on the state I DO wish to arrive into, but I don’t remember the last time I felt myself. Maybe I’m trying not to.. All I know for sure is I’m suffering. Suffering in my own state - I have become emotionally reactive, mentally unstable, spiritually disconnected and my physical body has been screaming at me for healing. I have held myself trapped in survival mode, delaying vital self processing of traumatic and life altering challenge to keep up with external pressures of maintaining my position within the societal constructs.... this is what I'm now ready to move away from.

This has all been going on too long.

I'm ready to return home to my self.

Let us take back agency of our own way of living within the confines of current existence in however that feels right for each of us at this time, for you are not alone in your state and we can move away from this.

We must change - resistance is futile.

Begin with honouring the season

Autumn signifies the preparation into a state of slowing down, celebrating all the harvests of summer - what we have learned, how we have grown, whether we have been setting foundations or providing fruitful life and thriving, our physical and external achievements, our inner work, our friendships and connections, all of our forward movement under the rays of the long sun - autumn is time to begin a quieting down, as the trees show us, it is healthy to welcome a slow descent into ourselves, to pull back our outward energy giving, and focus it on restoring ourselves. A time to give attention to parts of our growth that no longer serve us, and let its time come to pass.

In equal parts of day and night, light and dark, movement and rest - take heed.

Hush the pace of scattering noise around you, and pay attention to what your inner being is calling you to. What needs to be resolved now to leave it rest.

What rhythm of self-honouring do you need to practice.

What healing needs to take place within you.

We arrive at our astrological new year with our Aries new moon, and there is a lot of other big planetary movements taking place, positions that haven’t happened in nearly 250 years for Pluto… so its BIG. And it is for us not only as individuals, but as a collective of humans. Our foundations of what we’ve known as the structure of life happenings so far has definitely been getting shaky and I feel this is about to get unstable, in many ways, but this has to change. This has to change. This way of life is not sustainable and we can take all the help we can get from the planets to make this shift on a global scale!

AGENCY: the sense of control you feel in your life, your capacity to influence your own thoughts and behaviours, and belief that you are able to handle actions and their consequences

Often when we talk about empowerment, becoming empowered in your life, taking back power over your own life, we perceive this as shifting into a boost of confidence, self assurance, feeling in control of our life choices.. but this is much more than that. Aries arrives to snap awake in you this force of abrupt forward movement - charge ahead little ram! - use that power and go go go, as long as you know where you are going.

Imagine this energy giving you the kick you needed to make that decision you’ve been procrastinating about and instead just do it.. but now imagine if you could harness this energy boost and use it to take agency over your life… yes... take agency over your SELF and start making decisions that actually allow you to BE in control of your life within this shaky system we’re plugged into, to instead of charging ahead full speed with a yes, tap into the stubbornness of taking heed and saying no, no more of this.

Pay attention to make slow conscious calculated assessment for change, but use the fiery fuel of Aries to ignite that passion in you to drive you through these times with strength and self-certainty.

Fleck the system! This is the time of conscious human collective to thrive - to start the disconnect from a toxically flawed system of hurt and hinderance, into a reconnection with our own ability to sustain inner self and outer environments that nurture, that heal, that provide life in its delicate rhythm in balance, in harmonious relationship together, as we are designed to T H R I V E If you also haven’t felt like the new year you’d been hoping for didn’t arrive or go to plan, now is the time to take action towards making it happen. Transmute the negative into positive. It all starts and ends with you.

with love - rune