Dark Moon. New Moon. Solar eclipse. The Year of the Fire Horse. Ramadan. Mardi Gras/Lent. Imbolc. Did I miss anything? Spiritually, there is SOOOO much going on right now. It’s no wonder I am feeling the way I am. Restless. I can’t think of any other way to describe it.
Work was a shit show today. So f-ing busy that I feel like I did not accomplish anything! It’s evening now and for the last couple of hours I’ve just been wandering around not really knowing what to do with myself. Deciding on a music channel to listen to is one of the few decisions made tonight. So I came here. Figured that as soon as I started tapping the keys, words would just start to flow. So my apologies if I end up just rambling on. LOL
I just saw this quote on the GMA website – “This year is known as the fire horse because it coincides with the fire element, which is expected to bring “a cycle of heightened passion, boldness, energy, and courage,” according to the Asia Society.” And I believe it! It does feel like things are changing this year. We shall see! And I’ll do my best to journal as much of it as I can.
Planning my garden for the year has also been something I’ve been working on. I know where I want the planters. And the purchases needed for the garden are planned out as well over the next several weeks. Right now, tomatoes, jalapenos, bell peppers, sugar snap peas, carrots, cucumber, beets, zucchini, summer squash, and butternut squash are at the top of the list. Kale, cauliflower, and corn are options as well. Eggplant did not make the list this year. As fun as it was to grow, I still have a bunch in my freezer that has gone uneaten. I should have given more away.
So I’m going back and forth between this and the interwebs. 😀 But I really want to pull a card from my Elemental Empath oracle deck.
Isn’t it beautiful? (That is a picture from the creator’s Instagram, no mine.
Okay, so I pulled the “Intimacy” card and well, I’m not gonna talk about that here today. That may be a message Spirit has for me.
So I pulled another and got “Expression.” Across the bottom of the card are the words, ‘Find Voice,’ ‘Bottled up Emotion,’ and ‘Communicate.’ This certainly resonates with me and I am certain others who may be reading this can relate as well.
As women, and of course not just women, but usually women, we are told to stay quiet, small, don’t make a fuss. We are conditioned. And we do keep it all in. But we don’t have to! It is not healthy to keep emotions all bottled up. Trust me, I know. It’s been a life long learning experience. Almost 56 and still working on it.
I’m thinking that this new year – The year of the Fire Horse is going to be incredible all around. Already we have been seeing people using their voices for good! We need to keep doing that. Find that voice. Use it to express yourself – often. We have a lot of anger right now and we are allowed to feel it. The main thing is expressing it in ways where we are not attacking others. Use that energy for good!
Using our voice to communicate and get those emotions out is so important. Whatever the situation may be. Setting boundaries. Expressing your needs and desires. Or even verbalizing the anger and frustration you are feeling about the world we are living in right now – Release it! (But in a productive way)
This one was short and sweet. If you read it, let me know. Leave a comment. Tomorrow is the New Moon. I’ll try to be back.
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