My January is for Paying Attention
Even the most connected and aware of us can get sucked in hard with the ‘New Year, New Me’, ‘New Everything’, ‘Reinvention’, ‘Go Hard or Go Home’ energies. It takes an immense amount of will and a ‘thou shall not fuck with me’ mentality to stay steady in not knee-jerk doing when this time of year is your wintering time.
Did you know that so many cultures who are spiritually aware don’t celebrate new year until the Spring Equinox? Did you know that the Zodiac starts over in Aries Season (also kick starting near the Spring Equinox of March 21st)? It makes so much sense if for many of us Northern Hemisphere folks really feel themselves ‘waking up’ come late March or Early April. Our whole natural world is waking up too. If we are witchy inclined folks who are heavily influenced by nature’s cycles and ebbs and flows, trying to ‘make shit happen’ before then can feel like we are trying to move through sludge.
I wonder what our lives would be like if more of us tended to our own rhythms and cycles. If we really honoured what we are being pulled to do and how we are pulled to do it. I mean, it’s my whole damn life and work now and I can still struggle when the over culture is so loud.
My January is really for noticing.
Noticing what feels right and what feels sticky.
Noticing which core values are coming up stronger for me now.
Noticing where things feel misaligned and harder than they need be.
Noticing my relationship to and stories about ease and rest.
Noticing any old stories of ‘norms’ that have popped back up (especially in this shame cycle breaker era of Capricorn Season).
Noticing any big yearnings and coveting of how I really, truly and honestly want things to be.
Noticing how and where I’m already resourced for any needed pivots and where I may need some supports.
Noticing if and how my actions match my goals.
Noticing what’s frustrating the life out of me and where I can shift my mindset or actions around this.
I’m not saying we don’t take ANY action. I’m saying, let’s notice and observe ourselves and our wee worlds first before we jump headlong into other people’s ‘shoulds’.
We get to choose how we start each of our years and I choose to approach my 2025 gently, with intention and with awareness.
Here’s some of my noticings:
I am spiritually allergic to the vast diet culture machine that revs its salivating engines for this time of year. It gives me the ick so hard.
The post festive period hangover is real. More obligations, less structure, more consumption, more energy drains (even amongst the wonderful things) is exhausting. I am exhausted.
Getting back to basics in this season while processing any lingering shame stories is hugely healing.
It’s KISS time! Keep it Simple Sweetheart! (My Primary 1’s used to repeat this to me when we started to lose the plot a bit in class…usually during an art activity 😅)
Shame lives in the dark so I’m sharing with trusted folks and shining a big ol’ light on any possible sources. This is Capricorn Season things…we are breaking those cycles. This time of year is ideal for that kind of healing (I have a free Astro-Tarot support for this season on the blog!).
Comforts are important and can also be draining. I’m spending time weeding through my comfort go-tos to see which are for me, which need tweaking or limiting and which need releasing or swapping out.
Writing is magic. It’s literally the Magician’s work. Putting pen to paper and just writing is a huge form of channeling. I can’t recommend it enough.
Getting outside is vital. Like, crucial.
I wonder what you are noticing in this Wintering time. Care to Share below something that has really revealed itself to you so far?
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