The astrologers have been telling us all year that big changes were on the horizon. That this is the end of a 7-year cycle, and a new one is about to begin. That a portal is emerging for us to take. And we are projected to be entering the age of Aquarius as well, a time of intellectual growth and innovation! Big signs were pointed at this year as a path of change. And I, as many of you may have also, thought this might mean something big for the collective! A new paradigm shift, a new timeline, a quantum leap! Well, the good news is we are getting that portal, it just may not be in the way you had hoped for. Which is really on brand for the universe!
I remember seeing all this exciting astrological stuff about this year, and hoping, praying that it would have to do with a Black woman in the White House. I see how idealistic this is, yes. But let a girl dream. I thought, maybe this was the incredible timeline leap we were about to take. But alas, the universe laughs at me again. You see, we don't get what we want, we get what we need. And clearly this is exactly what we need.
I think America got exactly what she deserved.
And I don't want you to think I'm some spiritual bypasser over here and I'm just avoiding the feelings of despair to find the good in it all. Believe me, there has been despair! I'm feeling all the feelings that are coming up (check out my last blog to learn a practice in feeling all your feelings), and I'm finding a calmness in the storm that I didn't have the first time through. It's not that things will be joyful all the time; it's not that people won't die from this choice. People will die, and there will be decades long consequences for America. But there's a knowing this time that we are riding this wave to the bottom, and from rock bottom the energies are crystal clear, and the portals back up are endless.
So, no matter how you felt about this election, this next cycle is going to be huge! Through hitting rock bottom, the alchemists understand this is a divine point of clarity and transformation. In metallurgy, hitting rock bottom symbolizes reaching a state where all non-essentials have been stripped away, leaving only the most basic and truest elements. This is like your soul in this age. Through each step deeper into the rabbit hole, we are cleansing what does not belong and stripping our soul of the excess. At this point of clarity, true transmutation can begin!
This point may feel raw or vulnerable. Welcome those feelings! This is a view into your core self, your true self, your full self, unclouded by the ego or superficial desires. These next years may be truly shocking as we meander in this rock bottom. I'm sorry for that. I truly am. Whole communities will suffer. Trans people, especially Black trans women, will be murdered at higher rates. Trans youth will see higher suicides because of the hateful rhetoric. Women who desperately want the children they're pregnant with will die without access to necessary healthcare. The border crisis will worsen in ways that will lead to higher deaths at the border. A rapist is now in the White House. These are facts that I can't ignore and that make me cry. And these facts strip away the non-essential pieces of who I am. I will not look away, for this will give me clarity beyond what I've ever seen before.
Let the rawness of this era penetrate you. It will offer you a portal. For those who are ready to be transmuted, to be changed, to be transformed, this era will offer you many opportunities. Most will not take the portal. That's just a fact as well. Most will not use this rock bottom to allow it to strip away their ego, their destructive beliefs, or to touch their vulnerable soul. Most will use this to stew in the low vibrations of fear, judgement, overwhelm, shame, and guilt. And they will be welcomed into that vibration by many. They will celebrate that vibration and resist all attempts of the portals to get them to open up into raw, open, vulnerable truth.
I'm not here to tell you which choice was right or wrong, that doesn't matter anymore. I'm here to show you that no matter what you chose, we are entering an era that has the potential to crack you open to your core and allow you to rise to peace, joy, and love. Or to show you that you will be kept in very good company to stay in fear, judgement, or shame. There will be a portal, it will be clearer for some than others, but the portal will be the same. It's a portal asking you if you can be vulnerable even now. A portal seeking if you have stripped away all the non-essential pieces and are ready to ride this rock bottom to the top. Will you find it?
And a special note to the communities especially hard hit by this outcome: the LGBTQ+ community, Black women, the sacred sexuality community, immigrants, sexual assault victims, and anyone who practices an alternative lifestyle that does not fit their narrative, like the kinksters, the vegans, the witches, the non-monogamous community, and more. I see you. I hear your pain. I hold you with love. I am a resource for you. I am with you. Just because we are hitting this low does not invalidate you, does not make you smaller. Don't let them tell you how to live, like you have always not let them tell you how to live. And I won't judge you for trying to stay safe. Do what you need to do in this time to create safety for yourself and survive. Find safer spaces to be able to relax in. If you need to hide or cover up who you are to some people, I forgive you. It's ok to do things that feel gross for your safety. Watch your back and be aware of who is operating in fear around you. They cannot be trusted to keep you safe. They don't care that we are put in this position of defense for simply existing. We are the cost. But that doesn't mean we don't get to take the portal. Focus on creating the life you want to live, while staying safe. We have fought through so much and are being asked to fight more. Take time away from the politics if you need to. But don't ignore the situation. Don't become numb to it. Feel it all, and through feeling it, you will find the portal. Please reach out if you need support.
INSPIRED ACTION: Journal about how you could be missing the portal. Write out all the ways you could be hanging on to ego, and not feeling the rawness of this time. Scribe the truths that could be blocking your portal. Maybe you'll find some deep inner work that could take years to discover the portal, maybe you'll find the portal is already brimming to meet you. Whatever you find, keep going.
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