I have yet to meet anyone who described 2025 as... gentle.   We can point to many reasons for this ,  but one that resonates with many folks is that 2025 was the year of the snake in the Chinese Zodiac Calendar (we ll, mostly anyway, the Chinese New Year technically began at the end of January last year).   In the Chinese Zodiac tradition, snake years involve a heavy amount of shedding, transformation, challenges and changes along with the ability to more authentically access grounded...

There's a lot of debate in the spiritual community on exactly when the New Year begins. Is it when the calendar flips on the first? Is it the Chinese New Year  in February? Is it with the arrival of Aries season in March? Or is in a pagan holiday like Imbolc  or Ostara ?   I really think it can be any of those and/or ALL of those (has there ever been a more Libra-coded answer?)   But truly, we have many, many places where we begin anew within a calendar year. And any place where a shift...

Have you ever heard the joke that you can be as naughty are you want the week between Christmas and New Years? The punchline is that Santa doesn't ask you if you've been good since last Christmas, he asks if you've been good this year. So the week in between is, like, a freebie. A week to be a little cheeky, a little sloth-y, a little less routined or structured.   It's this space that I've become fascinated with over the last few years. To me, this liminal space is so magical. It's this...