Okay. So. Thirty-one.
Last year, Life (speaking through the wisdom of my friendly neighborhood astrologer, Mecca–she’s actually based in NYC, but that’s not the point) charged me with the following:
- Focus on transforming your relationship to yourself and others; establishing and maintaining relationships that feed you; keeping something for yourself; setting healthy boundaries
- Be your own authority–Pair down to the necessities and get your act together for long term reward and stability
- Formulate plans that lead to financial stability
- Be up front and unapologetic about your needs
- Embrace radical transformation; eliminating psychic garbage; trust your intuition and emotions
- Go back to what you know (especially on the career front) and trust your judgement. Don’t be afraid to step into the unknown
Here’s what I’ve done:
- Moved in with Mama SBG to provide a cushion for leaving my job (a job that gave me daily anxiety attacks and psychosomatic body aches)
- Quit the job that made miserable before securing a new one–negotiated an exit plan that allowed me 6-8 weeks to job hunt
- Secured my dream job that includes an amazing boss, more money, and a fun industry
- Owned up to my desire to be desired. Not wanting marriage or children doesn’t relegate me to second-rate treatment. I require my lovers to be present, even if it doesn’t “go” anywhere.
- Accepted more vulnerability–stepped away from people and relationships that required me to wear a mask
- Had uncomfortable conversations and found peace on the other side
- Deepened and fully embraced my belief in astrology and tarot–even if it makes me sound like a flighty hippy sometimes
- Let go of the mythology I crafted about my life over the last eight years–which meant deleting my beloved blog archives (Book coming by the end of the month)
- Decided to listen when a wise woman told me: “Stop TRYING to be. Just BE.”
So, here I sit, on the eve of thirty-two. I’m coining it the #MagicYear. It started as a reference to Magic Johnson’s jersey number but here’s how synchronicity works: astrologically, the next year of my life will be heavily influenced by the planet Mercury. (My Solar Return chart has a Gemini Ascendant, a Virgo stellium and Saturn in the Sixth House). In tarot, Mercury is represented by The Magician.
Okay, thirty-two.
Show me a good time.
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