A wild horse frolics joyfully in a wild-horse-friendly refuge. (Photo by Steve Hildebrand, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, courtesy of Wiki-Commons.
There is a concentrated energy of new beginnings at the moment, with the five-element theme making a big shift from water to fire.
Regeneration is one of several key ‘fire themes’ of this coming year — think ‘Phoenix’, the beautiful bird that rises from the ashes of its former self.
This new moon – super moon in high-vibe Aquarius arrives with the Lunar New Year, Venus stationing direct, and the cross-quarter festival of Imbolc (St. Brigid’s Feast Day for the Christian calendar).
That all adds up to a bona fide ‘power portal’ for intentional energy, visioning, regeneration, and renewal work.
The Lunar New Year carries us into the Year of the Yang Horse, or Year of the Green Wood Horse, in the Chinese tradition — a very different energetic and archetypal environment than the previous several years.
My friend and kindred-spirit, Molly Hall, shares some excellent insights on this new moon and new Year of the Horse. Highly recommended – you’ll find her articles here.
Brigid’s Fire at Kildare Abbey
I’ve written quite a bit about Imbolc and Bhrìghde (or Brigid), too. Find one of those articles (and links to others) here.
And you’ll find a good article about the energies and potentials of the Green Wood Horse from Taoist qigong teacher Michael Winn here.
Wishing you a regenerative, shimmering, and freshly inspired vision and sense of Self and purpose at this new moon, Lunar new year power-portal time!
Looking for guidance and inspiration-partnering to discern your vision and pathway, or reconnect with your Heart Fire and Phoenix-Self? Consider scheduling a session or series – send me an email to explore (info ‘at’ sophias-children ‘dot’ com).
Jamie has long been an inspiration partner and lantern-holder for her fellow transformation leaders, change catalysts, and creative nonconformists who are living, inspiring, and (intentionally or not) leading the way in these chaotic times.
When she's not tending and stirring the Sophia's Children cauldron, she's following research trails, and serving as the Director of a Repro-Justice-oriented women's health center in her community, co-creating a safe, in-person compassionate care environment in a world that increasingly seems to lack that.
Jamie is a long-time servant of the Muse, a writer and author, an intrepid walker and feline-tender, and is passionate about the healing power and relevance of reclaiming ancestral-wisdom and healing (or at least understanding) ancestral (and other types of) trauma. She has great appreciation for dark chocolate and cooking other nourishing, delicious meals -- often plant-based -- to nourish her partner and her peeps, and otherwise doing the same day to day things we all do.
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