Planning and Building

Energetic alignment with new year

“Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.” - Abraham Lincoln

Anyone else feeling frustrated and held back from New Year's plans and intentions?

Typically we are raring to go, anticipating new energy and new ideas to be brought forth and allow us to break free from last years “stuff”

However I sense a “we aren’t quite there yet” energy in the air in my own life. And that is reflected in the conversations I am having with clients and friends. It’s a feeling that we need to finish what we started, if we attempt to create now then we build on soft ground and create a fear of sinking.

This time feels like steady growth, planning and visioning the future. Not yet ready to act on.

We are still in preparation for the year ahead. Astrologically the New Year is much later and in Human Design the New Year, officially known as the “The Rave New Year” actually begins around January 22nd.

I generally “feel” when new cycles are beginning and I do my best to work with nature's cycles. My mind wants to move because my outer World and environment tells me so. But within I know I still have some things to do, some tedious and some more exciting.

I am still climbing out from under the releasing, re-evaluating and redefining all I witnessed, learned, created and grew last year. Still sorting out what I want and don’t want, where I need to go and what I need to do.

I started by carrying loose ends. Decisions were still hanging, choices needed to be made. I had been living in survival mode for so long that I felt I had to rush around like a lunatic and make stuff happen. Needless to say my plans fell short and I had to sit in my shit and re-evaluate over and over until I could make sense of it all.

This year I sense the need to do it differently. To deal with things at the root level as much as I am able, enabling me to stay out of survival and reactive responses and into better built structures for my life. It feels more grounded and Earthy, it calls in the resources and support I will need to carry out my plans, these visions need to be built on strong foundations and not on sand.

Looking again at astrology I can see where this feels comfortable for me. Aquarius Sun (Air). Libra Rising (Air) but with a Capricorn Moon (Earth) I long for this grounded stability and structure, and after a whirlwind 2023 I am SO ready for things to shift. But as I discuss with my clients, we must build from the bottom up. We must move with the energy and not force against it or skip steps.

As we start to clear the decks, brighter and newer energy can emerge. We have space from the mind clutter to create something stronger and take it in small steps. One task and then another until clarity arises. Plans can be created and held more steadily and safely. Patience is required, which is not generally my forte but I feel the energy supporting me with this.

I am currently looking at building more supportive ways of working and living. I am integrating and adding to skills I acquired last year and mastering them to be able to serve at a higher level and provide a better client experience. I am slowly journaling all the possibilities, making steady progress and creating a structure that allows me to live a better life. I am allowing myself to dream a little bigger and ask for a little more.

If you are feeling a little lost under the pile of loose ends. If you are trying to push against the tide and are feeling exhausted already. If you are trying to build on sand...

Stop. Take a moment.

Look at what is left undone.

Make a list.

Prioritise the tasks

And when you stop for cuppa. Allow yourself to dream a future it existence.