Welcome to the future – it’s here! 2019 has quietly come upon us, much like the 6 inches of snow that has silently fallen today here in Sedona!
We are going to have a nice quiet evening to ponder what we are leaving behind and what we are inviting in. At the end of this post is a downloadable checklist to include in your very own New Years Ritual
2018 was a year so full of paradox that it has become all but a cartoon of real life. We had so much stalled energy, fake news and false hopes that some have begun to question reality. Still, it’s important to know that we can and DO influence our experience (and our health) with our thoughts and words.
Therefore, on the brink of the new year which begins with a powerful eclipse on January 5, I encourage taking time to delve deep to find clarity of purpose, strip away all that is non-essential and get ready to roll up your sleeves because this year we will have several eclipses, with the first happening on January 5th in the sign of Capricorn.
The energy of Capricorn is all about creation and putting in the hard work to nurture your projects to fruition. And for those who put in the hard work, pay their dues and get the job done, the rewards are SURE to follow. And just to be sure that we “get it right” 2020 will be like a “do over”, “repeat”, or “command performance” as it too will have a strong Capricorn theme. It’s as if the Principal has come to check your homework, or the IRS has come to audit your books. It’s about “doing the right thing because it’s the right thing to do”. Success is assured for the earnest and hardworking and karma can come as blessings and gifts from good deeds done in the past.
To keep it on the lighter side, I offer an easy step-by-step guide to follow for the first 12 days of the year. Each day has a simple task, theme and intention that will help you to bring your deepest needs from deeply buried dreams to images, actions and results. Have fun with it and don’t worry, there isn’t ONE suggestion to join a gym or lose weight :~)
Please join me in these daily activities during the first 12 days of January – let’s sculpt our lives with intention and create peace in our environment wherever we are. Surely our energy fields will eventually overlap and all in our environment will feel the peace and love and grace will be our shared experience.
Namaste’
And now – on to the rituals…
Download the pdf version New Year Ritual
The First 12 Days of January
The first 12 days of January is a very powerful time to visualize the way you would like your life to manifest during the rest of the year. If you take a few moments each day to invoke a particular vibration, you will be amazed by your own power of manifestation. The following is a list of invocations for each of the first 12 days of the year.
Start with a letter to yourself on New Year’s Eve that is written as if all of the things you are writing about have already occurred. Describe in detail the joyous events that you would like to have happened during the year, remember, this is a fantasy and it can be as grandiose as you like. Be sure to include all aspects of your life including creativity, love relations, personal growth opportunities, career goals, material gain (new home, new car, etc.). Most of all HAVE FUN!
1. Indulgence/self-pleasure: give to yourself today. Deposit money into your bank account. Invest in yourself and self-gratification.
2. Relationships: give and receive through relationships with others acknowledge the importance of friends and family.
3. Communication/travel: telephone people with whom communication is important to you. If possible travel for pleasure, even if it is only a short drive.
4. Work: work with diligence and focus, extend yourself in areas that you would like to work in. In other words, in addition to your current vocation, volunteer, donate or assist in other areas of interest to you.
5. Travel: need I say more? Get out into the world and view it with the eyes of an adventurer. Go anywhere that you can that is out of the ordinary.
6. Responsibility: Pay something towards every bill to which you are obligated. This sets a pattern of responsibility and affords you the feeling that there is nothing that you are shirking or avoiding.
7. Psychic Awareness: meditate, get a massage, have a reading, anything that helps you tune into the higher guidance. Acknowledge the guidance that is there, affirming your acceptance and appreciation for it.
8. Receive gifts, anything owed to you, especially money. 8 is the number of business and rewards related to business.
9. Fortune / Fame: how others will see you throughout the year. Get out and be seen looking your best. Meet with friends, eat out etc.
The last three days reflect a higher vibration of the first three in order to refine our self-definition and goals.
10. Self
11. Relationships
12. Communication and Travel
