This is actually my first post of 2025, and it didn’t come until March, a few months into the year, and a couple of days into the new astrological year, coincidentally (or not…?). I didn’t even realize until I looked at my posts that it had been that long since my last post, but there it is. I guess I just haven’t quite felt like blogging for a while, as I’ve been experiencing a lot of shifts, and I guess although I have been journaling, I didn’t quite feel like I wanted to share everything with the world lately. And since I always try to follow my inner guidance, if something doesn’t feel quite right, I don’t do it.
But now that the astrological new year is here, and we’re in Aries season, and I’m feeling the energies shifting a bit, I actually do feel like I would like to post something again, for the first time in a while, so here we are. As I have mentioned before in my blog posts, in recent years I’ve tended to feel a stronger shift of energy at the astrological new year as opposed to the calendar new year, and this year is no exception. Actually, I think this year the energy shift feels even stronger than in the past years, yet I don’t think the shift is quite complete yet, as we’re still in the midst of eclipse season, and in Venus and Mercury retrograde.
I am actually in Istanbul as I write this blog post, visiting a friend, and of course, also checking out the city, as it is my first time here. It has been an interesting trip so far. I’ve been to the main tourist spots in the old town of Istanbul, but also explored some less touristy areas, and I kind of like that. It’s nice to experience a little bit of everyday life when you’re traveling, I think, not just doing all the usual tourist things. But Istanbul is an interesting city, with a long and colorful history, and the culture is quite different to what I’m used to, so I find that stimulating. It has got me thinking about the different cultures and religions in the world and how we’re often set up to be suspicious of what is different, yet usually, once you get to know people a bit, you realize we’re not so different after all.
Sometimes I feel the media in the west tend to paint a picture of Muslims that is less than favorable, but that stuff is just superficial. It’s almost like we’re conditioned to look at people from these countries with a preconceived judgement, yet reality is something quite different. Although I’ve always prided myself on being an open-minded person and enjoyed getting to know people from different places and cultures, I still don’t think I’ve been completely immune to this conditioning, something that I have realized more on this particular trip. I also think there was some past life stuff that I needed to heal, as well, that played a role in that (some patriarchal stuff), that I feel I’ve been able to release while here, so I feel I’ve gotten quite a bit out of the trip so far.
So my process is still continuing, yet I find it isn’t nearly as deep and painful anymore. I still feel some anxiety being triggered at times, sometimes even quite strongly, yet most of the time I can see pretty clearly what it’s about and why I’m experiencing it, and that makes it a lot easier to deal with and let go of whatever I need to release. In fact, I feel I’m on the precipice of something major now, perhaps on the way to inner union actually. I’m not quite there yet, but I feel I’m getting closer and closer all the time. It looks like I may be getting some new opportunities at work also, but things haven’t quite been finalized yet, so I won’t say too much about at this point. But it’s something I’m excited about, and is giving me an opportunity to do more of what I’m passionate about, so that will be quite amazing.
On another note, I’ve started to deep dive into the world of astrology in recent months, and that is something both quite fascinating and healing. Of course, I’ve followed the major astrological events for some years now and have been noticing how they affect me. Full moons and new moons give me a time to release and shift my focus on a monthly basis, but the big events like the eclipses and the equinoxes and the solstices I tend to feel quite strongly. This one now is no exception, yet I feel that this one isn’t so steeped in deep, heavy stuff that I need to release (although there has been some of that, too), but I feel just as much new and positive energy coming in. And mostly I feel better and lighter than ever, even when clearing stuff, it doesn’t feel so heavy anymore, like it used to.
But beyond these major astrological events, I’ve felt called to dive deeper into my own birth chart more, and try to understand myself better through the lense of astrology. In particular, it’s karmic astrology that I’ve felt most drawn to, as that takes into account our past lives, too, which I feel are an important aspect of who we are and influences our personality and behavior in the present. So I’ve found it quite helpful and healing to understand why I am the way I am, with my ascendant and sun in Sag (freedom-seeking, and a love of learning and traveling), my Cancer moon (sensitive, with a tendency to withdraw when hurt), and my north node (and other planets) in Scorpio (with a need to go deep and explore my own psyche, sexuality and opening up to my own personal power). All of this and more has made so many things fall into place for me, and is helping me to see more clearly why I’m here and what I came here to accomplish in this life.
I’ve even been contemplating studying astrology on a deeper level, and had found a course that I was planning to enroll in, but then I felt that now isn’t quite the time for that particular course. Actually, I had already purchased a course a few years ago on galactic astrology, and I’m going through it again now. I feel I’m getting so much more out of it this time around, now that I’m beginning to understand astrology on a deeper level. And I’m reading books that are helping me to gain a deeper understanding of different aspects of the field of astrology (it is such a vast topic, after all!). So I will continue with that for now, and perhaps I will enroll in some more courses later on, if I decide that is a path I want to go down. It’s a little too early to say whether I want to pursue becoming an astrologer at this point, but I do still feel the need to dive deeper into my own chart. More to explore there…
With that I will sign off for today, and I wish you a happy, peaceful astrological new year! Hopefully it won’t be so long until I write again the next time, but until then…
Sending you lots of love & light,
Divine Love Alchemy 