Energy Reading for January 2007
Staff Writer: Theresa Chaze
The energy reading for January 2007 is going to signal the completion of many aspects of our lives. As the year ends, old tasks, behaviors and lifestyles will close like the cover a novel after the last page has been read. It is the turning of the energy tide as it rises up in preparation of 2012. Many will have sad regrets of what was, could have been, or is no longer. To look back in retrospect is a healing way of putting the future into perspective, however to get stuck there is to deny yourself the future possibilities.
As I was shuffling, the Queen of Pentacles jumped out and wanted attention. This is the card of the strong feminine energy that is coming back to the forefront of consciousness. With it comes the balancing of the power between our feminine and masculine halves. No longer will it be acceptable or satisfying to be only half a person. Those who stubbornly insist on living only as a halfling will find themselves alone, no longer accepted by peers and loved ones as they reach for competition within themselves. It is a time of balancing of karma and the bringing of justice. No one will be able to hide from the karmic bill that is coming due.
In the past is the Empress. Strong, fertile and creative this card reveals how many of us have grown out of the struggles we have faced. We have wiggled free from the old snake’s skin to look forward to the new challenges before us. As the butterfly, we have escaped the cocoon, transformed and strengthened by the struggle; we now sit in the sun, waiting for our wings to dry before taking flight. The world is now open to us; we only have to decide which breeze to take to give us liftoff. I see a gathering on a mountain. Not a physical one, but one of the spirit. Many have climbed, flown or descended to the summit. They have one goal–enlightenment for themselves, which in turn awakens all around them. Through the struggles of their awakening, they have come together on this spiritual plane and are now ready to do so on the physical. In the not to distant future, the collaboration will be come a reality to all; in doing so the power shift will be brought to the public and the darkness will be revealed.
In the present is the eight of swords. In many ways we are emotionally torn. There is a great difference between what we feel with our soul and what we are experiencing emotionally and physically. All around we see and experience the power struggles and conflicts. We feel powerless like the fall leaves in a winter wind. Yet these are the last challenges; the last tempering and sharpening of the sword to make it an effective weapon. So we are experiencing the finally cleansing of our souls and spirits. It may not be a good time right now, but once we come out the other side we will be grateful for the wisdom and strength we have been blessed with.
The future is the Star. The fact that there are two major arcana in this reading speaks to how the Divine is intervening in all our lives. The Star says keep your faith, hope and focus on the goals. What is it that you are reaching for? It is closer than you realize. Claim it and it will be yours. Before the first full week’s ending, those who have done the work and allow it to happen will have reached the first of their goals. In doing so, they will be beacons for the rest to follow. By opening up and accepting, without judgment, we give ourselves access to all the knowledge, wisdom and energy of the Divine.
The challenge we will all face is the two of wands. The key words are balance and perseverance. The only limits on your success are the ones you and your imagine place on yourself. As we have come together to find harmony and union, so we will create success for each other and become examples for others to emulate. The material world will now reflect the spiritual beauty within us. Where we walk we will not only plant the seeds of wisdom and respect, but we will nurture them into growth. The awakening has begun.
There are several I speak to directly. Now is not the time to give into the dark path you have walked away from before. It would be so easy to give into the anger and the fear–so easy to do harm in the name of helping one you love. Your challenge is to keep on the path of light and love. Instead of the dark arts, approach the challenge from love. What would it take for someone to change your mind? Use that tack and you will be able to achieve your goal without doing harm to yourself. Soul to soul, speak to the other. Tell it how much you love and wish them to change. Show them that how harming other does not make them stronger, only less respected by those you wish with your whole heart to impress. In this way, you both will heal.