Weekly Insights: Healing Change...

We just finished moving through the entire arcana the past 22 weeks, and we are at a turning point in the year and in our lives. Whatever cycles we have been experiencing up to this point, things will be shifting one way or another. When we are happy, we sometimes fear change because we think that it will disrupt our joy. When we are unhappy, we sometimes welcome in change thinking that it will help us start anew. Either way, change offers uncertainty that can either feel exciting and hopeful or scary and challenging. We become attached to our lives - whether we are having a good time or not - and we fight for consistency. "The Comfort Zone" becomes all too comfortable and can work against us if we let it. But, when we flow through changes as they arise naturally in our lives, then we can learn how to adapt to adversity and become stronger from the lessons that come from these experiences. Change is one of the healthiest things that humans can experience.

When our lives take a turn and things start to change, a door opens for growth. The brain, the body, and the spirit all shift when we are challenged by something new. New skills, new insights, new possibilities, and new strengths emerge, and we find ourselves growing in new ways. Just like we are able to change our furniture around in our homes to create a positive shift, changing routines, schedules, or commitments can do the same thing. Embrace the gift of resilience by adapting to any changes that come up at this time of year. Uranus shares that these changes are magical gifts that help us open to up to life. Nothing from the Earth remains the same year after year, so let's embrace change the way trees and shrubs do, without fear or worry. We can focus on shaping the shifts we experience into the direction that can benefit us and our life purpose the best.

The end of one cycle brings us to the beginning of another. The 22nd week indicates that each of us is entering a new beginning into the infiniteness of possibilities. It takes trust, faith, and courage to enter into the unknown, but that is oftentimes the space where we transform. Just like when we were born, we had to leave the womb of the inner world to go to the outer world to grow and develop into who we were meant to be. If we don't allow ourselves to experience change, then we are denying ourselves those brilliant opportunities to grow.

Letting go of those attachments that keep us stagnant is an act of bravery. Growth occurs at that exact space - where our attachments release, "The Comfort Zone" ends, and the fears that keep us stuck in a forever cycle are transmuted into Love. We are growing until our last breath - all we need to do is embrace the changes that come, while staying present in what life offers us today. We may have to sacrifice something we Love in order to gain much more. However, when we look back years afterward, we will realize that it was all worth it in the end.