January Theme: Self-Mastery: Every choice I make is aligned with my truth
Astrology: Capricorn (Earth sign, ruled by Saturn)
Keywords: Dependable, sophisticated, resourceful, wise, responsible, loyal, disciplined, patient, ambitious, practical, cautious
Because Capricorn is a very resourceful, wise, responsible, and ambitious sign, this new moon invites us to remember the importance of being devoted to what makes us feel alive and to build structures to support our vitality.
Thoughts from our Global Sisterhood leaders for this month (modified from provided Global Sisterhood resources):
Capricorn’s energy lends us the perfect balance between discipline and devotion, and developing self-love and self-work as a sacred practice. Many of us often schedule our days based around “shoulds” and “have to’s”, the beauty of this month’s theme is how it reveals that we all have the opportunity to explore a different way of navigating through life.
Do you ever feel beholden to others expectations and needs? Whether familial or work-related, it’s easy to get in the trap of having to do, act, or be a certain way. When we don’t make choices aligned with what’s true for us on a psycho-spiritual level, we lose our own alignment which drains us of energy, inspiration, and flow. This especially applies to the small, seemingly unimportant decisions we make daily. When we make these tiny choices out of being beholden to others, “shoulds” or “have to’s” regarding a social expectation, or a limiting belief system we build ourselves a cage without meaning to.
The action we are invited to explore this new moon is simply this:
Slow down,
Take a deep breath,
Check in by asking…
“Is this in my highest alignment?”
Then be courageous enough to admit the truth to yourself and stand in it, even if it doesn’t make rational sense.
For this new moon, we dare you to give yourself one full lunar cycle, 28.5 days, to explore what happens when you live this way. What changes? What opens up for you?
Self-Mastery requires unplugging from the matrix, or the conditioned “conventional” way of doing things. You are invited to trust that you can move through life 100% aligned with what is in your highest good. It will take practice, surrender, trust, and courage to deviate from your standard way of operating. Together, as a sisterhood, let’s find the courage knowing that we are together. We are paving a path that is not riddled with martyrdom, but instead a path where everyone experiences joy and success. Welcome, sister, to the new moon in Capricorn.
Thoughts about the Capricorn Astrological Forecast
This new moon brings a powerful energy towards all the ways we structure and organize our lives, including routines and processes that help us move forward in our healing and day-to-day lives. Utilize this time wisely to both go within and celebrate with abundant gratitude how much you have learned and how far you have come!
Sister, YOU COME FIRST this new moon. Your intentions, your desires, your wisdom, your hopes, your dreams, your plans, and your soul all want to be prioritized. Be sure to create time for yourself, because your self-love and self-growth work are highlighted by this new moon’s energy.
Living an aligned life requires presence, attentiveness, and also organization. Prioritize what feels good to you.
Reflections and Suggestions
6-STEP PROCESS FOR FINDING RIGHT ALIGNMENT
1. Slow down and breathe
2. Connect with spirit
3. Bring the subject in question to your heart and mind
4. Ask “Is doing _______ aligned with my highest truth”?
5. Listen by feeling into your body, notice what sensations your body tells you.
6. If you get a clear yes, then proceed. If you get a clean no, don’t do it, if you get an unclear answer try this process again later or take time before making a decision.
HEALING OLD PATTERNS
- One of the secrets to lasting change is digging deep and choosing to integrate the wisdom of the lesson, it is something that came to teach us. To truly heal from our past, we must forgive ourselves so we can forge a new way.
- We often carry shame from our past mistakes, so we will often make the mistake again in some other way until we learn to forgive.
- Forgiving ourselves requires that we feel what’s happening in our emotional realm and use our heartbreak as medicine. We must understand why we made the choices we did. It’s usually not a choice we made on our own, but a choice we made as a result of upbringing, our ancestral trauma, and our conditioning. When we realize this we can deeply forgive ourselves.
- From there, it’s important to share with someone what you’ve been keeping inside. This will help you make new choices in the future.
- How do we do this? You must understand how that old pattern or way of being was serving you. Then, reflect on that part of yourself and shift that part of yourself that, in a way, was addicted to getting something out of the pattern. Next — and this part is important — choose to receive WISDOM from the old habit you are releasing so that you are moving forward healed, whole, and wiser because of it!
Discussion Questions:
- How do you desire to feel as you go throughout your day? What actions support you in feeling that way?
- What tasks do you do during the day that steal your joy? Is there any way you can delegate, not do, or find a way to bring more joy into the task?
- What agreements, contracts, obligations, or commitments have you made that you’re ready to burn, compost, or re-write? How do these need to shift in order to be aligned with your current soul’s needs, values, and priorities?
- What does your soul desire to bring forth this new year? Listen deeply as you answer this question — you may surprise yourself.
- What are your favorite self-love practices? What are your favorite self-reflection practices? What are your favorite solo practices for inner-work and healing?
Visualizations to add into the Heart Meditation for this New Moon:
- Imagine every single woman remembering the importance of her growth and inner work.
- Imagine every woman choosing to walk the path of self-mastery in a way that is completely authentic to her own heart and soul.
- Envision yourself and every woman in our community feeling powerful and courageous as each claims the space needed for inner reflection – for discipline and devotion – as we intentionally step into the new year.
- Allow yourself to release all that holds you back and distracts you from your powerful wisdom and path of healing; feel the clarity, freedom, and spaciousness that comes when you allow that.
- Feel how your inner work and self-love serve the collective consciousness.
- In this moment, feel yourself and every woman on the planet cultivating wisdom through the art of self-reflection, integration, and healing so that each can share her gifts and magic with the world.
- Bring this intention into your heart, surrounding it with light and love.
- With a deep breath, imagine sending it into the earth below, like a seed being planted. Feel it blossoming.
- Bring your hands to your heart and feel your heartbeat. Take a deep breath and gently open your eyes.
CLOSING POEM (written by Lauren Elizabeth Walsh of the Global Sisterhood):
“Oh Sweet Divine,
Exhaling into you, I sigh…
I sing..
I whisper
Hoping to silence my mind
Trusting that truth is always here
In the middle
In the breath
In the light
In my choices.
Oh my choices!
My choice to be brave
My choice to expand
My choice to explore
To surrender to the waves of the sea
The sea of life with all its vigor
depths
lightness
tides
pulls
dangers
risks
teachings
healings.
How ever do I navigate?
Is it by the stars?
What if it’s a cloudy night…
In my mind…
So much clutter in my mind.
How do I trust the winds
As they blow wherever they might blow?
How do I just let them tell me where to go?
I trust in my YES
I trust in my NO
I let go…
I let go…
I let go…”
Upcoming 2021 Kinstone Women’s Circle Event Dates, Astrologies and Themes:
Virtual Event: Friday, February 11 – Aquarius: New Paradigm Leader: I share my gifts to awaken our world
Likely Virtual Event: Monday, March 8 – International Women’s Day: <theme tba>
Likely Virtual Event: Friday, March 13 – Pisces: Feminine Intelligence: I trust my intuitive wisdom
Likely Virtual Event: Sunday, April 11 – Aries: Fierce Love: I stand in my power with clear boundaries
Tuesday, May 11 – Taurus: Empowered Beauty: My body, my rules
Thursday, June 10 – Gemini: Free the Voice: I speak and share my truth
Friday, July 9 – Cancer: Ancestral Healing: I heal the past, present, and future
Sunday, August 8 – Leo: Fearlessly Me: I choose to be seen
Monday, September 6 (Labor Day) – Virgo: The Great Mother: I am her daughter, Holy and Sovereign
Wednesday, October 6 – Libra: Restoring Balance: I heal the masculine and feminine within
Virtual Event: Thursday, November 4 – Scorpio: Sacred Sexuality: My pleasure, my power
Virtual Event: Saturday, December 4 – Sagittarius: The Heroine’s Journey: I’m the one I’ve been waiting for
Reminder: There are no in person gatherings for the Kinstone New Moon women’s circles during November, December, January, and February plus any months that weather or pestilence prevent us from gathering in person. We post “Virtual Events” for these months with insights and information you can use to honor the new moon on your own.
Photo credit: Kristine Beck
