So, today marks apparently a new beginning. At least from the astrological side of things, we have a new beginning with a new moon in Leo. According to a really great source, Mystic Mama,
I think this helps pave the discussion of what is truly behind embarking on a new beginning.
Well, what this new moon energy really entails doesn't just miraculously enable new beginnings today. It actually requires preparation that would have begun months ago in order to allow for Leo's new moon energy to take full affect. But even if you didn't start preparing months ago, and you decide instead that today is the day that your new life begins, it's important to understand the source behind being able to really start anew. YOU!
By establishing a clarity within yourself as to what honors your whole being and standing in YOUR power, you can then begin to manifest many gifts. It's obviously easier said than done. Trust me, I know first hand how difficult it is to put yourself first when you have spent most of your life worrying about what others expect of you.
So allow me to get personal and share with you how today marks the beginning of my new life!
Eight months ago EXACTLY to the day, I was dumped by a guy that I thought was THE ONE! I so much as even divorced my ex-husband of two months (we dated for 5.5 years) to be with this other guy. I have absolutely no regrets having left my husband because it was WAY over before it ended. But this new guy just gave me a reason to leave the very thing that would have never allowed me to follow my real path. But, here we are, a year and half later and this guy was dumping me! The guy who I thought was everything I wanted. I give him credit for at least honorably not dragging on the relationship further than needed. But needless to say, I was heart broken. In the 12 years I had spent dating seriously, it was the first time my heart ever truly got broken. I walked away from this relationship realizing two things:
1) It happened for a reason (just like everything else in our lives), and
2) I never wanted to suffer again.
Allow me to elaborate on #2. You see, the biggest pain I always felt growing up came from men and relationships. Unfortunately, I had unsolved, unhealed, and unsorted issues stemming from having been abandoned by my birth father as a young child, and then later dealing with a very difficult teenage relationship with my step father. While my relationship with my step dad improved over years (and now we are like two peas in a pot), I never truly was able to heal all those wounds. Instead of taking the time to focus on me, in between long-term relationships, I just kept jumping from one to the next. I was a serial-relationship artist seeking security and stability because I didn't feel these qualities within myself. I inherently was seeking them externally. I depended on the relationship to complete me, to define in some small way who I was. This ultimately made me put a lot of pressure and expectations on the guy I would be dating at the time. I put the responsibility on him to make me happy. But I then realized several months before this last breakup that it was the very essence of my putting these expectations on this guy that was the reason for my suffering. After all, there isn't a single person on this earth that can meet every single one of our expectations. Sure, it's normal to expect your partner to remain faithful, but to expect him to make you happy every moment of every day? Please!
The very famous author of The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho, wrote another fantastic book about the dynamics of a husband and wife, and how often throughout the course of a marriage, either party can become too comfortable in the relationship to the point where their independent growth stops and no longer contributes to the overall growth of the relationship. Complacency becomes the entity that interferes with the marriage. In The Zahir, he states,
I read this book in September of 2012, and after reading this line, I realized I had to change my entire perception of how I approached my life and achieved my happiness. So, I guess it was no surprise that God/The Universe was behind this breakup in January 2013--he was preparing me for the very thing I wanted: a long-lasting happiness achieved by having pure love in my life.
But how do you find pure love? By establishing purity within yourself.
What began as an unknown journey to finding these answers and hoping to get back with my ex boyfriend, resulted in my outgrowing him all together, learning to stand in my power, letting go of control, letting go of neediness, accepting my self-worth, allowing for pure love to come in, and walking the path of faith, trust and patience (these last three will always continue to be life-long lessons). I can assure you none of these things were easy to achieve. But I did this with the help of an amazing psychic and Reiki healer, Renee.
I won't go into the details of how I met her, but like many of you, I started out trying to get basic psychic answers to infamous questions, such as "does my ex still love me? Will he call me? Will I ever see him again?" But I realized VERY quickly that these questions, regardless of how accurate the readings, lead me still feeling very empty and unsatisfied. Why? Because I knew that they weren't solving the perpetual problem--finding inner peace and balance to achieving long-lasting happiness and pure love. And once again, in order to achieve this, it had to begin with doing some major soul searching, by digging deep within and uncovering all those ugly things that no one ever wants to look at. Spirit lead me to Renee, and there began my schooling. I was on a mission. I promised myself that I never wanted to suffer so I was willing to do whatever it took. And! If that wasn't enough pressure, I put a goal that I wanted to achieve this by my 30th birthday. So I had 6 months to get my self together. Yeah...sure.
Well, believe it or not, I did it! Call me a freak of nature or whatever you will, but my loved ones will be the first to tell you that I have absolutely grown in ways they didn't imagine.
Needless to say, throughout this process, my natural psychic abilities only grew stronger and more pure. I ascended through many levels, allowing me to really channel amazing clear messages from spirit which have thus far been very accurate. But again, ascension and achieving clarity and eliminating my "cob webs" could only have happened by my taking an honest approach to healing these wounds. My approach just happened to be through Reiki healings. It was clear that this was my path. Your approach could be very different. There is no right way. The point is, you do what it takes to get yourself clear/pure, to focus on you, to make YOURSELF the center of your happiness. And only in this way will you truly open yourself for a brand new beginning.
So allow me to finish off this very long post (sorry!) by saying that yesterday would have been the 2 year anniversary of my marriage with my ex-husband. Instead, it marked the very last day of my old life. Today marks the first day of my new beginning, starting with a new love, a new job, and new perspective.
If you think it's too late to start anew, don't. It's never too late. Just make sure you start by looking deep within yourself, taking full responsibility for the things you're not happy about and the things you want to change. And never look back. Believe in the magic of faith. God/The universe is on your side.
Wishing you many blessings, love, and light.
Andrea
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"*NEW MOON* is here offering us another opportunity to pause, tune in, and focus our intentions with our heart’s deepest desires. This LEO New Moon is perfect for this, as Leo rules the heart and inspires us to trust our visions and have confidence in ourselves as we move forward and take the steps to bring them into creation!"
I think this helps pave the discussion of what is truly behind embarking on a new beginning.
Well, what this new moon energy really entails doesn't just miraculously enable new beginnings today. It actually requires preparation that would have begun months ago in order to allow for Leo's new moon energy to take full affect. But even if you didn't start preparing months ago, and you decide instead that today is the day that your new life begins, it's important to understand the source behind being able to really start anew. YOU!
By establishing a clarity within yourself as to what honors your whole being and standing in YOUR power, you can then begin to manifest many gifts. It's obviously easier said than done. Trust me, I know first hand how difficult it is to put yourself first when you have spent most of your life worrying about what others expect of you.
So allow me to get personal and share with you how today marks the beginning of my new life!
Eight months ago EXACTLY to the day, I was dumped by a guy that I thought was THE ONE! I so much as even divorced my ex-husband of two months (we dated for 5.5 years) to be with this other guy. I have absolutely no regrets having left my husband because it was WAY over before it ended. But this new guy just gave me a reason to leave the very thing that would have never allowed me to follow my real path. But, here we are, a year and half later and this guy was dumping me! The guy who I thought was everything I wanted. I give him credit for at least honorably not dragging on the relationship further than needed. But needless to say, I was heart broken. In the 12 years I had spent dating seriously, it was the first time my heart ever truly got broken. I walked away from this relationship realizing two things:
1) It happened for a reason (just like everything else in our lives), and
2) I never wanted to suffer again.
Allow me to elaborate on #2. You see, the biggest pain I always felt growing up came from men and relationships. Unfortunately, I had unsolved, unhealed, and unsorted issues stemming from having been abandoned by my birth father as a young child, and then later dealing with a very difficult teenage relationship with my step father. While my relationship with my step dad improved over years (and now we are like two peas in a pot), I never truly was able to heal all those wounds. Instead of taking the time to focus on me, in between long-term relationships, I just kept jumping from one to the next. I was a serial-relationship artist seeking security and stability because I didn't feel these qualities within myself. I inherently was seeking them externally. I depended on the relationship to complete me, to define in some small way who I was. This ultimately made me put a lot of pressure and expectations on the guy I would be dating at the time. I put the responsibility on him to make me happy. But I then realized several months before this last breakup that it was the very essence of my putting these expectations on this guy that was the reason for my suffering. After all, there isn't a single person on this earth that can meet every single one of our expectations. Sure, it's normal to expect your partner to remain faithful, but to expect him to make you happy every moment of every day? Please!
The very famous author of The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho, wrote another fantastic book about the dynamics of a husband and wife, and how often throughout the course of a marriage, either party can become too comfortable in the relationship to the point where their independent growth stops and no longer contributes to the overall growth of the relationship. Complacency becomes the entity that interferes with the marriage. In The Zahir, he states,
"suffering occurs when we want other people to love us in the way we imagine we want to be loved, and not in the way that love should manifest itself--free and untrammeled, guiding us with its force and driving us on."
I read this book in September of 2012, and after reading this line, I realized I had to change my entire perception of how I approached my life and achieved my happiness. So, I guess it was no surprise that God/The Universe was behind this breakup in January 2013--he was preparing me for the very thing I wanted: a long-lasting happiness achieved by having pure love in my life.
But how do you find pure love? By establishing purity within yourself.
What began as an unknown journey to finding these answers and hoping to get back with my ex boyfriend, resulted in my outgrowing him all together, learning to stand in my power, letting go of control, letting go of neediness, accepting my self-worth, allowing for pure love to come in, and walking the path of faith, trust and patience (these last three will always continue to be life-long lessons). I can assure you none of these things were easy to achieve. But I did this with the help of an amazing psychic and Reiki healer, Renee.
I won't go into the details of how I met her, but like many of you, I started out trying to get basic psychic answers to infamous questions, such as "does my ex still love me? Will he call me? Will I ever see him again?" But I realized VERY quickly that these questions, regardless of how accurate the readings, lead me still feeling very empty and unsatisfied. Why? Because I knew that they weren't solving the perpetual problem--finding inner peace and balance to achieving long-lasting happiness and pure love. And once again, in order to achieve this, it had to begin with doing some major soul searching, by digging deep within and uncovering all those ugly things that no one ever wants to look at. Spirit lead me to Renee, and there began my schooling. I was on a mission. I promised myself that I never wanted to suffer so I was willing to do whatever it took. And! If that wasn't enough pressure, I put a goal that I wanted to achieve this by my 30th birthday. So I had 6 months to get my self together. Yeah...sure.
Well, believe it or not, I did it! Call me a freak of nature or whatever you will, but my loved ones will be the first to tell you that I have absolutely grown in ways they didn't imagine.
Needless to say, throughout this process, my natural psychic abilities only grew stronger and more pure. I ascended through many levels, allowing me to really channel amazing clear messages from spirit which have thus far been very accurate. But again, ascension and achieving clarity and eliminating my "cob webs" could only have happened by my taking an honest approach to healing these wounds. My approach just happened to be through Reiki healings. It was clear that this was my path. Your approach could be very different. There is no right way. The point is, you do what it takes to get yourself clear/pure, to focus on you, to make YOURSELF the center of your happiness. And only in this way will you truly open yourself for a brand new beginning.
So allow me to finish off this very long post (sorry!) by saying that yesterday would have been the 2 year anniversary of my marriage with my ex-husband. Instead, it marked the very last day of my old life. Today marks the first day of my new beginning, starting with a new love, a new job, and new perspective.
If you think it's too late to start anew, don't. It's never too late. Just make sure you start by looking deep within yourself, taking full responsibility for the things you're not happy about and the things you want to change. And never look back. Believe in the magic of faith. God/The universe is on your side.
Wishing you many blessings, love, and light.
Andrea