New Year

Welcome to 2025, and Today’s Wolf Moon!

Dearest Gentle Reader,

We are slowly, quietly, calmly entering into 2025, and all that it portends!

How are you most delicious lovely? It feels like we haven’t connected for ages, but in reflection it has only been a few weeks! And I will say I spent those couple of weeks facilitating The Omen Days (which is such a glorious way to enter a new year), and all the amazing women who participated really blew my hair back!

Welcome to 2025.

I would love to tell you this will be a gentle year, but it’s going to be intense!

While our numerology points to a year of endings, astrologically, we are shown that all endings pave the way for new beginnings.

As in 2025, we remarkably have four major planets and the lunar nodes changing signs. It is incredibly rare to have so many planets changing signs in one year, so this definitely makes 2025 stand out!

Also, remember we enter the Year of the Snake on January 29th, and if we look at the Snake it is continually shedding the old to make way for the new…..

Thus, instead of spending pages going through the above (as those of you who have signed up for Opening The Doors on 2025 will receive), let’s talk about today’s Full Moon.

Beneath the Full Moon of January 2025, something magical stirs and whispers secrets of old. The Wolf Moon brings a luminous and mysterious energy as it lights up the sky.

January’s Full Moon meaning reminds us of our connection with the wild spirit of wolves.

The Full Wolf Moon occurs on January 13th, 2025, reaching its peak at 5:27 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.

January gets its name from Janus, the Roman god of all beginnings.

Janus is often depicted with two faces, one looking to the past and the other to the future. This makes January the perfect month for reflection and fresh starts.

Which is why we are starting Flourish on January 18th!

If you have been sitting on the fence, there are only two spots left and you won’t regret gifting one to yourself!

As the New Year dawns, the world remains cocooned in darkness during these short, fleeting days.

Yet, we’re hopeful as we nestle in our homes during these cozy, chilly nights.

The Wolf Moon is a time for rituals involving inner strength, protection, and connecting with Winter’s wisdom.

There are so many rituals to do at this Moon Time that connect you to your inner strength and Winter’s Wisdom.

A simple one to do is go Howl at the Moon.

In a place where you feel comfortable, stand with your feet apart and your hands on your hips in your best superhero pose (Grey’s Anatomy fans will know what I’m talking about). Studies (like this one from Harvard) have shown that if you maintain this position for five minutes, you will perform better at a difficult task. It also helps build confidence.

However, why stop there? Think of a negative feeling or stressful situation that’s burdened you. Now, while maintaining your superhero pose, give a few big howls. Imagine that worry and negativity leaving your body. In its place is nothing but tranquil energy and peace.

This can be a wonderful way to release tension, anxiety, or heavy emotions. I mean, at minimum, it’s a big mood booster.

I’ve also created some fabulous Journal prompts to help you dig a bit deeper.

Okay, enough chuntering – let’s crack on with the reading. The cards that flew out and at me this week are the amazing Divine Circus Oracle, which made me laugh my soxs off – as with all the energies swirling and the bizarre weather patterns that are happening, the world does feel like that right now.

Now, if these guides are new to you, please let me introduce them (as not to, would be exceptionally rude!)

“What is life if not a Divine Circus? Life might seem ordinary at times, yet when we look more closely, it is bursting with creative diversity, constantly evolving, pulling rugs out from underneath our feet (usually just at the moment we think we have everything under control) and opening doors we couldn’t even see were right there before us moments earlier. Life is magical, thrilling, sometimes strange and even scary. It can inspire you and touch your soul, inviting you to discover the unique magic within you, to dare to live it, to express it, to play with possibilities and embrace what sets you apart from the crowd. “

Thus, I invite you to breathe and just BE with your gorgeous self here at this moment. Take a few lovely, rich, nourishing breaths and let the cares of the moment slide off like wee little raindrops. Then when you are ready, pick the card or cards that call to you.

If you need some help and support releasing the “shoulds”, the weight of energy around you I have a lovely guided visualisation for you. It’s fun, we are going on a yomp and an explore!

Did you remember to pick?

Let’s Go See Shall We?

JOKER IS WILD

There’s nothing impossible when the Joker appears. Her wild ways can transform a losing streak into a lifelong love affair with Lady Luck.

Strap yourself in and prepare for the ride of a lifetime. The Joker has come to you and the Joker is wild. Unpredictable and brilliant, she brings you a message.

You are being empowered to overcome all odds. So you are going to win. No doubts, no dramas, but not necessarily in a way that you expect either!

She is sending the best possible situation to you even now. It might startle you, like a sudden light in the middle of the night, but it will be welcome nonetheless.

The Joker is the highest trump card to beat all others.

No matter how much another may seem to have the upper hand, or how many forces seem to be against you, even if you feel like a lone wolf about to be mauled by a pack of hungry lions, the Joker always wins.

She comes out of the blue, and changes destiny from darkness to light. She brings the brilliant solution that ends a problem, the way through that is best and brightest.

You probably won’t see it coming. It will probably be in a way that subverts everything you once believed to be true.

But it will be a welcome trick by the Universe, a loving joke that opens your heart and helps you realise that this vast impersonal universe personally knows and cares for you, so intimately and with such meticulous care.

Just don’t expect to feel in control of the process, for the Joker is wild and moves according to her own genius, but always blesses you with what will work best, beyond compare, now and always.

RED COUNTESS

Deep within, you know what is true and what to do (or not do). Yet there is so much noise and distraction in the world, and even at times in our own minds, that listening for our inner wisdom can seem like trying to hear gentle birdsong in the midst of a rock concert.

Even so, you are hearing an inner truth, and deep down, you know it. Can you trust that it is safe to not only hear your inner voice but act on it too?

There is something that you know. You’ve felt, sensed, heard or realised this truth more than once. Even if others see or feel differently, you just know what you know, even if you don’t quite know how you know it!

Give your truths value. Hold your feelings and insights in high enough esteem to pay attention to them, to give yourself time to process what you think, feel and sense.

Know that they’re worth acting on, even if that action just means to trust more and stop worrying.

If you cannot figure out what your inner truths are, or you feel confused by conflicting thoughts and feelings, torn between head and heart, then you are in a state of information overload.

You need to switch off, discharge some excess mental and emotional energy and take a break. Give yourself some time out from the crazy noise and constant distractions of the world so you can get in touch with what is true for you.

SILVER SIREN

When is an enchantment not enchanting? When it is a spell that you allow to consume your free will, even as it promises so much and yet delivers so little.

The Silver Siren sings her song, a pretty poison to the soul. Her false allure tempts the mind, even whilst the heart feels that something is not quite right.

Your power will come from discerning the truth and allowing her false promises no place in your heart.

If you compromise your integrity you will find that what you have obtained was not worth the price you paid for it, no matter how much you believed it would be otherwise. It simply will not be worthwhile.

The Silver Siren is a false light that is so very enticing but so destroying. To disempower the false light, you must stay true to what your heart says.

No matter how much you may fear you’ll regret it later on, simply say no to that which is unworthy, to that which does not hold the truth of love within. Even if a person declares that they are utterly enlightened and only interested in your highest good; even if the opportunity at hand is “too good to miss”, making your mind needy and confused, follow your heart – if it’s not a Hell Yes, it’s a NO!

With this, your soul can sing its own song, a song that shares true light, the lightness of a heart that lives in peaceful truth with the world.

Holy Hannah, you can’t make this shit up! What fabulous guides to kick us off in January.

Take time this week to really FEEL into what you want to experience this year, and how you want to ALIGN with it.

Use the Wolf Moon energy to really release and allow you to dream.

Big hugs and squeezes, and if you want to join us for Flourish, there are 2 spots open and we start January 18th.

2023 is Here and this 7 year invites you to Resonate, Discern and Align.

Jenny Heston · 3:33 am ·

Happy Magickal, Mystical, Magnificent, Majestic, Meaningful, Miraculous, Manifesting Monday!

How are you most delicious lovely? It feels like we haven’t connected for ages, but in reflection it has only been a few weeks! I had such great plans of taking a few weeks of winter hibernation to relax, play, create – however, I obviously didn’t phrase it correctly as I kept saying “I want two weeks off to sleep, read and do nothing.” So the Divine, with their gorgeous sense of humour gave me an upper respiratory thing that kicked my arse!

Remember kids – words have power. Intentions have even more power!

Welcome to January 2023. I don’t know about you but the first week of January has felt a month long!

I will say that this Gregorian Calendar of “It’s a New Year ” puts a lot of expectations on people, and they are normally negative ones. Which thoroughly irritates me, as it is something that is pushed in the media, magazines, our collective culture.

If someone else asks me what my resolutions are I may bop them on the nose – as I don’t believe in them!

To me, resolutions are made because – “everyone does this”, we should all make resolutions as it’s a New Year. Mmmmmm, having done them for years (because that was expected), they are normally based on fixing something about oneself or not feeling enough.

An example. As someone who used to go to the gym daily, I would see people flood in at the beginning of January with the resolution of “I have to get fit and buff”. Mmmm, okay. By early February you never saw them again.

Why?

Because the intention wasn’t based on the energies that are in play, nor in how they wanted to feel.

So let’s look at 2023. In Numerology this coming year is a 7 year.

7 is the number of soul searching and really connecting our higher self to our earthly plane.

It’s the year for tuning into your soul, your heart, your wise inner self and tuning out the noise of the world.

This year will be rich in spiritual lessons and change will be immense (we have Saturn, Jupiter and most importantly – Pluto moving!) And as the saying goes – when Pluto changes signs, all sorts of things change.

So this is where the invitation for you is to really tune in, revise, re-vision and re-think (or re-feel) into what is in your best and highest good.

The words that come up strongly are: Resonate, Discern and Align.

So ask yourself these questions:

What does your soul want you to share with you?

What would it feel like to move in the world from a place of ease, alignment and to really thrive?

How do you want to make your mark in the world?

Last but not least, How do you want to live?

(So there is some musing for you to play with!)

Okay, enough chuntering – let’s crack on with the reading. The cards that flew out and at me this week are the amazing Divine Circus Oracle, which made me laugh my soxs off – as the world does feel like that right now, circus like.

Now, if these guides are new to you, please let me introduce them (as not to would be most rude!)

If you need some help and support releasing the “shoulds”, the weight of energy around you I have a lovely guided visualisation for you. It’s fun, we are going on a yomp and an explore!

Did you remember to pick?

Let’s go look at the first guides of 2023.

JOKER IS WILD

The Universe has a sense of humour, but never at your expense. It is laughing with you, not at you. You’ll see this for yourself as the Joker weaves her magic in your life, bringing you the grace that is beyond all reason, the necessary ingredient to ensure you win with the hand you have been dealt by life. There’s nothing impossible when the Joker appears. Her wild ways can transform a losing streak into a lifelong love affair with Lady Luck.

Strap yourself in and prepare for the ride of a lifetime. The Joker has come to you and the Joker is wild. Unpredictable and brilliant, she brings you a message. You are being empowered to overcome all odds. So you are going to win. No doubts, no dramas, but not necessarily in a way that you expect either! She is sending the best possible situation to you even now. It might startle you, like a sudden light in the middle of the night, but it will be welcome nonetheless.

The Joker is the highest trump card to beat all others. No matter how much another may seem to have the upper hand, or how many forces seem to be against you, even if you feel like a lone wolf about to be mauled by a pack of hungry lions, the Joker always wins. She comes out of the blue, and changes destiny from darkness to light. She brings the brilliant solution that ends a problem, the way through that is best and brightest.

You probably won’t see it coming. It will probably be in a way that subverts everything you once believed to be true. But it will be a welcome trick by the Universe, a loving joke that opens your heart and helps you realise that this vast impersonal universe personally knows and cares for you, so intimately and with such meticulous care. Just don’t expect to feel in control of the process, for the Joker is wild and moves according to her own genius, but always blesses you with what will work best, beyond compare, now and always.

RED COUNTESS

Can you trust that it is safe to not only hear your inner voice but act on it too?

Give your truths value. Hold your feelings and insights in high enough esteem to pay attention to them, to give yourself time to process what you think, feel and sense. Know that they’re worth acting on, even if that action just means to trust more and stop worrying.

If you cannot figure out what your inner truths are, or you feel confused by conflicting thoughts and feelings, torn between head and heart, then you are in a state of information overload. You need to switch off, discharge some excess mental and emotional energy and take a break.

Give yourself some time out from the crazy noise and constant distractions of the world so you can get in touch with what is true for you.

SILVER SIREN

When is an enchantment not enchanting? When it is a spell that you allow to consume your free will, even as it promises so much and yet delivers so little. The Silver Siren sings her song, a pretty poison to the soul. Her false allure tempts the mind, even whilst the heart feels that something is not quite right.

Your power will come from discerning the truth and allowing her false promises no place in your heart.

The Silver Siren is a false light that is so very enticing but so destroying. To disempower the false light, you must stay true to what your heart says. No matter how much you may fear you’ll regret it later on, simply say no to that which is unworthy, to that which does not hold the truth of love within. Even if a person declares that they are utterly enlightened and only interested in your highest good; even if the opportunity at hand is “too good to miss”, making your mind needy and confused, follow your heart – if it’s not a Hell Yes, it’s a NO!

You are being given an opportunity for empowerment. It is time to trust yourself and stand firm with your truths, and to experience the priceless sense of love, safety, security, peace and self-possession that this brings. With this, your soul can sing its own song, a song that shares true light, the lightness of a heart that lives in peaceful truth with the world.

Holy Hannah, you can’t make this shit up!

What fabulous guides to kick us off in January.

Take time this week to really FEEL into what you want to experience this year, and how you want to ALIGN with it. Big hugs and squeezes, and see you next week.

If Not Now, When? If Not You, Who? New Year and New Decade – are you Willing to Show Up and Shine?

Jenny Heston · 1:01 am ·

Whoot! Happy New Year and Happy Monday. Do you realise this is the first Magickal, Marvelous, Magnificent Monday of the New Decade and the New Year!! And trust me there is so much to natter about and share this week! So grab a tea and get ready………

But first, how was your holiday season? Tell me you laughed lots, didn’t take on too much and that your credit card feels healthy, yes? Personally, I had a very different but amazing holiday season. On Xmas Eve I went and prepped a shed ton of veggies (and I’m talking in the 100’s of lbs level), then Xmas Day I was so honoured to set up and serve people who are experiencing challenges. It was amazing, the conversations, the laughter, the stories – I was so blown away and it made me feel humble. Especially when one chappie in his 40’s shared with me that the smells and taste of the food reminded him of his grandmothers home and that the dinner had made him feel that he had community and family.

Thus, we did our family Xmas on Boxing Day and it was fun and relaxed, play time in the morning, a little break, gorgeous dinner with friends and family and a ridonculous game! So good. I had gifted myself with time to just BE and reflect, rejuvenate, refresh from Boxing Day until today – but it was fascinating to see that as I resisted that quiet time on the very first day! The Universe very kindly handed me a corker of a cold, and the weather turned into torrential rain and wind storms! But all good. So many gifts in being quiet and really just Being. So much so that on New Years Eve I turned down a wonderful gathering to have a date with myself. I bought flowers, the food I wanted to eat, the beverages I wanted to drink, cleaned the house, lit the fire and wow! Then wrote, and had massive downloads, which have tied into something I have been creating for a year. Very cool.

So here we are in the first week of 2020 and what is in play? Well we have a Full Moon Lunar Eclipse in Capricorn on the 10th, which is all about nurturing yourself and others and finding that balance. Now if you aren’t aware Capricorn and Saturn are huge players this year. Capricorn is all about ambition, work, climbing higher, doing what you say you will. Saturn is known as The Lord of Karma – so expect karmic awakening. Then we have Uranus going direct right before the eclipse and Uranus is all about freedom, waking you up. Sounds great doesn’t it, but what does it all mean?

I would never say that I’m an Astrologer, I have a good understanding, but I certainly don’t understand it all. But as Kari shares this year is all about Building Your Dreams Step by Step from the ground up, with an appreciation that sometimes we have to tear down a structure to rebuild. If you want to know more, I highly recommend Kari Samuels forecast and gosh she makes me smile everytime as she is so cheerful and knowledgeable.

Then if we look at the Shamanic energy from Lena, the energy of the month is, IF NOT NOW, WHEN?

“There is a ruthless quality to the month as we set ourselves up for the coming times requiring good boundaries, the courage to face the truth, and the discipline to DO IT NOW. If not now, when? Time is up for diddling around with “sort of” intentions and action plans.”

So let me ask, did you make New Year’s Resolutions? What were they? I will be honest, I gave up that practice about 14 years ago for many reasons and I work with WOTY (Word of the Year). My word for this year is “EXPANSIVE”, and even as I say it, my chest opens, my arms move back and my heart shines! If this is a new concept for you, let me help you with why Word of the Year works!

Gone is the time of dithering or sitting on your thumb. Now is the time to step up and shine with what is true for you, and comes from your heart.

Without getting on a political soapbox all we have to do is look around as to what is happening in the first week of the New Decade and Year. The Iran issue, the fires in Australia – so much challenge! This is not the time to dither or question if you have the skills, enough training, what will people think or any of that. This is the time to get super clear with yourself embrace all your gifts both dark and light and LEAP into sharing them. There is a part of you that knows, your essence, your light, your soul; it knows why you are here and the gifts that make you who you are.

Leap into yourself.

If not now, when?

If not you, who?

As we enter into this New Decade with the calls inviting us to play a bigger game, I knew there was a deck that I was meant to take home. So I looked online, I talked to people and – nope, nadda resonated. Thus, the other week in the torrential rain (when most people would stay home, especially those who are coughing and sneezing everywhere), I found myself in Fantan Alley. Tucked down this virtually shoulder width brick alley is a little store that called me. I walked in and asked what cards they carried. I looked at them all and again – nope, nadda. As I started to walk away a deck dropped at my feet. I normally spend huge time exploring a deck before I am willing to bring it home, this time was a heck yes immediately.

As I went to pay for my deck, the woman looked a tad puzzled and advised me the deck had only come in that morning and there was only this one copy. Purrrrrrrfffffeeeccctttt! Gotta love how Spirit works. Then when I brought them home and opened them up to cleanse, bless and consecrate them I laughed so hard. A wolf! The back of the cards was a wolf and my gorgeous sister Fi loved wolves. In fact for one of her birthdays she went to a wolf sanctuary and learned all about them. And could howl like a glorious wolf with ease.

A wolf and a star. Perfect!

Thus, please let me introduce you to the glorious guides of “The White Light Oracle”:- Let us guide you into the luminous realm of the sacred. The scared is your heart treasure. It is that which brings light into your life. The sacred is precious to you. It matters enough that you are willing to devote yourself to it – even when that requires courage, sacrifice and growth. The sacred generates inner warmth. It brings you joy. The sacred is a healing mirror that shows you the truth of your experience, which can include a compassionate reflection of your own suffering. It shows you how to heal. It inspires and protects you. What is sacred for your heart is unique to you. Yet, for every heart, the sacred is an experience of sublime love and deep meaning. The sacred helps us remember who we are and shows us how to manifest our inner purpose.

The most positively perfect deck for this reading I would say, wouldn’t you? The crystals that wiggled and jiggled are:- Blue Apatite, Angel Wings and K2 Jasper.

Okay, please gorgeous one gift yourself a moment, give yourself permission to just BE here and now. Breathing slow and deep. And as you sigh the old air out invite into your minds eye the image of a Ball of White Light. This light bathes you in it’s cleansing, nurturing beauty and asks you to breathe into the space that asks the question – “If not now, when?” Breathe that in; and let it float with you as you pick the card or cards that call to you.

Are you ready to pick the card for this New Year? Did you remember to pick?

Let’s go have a look shall we?

SOLVE POLLUTI OF 741Hz

Tune into your heart, and you will be able to find your way through any negative or toxic situation. Engage in self-healing and space clearing. Commit to regular practices that help you connect to your inner light. Your light shall not be overcome by any darkness or negativity. Take time to clean your heart and mind of negativity by focusing on the divine beings that bring joy to your heart. It is appropriate for you to desire your own personal and sacred space and access it daily.

We live in an age of heightened environmental, emotional and spiritual pollution. During such a world age, it takes more work to experience clarity, purity and originality. The frequency of 741Hz cleans things up. Solve polluti is a Latin expression which means to clear pollutants and toxins. This frequency focuses on clearing, freeing the hold of negativity and allowing the natural way – of bright, beautiful manifestation – to unfold.

It also attunes one to the harmonics of the quantum field, the reorganising principle of the higher self which knows what you are and how to dislodge and disengage from that which is inauthentic and obstructive radiant being. You are being called to clear yourself and your space in ways that feel affirming, inspiring and beautiful to you. Trust that no matter how much gunk the ego-driven actions of humans might generate, it is no match for the power of Spirit at play in willing human hearts.

May all such hearts join with Spirit and with each other to clear and bless all creatures for the greatest good.

TANTRA OF 639Hz

Be open to that which seems unfamiliar or different. You will experience a breakthrough as you embrace an unusual approach. You are on a soul path of accelerated spiritual growth, which is swifter but not always easier. You do not have to contrive your own happiness, but you can deip into the bliss within your body to lighten your mental state and remind yourself everything is working out beautifully.

Tantra is the conscious, creative intermingling of the sacred musculine and sacred feminine energies that dwell within every human heart. When one chooses to honour the interplay of these sacred energies, we become able to engage with the mysteries of our life and respond creatively. Tantra is the refusal to turn away from your life experiences – even the painful ones – because you recognise that, with wisdom, spiritual growth can emerge from all things.

The frequency of 639Hz evokes unity. It moves beneath conflict and grounds us in simplicity, connection and love. This frequency re-establishes our connection to the spiritual realms of love, light and sacred, healing beauty. It is the sublime frequency of ecstatic serenity. These beautiful energies can enter our field and create a moveable spiritual feast which will nourish, support, protect and shelter us, no matter the environment we may be moving through.

Allow connection. Do not zone out and turn away from what is happening, even when it is painful. Be gentle with yourself, but be persistent on your path. Be receptive and yet also determined and dynamic. The highest divine outcome is already being woven through your soul and into your experience.

YESHE TSOGYAL 333

You shall overcome all obstacles. Success is imminent, to stay connected to your path no matter what and continue to apply yourself. Allow your spiritual path to support you in all areas of your life. Live by your spiritual beliefs. Seek out the support of your spiritual brothers and sisters for help when needed, but also trust that you are intimately and directly connected to the powerful divine light within. There can be a dramatic healing breakthrough when you rely upon your spiritual connection.

Spiritual teachings from Bhutan hold that the great Indian master Padmasambhava was called to Bhutan from Tibet to subdue demons that were causing difficulties for the people of the Paro Valley. He flew from Tibet to Bhutan on the back of a supernatural tigress. The supernatural tigress is Yeshe Tsogyal, a yogini guardian for humanity and an emanation of the compassionate goddess of peace, prosperity and long life known as White Tara.

Yeshe Tsogyal’s power is that of the tiger siddha or medicine of spirit tiger. She calls for a boldness of spirit and willingness to engage your challenges which will create the path to inevitable success. She represents our ability to generate the spiritual power necessary to accomplish what needs to manifest for the greatest good.

She augurs empowerment and healing by assuming a confident attitude and taking steps forward. She lets you know that a negative time is drawing to a close and encourages commitment to the task of overcoming negativities through spiritual practices suited to you. You have the precious gift of such a path.

The repeated three symbolises that all manner of assistance and support will be granted to ensure your attainment. This will include the gifts of appropriate teachings and teachers, friends, healers, synchronicity, circumstances and opportunity. Trust the Universe and go for what you want with boldness and courage.

Truly, you are a lightworker. Embrace it and live it!

Ahhhhh, Woosah! I don’t know about you, but I feel this is the perfect way to start the New Year. Thus, delicious lovely I wish for you to find your touchstone, your word and allow that to be a beacon to you this year as we move forward. I wish for you grace, ease and flow and white light. I wish for you to SHINE! Big hugs and squeezes and see you next week!

What’s Your Word of the Year?

Jenny Heston · 7:00 pm ·

What is Word of the Year you may be asking and why work with it?

Now if Word of The Year is new to you, let me tell you it is frigging amazing!

I happily released New Years Resolutions and have been doing this for nearly 14 years. Great Jenny, what the heck is it? Let me share my experience.

Can one word make a difference? Heck Yes! Is it different from New Year’s Resolutions – oh heck yes!

Resolutions are normally, “I will quit this, I will start that, I need to stop being sarcastic, etc. etc.” All coming from a place of lack, fear, feeling that you need to be better as obviously you aren’t enough at this moment in time. I don’t agree with that. You are whole, complete and there are some areas you may need to grow, but grow them from a place of strength, spirit and grow your whole life. That’s where Word of The Year comes in!

Word of the Year is finding the word that really resonates through every aspect of your being and letting it become your touchstone for the year as you move through work, life, family, exploring and growing. I first learned this process from Christine Kane, and if you would like to download her workbook and find out more about it, you can right here.

Last year, my word was “Possibilities”. We are so often taught that there aren’t possibilities (which feels constricting) or that there is possibility A or possibility B – bullshit! As Pam Grout shares in her books – to live and work with the Divine/Universe there are infinite possibilities!!! I am so thankful that was my word for last year, as she certainly opened a lot of doors and helped me through some very challenging times.

This year my word is “Expansive” – in other words as I approach situations, places, people, events etc. I get to ask myself -”Does this make me feel Expansive?” And I will be honest, if it’s not a Hell Yes, it’s a No!

So what’s Your Word of The Year? What calls to you and invites you to be bigger, clearer and bolder?

When you wish upon a star……..

Jenny Heston · 3:19 pm ·

Eleven years ago, when my youngest was 2, I realised that although I used ritual and manifesting exercises in my life daily I tended to do that alone and not with my kids. So I created a new tradition to teach my kids about releasing, clarity, intention and manifesting.

The first weekend after New Years became our family new year’s celebration. It is a celebration which calls to all of us to release, get clear, focused and start a fresh.

As the skies start to darken in the late afternoon a feast is prepared and put on to gently burble away. Whilst it cooks we all gather in the living room with pieces of blank paper and pencils. Candles are lit, calming music is playing and the space is set. We each snuggle up into our corner and write (for the little ones that aren’t at that place yet, they draw).

What do we write?

Whatever we want to release personally, within a family structure, within our community and globally; some of us scribble away like mad fiends, others have less to write. But it’s all about letting go of habits, beliefs, behaviours, thoughts; ways of being that no longer serve.

We don’t share these things, these are deep and dark and private. It’s interesting to see how people fold their lists or what they turn them into when they are finished; everything from paper aeroplanes to pom-pom’s, to flowers. When everyone is done we don our coats and boots and go outside into the snow and the dark and set those gorgeous lists on fire. As the paper ignites the sparks get whipped up into the air, taking with it any residue or baggage and gently blowing it away.

The light and the warmth of the house beckon and when everything is burned to a crisp and released we all scurry inside and peel off our layers. The music changes and there are large stars cut out of Bristol Board. There are pens, crayons, glitter, shiny things, paints – you name it, all waiting to be used and to bedeck a star. Then whether it is with words, pictures or phrases you take the time to decorate your star as to what you would like to create/be/manifest/do in the upcoming year. It’s so fun to see what comes out for each person.

The intentions are set, the desires are launched like massive rockets and laughter abounds.

When the stars are finished we share them, we don’t need to explain them, just share. There are no questions; there is no judgement, after all each of these are personal. Then when the tidy up is completed and glitter has been wiped away we all sit around a gorgeously laid table and share in a wonderful feast and the stars get placed on the kitchen wall so that every day we can read them, look at them and think – YES!

We have carried on with this tradition now for 11 years, and some of the stars have become more complex and some have become simpler. Some years the decorating of them seems to take hours and other years it is more a case of pouring out the yearnings, desires, intentions and goals in written words all over the star.

This year we did our stars on the weekend and one of the boys asked if I kept the ones from the prior year. I have kept them all. So I went and dug through a box and hauled them all out, the kids were amazed to find that a lot of their wishes, visions and desires from a year or so ago had all happened. They had created and manifested the intentions and wishes they had written on their stars.

It made me laugh and think of the song that Jiminy Cricket sang to Pinocchio – When you wish upon a star, makes no difference who you are, anything your heart desires will come to you. When you wish upon a star your dreams come true.