Today is the start of the Chinese Year of the Fire Horse. It comes accompanied by a Solar Eclipse in Aquarius, the first in the eclipse series in the Aquarius/Leo lunar axis nudging us to embrace higher ideals and transformation. This has been and will be the main theme for a while—old, outdated systems disintegrating while new ones emerge—but we…
Category: Self-Knowledge
Creativity as Spiritual Practice: Why a Creative Endeavor is Sacred Work
The world is in disarray, and this affects us all on some level, as we try to focus on our day-to-day lives. The destructive energy of the world has a negative effect on everyone. Perhaps you feel more anxious, irritable, or confused. Maybe you lack enthusiasm or your usual capacity for concentration. Or you feel easily overwhelmed and have a…
Embrace Your Shadow: The Part of You That Lives In the Past
If you’ve been on the spiritual path for a while, you may have moments of deep clarity, where you feel whole and connected to the Divine, but I’m sure there’s a part of you that still yearns to be seen, accepted, and loved by others. Out of nowhere, old wounds may resurface with feelings of rejection, abandonment, unworthiness, or loneliness.…
When Pluto Goes Direct, It Is Time to Do More Empowering Pluto Things
Have you felt like some aspect of your life has been simmering beneath the surface lately, as if something within you has been waiting for its moment? That’s because we’ve been moving through a retrograde season, when several of the outer planets appeared to move backward in the sky (see The Retrograde Planets of 2025: A Collective Turning Point Toward…
How To Discover Your Soul Purpose and Live in True Alignment
There comes a time in life when many of us wonder, “What is my soul purpose?” “What is my life really about?” because the roles we’ve been playing no longer feel like enough. We may have done all the “right” things, like building a career, raising a family, or following the rules we were taught to achieve our goals. And…
Spiritual Awakening vs. Emotional Baggage: Why Growth Can Feel So Hard
Spiritual awakening can seem hard, but it is your true state. You create imaginary obstacles, based on the idea of being deficient in some way, but you are always at the threshold of your own liberation. You just don’t know when you’re ripe for your ultimate destination, so all you can do it try to dissolve your ego at every…
Why Most Spiritual Teachings on Happiness Are Wrong
We all yearn for happiness. And now, everywhere we turn we see books, teachers, and traditions offering methods to cultivate it. Meditations, affirmations, and gratitude practices, even renunciation are often prescribed as pathways to happiness. But what if all these methods are missing the point? What if happiness is not something to be attained but something that emerges when all…