So what do we do now?
Every year, the same scenario happens after I come back from Bali at the end of November. My December (also my birth month) is usually filled with endings, restructuring, letting go. It’s never easy for my soul and attachment programs, but it’s necessary. This year though, the world seems it’s crumbling way beyond the boundaries of my own life. What was until a couple of weeks just something in the air is now showing its claws and grip as powerful as never before. Countries, governments, monarchies, entertainment ecosystems, beliefs, wars are all in a unique melting pot that wants to swallow us. It feels like the end of the world we knew, and it might just be that.
But from my point of view, it’s not only about the collapse of trust-invested structures that used to control us and direct our choices (politics, religion, media, etc). That was Pluto in Capricorn’s job to dismantle that faith in them. Remember, these monstrous structures exist as long as we feed them!
Now, it feels like something deeper is happening. A mass restructuring that screams louder than ever, from its core: WAKE THE F*CK UP until it isn’t too late!
Now we have finally entered a different chapter, that has no content, no title and no prompts. And it feels like the only thing that unites us is that fact that we are all divided, different, hard to understand.
I was reading this article the other day from Concept Bureau, on brand strategy predictions for 2025 (yes, I am still working as expert strategist in communication and advertising). And I came across this golden phrase on the present times of post-authenticity:
“Pay attention to the contradictions that are being forced together. More and more people are openly embodying conflicting truths, and if you ask them about it, they’ll tell you it’s freeing. It’s who they are. Humans are messy and in an algorithmic world where two-dimensional authenticity has forced us into shallow labels and binary tribes, we’ve been ignoring the fact that in our most authentic state, humans are not easy to categorise at all. This is what post-authenticity looks like. An open embrace of weird contradictions that make it impossible to draw generalisations.”
If you take a closer look at your own life and choices, you might also contain multitudes that sometimes contradict themselves or are in contradiction with the values you have.
As I am writing this message, Neptune, the great Dreamer and Pretender has lifted the veil upon our eyes, mind, judgement by going out of its retrograde period. We might be able to see the truth better now and how we’ve chosen to avoid it.
We are ending the year with still important, revolutionary planets pushing us to the limit of our own introspection. Jupiter is in retrograde, Uranus as well. Mars has begun its retrograde transit in Leo and Cancer until the end of February 2025 and this is important for our own initiatives, projects, vitality, will to do new stuff. It might feel like driving on a foggy road and the lowest visibility ahead. So what do we do? We drive carefully, we put on the best glasses and we expect nothing but to understand the few 5 metres ahead.
We are entering 2025 with a slower pace as the Nodal Axis of Destiny changes from Aries-Libra to Pisces-Virgo, while the rulers of the axis exchanging the torch but both still in retrograde. For me, that’s a clear sign of: ok, let’s think this through a bit more. Let’s see how the energy of 2025 is unfolding before making plans further in the year.
So, take a bit of time at the end of this year to cut the ties with anything that is still lingering, so you can have an easier process in January:
Step back, quiet the mind, turn off the media and social media, the podcasts, the NLs, the bullshit and the agitation full of scenarios and predictions.
Reach out to the realness of your life: family, friends, colleagues, pets, food in your fridge, you name it
Look at the truth of who you are now over what society tells you to be
Analyse the trust system you are building for your own life, who needs to be there for you and who doesn’t. When it’s hard, you need people who cheer for you, not people who see the flaws in you.
See where you have control and what is the range of your power
If you need to forgive and forget somebody, this would be a good moment
Get real about your finances. Restructure a bit your spendings and budgets, see what is your real income and how you project for at least the first 3 months of 2025. I need to be honest with you, recession is slowly revealing its head.
Donate for those in more need than you are. It’s not because it’s Xmas, it’s because it’s right!
Read, read, read. Get the right sources of information. Most of the media, social media are just entertainment, fear-mongering and unfortunately a massive stupidity-building tool. Read books, watch documentaries, get educated on the polarities of the world you are living, understand why your vote matters and how to vote within certain ideologies. Transcend the surface level to build your own critical thinking mechanisms. Believe, but also research. Be curious, but also be susceptible.
Whenever its turbulent out there, I go back to my daily routines and health. Meditate. Move your body and take care of your diet. Get back to supplements. Breathe from your belly. Reconnect with nature. Love your pets and take care of them. Do the blood work, health checks and routines. In 2025, you can’t afford to be sick, but also wanting to be winning.
The power we have resides only in the authenticity and simplicity of our own lives. Listen to the whispers of this new world. And let is unfold, we are still on the edge of its first steps! Nobody knows how this is going to be, so anything really is possible. Isn’t it beautiful though?!
As always, I am here for you.
#WomenAreHealing
How do we quiet the fearful mind? With beauty and art also! Mark your calendars for December 14th and 15th and meet me at Târg de Frumos, Bulevardul Mircea Vodă, number 5. The venue? A stunning bohemian mansion, with beautiful wooden floors and mirrors great for photos. Each evening, the event closes with a concert (on December 14th, Irina Sârbu, on the 15th, Corina Sîrghi). Spread the word and bring your friends to #TârgdeFrumos at ARCUB - Casa Eliad. HOHOHO: a lovely Xmas playlist from the ladies at Targ de Frumos.