A Year of Change
“I’ve been feeling so drained lately, everyone. :( Something big is on its way.”
“I feel a Big Change coming”
“Something big is coming, guys”
“So many planets are retrograde, everyone, be careful!”
“Bad things are going to be happening!”
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These are just a few of the things I’ve seen around the witch and pagan circles I’m in.
A lot of the replies to it are usually agreement and amping up what can easily come off as terrifying to new witches or pagans. I’m tired of seeing people fear change and spreading fear. Change isn’t always a bad thing. Change leads to growth.
2020 has been a sucky year, yeah. So it’s really easy to read these things and become afraid and give in to fear-mongering.
Yeah, 2020 had SUCKED. I think we can all agree on that.
But here’s the thing… If you’ve ever gone to therapy, undoing toxic things and behaviors and thinking can SUCK.
It’s exhausting work. It’s hard work. It’s scary work. It’s dirty work. Healing isn’t always glamorous and beautiful. Sometimes it’s dirty and exhausting and full of tears and you’re left exhausted and feeling emotionally spent.
I guess what I’m saying is… I think 2020 is the year of healing.
Not just on an individual scale-- but a world-wide one. The world is fighting for change. People are fighting for change. Yeah, a lot of bad things happened and are still happening, but it’s making the people of the world cry out “no more, we need and deserve better”.
People feeling drained is because growth and change takes energy.
Yeah, a bunch of planets are retrograde-- but retrogrades aren’t evil or bad. They’re just a shift in energy. It’s what you DO with that energy that defines what it’ll turn out to be.
Yeah, big change is coming. That’s what change is and what change does.
And it’s okay to be scared of it. Change is scary. But change isn’t bad. Change leads to growth and growth is good. Exhausting, yeah, because just like a plant growing, us growing takes energy. But it’s good. That’s how you become healthier. That’s how you become a better person. That’s how you shift your life towards what you WANT it to be and yourself to WHO you want to be.
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It’s the same thing for the world.
It’s shifting, things are changing, because the world is trying to grow-- and we need to put in the work for it to grow. Right now, we have all the energies in favor of positive change, but just like with magic, you can’t just expect energy to do all the work. You have to put in the mundane world work for it too. Acknowledge that it’s tiring, it sucks, it’s scary, and it hurts-- just like you would in therapy.
But don’t shy away from it. Put in the work.
With that, I want to wrap this up by saying black lives matter, trans people are valid, wear a mask when you go out, and let’s make sure the world can grow into a healthier place.