February Energy Update

January was an interesting adventure overall. First and foremost, living in Minneapolis, I imagine most people know that January 2026 here was a winter like never before. As I’m writing this, our city is still in the midst of adversity and conflict. Days are spent talking to coworkers about how to help keep our students safe and process events, how to help provide food and learning for those staying at home, and how to take care of ourselves as we take care of our community. Nights are spent watching each passing vehicle and listening for whistles or helicopters while trying to make space for joy and just being a human.

January was also an interesting lesson in how I interpret energy for these monthly updates. When I tap in to see what energy is on the way, it will sometimes have words but far more often have visuals, scenes, sounds, and feelings. In order to share them as messages I have to figure out how to translate them into words somehow, but I try to keep my own bias or interpretation out as much as I can. I never know how the energy will land for different people, and I also don’t want to interpret in the wrong direction.

When January showed up as a long leap of faith over a cliff, I thought it might be choosing a new direction or an exhilarating freefall. I wouldn’t have imagined that the way down would be such a descent into darkness, or the leap of faith to be a lifeline to holding on to something solid in these tumultuous times, but now I see. I thought “rest and rise” would be a soft place to land before standing to walk into the action later in the year; I didn’t anticipate we would do both within the first week of the month and begin to walk forward. But as my description listed this month as “a soft portal between them, walking in a dark tunnel or cave between worlds” of the different landscapes of 2025 and 2026, that was certainly true in ways I couldn’t have predicted. I trust even if I don’t fully understand.

With that in mind, I need to humbly take a step back this month. In tapping into February I got an instant and clear visual, which I can do the best to explain. But I will deliver it exactly as it was and wait in anticipation to see what the future will bring.

Sometimes I have to feel into an upcoming month slowly, over time to get a sense of what it will bring. But February came on in an instant. Like a spotlight on a stage, going from the darkness of January to the loud thrum of light filling the senses. It blinds for a second but as you adjust, every inch of darkness or unknown is forced away.

I can’t place any judgment on what the light is supposed to be. Perhaps it is a lighter feeling, taking away the dense blanket of tension and vigilance that January brought. Maybe it forces the truth into the spotlight. It could be that every illusion hidden in the dark corners and agendas are forced into the light and all the monsters we imagined in the dark are gone. This is something I don’t want to misinterpret and so all I can say is there was a clear moment in which we are switched from dark to light and we can finally see.

The dark of January left much to the imagination. The shadows around us could be branches, creatures, or just our own fantasies filling the void. February brings an awareness to everything around us, in ever direction. We will have a full 360 view of what we couldn’t see before.

If the light appears to us on a stage, we can finally see the audience, the cast and crew, the set, and everything that was smoke and mirrors before. Take your time. It is going to be important to observe before we act. January had many instances of act, react, move. Many people did not take time to pause and process, and this had huge impact on our energy. February is another chance to choose stillness and assess our status before we have to move.

It is also important to know that we are not alone. There are many times I felt isolated in January. Not knowing what steps to take. Not knowing the best way to proceed. And especially in the midwinter when all I want to do is curl up and hibernate and go internal, it is so easy to feel singular and solitary. But when we assess our surroundings in February, we will see that there are so many with us, as far as the eye can see.

In January, I saw how community stepped forward for each other in Minnesota. Whether it be protecting our neighbors in our city blocks, taking to the streets to be the voice and presence for the whole, bringing food or learning to those who truly could not leave home, or letting each other know how many of us were united, it was all evidence of the collective stepping forward together. Yesterday, January 30th, the rest of the country began showing Minneapolis that they were not alone. That is going to become stronger and stronger in February.

As I stood on the stage of this month, in the spotlight and taking it all in, I quickly saw I was not standing alone. A row of people stepped forward to my left, filling in as far as the eye could see. The same to my right, solidarity making a line of connection against anything before us. If we had any doubts in January of what we could accomplish together, February is going to show us just how strong that bond can be.

The human that I am wants to add my interpretation and commentary of what I saw and felt. I’d love to be able to say that this coming month will be lighter and happier than the last. I’d love to say that the stillness brought by the spotlight will bring more calm through the chaos. But January’s message reminded me that these messages are not meant for whatever is happening outside of us - these messages are meant to be the compass that guides us within.

So regardless of what whatever February brings, remember to take time to pause and observe. To let any boogeymen we’ve invented in the dark fade away as we illuminate what is truly around us. And even though it might feel as through we are truly alone (and believe me, I know personally that this is so much easier said than done) that there are so many around us and within us. As one of my favorite bands, Wookiefoot, sings, “we may not have it all together, but together we can have it all.” Take care.