December Energy

Looking to the month ahead…

I’m trying something new this month. I’ve been examining what media I’ve been spending my time and energy on, and what I realized is the content I’ve been most excited to see is the simple, incremental updates. Not the flashy shock-based, clickbait-y thumbnails and podcast titles. But the simple energy updates. Looking to the week ahead, the month ahead. And so I’d like to try my hand at something that excites me.

I’d like to start doing monthly energy updates to see what I tap into. This will be a way for me to keep developing and honing my intuitive abilities (which have been hugely leveled up since August. That’ll be a whole other story sometime) and also to get to share with you. A way to keep the energy flowing and keep us all upstream a little.

So without further ado, here is what I have tapped into for this upcoming month.

Overall, December feels like a very vibrant, and dare I say warm, month. Not warm like the weather, and not necessarily warm like the holidays, though I hope we have our fair share of both. The feeling that I get when I tap into how this month feels is when you have a candle lit and the warmth has settled in. There’s a glow of light though it all, and our senses our definitely going to be heightened. The glow, the aroma, and the heightened awareness that are present when you light a candle are all going to permeate through December. And there is a sense of malleable shifting at this time. A slow and steady flow, like a melted candle through the intensity of the flame. We will find ourselves impressionable in ways we haven’t previously allowed ourselves to be, in ways we would have remained structured or rigid before.

It is a re-shaping that will likely feel uncomfortable to many, as we have a tendency to set boundaries and structures in our life that we assume as our truths and build upon. But when the strong core we have depended on in the past is no longer present, it can create a sense of doubt or losing balance. We must find the balance within ourselves. Even in the flow of water we can sense how to get ourselves upright and rise to the surface. This will be a strength that will develop through these warm, melty times.

“…when the strong core we have depended on in the past is no longer present, it can create a sense of doubt or losing balance. We must find the balance within ourselves.”

There are 3 main themes that came through as I sank into the energies of this upcoming month; Cutting to the point with authenticity, a heightened vibrancy of our senses, and the call for all skills on deck starting now. I want to take a closer look at all three.

1. Cutting to the point with authenticity

This is going to be a month of direct, almost striking communication. A lot of round-about or behind-the-scenes approaches are going to drop and we are going to see information that is much more straightforward. I got a clear image of an arrow being aimed directly at the bullseye and hitting our target.

As someone who lives in the Midwest, I know how this direct approach can ruffle sensibilities. Indirect communication is not only a highly refined art here, it is a way of life. This is still going to be time to set that aside, no matter how uncomfortable it may be. There is a greater chance of delay or miscommunication if we continue to mask what we mean. We are heading into times that we are going to be allowed and encouraged to live as our most authentic selves; this month is going to be a crash course into this path.

If you continue to speak indirectly, to hide how you feel, to temper your self to others, it is certainly a choice you can make; I promise you that this is not what you will likely receive in return. This is the time when everything that has been under the surface will bubble up and rise to the top. People may shock us with ways that they communicate how they haven’t before. It is also likely we might surprise ourselves with how we are willing to put ourselves out there. This is the right direction! Embrace it!

2. A heightened vibrancy of our senses

An overwhelming feeling I get when I connect with the energies of this month is how bold or heightened everything feels. Like the difference between taking a drink of water ten minutes after your last drink and taking a drink after a long walk on a hot summer day. The colors of everything feel a little bolder and brighter, more saturated. Sounds will hit our ears just a little louder, and you may even find yourself being more sensitive to this sensory input. If we are the melted wax from the heat of the flame then everything will leave a little bit more impression on us that it normally would. Our emotions may be a bit on the “squishy” side and events and connections can shape us with more impact than before.

It could be easy to get overwhelmed at this time. Like taking noise-cancelling headphones off and hearing each pin drop and exhale in the room. Like feeling the scratching fabric of a tight sweater when you finally sit down at the end of the day and you can’t wear it for even a second longer.

It will be important to have safe spaces to find ways to recenter yourself. Find calming music to let yourself sink in and flow; some of my favorites are lofi remixes (I’m a forever nerd so I love finding video game remixes, especially Zelda. Something about the safety of a childhood favorite is the extra icing on top of the calming cake), hertz music that has different hz frequencies to change my actual vibration, or some of my favorite instrumental bands like Wintergatan and Explosions in the Sky. Find activities that calm and inspire you. It could be as active as a creative practice - I have made an entire brand off of using visual arts as a meditative and alchemical practice - or a game or book you can enjoy in increments. There are also so many documented benefits to taking a walk through nature, from earthing to bilateral stimulation to simply getting fresh air and sunshine, that I cannot recommend this enough. Anything that will help you separate from what can feel like heightened noisy chaos to remember your peace through it all.

I don’t get the sense that this will be hugely jarring. I do get a sense of dichotomous energies, like a switch from hot to cold and back, but more like a rolling change. It might not be slow but it feels like a pace that will allow us to expand our capacities to hold it all. It will stretch us, and we will feel the discomfort of ourselves growing to new dimensions. Embrace that malleability of a melted candle to stretch to reach new capacity.

3. The call for all skills on deck

This is an energy that is just starting this month. We won’t see the full fruition of this energy, but if we step into this call now it will serve us so well on the journey.

We are turning the wheel into a time where community will come together with incredible new strength. We will have our unique roll to play in the community, and we do not have to change any of ourselves to do so. This is the beginning of an era where we will no longer be pressured into taming our authentic or unique selves to blend in to the community. Same-ness used to be a marker of safety in a group that would take care of each other. We are entering into a time where we will shine as our true selves as an integral piece in the puzzle of the whole. We will not be any sort of “melting pot” but rather a mosaic where we will best fit as the exact individual we are.

There are skills and interests that you have that are beautiful and unique to you. It could be as simple as a hobby of herbalism, sewing or knitting, camping and survival knowledge, or as systemic and traditional as number and financial sense or leadership charisma. From the mundane to the macro, this is the time for all of us to start embracing all of those little idiosyncrasies that make us exactly who we are. We are not designed to be the same. We are designed to be the exact version of us that is needed at this time, exactly where we are.

This does require some solid trust. Trust in ourselves and all of the experience and interests we have and stepping out of self doubt. Trust that there is a greater direction at play in our collective journey. And for those that have had to temper their individuality, a trust in others to begin to reach out again. This is a journey that will take time. This is not a journey that begins and ends in December. But this is the time to intentionally foster those skills that we possess and dust them off to bring them out into the light.

“We are turning the wheel into a time where community will come together with incredible new strength. We will have our unique roll to play in the community, and we do not have to change any of ourselves to do so. This is the beginning of an era where we will no longer be pressured into taming our authentic or unique selves to blend in to the community.”

Usually my December heartspace is that of endings. We are near the end of the calendar year, and I always love to find space to release whatever lessons I’ve had in order to make space for what is coming in the new year. If you have followed my journey for a while, you know that New Year’s Eve is my favorite time of year, releasing and creating space. Composing a vision board of the energies I want to bring in. This December feels like a new beginning already.

I may make a post of my vision board process this year. I’ve shifted how I’ve done it over the years and something about this year’s board was magical. I prominently displayed the Northern Lights, walking through portals, and specifically the tarot card Wheel of Fortune. All of those have come true in ways that I couldn’t possibly have logically predicted. But I’ve had so much fun tapping in with my heart rather than my head.

I hope you take care of yourself and your community this season. We’re at the start of something big, amorphous, and beautiful. Tap into yourself and keep your loved ones close through this ride. We got this.