Wishing you an awesome April
Merry meet and welcome to my playground, my place of connection and service, Joy in Creation.
Happy New Moon in Aries! The first New Moon after Mercury Retrograde is a powerful time to make positive shifts in your life.
The fog is clearing, Mercury is going direct again and life feels lighter. March was tough for a lot of us.
It is now time for action. Time to put those plans into motion, new plans or finish a project that has gone by the wayside but you still long to work with.
This is a time to nourish our seeds to grow and this takes a lot of TLC. Give your dreams the energy they deserve.
Spring is in the air and flowers are eager to bloom and show us how beautiful they are.
Spring themes are Creation, Birth and Rebirth, Renewal, Spring Cleaning, Beginning, Resurrection, Vision and Joy and these words are like music to me, beautiful music. I feel inspired.
Flowers are all so different and all magnificent, just like us humans. Let us be guided by nature and bloom! Unapologetically show how beautiful we truly are! Unique and together a stunning tapestry of diversity and abundance.
April is a month of huge upgrades and big activations. If you’ve been feeling a lot of energy running through your body, that’s the power of Aries season, moving through us, preparing us for this new cycle. I was knocked of my feet for a few days with a migraine, it was bad and it lasted long. I am just coming out of it, and this is also the reason why this newsletter is a few days late.
The new moon in Aries gives you the chance to develop, grow and reinvent yourself. This is the time to set goals, plant seeds for the future and express your wishes. To work out in detail how you would like your life to look and to plan the future for yourself. But beware that your dreams do not only come from your ego. Ask yourself why you strive for the things you want? What is your deeper desire? Is it only your ego that wishes these things? Or does it stem from a deep longing of the soul? It is okay to want ‘shallow’/material pleasures, but when planning to get what you want it is good to make sure if it is what you really want. And not something you think you want.
April is going to be very interesting astrologically as we have a New Moon in Aries, Full Moon in Libra, Mercury in Pisces in the shadow phase since going direct, and three more planets will be stationing retrograde in April: Jupiter (4/10 – 8/11/19), Saturn (4/30 – 9/18/19), and Pluto (4/24 – 10/3/19).
Each planet’s retrograde will hold different aspects and lessons! Retrogrades turn our attention towards what isn’t working and help us see the past with new eyes and show us new ways we can move forward. If you are interested in what these lessons may be for you, look at your chart and seek further.
Both the Sun and the Moon are in Aries right now and that makes for a great time for action and beginning anything new! When the Moon is in Aries we feel more inspired towards action and beginning something new. But beware of Aries’ tendency to make rash decisions. Direct your efforts toward one thing at a time and be realistic. Aries tends to be over confident which is inspiring, but don’t bite of more than you can chew.
The tarot card to support us and inspire us with this Aries energy is The Emperor.
The Emperor invites us to be who we are, without apologizing, without conforming. The element is fire and Aries is transformational, because yes fiery, outward, active, courageous, confident, optimistic and honest. You are ruler of your life. The Emperor helps us with the drive we need to move forward. The endurance and Will to create our life…for the heart and and from sovereignty.
It is normal to experience strong emotions in the Spring, it is part of the rising (yang) energy. When you are in a gloomy or lethargic mood, you can alleviate this by listening to music, dancing, going into nature, do what makes you feel a bit better. Go outdoors and breathe in fresh air. Take a walk or do some gardening. Plant those seeds.
I will be playing on my balcony this weekend -tending to my seeds and nurturing the plants that are already growing.
HAPPY WEEKEND!
Love and in peace,
Charissa xx
P.S. for everyone living in The Netherlands please check The Pollinators and help save the bees!
P.P.S. photography by Karina Grens
