To level up you have to let go!

BY GARCIA AKUA

Happy December cosmic family! Wow, can you believe it is the last month of the year already! 2021 has flown by and many have yet to process 2020. It almost feels like one big blurb at this point. As the year winds down, we often find ourselves in reflection mode in order to prepare for the year to come. Reflection can be joyful, or it can also bring up regret and resentment. With all the chaos over the last couple of years, I think it is safe to say we should all be grateful to be alive and well. There is an old Kemetic proverb that says, “As above, so below.”  Let’s consult the cosmos above to make some sense of what we are experiencing here below.

On December 4^th, we will have a solar eclipse in the sign of Sagittarius. This eclipse closes out an eighteen-month cycle that started back around June 2020. New Moon solar eclipses are times for major changes and transformational shifts. This one will be even more potent as this is the last eclipse in the sign of Sagittarius until 2029. This eclipse propels us into our future

Sagittarius is the sign of freedom, truth and wisdom. It is adventurous, willing to take risks especially if it leads to growth and new experiences. The planet Jupiter, the planet of expansion and luck, rules Sagittarius. Sagittarius encourages us to find our own sense of truth and use it to chart our way to personal freedom.

It is no coincidence that this eclipse series started back in 2020 when much of the world was still adjusting to a new virus and lockdown protocols. Many felt trapped within the confines of their homes but more importantly their minds. Prior to the pandemic, mental health numbers were an average of one in five people, with a projection of one in three in the coming years. I think the underlining pandemic is the wage on our minds and I am pretty sure we are at the one in three ratio range now.

The series was a combination of Gemini and Sagittarius eclipses. In Astrology we call this the lunar nodes. The North Node influences collective dharma (destiny), and the South Node influences collective karma (what needs to be released). The last eighteen months the collective destiny was to find their community, communicate their needs and seek out new ways of thinking to achieve our goals. The collective karma was to let go of out-dated thought patterns, philosophies that may have served you at one time, but you have now outgrown. This eclipse transit was about our minds and how our thoughts influence our truth hence our perception of freedom.

With this being the last eclipse in the series, we are being called to release one last time all the thoughts, beliefs, illusions, experiences, which hinder you from your perception of freedom. A lot has changed over the last eighteen months. You have grown; your perception about people, your community and experiences have grown. It is time to ensure that your mind-set is in alignment with where and who you are today. To think one way but to behave another is a mental health issue.

Think about where you would like to go from here. Do you need to learn new skills; do you need a change of scenery?  Sagittarius is also the traveller of the zodiac. When we can’t travel physically, we can always travel through our minds through learning, reading, meditating, etc.

Think back how far you have come; celebrate your wins, big and small. Grieve the parts of you that you have outgrown and allow yourself to release the things that no longer serve you.

We each have our own perception of freedom. However, one thing is true for us all, in order to level up you have to let go and make room!