ISSUE NO.3 | 04.5.2024

May’s strong nudge: opening the way for evolution of self belief.

Hey there, folks! On Monday, I sat down to pen these thoughts I had on May’s energy and, at first I found myself brimming with anticipation and excitement, eager to talk to everyone about the absolute wave of possibilities available to us in this month. Then, what started to come in was a feeling of weight descending upon me, gently nudging me to remember the real messaging of this month and the tough but beautiful opening nature of how we can get onto the fast-track lane of our lives in which we shift our potential up a gear.

To give you a sense of the direction of travel on where we’re coming from and going to, check out the flow below:

May sits between the fiery action of April and the intellectual prowess of June. And It’s this ground positioning of the feminine between two upward masculine trajectories we are being asked to hold ourselves and which may at times bring about momentary uneasy introspection. Could the initial heaviness we feel infer possible stagnation? Is the weighing down resistance to moving forward with our dreams?

The good news is that the imposition of weight or rather the descent downwards in energy at the very beginning of this month is not designed to impede progress; rather, its purpose lies in anchoring us firmly to our essence.

Rather than a forbidding "detour" sign there is instead an invitation to checkout in what shape your vehicle is in? The vehicle being you in the entirety of your value you bring to the world.

Do you truly know believe in your value and what you have to offer???

This month of may is all about building belief in your innate value, the emotional bedrock from which joyful living sprouts.

It's going to be very much a period of taking in, containing and consolidating truths so that we can begin to grow our value upwards and outwards into our actions.

And, in the event that your portion of self belief remains undernourished right now, don’t worry the opportunities in this month will be there to invite you into to cultivate and fortify your value.

The notable aspect of May is in the word “Containment” which will echo through this both the beginning and end portions of the month because whilst May is an outward energy suggesting the opposite of containment, it’s very focus is to see outwards to know what to support to retrieve and bring back inwards.

This month’s energy metaphor can be equated to that of a volcano. Will we bubble away gently building support and fuel of our inner belief, or will be erupt out all over the place with all our emotions and sense of lack hitting the tarmac.

And then comes the real challenge of this month for those who have been in isolation or are still figuing things out-how will you move towards a new personal or professional shift coming at you rather stick to your comfort zone and fears tempting grasp.

It's in this mix of fire and stillness where we will see our resolve being purposefully stretched.

So, as we go through our own ups and downs this month, we're encouraged to check-in with our own volcanic energy on a regular basis to base check and act on what is needed internally. Is there more drawing in and down on the self-care or are there more acts of self responsibility you can take to feel the presence of your true strength and resilience.

This month is a fixed energy and so equates to discipline in caring for ourselves, whether it's relieving pressure or strengthening our resolve.

As a feminine energy, May encourages us to open up to ourselves, to be truly and intentionally relational through consistent contact with our truth.

April and Aries laid very much laid the groundwork for this truth seeing by awakening and showing us what passion, intentions and beliefs live within us and where that fire can take us if not handled with care and precision.

In April, we asked those powerful questions around “Who am I” and Who do I want to be” or What is my intention for my life? What does my raw power feel like when not contained?

The potency of this fire power on the outside has now moved inwards. It’s intention is to grow strength in the very bone structure of our being.

Fires are afterall are sustainable when built, tended to and maintained, not simply lit and left to ravage or be forgotten.

The earth energy of May also once again invites nature to play her pivotal role as she does each month.

In this month of May, we’ll see a lot of encouragement to be out and about, be it the weather inviting us out, the nature of outward looking mood or the desire from those around us to entice us out.

For sure, it’s a good idea to go outside and strengthen our heart connection to nature. Gardening, walks, being more active with outdoor dance or sports, are all super important for our wellness and energy and there is also another deeper hidden message to this external earth and internal fire energy.

The deeper invitation here is to connect with the representation of the earth's fiery core within our own bodies, that part of us in which the fire is always lit but needs grounding and tending to so it can act from it’s truth; yes you got it it’s our hearts.

Our hearts remind us that our feelings are valid, even in the face of logic and confusion. And whilst throughout this month the temptation will be to jump into the head, to try and figure it all out logically, May’s Taurean energy calls us to ground our strength in the heart of a bull, so we can act with wisdom and love and not from our stubborn patterns of old.

By strengthening our hearts, we strengthen belief in ourselves to be able to move forward with things that may appear new, or somewhat uncertain. Through strengthening our beliefs periodically, we then become limitless in our movement.

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