Are You Enthusiastic?
BRINGING ENTHUSIASM TO LIFE’S CHALLENGES
Q: Are You Enthusiastic?
A: Damn right I’m enthusiastic! Even, or especially, in the midst of great challenges, life is an adventure. I’ve been on a three-week road trip without my car and I’m surfing the synchronistic intraweb of life. Ok, well, maybe taking a few days off this past week has something to do with it. Amazing what some sunshine and R&R can do for you if you’ve been pushing the edge since pre-pandemic. I feel a rebirth coming on, can you feel it?
What lessons and reflections has this past month served up thus far? This month's Solar Eclipse New Moon in Gemini is one for the books. We are now completing a potent eclipse cycle that can be traced back 6 months, 2 years, 20 years...etc depending on how far back into the spiral you venture. I would ask each of us to explore what this particular threshold means to you personally. What are you releasing (for good) and what are you calling in (for the best)?
ENTHUSIASM FOR ASTROLOGY INSIGHTS
The Full Moon on May 26th in Sagittarius illuminated the shadow of righteousness. The deadly contrast between right and wrong, good and bad seemed to pour through the collective mind and then fragment into as many opinions as there are people. The invitation for me has been to see beyond my own limiting concepts of the above and reassess from new perspectives. This exercise has also helped me to see ever more clearly what my values & principles are as I forge them from the lead of my unconsciousness into the gold of my truth.
This moon, June 10th is conjunct retrograde Mercury squaring Neptune and opens the doors to the exact square between Saturn and Uranus on June 14th. This ride may bring confusion, and even deception into the mix so be very alert as to who you are “dealing” with so to speak. The results may be expressed externally but the origin of any sudden changes and unexpected circumstances can certainly be traced back to a choice point from within.
ENTHUSIASM FOR SELF-CARE
In other news...I’ve been needing a break for some time. For those of you who know me personally, you know I am a workhorse, with a strong ethic and a relentless creative resource that literally will not stop unless I force myself to. For better or worse, I’ve not taken many days off in the past few years -- typical of start-up culture but not sustainable. Luckily, I love self-care as a practice to support the work I do in the world so even though I don’t take days off, I find ways every day to get into nature, exercise or recharge and with a Taurus moon, I tend to seek the body therapies of yoga, massage, and acupuncture.
As I venture forth to the next mountain to climb (I am a Capricorn after all) I am seeing that I need to change. I can no longer rest on my laurels of how I have always charged ahead. On the cusp of this new moon, I am excited to take a day off every week, to organize my schedule with more time dedicated to downtime, and all with the enthusiasm of seeing how to encourage more replenishment.
ENTHUSIASM FOR SOMETHING AND SOMEONE NEW
You may know that I am dissolving my company Joan of Sparc. This has been in the works since the beginning of the year. It is a process that continues to unfold as I live it and understand alongside the reveal. I see how much of my personal identity has been wrapped up in JOS, almost seeing it as an actual daughter rather than a company and giving (her) every last breath and all the energy I can muster.
Letting this chapter go has been all the feels and kind of wonderful too as I applied the methodology I teach, both to myself and to Joan of Sparc, realizing that yes, it is time to shed this skin. A painful release ensued of tears, grief, and recollection of my perceived failures and successes. Only by truly letting myself journey through these passages of truth have I been able to emerge as something new.
This “something new” is still in the works. And this time, both myself and my company will become what we are meant to be, individuated and complementary as separate realities. I can’t tell you how many times I have heard from people asking me “where is Ciela?” At first, this question surprised me and then I began to look at where I have been hiding myself for years. Regardless of my own comfort zone, this new chapter will not be one of hiding.
A new offering is unfolding, and so is a new Ciela. We are not the same. I look forward to building and growing community as this is my dharma. However, I will also give myself the breath, space, and rest I need to rejuvenate my own soul and see what happens when I start to share who I truly am. This to me is how I can best share my enthusiasm for what is possible, everything.
We cannot change the world until we accept we are the world. This is the new conversation.
