New moons often signify an opportunity to release old patterns and set goals and intentions for bringing something new into your life. Here are five specific ways in which the universal awakening energies might be affecting you now and during this powerful upcoming new moon cycle happening on Friday, May 22nd:
1) Healing familial wounds - Whether you are quarantined with your family at this time or not, you may come to a greater understanding of the long-held ancestral patterns and habits that have been passed down from generation to generation within your family. In seeing these exposed in a parent, grandparent or relative, it brings you closer to them by recognizing how strongly connected you are with each other. Becoming aware of it as a recurring pattern also makes it easier to drop if it has had a negative impact on your relationships with others.
2) Reinvention of a familiar skill - Maybe there’s an activity that you’ve always loved to do, and you find yourself connecting with it again in a different way. By seeing it from another perspective, the creative fascination you had with it in the first place is renewed and revived! You know that if you can find a way to include this particular hobby in your schedule in the coming weeks, you’ll have a greater overall sense of balance in your daily life.
3) Dropping an old habit - If there’s something that’s been holding you back from accomplishing your goals, you find that it’s rearing it’s ugly head this very moment so that you can see it’s negative impact. You know what this is and it’s obvious because you’ve tried to let it go before. It’s had it’s place and may not be that bad of a thing for you always, but if you can start making it a choice when you do it rather than habit, you’ll have more time and energy for doing things that promote growth, healing, and abundance more regularly. You will be supported greatly by your personal spiritual team now more than ever.
4) Work-related ideas - is the job you have now somewhat unfulfilling, even if it’s something you’ve been doing for years? The universe is sending you insights on how you can build a life around your true passions and desires. Even if this doesn’t mean a complete career change, maybe there’s a different way of utilizing your unique gifts and talents that would be more rewarding or conducive to your preferred lifestyle.
5) Fast-paced energy, restlessness, and anxiety - there may be a lot of things going on right now in your life and the lives of those around you. Take the time to sit with your thoughts and ideas before acting on them and you will be rewarded with heightened consciousness and clarity to make decisions. It’s especially important during these times to minimize external substances which increase your anxiety around these symptoms.
When we go through changes, the purging of our past conditioning can make us feel extra sensitive, both physically and emotionally. Remember to be easy on yourself and others, take the necessary time for self-care, and go for baby steps.