One Radical Idea and a New Moon New Year Ritual – Monday Oracle 27 January 2025

 

“You cannot buy the revolution. You cannot make the revolution. You can only be the revolution. It is in your spirit, or it is nowhere.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin

Hello, Lovelies!

This Quarter I am using the Sacred Earth Oracle by Toni Carmine Salerno and Leela J. Williams, illustrated by Helena Nelson-Reed, for my weekly oracle readings.

Our card to guide us for the week ahead is REVOLUTION.

 

 

2025 is a year for pattern breaking, deep healing, mysticism and new directions.

January is a month for identifying opportunities for healing, for taking time for relationships and social connections, and for planning your hopes, dreams and goals for the year ahead. February is a month for making changes and trying out new things, for embarking on new adventures/projects/iterations, and for learning all you can.

 

REVOLUTION

This week we stand at the end of January, and at the end of the Lull, that energetic period that sometimes happens when we have finished with the energies of the previous year, and are quietly waiting for the energies of the new year to begin. On Wednesday 29 January we welcome the Lunar New Year with the New Moon in Aquarius, and then on January 30 the energies of 2025 come flowing in. The end of this week also brings the expansive energies of February, and with them a sudden freshness of spirit and a welcome brightness of mind.

A good question to ask yourself this week is this:

What one thing could I do this year that would positively change my life?

This could be one decision, one significant action, or a commitment to a series of smaller steps.

Whatever it is, you’ll know it because of the way it makes you feel. A little excited, quite possibly a bit (or a lot!) churned, maybe even a little (or a lot!) sick or anxious, but also where you can feel yourself leaning in to the possibilities, and where your heart and soul are saying YES!.

If you’re a long way down in the dumps, or stuck in the mud, or made small by life, that YES! may be the tiniest whisper, but still, you’ll feel it.

Trust that the Universe will show you.

It might be subtle. It might be the kind of obvious that everyone else was able to see but you – because you weren’t ready for it yet.

Then remind yourself – if you keep doing what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got, and that’s more of the same.

In a pattern-breaking year it’s time to be bold, and to make the choices that will move you to a better place, more aligned with your inner spirit, your heart, your values and your gifts.

You just need one revolutionary idea, and your whole life can change.

That’s the kind of week this is. Embrace it!

My Top Tip For The Week Ahead: 

When you get your idea, and you may be fortunate enough to get more than one, write it down. If NOTHING comes, then take your journal and write a few pages about what your dream life would look like. Where would you live, what would you do, who would you be with, what would your body be like, your health, your energy, your relationships, your values? Write it all down, without censorship. Be curious, and open to possibility.

To really turbo-boost your manifesting do the New Moon New Year Ritual below.

Crystals to support you this week – Amethyst, Clear Quartz, Moonstone, Citrine, Lapis Lazuli, Labradorite

New Year New Moon Ritual

Write down your one big idea, your dream life, or both as guided by the Top Tip above.

Then, under the new moon on January 29* light a candle, and place that candle and a small quartz-based crystal such as clear or Milky, Quartz, Amethyst, Citrine, Smoky Quartz, Aventurine or Agate on top of your writings. Offer up your wish to the Universe that you be granted this, or better, in alignment with your Highest Good. Sit or stand for a minute with your eyes closed and give that wish all of your heartfelt energy. Then blow out the candle, say “And so it is. And it is so.” Give thanks, and leave the crystal on top of the paper overnight. The next day fold up the paper with the crystal and place them in a small bag or envelope and place on your altar or with your spiritual tools. You could carry it with you too, if that felt right. Trust in good outcomes.

*Note: This ritual is best done on the night of the New Moon but could also be done anytime between January 28 to February 2.

 

 

Here at the Treehouse?

I’ve had a slow week, mostly in bed, or on my bed, or sitting quietly in a chair. In between times I have been violently ill and/or herxing – also know as a Jarisch-Herxheimer Reaction (JHR). Herxing is a Lyme thing. When you kill off the bugs (infection) with herbs or antibiotics, the bugs release toxins into your system making you temporarily worse. 

Herxing symptoms include fevers and chills, headaches, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea, muscle pains, tachycardia, anxiety and suicidal thoughts, joint pains, weird stabby pains, skin rashes, disturbed sleep, strange dreams and general misery.

This is a good thing, right?

Yay! We’re killing all the bugs!!!

It was a lot to adjust to.

It’s taken me a few days to get my head in the game. But I’m there now.

This week I am going to attempt a little bit of work and see how I go. I managed to work last time I went through this kind of intense treatment by pacing myself, and having lots of extra rest, so I am assuming I can do the same this time. Ever the optimist…

And my brain doesn’t seem to be quite so muddled as it was last week, so I am hopeful that it can still be a year for writing and creating. Just as long as I can get some sleep and hold some food down that should be do-able.

I’m looking forward to doing my own New Year New Moon Ritual this week. Who doesn’t love the chance to get a little mystical and magical?

Remember, life is messy, and we need to adapt to our current circumstances, even if they are not what we might have wished for ourselves. You’ve got to work with what you’ve got. Any time you can bring mindfulness to the current moment you’re in your power, no matter what else is happening in your life.
Sending you love! I’m also doing a big New Moon meditation for you, but I’ll blog about that later this week. Nicole xx

 

PS – I have a big sale on right now. Details below.

I’m running a big sale at Amazon and in my Etsy store until the end of this month. Right now you’ll find my hard copy and digital copy of The Journeymaker’s Planner on sale at 45% off. Having a planner on hand will be so useful for when I run my free 30 day Planner Challenge in March. You can buy them here:

Amazon USA – Hard Copy – Free shipping for Prime members

Amazon Australia – Hard Copy – Free shipping for Prime members

Nicole’s Etsy Store – Hard Copy and Digital Copy (printable and editable) – Love letters and extra magic from me!

I’m also marking down almost everything in my Etsy store for the month, so pop in and stock up on gifts for yourself and your loved ones.

Nicole’s Etsy Store – for crystals, malas, journals, bracelets and essential oils.

Here’s a lovely review from Becca, who purchased my Planner from Etsy recently: