Dear reader,

This week feels like standing on a doorway, one foot ready to step into the new, but the other foot still processing and moving through the snake year energies.

Lunar New Year is a week from now, on February 17th, which will kickstart the year of the Fire Horse. I don’t know about you guys, but I am getting quite ready to wrap this snake year… it’s been a ride.

In Chinese astrology, the Year of the Snake is coming to a close. Snake energy has been all about shedding the skin that no longer fits. The Snake does not do it through force, but through timing. Letting go of what no longer fits, when the body and the inner world are ready.

The Snake doesn’t rush transformation.

That’s something I’ve been practicing lately too. To slow down.

We still have remains of this snake energy to complete. The old cycle isn’t fully complete, and the new one hasn’t begun. This is an in-between week — a space that can feel a little uncomfortable.

There can be a quiet pull to already know what’s next, to be ready with intentions, to step straight into the Fire Horse energy and get moving.

But remember: you will still be you in the new cycle. Anything that hasn’t been tended to, released, or completed doesn’t magically disappear, it comes with you. And if it feels heavy now, it’s likely to feel heavy then too.

That’s why this week is an invitation to slow down, listen, and gently attend to what’s still open. To finish unfinished business, tend to hanging threads, and create space — physically, emotionally, and energetically.

We have seven days left.

If you’ve been avoiding it, it’s time to get to it.

Shed the last remains of the version of you that you no longer are and everything that is linked to it.

Ask yourself: how can I enter the Lunar New Year lighter? What needs to be let go still in order for me to do that?

This week isn’t asking you to leap forward. It’s about letting go of what doesn’t need to be carried into the next cycle and sitting with everything you’ve shed already.

Next week, the Fire Horse energy enters, with fresh energy and movement. We are almost there, but don’t miss this important step.

Stop avoiding. Start facing. You know what you need to.
Dare greatly, and do it.

It does feel lighter. I promise. Having attended many hanging threads and completing many things myself, I promise you it does feel lighter. It feels so good.

It comes with growing pains, this whole past year has, but it is more painful to stay with what doesn’t serve you and living with yourself knowing it.

I will write to you next when we are in the energy of the Fire Horse.

Go gently. Go with courage. Go with heart.
Essi 💛

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