I recently opened a new book and a quote on the first page stopped me in my tracks.
“It’s easier to try to be better than you are than to be who you are.”
marion woodman
I don’t know if this quote grabbed my attention so strongly simply because it’s so profound, or because I read it in the days before January 1st. It’s that time of year when articles and content about January 1st resolutions and improvements for the year ahead start pouring in.
Perhaps it was a combination of both.
Either way, it hit me hard. That’s because, culturally, there’s a huge focus on being better, on doing more, on achieving new heights, and perhaps not enough attention to just being real human beings. It got me thinking about not being paid.
I’ve been coming back to it more and more in recent months. who am i? Not what I want to do, but who am I?
What do I value? What is important to me?
It’s hard to remember sometimes, and it’s certainly hard to stay connected to your center in a world that constantly shows you what life should be and what you should aim for.
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I’ve been feeling threads of this for almost two years as Saturn transits Pisces. (If you also have a lot of changeable placements, you might be like me.)
I realized I wanted to do less outside and spend more time here together. I’ve become more aware of my energy and how it fluctuates in different settings and situations. I am attuned to my own guiding light, the light of my Ascendant Ruler and Sect, to help me remember who I am and what is natural to me.
As I became more in tune with my own energy and emotions, I became more protective of what I was doing, who I was spending time with, and where I was.
Maybe this quote spoke to me because it captures in just a few words what I’ve been thinking and exploring for a while. Maybe I can talk to you too?
About resolutions and when to make them.
Later that same day, I read a column by Australian radio host and podcaster Chrissy Swan. He also wrote something similar.
“I have always found that traditional solutions aim to change who we are. They imply that we are not good enough as we are. I guess I’m not doing my best yet and this always frustrates me, because I’m trying. And I don’t want to be judged by other people’s standards, thank you anyway. , change slowly and thoughtfully, preferably 3 I prefer to do it during the month. Or in June. Or not at all.
I love when Swan talks about the fact that most of us are already doing a lot, most of the time, and giving our best to the people and things around us.
Swan also depicts my personal resistance to New Year’s resolutions and the things that always bother me. Why should we all make resolutions at the beginning of the calendar year?
As astrologers, we know that we explore different cycles and trends on the timelines unique to each chart and life.
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I also know that if I was going to choose one day each year to make a personal adjustment or change of focus, I would choose my birthday. At that time, through the annual prophecy method, a new sign and house focus is initiated, which will be in effect for the next 12 months.
If you, too, feel disinterested or reluctant to make New Year’s resolutions around January 1st, try resetting your annual adjustment date or resolution date to your birthday to better align with changes in your chart. We recommend that you set this.
I like to think of astrological timing as a guide. Use tools like prophecies, transits, minor periods and progressions to help you figure out what topics are interesting and what kind of energy you want to express. any time frame.
I am in tune with my own astrological timing cycles (which I always update near my birthday) and see periodic changes as opportunities to explore different aspects of myself.
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Returning to Woodman’s words, it reminds us that the purpose of living is not what we do or what we achieve, but who we are.
And maybe just being who I am is the best resolution and thing I can do that day.
As we enter a new calendar year, what will help you be yourself?
What is your relationship with resolutions? Do you have a deep understanding of who you are, or are you, like me, still a work in progress?
The book I started reading was Meditations for Mortals by Oliver Berkman. It’s not finished yet, but I like it so far.
Source: Kelly Surtees Astrology – www.kellysastrology.com
