2023 is numerologically a “7” Universal year. “7” years are great for introspection and discovering your own inner truth. 2023 will be a year of coming face-to-face with who you are and what you value. “7” years are considered spiritual years because you must go within and confer with your Higher Power in order to honestly move forward as a soul. Beginning 2023– a “7” year– during a Mercury retrograde is a double reminder that introspection, self-discovery, and a spiritual connection are very important to you as an individual and as a member of the world community.
From December 29th to January 18, 2023, the planet of communication and plans will be retrograde (appearing to go backwards). Mercury retrogrades are great for introspection and personal “re” work– reflection, retreat, review, reinvention. Since Mercury rules communication, transportation and contracts, when it’s retrograde, all manner of mistakes and misunderstandings can occur. If you can, please hold off on buying (or leasing) any big-ticket items and wait until Mercury goes direct before making any big decisions. Please practice patience with compassion, remember to focus on the big picture, go easy on yourself and others, and accept that there will be delays, so please factor in extra time in your schedule, and above all, please don’t take the vicissitudes of life personally.
Your message this month comes in a quote that also represents your theme for the year 2023. During this “7” year of introspection, please examine your life, motives, feelings, hopes, wishes, dreams and relationships through the lens of this quote.
For All of Us:
“In a world where you can be anything, be kind.” Caroline Flack
and
“I love you, my sister and brother, whoever you are– whether you worship in your church, kneel in your temple or pray in your mosque. You and I are all children of one faith, for the diverse paths of religion are fingers of the loving hand of one Supreme Being, a hand extended to all, offering completeness of spirit to all, eager to receive all.” Khalil Gibran
THE EMPEROR (March 21 – April 20) “Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively.” H. H. 14th Dalai Lama
THE EMPRESS (April 21 – May 20) “There is great power in letting go & there is great freedom in moving on.” Anonymous
THE LOVERS (May 21 – June 20) “Leap and the net will appear.” John Burroughs
THE CHARIOT (June 21 – July 20) “One day you will wake up and there won’t be any more time to do the things you’ve always wanted. Do it now and don’t allow your mind to tell your heart what to do. The mind gives up easily.” Paulo Coelho
THE SUN (July 21 – August 22) “Though no one can go back and make a brand-new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand-new end.” Attributed to Maria Robinson
THE HERMIT (August 23 – September 22) “Life is too short, or too long, for me to allow myself the luxury of living it badly.” Paulo Coelho
JUSTICE (September 23 – October 22) “I can choose either to be a victim of the world or an adventurer in search of treasure. It’s all a question of how I view my life.” Paulo Coelho
THE MAGICIAN (October 23 – November 21) “The well of Providence is deep. It’s the buckets we bring to it that are small.” Mary Webb, and “Recognize that life is what you get when you’re born… living is what you do with it.” Jim Allen
WHEEL OF FORTUNE (November 22 – December 21“This is the purpose of life– to get what you want. There are deeper things, but this is fun.” Karl Lagerfeld
THE WORLD (December 22 – January 19) “Everything I’ve seen is teaching me to trust God for everything I haven’t seen.” Rumi
THE STAR (January 20 – February 19) “It is never too late to be what you might have been.” George Eliot
THE MOON (February 20 – March 20) “Embrace fully your capacity to create, to think in unlimited ways, and to pursue everything that you have been wanting. Be flexible, open and willing to let the new come to you.” Sanaya Roman & Duane Packer