Another Start?

2014~4 Tree Year

How are those resolution-less days of January working with you? For any of you who feel like the boat left the harbor and you missed it, I have excellent news; we all get a second chance!

Though my life revolves around the Gregorian calendar (and my schedule is certainly reflecting busy days and nights at the moment) my heart and soul follow the Nine Star Ki path, throughout the month and seasons of the year. Around the 4th of February we will switch to a brand new energetic year {and let me just say how READY I am!}

Collectively we've just completed a year in the 5 earth cycle. This means that we've all been working with the energies of the karmic stations, themes that we inherited at the time of our birth. Nine Star Ki uses five natural elements found in nature as a way of organizing and making sense of energies, life themes, challenges, and triumphs. By carefully studying patterns, rhythms, traits and tendencies of tree, water, earth, metal and fire, we are given deep insight about the way our world works. Since we are so entwined within the natural world, the entire philosophy is based on our surroundings and these elements. Even if we do not take the time to identify and recognize them, they are always at play, in one form or another, during each day, month and year.

This week and next are great times for assessing and evaluating where you are in terms of your life path, intentions and goals. We've all been working in themes an structures closest to us, identifying any glitches and working to straighten them out so that we are free to move into higher vibrational experiences, ones more fitting of who we are and why we are here. If you've struggled in one or more areas of your life, it's likely not been the disaster your mind would have you believe; instead it could be an intricate part of the lessons/experiences your spirit/soul have signed up for during your time here. The good news is that the coming year will likely be far different from what you've experienced during 2013.

In this philosophy, 2014 is a 4 tree year. This type of energy fosters education, growth/expansion, exploration and connections. It supports great strides in learning and forward movement. The symbol for this location is a a healthy, mature tree, one that is fully rooted, yet flexible enough to bend when necessary. We can adopt more of the tree energies by honoring our own unique gifts and talents and sharing those with others. This type of energy is flexible and is known to shift and change directions.  Those who are born in 1942, '51, '60, '69, '78, '87, '96 and 2005 are likely to experience energies shifts and changes more intensely than others. (Don't worry, every one gets their turn what is known as the center station!)

As a collective, we'll all feel the pull to learn, expand and grow. Travel is usually a popular theme in a four tree year we'll be more inclined to explore and we are open to new experiences. Accidents can be more prominent as well, especially if we lack ample earth/soil energies to keep us grounded and focused. Four tree carries is a much "softer" essence than the solid five earth that we're completing. If you've noticed an abundance of constriction and feelings of being blocked and held in place, it could very well be related to the five earth energies. They are known to feel stronger just before the energetic shift happens.

I share this for those who are interested gaining insight and perspective. We're close to completing the first month of the new calendar year and we have a brilliant opportunity to recognize and harness the power of an additional "fresh start".  I'm particularly fond of taking time to journal, map or create some type of art piece that allows me to recognize and lovingly release anything that no longer serves us. This creates space and  consciously opens us to new, bright, exciting possibilities that will grow and branch out through the coming year.

Four tree is a bit fast paced, so there will be times of rapid acceleration; things that would have taken a long time to launch, complete/accomplish in years past will happen quickly. Use the time in the next couple of weeks to get your game plan organized so that when the upward rising, ascending energies of four tree open, you'll be ready to "grow"!