New Moon, New Tools
Lately, I’ve noticed a pattern. Not just in my own life, but in the stories people are quietly telling too.
The self-care tools we used to lean on? They’re just not cutting it anymore.
For me, I’ve been reaching for distractions. Dumb video games. Mindless tapping just to stay busy. Sometimes it feels like a kind of low-simmer hopelessness, cooked in the background of the world’s chaos. Other times, it flirts with anxiety but doesn’t quite land there.
It’s been hard to sit still in my body. New sensations, new emotional weather systems, and a nervous system that doesn’t want to stay present for any of it.
Does this sound familiar? If it does, keep going.
I’ve been sitting with a few theories. Trying to make meaning of this strange chapter where nothing seems to work and everything feels like molasses.
My usual go-to when I’m overwhelmed is to go horizontal. Lay on the couch, put on a comfort movie I’ve seen a dozen times. It’s a tactic I’ve relied on for years. Turns out, it’s common among folks with ADHD, which I was only recently diagnosed with, but I’ve been masking and managing it since I was little.
But even that? Hasn’t been cutting it lately.
So it’s back to the drawing board. Again.
It’s become a bit of a mantra, honestly. But when I look up at the sky, the astrology tracks. We are deep in a collective season of innovation. Of building new systems inside ourselves because the old ones no longer hold.
Saturn and Neptune in Aries are teaching me that action, even slow and awkward action, can be more nourishing than rest right now. Scheduling structure into my unstructured days has been surprisingly helpful. Booking myself into my own calendar, even just for errands or creative tasks, creates forward momentum.
And that’s the key. Momentum. Even if it feels like slogging through honey.
I’ve also started looking at my days not in terms of routine, but rhythm. Routines imply rigidity. Rhythms offer movement. I don’t always have the energy to do my morning tea or card pulls, so I’ve started letting myself stay in bed longer, laying on my infrared heat pad and breathing into whatever my body is holding.
There’s often a quiet battle in the background. The voice that says, “you should be doing more,” up against the deeper wisdom that says, “you’re doing what you need.” I’m learning to listen kindly. To honor my real rhythm instead of forcing one that doesn’t fit.
And now, with Jupiter in Cancer for the next year, there’s an invitation to go deeper into self-nurturing. A reparenting of sorts. A softening. This energy is asking us to mother ourselves, in the most tender and devoted way.
It’s been two and a half years since I sat with my mom as she took her last breath. I haven’t been the same since. And honestly, I don’t think I ever will be. There’s no returning to the version of me that existed when she was still here.
So what now?
I build the new me. Slowly. Bit by bit.
I lean on the parts of myself that still believe in magic and in humanity. I lean on astrology to help me understand the invisible tides I feel. I keep showing up to share what I know, to uplift others, to teach people to listen inward, because the body always knows.
This isn’t a season of answers. But it is a season of listening, of adjusting, of choosing gentleness again, and again.
And maybe, just maybe, that’s its own kind of magic.
If you're navigating similar terrain and want support in making sense of what you’re feeling, I have a few offerings that might meet you where you are. Whether you're craving clarity through astrology, seeking nervous system support, or needing gentle accountability in building new rhythms, I’ve created spaces for that.
Right now, I’m offering:
In-person Astrology Readings at SpiritWays on July 5th from 12-6 pm- to map out your current transits and personal energetics.
You Are Magic Microdose Container-to support emotional and energetic integration.
Free Astrology Reading Giveaway- A chance to win a free 30-minute virtual reading with me! Go to my Instagram or TikTok: @ascext_astro and find the latest post for instructions on entering. Winner will be randomly selected on Sunday, June 29th.
You don’t have to figure it all out alone. If any of this speaks to where you are, I’d love to walk alongside you.
