Well hello & happy Monday! Happy New Year!
How has 2025 been treating you so far?
Me? I have honestly had a great start to the year. I have cried & laughed, spent quality time with myself & found clarity on some really important things that had me struggling for most of 2024.
Is everything magically better? No. But I can feel shifts taking place. I can feel energy within myself moving. I can feel the Capricorn season urge to sort out my life & for the first time in a long time I feel… good.
If you want to hear more about what has been going on with me over the last 6-8 weeks (I have been off of socials for the most part) you can hear me spill all the tea in our recent episode of REALWITH The Podcast.
But enough about me — we are here for you!
For your first weekly guidance reading of the year!!!
Let’s dive in.
ENERGY READING FOR THE WEEK:
Take a moment… breathe deep & place your hands over your heart.
If you have a preferred way of asking for guidance you can do that now — especially if there is something specific you are seeking clarity on.
If not, you can repeat after me:
“I call upon my higher self & spirit guides. What message do you have for me this week?”
Breathe in.
Breathe out.
Now choose the card that is calling to you the most:
Mood for the week:
(scroll to find your reading!)
CARD ONE
You’ve pulled the card of Iris — the Greek messenger Goddess.
If you felt drawn to this card your message is one that will require strength. Potentially a kind of strength that feels scary to tap into, but that you ultimately need.
Right now you are being called to open yourself, your heart & most importantly — your throat.
Communication is being highlighted for you this week.
It is time for you to speak your truth, write your truth, own your truth. It is time for you to acknowledge that your words have power. That YOU have power.
If you have been considering having important conversations with loved ones, or at work — now is the time. If you have been considering sharing your story, writing a book, showing up online, starting a podcast, hosting events in your community — now is the time.
Iris is here to let you know that are being supported in this. That your words will not only be heard but they will be felt. Your truth & your message is not only wanted but it is needed.
You have a chance this week to create big shifts & make a big impact not only on the lives of others but in your own life as well.
& for my people pleasers out there — this may be feeling extra intense for you. Scary even. But the call to rise up & step into your strength is here.
With this being the first ~real~ week of the year, & with us being well into Capricorn season (which is a time to ground, organize, create routine & embrace responsibility), it feels like the perfect time for you to crack yourself open to the idea that you can have anything + everything you want — but you have to be willing to ask for it.
Another message this card brings is a reminder that you are always in communication with the Universe, with God, with Source. So pay attention! Notice the signs, the synchronicities, the subtle winks that let you know you are not alone — that you are deeply loved & supported on your path.
This card could also be your loving push to grab your pen & paper & finally start your journaling practice. There is no better way to find clarity, to find peace, to find love for yourself & do some really beautiful healing work than within the safety of your journal.
I could give my journal the credit for 90% of my inner work. Truly. Because over the last 6 years, I committed to writing. Not just the manifestation lists & the recaps of my days… but I committed to writing the hard stuff. The real stuff. The ugly stuff.
When we pour our truth onto the page before us it allows us to acknowledge it with a more loving & accepting eye. It gives us the opportunity to see what needs to be seen in order to create the change we truly desire — because we cannot change what we do not know.
Your alignment task for this week:
Open your mind & open your mouth.
Whether you have been sitting on a creative idea or have been putting off hard conversations — this card is here to let you know that the time has come.
I am getting the vibe like this card is urging you to take a leap. To do something you have felt unsure of or scared to do, so let this be a leap of faith. Let this be a moment you fully align yourself with trust — trust in your self.
Everything you need is within you now.
Use the support from this message, this card, from the Goddess Iris herself & step into the unknown. You have so much love surrounding you right now.
“Let yourself be heard, and the Great Goddess will send strong teachers and wonderful allies for you.” — direct from the guidebook.
CARD TWO
You’ve pulled the card of Rhea — the Greek Goddess of Flow.
I love this card for you. Absolutely love it.
If this is the card you chose today you may find yourself entering a more peaceful state of being. You may feel a sense of calm, of trust. You may have taken the shift in the Gregorian calendar as an opportunity to let go of expectations & instead allow this new year to unfold on its own timeline.
Or maybe, that is what you are seeking.
Maybe, you desire this energy. This feeling.
Either way, Rhea is here to shine a light on the beauty that is living in alignment — living in flow.
This week flow state is not only available to you, it is all around you. It is within you.
But it is up to you to allow it. To be with it. Be in it.
When we are in flow we are in deep trust. There is no chasing no rushing no forcing. Flow is when we are allowing life to take us where we need to go.
We can access this state of flow when we release expectations, release the need to have it all figured out, release the idea that there is somewhere else we should be & instead shift our attention to the present.
If you are already here, in flow — soak it in.
Because this state tends to be fleeting. In this world of chaos & hustle culture it is nearly impossible to be in flow 100% of the time. But I think that’s the point. The reason flow feels so good, so juicy, so right is because we also have times where we experience its opposite: resistance.
If you do not feel like you are in flow right now, take stock of where you are resisting your life. Where you are allowing fear to take hold? Where you are judging yourself? Making demands of yourself or of the Universe? Feeling angry or resentful or bitter?
Seriously — take a moment to reflect. Grab your pen & journal & allow your truth to spill out onto the page. See where you are keeping yourself stuck & where you can accept + allow to bring yourself into flow.
Do this & you will find that this week holds unexpected opportunity, unexpected bliss, unexpected joy. The Universe is trying to take you somewhere that you have been begging to go — but the key here is not to control which path you take.
It is to (again) — trust.
Trust that you are held.
Trust that you are divinely guided.
Trust that you are exactly where you are meant to be.
Your alignment task for this week:
“Let go and allow the flow to do the rest!” — direct from the guidebook.
Letting go always seems so complicated. What do you mean let go? Does that mean we do nothing? We give up? Take no action?
It always seems far harder when we use our logical brain to understand the assignment. So, let’s not.
Instead, let’s drop into the heart.
Because THAT is where the flow lives. That is where we access it. Embrace it. Embody it. BEcome it.
To achieve flow you must be willing to be present. To believe that woven into each & every moment is something beautiful. Magical. Kismet. Divine.
That your purpose on this earth is not to produce or provide but to simply exist. To witness. Observe. Take note. Take hold.
A beautiful, fulfilling life is not one of perfection. It is not defined by your bank account, the size of your house or the fabrics within your closet.
A beautiful, fulfilling life is the culmination of small moments that become cherished moments. Ordinary days that become extraordinary memories.
It is the day to day moment to moment gratitude for the present that shifts us into a state of flow.
& you have the ability to access it now. The Universe & Rhea are waiting for you there.
Something truly amazing is on the horizon for you. I can feel it!
So let go, let be & let ~flow~.
A note from me on these readings:
There will be no guided meditations for each card this week! I am easing myself back into work after taking a much needed break over the holidays.
Right now Mondays are big days for me since I have my ALIGN Experience group call at night & as I am sure you know — I am a stay at home mama. So juggling the baby all day, doing these weekly readings & conserving enough energy for my call at night is without a doubt a balancing act!
I am in a big big bigggg period of what I would call fine tuning (thank you Capricorn season). AKA I am looking at all areas of my life & applying loving logic with a heavy does of intuition to see where I can support myself the most, where I can add routine, where I can lean on Casey & where I need to ask for help.
So today I am giving myself the gift of taking something off my plate — & am thinking that maybe these readings are something I start to do on Sundays? Or maybe I need to wake up earlier?
The truth has yet to be revealed!
But with this said — if you are also feeling the call to organize + fine tune your life, listen to that call! The cosmic energy is on your side.
I hope these readings found you in a good place.
Love to love you 🕊
Xx, Emma
card one 🩷🧡💛 you are such a gifted energy reader because these always HIT 😮💨😮💨😮💨
Thank you Emma!