Originally included in my February 2024 newsletter. To get the most recent edition of the newsletter, sign up here!
I’ve had a great job for the past four years. I appreciated it, especially the stability, and I (like most of us) was conditioned to expect that my life would include me working a day job until I was at least 65 (honestly, nowadays, maybe 75). Tarot and astrology, while deep passions for me, felt too unpredictable to ever make them my sole source of income. But over time, and with the help of my manifestation coach Samara Kasai, I realized that I actually don’t need a day job to survive. It opened up whole new worlds and perspectives for me that (along with a lot of other circumstances) helped me realize that I needed a reset. A sabbatical. A chance to take Radiant Unknown full-time, to reorient my relationships with resources and time, and to experiment.
I typically pick a word, or phrase, of the year. I was so happily busy with year ahead readings that I ended up not yet doing those, but my phrase found its way to me anyway. This year, I want to intentionally putting myself in the flow of the energy around me as much as possible. Knowing that this would be a 12th house profection and Star card year for me, plus my Jupiter return and (in a year) my North Node return (oh, and Pluto hanging out with my Sun and Mercury in Aquarius), it was clear to me that I needed to carve out space and time for rest, healing, potential unexpected illnesses, and figuring out the most aligned steps to take next on my life path. I had felt a calling since the summer to take at least a full year off of a day job.
So this year, shortly after my birthday, I gave myself the gift of time, space, and presence. There have been plenty of moments of panic since then. I hold myself lovingly each time, use my tools, and come back home to my support systems. I’m so curious and delighted to see what this year will bring; to read so many of the books on my bookshelf I’ve been dying to lose myself in, to catch up on workshops and courses that I purchased and never had time to watch, and to enjoy lots of hurkle-durkling. And most of all, I’m so thrilled to see what happens with this incredible business when I am able to devote my full time and energy to making it thrive!
For whatever leaps have been calling you in your own life, know that you are more than capable of taking them. You don’t have to take them- we always get a choice, and it is absolutely ok to forgo a few leaps and be kind to yourself- but you’ve got yourself.
the radiant unknown 