(...) it's time to see beyond the adornments and probe underneath the surface. Learn to recognize the masks people wear and the motives underlying them. Imagine that all the glitter is gone. Would you still desire the object or person?

- Wisdom of the Oracle by Colette Baron-Reid: All That Glitters - 

We are drifting somewhere between 2021 and 2022. Based on my own individual understanding, January is always some sort of 'transitional' state to be. We are not quite in the new, but not anymore in the past. What do I mean? According to the Gregorian Calendar, we enter the new year on the 1st January each year. However, this year the Chinese new year starts on the 3rd February 2022. So which one is the real new year? - you may ask yourself. Well...actually both are. I believe each year in between these periods we are 'stuck' in between the Sun and the Moon. It is simply because Gregorian is a Solar Calendar based the days it takes the Earth to revolve around the Sun, while the Chinese is a Lunisolar Calendar based astronomical observation of the Sun's longitude and the Moon's phases.

Let's face it, 2021 was a challenging year. The outcome was different for each and everyone of us, but it could have moved us out of our comfort zone. It was shifting you out of your old structures and belief system unapologetically. You may still feel the depths of lessons, you received. This is where the Moon affects us. According to Tarot, the Moon is symbolically responsible for our emotions, and fears. Everything that is deep within our emotional body. Most often than not, the Moon brings our deepest and darkest emotions to the surface.  
Meanwhile, the Sun is awakening and has started its preparations to welcome the new energies. It is already here with its new lessons and challenges. Our head might be still shaken from all the experiences we have been through in 2021, but the Sun is moving us forward and whispering us to look ahead. This is what it means to be in a 'transitional place'. Partially still in 2021, while partially already in 2022. 

So let's see briefly, what January has to tell us. In the past, you have received plenty of signs and messages to face reality. You may have been 'forced' to face yourself and the way you deceived your own reality. What seemed to be your home, turned out to be just an illusion of your mind. This was 2021 for many of us. In January, these energies have strengthened. If you missed your chance to confront the truth, January might be giving you further hardships to help you one last time before 2022 marches in with its 'All-or-Nothing' energy. 
If you have been considering to move on in any aspect of your life, this is your clue to do so. In January, you get the opportunity to realize where you have been lied to. The truth unveils and the deceptions are no longer affect you. There is something (or many) that seems all glittery from the outside, but rotten in the inside. Maybe you already know it, or maybe you are just about to face it. Whatever applies to you, know that all is well. Do not worry, how the situation unfolds. We are all individuals with different lifepaths. These unveiling might not be big things for some, while it might be lifechanging for others. It could also be that you are the one deceiving yourself by a bad habit of yours, you must leave behind. Take care!

Until next time, 
Betti

Used Oracle deck: 'All that glitters' from Wisdom of the Oracle by Colette Baron Reid