January 4–11 Energy Reading: What An Intuitive Is Picking Up On For The Week Ahead

This time of year, we tend to hear a lot of "new year, new you" rhetoric, which implies that we aren't adding up and need to find a way to change ourselves. (On January 1, and no later!)

I'm all for self-improvement (some may say personal growth is my obsession—sun in the 12th house, anyone?), but I operate from the belief that we are always worthy, just as we are. In my experience, most of our problems arise when we focus on the "less than" version of ourselves, which keeps our attention away from our true, expansive selves. Growth can only happen once we're rooted in the knowledge of our inherent worthiness.

As we move into this first week of 2022, which is coming after two traumatic years for the collective, how about we all pinky promise to be kind to ourselves as we go about our work? (Also, maybe you just want to relax and not do any work, and that's also totally fine!)

This week, I'm tuning in to a very sweet feminine energy and flow. It feels powerful, yet not aggressive—as if the energy is flowing steadily toward us rather than against us. If you can go with the flow (instead of fighting it or trying to figure it out), it will take you confidently in the direction you want to go.

We are also in Capricorn season, known for being the workhorse of astrology, so if you feel like building toward a goal, this does feel like a week to gather your building blocks (but again—treat yourself with kindness and self-compassion as you do).

This feels like a week to examine the very building blocks of what you believe about yourself, who you are, and how you show up in the world. Venus is also in retrograde this week, making relationship dynamics a key theme. This means it could also be a time to consider what you want from yourself in relationships and/or what you want from other people.