Are you ready for the energetic alignment?

𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱?

Perhaps it’s not surprising. Tomorrow brings a powerful collection of celestial events - a solar eclipse, the Perseid meteor shower and a New Moon, alongside a rare alignment involving Mercury, Jupiter, Mars, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.

Whether you experience these events energetically, spiritually, scientifically, or simply as something extraordinary to witness, there is something rather beautiful about remembering that 𝙬𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙚.

Our bodies contain water that has travelled through oceans, rivers, rain and ice. The elements that make up our cells were forged through ancient cosmic processes. The carbon, oxygen, calcium and other elements within us have passed through countless forms of life and Earth’s natural cycles.

In a very real sense, we are not separate from nature.

And there is fascinating research suggesting that trees respond to changes in their environment during an eclipse. Studies have observed changes in tree bioelectrical activity and synchronisation around solar eclipses. Up to 14 hours before an eclipse, mature trees sync their bioelectric field. They are closely followed by younger trees (as if to show the way) even tree stumps sync into the same bioelectric frequency. There is still much we don't understand about these subtle biological rhythms - but it raises an intriguing question:

𝙄𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩, 𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙣𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨, 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙬𝙚 𝙗𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙚𝙣𝙫𝙞𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙬𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙚?

Perhaps this is why days like tomorrow can feel different.

For me, the energy of 12th August feels like standing at a threshold.

A moment to pause and ask:

𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙢 𝙄 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙙?

𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙣𝙤 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙨 𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙘?

𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙄 𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙞𝙛 𝙄 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙢𝙮𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙚𝙣𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙥 𝙩𝙤𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙨 𝙞𝙩?

You don't have to know exactly where the path leads.

Sometimes the first step is simply acknowledging that the old way isn't working anymore.

Use this powerful day as an invitation to slow down. Spend some time outside. Watch the sky. Listen to the land. Sit beneath a tree. Notice what your body is telling you.

Set an intention.

Release a habit or pattern that you are ready to move beyond.

Ask for support, whether that comes through nature, your own intuition, meditation, prayer, or simply the people and animals you love.

If you work with energy, you might choose to send healing, connect with someone you have lost, or simply sit quietly and allow yourself to feel part of something much bigger than yourself.

You don't have to prove that the cosmos is influencing you.

You can simply allow yourself to be curious.

Tomorrow, we get to stand somewhere between 𝙀𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙝 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙠𝙮 - beneath a changing Moon, watching ancient starlight pass overhead, remembering that we too are made of the same extraordinary universe.

Perhaps that's enough to remind us that we are never quite as separate as we sometimes feel.

 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙙?