“you can’t pour from an empty cup”

We have all heard it. And we have likely all said it to someone else before…while carefully if somewhat subconsciously, ignoring our own wisdom.

There is a virtual tidal wave of chasmic scale emotion, awakening, and action flooding our planet right now, bringing with it change and vibrational upheaval on levels we have not yet in this lifetime experienced.

All at a time that sees us sitting in the middle of eclipse season, with Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Jupiter, and Pluto all in Retrograde, each asking of us to do deep work within. Add to this the pandemic that is loominglarge around us.

There’s a lot.

A LOT.

Our world and lives are generally fast-paced and full. Such is modern life. But even so, I see so many folks just totally unable to stay afloat right now as the waters rise.

And that’s totally understandable.

We have forgotten to stop. We have forgotten to take a moment. And we have completely forgotten to rest.

Exhaustion is so debilitating and it makes even the simplest task, complex, and emotionally charged. And so we stop doing the things we love, the things that nourish us because we feel it’s all a bit much and if we had less to do, we would feel less tired.

We sacrifice our joy and inspiration at the alter of worn-throughness. (This place where we pat ourselves on the back for being busy and doing so much)

And then eventually we are so worn through, that the things we need to do, cause resentment because we surrendered the things we love to cope with them…

Finally, we stop being able to do the things that we actually need to do, disappointing both ourselves and the ones we love. And, in turn, causing more ill will, high emotions, and utter, bone-through exhaustion.

Because we won’t concede. ad we won’t allow ourselves to rest. And to keep our Magick nourished.

“I’m tired through my soul”

I remember saying that to my husband, many years ago. I felt it, in my mind.

Here’s a little secret. that allowed itself to make bad decisions for my own wellbeing.

I was not allowing very needed rest for my body, and nourishment for my soul and I was not loving myself enough to realize when I had reached a place where my decision making was getting in the way of my magick, and my wellbeing.

I was flatly ignoring my intuition. Despite it yelling at me (health issues, failing marriage, overwhelm, life coming adrift, business failing, etc)

And while it’s deeply important to check in with our human suit often, to make sure it is fed and warm and cared for. It’s just as important to check on our energy too. And to listen deeply, always, to our intuition.

As witches we know we are beings who work with energy, and as such, we need to stay deeply mindful of keeping balance in that realm. Because we are all energy. We are all matter. And when we lose control over the most sacred areas of our energy, and how we are choosing to use it, everything else will swing off-kilter too.

And so I am writing this today, to remind us all that we need to stay in our magick.

Connect deeply with our own energy.

Our energetic cups are falling and cracking and emptying fast as we juggle in the waves of change, emergence, and evolution. We cannot possibly share our gifts, skills, light, and learnings if we have squandered them by failing to rest and replenish them.

Get grounded. Get still. Get inside yourself. Get real about what is yours to carry and just put down what is not yours. Get humble. Get honest and get practical with what you can, and must be doing right now.

And for everything else, don’t show up.

Show up for you. Show up for your magick and know in your slowly rest-recovering soul, that nothing matters more than this. Rest. Because without it, we can not go on.

We cannot keep moving forward towards a world that upholds decent values.

We cannot keep growing towards spaces that keep sacred, each and every life.

We cannot keep alive in a way in which we honor our magick, and that of others, fully.

We cannot.

And we must.

We must do all of those things and more.

And so, once more, I remind you, with love, to stay in your magick. And allow others to do just that too.

We each have a role to play in the energy that is emerging right now, and unless we step fully into our magick and allow others to do the same for themselves, we will dissipate the magnificence of what we can achieve.

From my heart to yours,

Trace.