Year of the Hermit

Hello lovely one,

Happy New Year! 2025 is a 9 year, which in tarot is the Hermit card. As someone who has lived like a hermit for 12+ years now (for the most part), I should feel right at home with this year’s energy. However, all of my personal tarot readings, 12 days of Christmas omens for the year ahead, and meditations have told me that 2025 will be a social year. An extroverted year. A burst of fireworks kind of energy of a year. At least for me.

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So, how do I make sense of a drawing inward year as one who is coming out of her shell?

I realized, after pondering this question for some time, that my task this year is to share my hermit energy with the world. I carry this grounded peaceful energy with me wherever I go, so why not make the most of a Hermit energy year when I am called to be present in the world by embodying the Hermit even as I share my wisdom and gifts out in the world.

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I remember when my son was a baby, a photographer friend finally convinced me to participate in a photo shoot with a group of women. We frolicked naked in the woods while she photographed us. The energy was wild and loud at first. However, in any photo in which I was at the center, the energy shifted. People drew in closer, spoke quieter. My photographer friend picked up on my introverted energy and adapted. The other women were influenced by my quiet energy too. As a result, the women who were mostly more extroverted and rambunctious developed more of an intimate connection with the forest. They spotted plants they hadn’t noticed before. Saw birds that drew nearer because we were quiet and in harmony with the energy of the woodland.

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I see myself as a water person. My energy flows and gently washes over those around me. Calming them. Causing them to quieten and listen for their own inner wisdom. This is the gift I can offer the world this year as I venture out of my shell while helping others to spiral inward to find the answers they seek.

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Thank you for reading. I’ll share more manifestation tips, reiki, and tarot readings soon.

Much Love,

Cinders