Today is a great day for creative play and for spending time with people you love.  You have a lot of love and passion flowing through you, so find ways to share it.  It isn’t a great day for big decisions, however.  The dreamy energy surrounding you today could make something seem better than it actually is.

Something in your life is harmful and you know it.  Today it is time to let it go.  It’s going to hurt, but this release is also going to create beautiful space for something better.  The sooner you can let go, the sooner you’ll be able to heal.  This is a difficult loss.  Whether it is an end to a relationship, the loss of trust due to betrayal, rejection, losing your job, the end of some sort of ailment through surgery, or letting go of some sort of way of thinking that has ceased to be useful, the loss will not be easy.  However, this release will make room for further growth and maturity.  It is difficult to be optimistic when we are in pain, but pain is a strong motivator to change.  When you feel pain and do something to fix it, you grow.

As you can see by the image on this card, the figure is depicting sadness, mourning, disappointment, regret, and perhaps suffering and emotional adjustment …. and so, these feelings might be working on you today.  If you’re feeling sad or down today, honor those feelings.  Don’t try to push them away.  Whatever loss or disappointment you’ve experienced lately deserves to be felt.  When you take the time to really feel your feelings, you can process them, learn from them, and then move forward with greater self-awareness and wisdom.  The loss suffered is of something dear to the heart, whether a relationship, a loved possession, or a cherished dream.  It may be a loss voluntarily taken, but that doesn’t make it any less painful.  The lesson to be learned here is that with loss also comes change … and with change, opportunity.  We can avoid loss if we avoid pursuing our heart’s desire.  But, if we have the courage to risk loss, we may also gain true fulfillment.  Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

She’s back, and just in time to enjoy the weekend and Chinese New Year under a New Moon.  Talk about pregnant with creative possibilities … just like The Empress!  Nourish your body with good, whole foods.  Indulge your senses by going to the Chinese New Year Parade, for example.  Or, simply enjoy the weekend at home tending to your garden and relishing in the fragrances of flowers and trees.  Or, create a no-occasion gathering of creative, empowered people who will enhance your creative spirit.  Whatever you choose to do today, indulge your senses.