USE THE POWER OF THE STARS AND INTENTION-SETTING TIPS TO ACTIVATE YOUR YEAR AHEAD.

By: Hayley Kaufman, RGA Network Astrologer

CONNECT COSMICALLY TO ACTIVATE YOUR YEAR 

The blank-slate potential of a new year is thrilling, but it can also be overwhelming to navigate the expansive opportunity of a totally fresh start. Thankfully, we can all harness the power of the universe to help us co-create our best year yet. How, you may ask? All you need is a few solid intentions, a true belief in your personal power, and the energy of the cosmos to support you along the way. Here are some tried-and-true manifestation tips as well as auspicious astrological energies and powerful lunations that can help set the tone for 2023. Ready, set, manifest. 

SET YOUR INTENTIONS 

While it’s a ritual for some people to make resolutions on the actual eve of the new year, it can be just as potent to set intentions in ceremony on a chosen auspicious day at the beginning of 2023. This year, with the power of the abundant benefic Jupiter in fiery Aries burning brightly from December 20, 2022 until May 16, 2023, it’s the perfect time to kick-start new ventures, initiate new ideas, and launch entrepreneurial endeavors. There’s no right or wrong time to activate your goals—you can choose to solidify your intentions on New Year’s Day or you can even wait until Mars goes direct on January 12. It should be noted that Mercury will station retrograde from December 22, 2022 until January 18, 2023—so don’t be discouraged if it feels like it takes a minute for your co-creation energies to take root and solidify.

RELEASE WHAT NO LONGER SERVES 

An innovative yet emotive full moon at 16° Cancer on January 6 gets a celestial kiss from Uranus, the planet of spontaneity and flipping the proverbial script. The full moon signifies a culmination point in your personal evolution, the ending of a cycle before a new one can begin. This is an opportune time to do a releasing ceremony to get rid of the energy that no longer serves you, something that is key to manifesting powerfully. Simply write down three to five things you are ready to release in 2023, read them out loud while envisioning yourself walking away from each thing that’s holding you back, then either use a fire safe bowl to burn the paper or tear it up and flush it down the toilet. This frees up your energetic field and your psyche for new vibrations and intentions to take hold. 

SOLIDIFY YOUR GOALS 

You can further reinforce the intentions you crafted at the onset of the new year during the new moon at 1° Aquarius on January 21. Conjunct power player Pluto and making a trine to the self-starter planet Mars, this potent lunation can add some major mojo to your manifestation. To maximize the moon-power, revisit the intentions you set to make sure they still align, write them down in present tense, and read them out loud while envisioning yourself actively engaging in whatever you’re hoping to manifest. Light candles to set the mood, invite your closest confidants to partake, and watch as what you’re co-creating with the universe unfolds before your eyes.

JANUARY 2023 KEY DATES: 

SET INTENTIONS: Jupiter in Aries (December 20, 2022 - May 16, 2023)

RELEASE CEREMONY: Full moon 16° Cancer (January 6) 

INVITE NEW ENERGY: Mars direct (January 12) 

REVISIT + SOLIDIFY INTENTIONS: New Moon 1° Aquarius (January 21)

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