ARIES: I AM
Aries I AM: Reflection 🥰
We’ve come to our last week in Aries & I gotta say, what a time! There is a lot happening in the world. It’s hard not to get swept up in the chaos. This is why I think self care is essential. Sometimes it’s the only thing you can do, especially now.
Which brings us to the final piece of embodying the sign of Aries: the reflection part.
For the last couple of years, I used Astrology to reflect on the seasons as they passed by. I started to notice how the patterns of my life would play out during the year.
This year, I’m using this awareness to anticipate the energy of each season so I can make solid changes in my life. The truth is, your girl was stuck. But I couldn’t change what I wasn’t aware of. So now that I know, I can do things differently.
That’s how it all clicked for me. I realized this is what shadow work is. It doesn’t have to be scary. It’s simply recognizing your patterns & choosing to move differently. You can go as deep as you want, or go slow like I did & peel back the layers.
Enter shadow work journaling, aka reflection that leads to pattern recognition. But we’re gonna start with an affirmation.
Each sign has a keyword or affirmation that aligns with its energy. The Aries affirmation is: I AM.
Notice how that’s a full sentence. I am & you are. Period. We exist & that’s enough.
You are enough as you are. That is the gift of Aries. To exist as who your soul came here to be.
Do I have the courage to be who I am?
What am I afraid of?
Take some time this week to reflect on those questions. I encourage you to journal about it.
I also have a little exercise that my teacher taught me called the identity game.
Take a piece of paper & draw a line down the center.
On the top left side write: inner self.
On the top right side write: outer self.
Under your inner self, just write some words that describe who you are on the inside. How do you feel on the inside? How do you see yourself? Who are you in secret?
Under your outer self, just write some words that describe who you are on the outside. How do you look on the outside? How do you portray yourself? Who are you in public/online?
Now go through each word & circle the ones that are the same on both sides. Cross out any words that don’t have a match on the other side.
The circled words are who you really are. That’s your authentic self. Leading with those qualities is how you stay aligned. The words you crossed out are not really you.
I’m going to use myself as an example.
On the left I wrote: positive, painful, struggling, fun, strong, self aware.
On the right I wrote: happy, healthy, successful, fun, strong, self aware.
I crossed off positive, painful, struggling, happy, healthy, successful. These are not me, so I can stop feeling & acting like I am.
I circled fun, strong, self aware. These are me, so I can focus on living from these qualities.
Just because I feel struggling on the inside, doesn’t mean that’s who I am.
Just because I look happy on the outside, doesn’t mean I always am.
When you strip away false identities, you have the energy to be who you really are.
A quick recap of the Aries season vibe:
When the Sun is in Aries, we are given an extra dose of courage. We have the energy to start something new.
We light the spark of our inner fire. Survival of the self (our soul) is the most important thing.
Without movement & the breath, fears take over. We must move & take some sort of action.
Aries season is the initiation of the self.
Who are you?
Use the affirmation I AM to write out who you want to be. The more comfortable you feel with the words you write after I AM, the more courage you’ll have to take aligned action & become that person.
For the longest time, I wrote in my journal: I am a healer, I am an astrologer, I am an artist, I am a spiritual teacher.
The goal is to decide who you want to be, become comfortable with those identities, & believe in yourself enough that your reality starts to reflect it.
I am so excited for next week! While Aries is my favorite season, Taurus is my favorite sign. The Sun will be bringing us some grounding energy, I cannot wait!
Love you with everything I am!
– DREA✨
CURRENT SEASON:
TAURUS
What does it mean when the Sun is in Taurus?
How can you apply this to your life?
I’m sending out a weekly newsletter that talks about the energetics of Taurus & how to align with this sign.
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