Closing the Year, Seeding the New

14 - 20 DECEMBER 2025

This week feels different. Not rushed. Not heavy. Not demanding. 

Instead, it carries the unmistakable feeling of standing at a threshold, that sacred in-between space where one chapter is ending, and another is quietly beginning, even if the words haven’t fully formed yet. 

We are now in the final stretch of the year. Only a handful of days remain in 2025.

And the energy is no longer asking us to keep fixing, pushing, or processing the past. That work has already been done. November cracked things open. In fact, the whole year was about cracking us open deeper than ever. December has softened what was revealed. And now this week arrives like a pause between breaths once again, but this time not just to gasp for air but to take a moment to lift your gaze and sense how far you’ve travelled, how far you have come my friend. 

There is reflection in the air, but it doesn’t feel heavy or weighted with regret. It feels wise. Spacious. As though the fog has lifted just enough for you to see the deeper pattern of your life taking shape.

You may find yourself less focused on what went wrong and more drawn toward what truly matters next. Less interested in survival and more curious about how you want to live, how you want to feel, and what you want to devote your energy to as a new cycle approaches.

This is a spiritually potent week. It bridges powerful turning points: a healing alignment of the Sun and Chiron, a grounding shift as Mars moves into Capricorn, a future-facing Sagittarius New Moon and the Solstice, a sacred moment when the light shifts and time itself seems to stand still.

Together, these energies create the sense that the next chapter is already forming beneath your feet. You may feel it as a quiet knowing, a new pull, or a subtle reorientation inside your heart.

It’s as if 2026 is already whispering through your intuition now. And the invitation of this week is simple but profound: to close this year with awareness and open the next with intention.

You don’t need a perfect plan. You don’t need all the answers. You only need to listen because the guidance is already flowing.

As the week opens, there is a gentle healing tone set by the Sun forming a supportive trine to Chiron. This energy softens old wounds and brings peace around parts of yourself you may have once judged or wished were different. Rather than trying to fix or transcend your past, you are invited to embrace the wisdom it’s given you. Healing doesn’t come from erasing our scars; it comes from understanding what they’ve taught us.

Shortly after, Mars shifts into Capricorn. This brings quiet, grounded motivation, the kind that supports long-term commitments, steady effort, and meaningful progress rather than bursts of urgency.

Then we reach one of the most significant moments of the week, the Sagittarius New Moon, arriving just before the Solstice. This New Moon feels expansive, visionary, and quietly powerful. Even though new moons mark beginnings, this one first asks for release. Old beliefs, outdated stories, and limits you’ve unconsciously lived by are ready to fall away. Sagittarius invites a broader perspective, a higher truth and asks us to reconnect with meaning, faith, and possibility.

This is an ideal moment to set intentions not just for the coming year, but for the direction of your life. What do you want to stand for? What kind of future feels true now? What beliefs are you ready to outgrow?

As the week closes, we arrive at the Solstice. This is a sacred pause, a moment when the Sun appears to stand still, and the veil between worlds feels thinner. In the Southern Hemisphere, the light peaks; in the Northern Hemisphere, the return of the light begins. Either way, something turns.

The Solstice is a powerful time for quiet ritual, grounding, and intention. It marks a shift from dreaming into embodiment. From vision into devotion. As the Sun moves into Capricorn, there is an invitation to anchor what you’ve envisioned into the material world gently, steadily, in your own time.

This week feels:

• Reflective but hopeful. 

• Expansive yet grounding. 

• Spiritually attuned.

• Future-oriented. 

• Quietly inspiring.

How to Work With This Week

• Reflect on the year, gently, without judgment

• Release beliefs that no longer fit

• Set intentions that feel expansive, not restrictive

• Ground your vision with one small, meaningful action

• Honour your energy,  say no where needed

• Let the Solstice be a pause, not a push

✨ Affirmation of the Week

"I release what is complete. I honour what I have learned. I step into my next chapter with clarity, trust, and an open heart."

This week asks us to honour our journey. To consciously close the year.

Thank what has shaped you so far and open yourself to what is calling you forward.

Please note - 

The next chapter is already written in your heart.

I love you,

Sarah

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