2024 Energy Forecast
2024 ENERGY FORECAST
2024 promises to be a year of changing paradigms that will require us to surrender and let go of previously cherished survival patterns, philosophies and expectations, so that we can be catapulted towards new growth.
Words: Sidsel Solmer Eriksen
The (Massive) Shift
2024 officially opens the ‘Age of Aquarius’. On January 20 2024, the sun entered the revolutionary sign of Aquarius, kicking off a brand new astrological season, which astrologers consider a historical shift.
Age of Aquarius in astrology is generally considered to be ‘the age of light,’ when themes around individuality, freedom, and rebellion will begin to resonate all over the world. As of January 20 2024, we are moving out of a time ruled by Pisces that has shaped human history for around 2000 years. During this time, one of its biggest themes has been the battle between science and religion. A battle that has marked the development of human society for the past centuries with power plays, control and domination through hierarchical organization systems. A time of the solo-leader with (his) subjects, the oppressor and the masses, the guru and his subjects.
In the Age of Aquarius, the major change about to emerge, is the change of the structure in society, in the world - and in ourselves. In the Age of Aquarius, organization is led by the group, where each individual is the leader. Like a major constellation, where the movement of each member matters for the bigger movement, humanity will move towards new ways of being, where we need to consider the whole and look at the world from the family of things. The groups involve not only human beings, but all species. The leading principle will be the interconnection through emotional and telepathic awareness between the group members.
Like the tribes, back in the days, we will start to depend again on different types of wisdom, emotional intelligence and Earth-based eco-consciences in a new shapes. A new mindset, that merges the wins of the Piscean age, medicine and technology, with the Aquarius ideals of humanity and life-forms.
Age of Aquarius - A New Era/Paradigm
Even though Age of Aquarius though will take years to manifest (some say the next hundred years), the Piscean age is slowly drifting more and more away each day. And some day in the future, this paradigm will be remembered as the ‘old world’–a dinosaur world, where mindsets and solutions where limited. Many astrologers believe that the wars and world conflicts we witness in today’s world are some of the last fights and remnants of these old paradigms of power and control, that fight back in the eye of the changes of our time. Many of the old leaders simply can’t navigate the shifting or act with aggression out of the fear of losing control.
But we are slowly breaking through and making progress after years and years of struggle. All over the world, people are waking up out of harmful behaviours, mindsets, paradigms and propaganda and finding ways to unplug from oppressive, religious and capitalistic norms that sacrifice the well-being of ourselves, the Earth and her inhabits for accumulation of wealth and power of a few. In our personal lives, we too are shaking off painful cycles that have been part of our entire lives.
A Marriage of Head & Heart
In the Age of Aquarius, we can expect a great surge in the existing offers if technology and intelligence platforms, new branches of therapy and ecological healing - as well as a reniassance of artforms. The key to the New World order is to use technology for the benefit of humanity - not control and domination. A marriage of the Head of and the Heart. We are moving into a time that supports all kinds of liberation marked by changes in how we think, relate, and view the world. Both technologically and spiritually, we are ready to elevate a few octaves.
But in order for this to unfold, we must cultivate our own humanity, the human heart, as many are prone to getting lost in the many solutions technology brings, if we operate from the old Piscean paradigm. A lot of people, especially the younger generation, can get lost in screens and technology, only to becomes a new kind of slave instead of the master, so this time calls for courageous individuals, that can lead the way for a human, or life-centered, approach to the solutions, we bring forward.
A Water Year - The Great Healing
The water sign of Aquarius brings a promise of Great Healing. The sign of Aquarius is the water bearer, and as we open the chapter of this entirely new book, 2024 brings a welcome opportunity for cleansing of the old: Old thought systems, beliefs as well as plans and schemes, that are born out of the old paradigm.
Throughout the year, we can find ourselves in a kind of purification process, where we are supported in letting go of old wounds and identities and find peace within our lives. It is a year, where the change we want to see, whether in our own lives or out in the world, must come from within.
We are the ones, that must cultivate new solutions and navigate the unchartered waters through our feelings and emotional intelligence. A navigation, that can be new to many of us, as the Piscean age heralded reason and logic as the base of decision making. Now we must rely on instinctive and intuitive insights to find our way forward and come up with new offers and solutions for problems.
So how do we do that? Through somatic experiences, nature therapy and connective experiences. Not only connection to each other, but also the whole cosmos and all the species. Sound healing, Water Therapy, yin-based practices and everything that regulates our nervous systems, are practices that cultivate our emotional responses and connect us to our inner voices, the Earth itself and our own humanity.
This is a time that favours experimentation and creative risk-taking, as we move through–and into–New Waters. One thing is for sure. We can’t figure things out the old way: with our mind. This journey goes through emotional waters, where we need to find the clues through our emotions and sensitivity. Like a game of ‘hot’ or ‘cold’, we are asked to connect with a deep knowing of where to go and what to do. Feel our way forward with a different navigation system.
“Keep moving in the Stream of Life. Shed your past like a tear drop. Wash your heart 7 times and let its River flow.
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The Number 8
Numerologically, 2024 reduces to the number 8. The number 8 is associated with transformation and alchemization of personal and karmic patterns. Through grounding practices and shadow work, we can open the path to personal freedom and take quantum leaps in our lives. This is a deeply transformative year, where we must allow our fears and shadows appear in order to transform them into courage and jewels of wisdom. A year to ride our ‘inner dragon’ and tame our fears on the way as we rewrite our life stories.
Think of this year as a personal initiation journey that connects your to your personal leadership, a leadership where the heart is the ruler, and the mind the servant. A sacred marriage of the head and the heart, the eros and the logos, where the heart brings the Imagination and the Head brings the Manifestation. Together they can bring the understanding of the past into the future and work together for birthing and co-creating a New World
This is the year to create a power change in yourself. To walk towards what is for you and away from what is not. To come home to yourself and own your energy and your gifts. To write a new story about who you are. To call back the parts of you that were oppressed and controlled bu yourself or any other, and fill the dark places with light and love.
Expecting the Unexpected.
2024 comes with the promise to open up a new chapter, where we are learning to re- balance realism and idealism and generate the courage to face the world’s horrors while keeping our hearts open. We’re (re-) learning to remain empathetic, loving, and present with the beauty of each moment, as we allow waves of grief and despair to wash through us, without dimming our light or destroying our faith in humanity.
Here’s to an amazing, wild and unexpected ride on the dragon in 2024. May your year be filled joy, tears, laughter and the human kindness of your own heart. We need you to be here, with all that you are, including your fears, scars and insecurities.
Find more inspiration in the 10 Do’s & Don’ts of 2024 below in order to navigate, ride and thrive through this year of great shifts - outer as well as inner. And stay tuned on this website and Social Media channels during the year, as we send you drops of inspiration, practices and rituals through the Goddess Almanac.
Blessings,
Sidsel Solmer Eriksen
Founding Editor
10 Do’s & Don’ts for 2024
Feel the Feels
2024 brings a welcome nurturing and grounding energy with it. In the midst of outer chaos and change, we can feel great shifts in our emotional lives too. This is the year to practice self-care, when hard feelings arise as we allow ourselves to process emotions from a very long time of unfairness and unbalanced power relations. Other people are going through their own themes as well, so you might be experiences several ‘hot and cold’, ‘loves me, loves me not’ - moments. Try not to take anything personally and respond with personal pauses and time-outs, where you practice self-care. In fact this is the year to get self-care and nurturing organised into regular rituals and routines -and not a stand-alone SOS repair life event. Try not to worry to much about things, and let ‘this too shall pass’ be your motto as well as your response to drama and emotional turmoil in relationships.
Bring in the ‘New You’
This year marks a massive shift in power, in energy, and in paradigms. You might feel like you are changing too. This is the year to call forward your authentic sides, the real you, the honest you, the naked you, the scarred you, the vulnerable you. How do you do that? One way is to go back in time and connect to the things you were/did, when you were a child. 2024 is the time to bring back the old you to the new you. The things that were lost along the way. To connect to your Self Worth in an innocent way that goes all the way back to your intrinsic value of simply being here. To practice deep self-care to the new version of you, that is being born in the same way you would care for a newborn baby. We need you to be who exactly you are. You are deeply important for this time on the Earth and for your fellow human beings. This year, bring the real You to the table.
Don’t get stuck in old routines
As we are literally - and astrologically - leaving he past behind, it’s especially important to be mindful of old patterns, beliefs and thought systems. Think of this year as a human system upgrade, where you will be granted access to entirely new technology and new intelligence – and I don’t mean the AI one. This is the year to grow your HI, Human Intelligence-a complex and beautiful mix made up by a chaos of things. The very special blend you are with all your flaws, overcomings, resilience, power and dreams. They all give you valid insight into what it truly means to be human. To love, to connect, to touch, to live. This is the year to plunge in your life in technicolour and build new habits, create new routines form new neural pathways about what can and cannot be done and what Life is all about.Find pockets of (analogue) Stillness.
Technology is moving ahead with unprocessed speed. New apps, networks, algorithms, and now AI, are becoming seamlessly integrated in our everyday lives. In 2024, try to pay attention to your digital habits and find ways to actively reduce the noise from tablets, smartphones, TV and radio. Be the master of your digital habits and don’t passively consume whatever comes your way. Be mindful about how your feed yourself. Your mind needs time and space to digest in the same way the body does, so make sure give it a balanced diet of peace and stimulation. Use your smartphone consciously throughout the day and be mindful about your screen time in general.Choose healthy, ‘vibrating’ food.
2024 is the year to pay attention to what makes your body sing. According to the philosophy of Chinese Medicine, all foods carry a ‘Qi’ energy, a life force energy, that nourishes your body in different ways and enhances your own life force. Qi foods change according to season and life situation, but according to Chinese Astrology, where we enter the Year of the Dragon in February, this year is especially favourable for green, leafy food. The key of Chinese Medicine is, however, to always to pay attention to the signals from your body first, as what may be good for you, could be bad for your kin. However, this is the year to not be afraid of making personal changes towards a more green lifestyle with less daily toxicity and preservatives.
Find a Community- or create your own!
As we enter the Time of Aquarius, community will take a front row in not only how we organize and lead, but also for the thriving of the individual. The time of the lone wolf is over, and the next many years will be all about collaborating, co-creating and thriving with your pack. This is the year to start reaching out to groups and communities. Whether it’s through a creative activity, a work collaboration, extended family or a newly formed group, the seeds for new relationship you plant now, can grow into unexpected opportunities in the coming years. Maybe you will do a work project with someone you met at an event, maybe you will co-create a new business with a fellow dreamer, you are yet to meet. Go out, explore and reach out to people. As our newly crowned Queen in Denmark that entered the Danish throne on January 17, says it: ‘People need people.’
Create Breathing Spaces every day.
Finding your peace is the foundation for being able to tackle adversities and whatever problems life throws your way. Peace is like a flower, that needs to be cultivated to stay present in your life. Maybe that flower is Lavender. Lavender is not only the only flower that appeals to both men and women’s sex drive, it is also a deeply grounding and calming flower to the nervous system. Lavender allows us to keep our peace in the midst of a busy world, and still connect to our dreams and longings. Cultivate and keep your peace through this year. Find moments every day in between activities to create a breathing space: Go for a walk, visit a forest, meditate. Nurture your inner lavender flower.Take your time
The world moves faster with each day, and most likely, the slowest day you will ever experience, is today. The day where you finally can slow down and do the things you really love may never come-if you wait for it. Let 2024 be the year you actively reclaim your time by practicing slowness and mindfulness in your daily life, so you don’t get carried away with or in other peoples agendas. As many decisions may be coming up this year, also keep in mind to take your time to make the right one-for you. Maybe you have several options. Maybe your option is better than theirs. Take your time to decide, look at the options, and then make your choice from there.
Nurture your nest
One of the best grounding practices are the ones you carry out in your own home. The home is the foundation for your life and the first place, we need to thrive and cultivate a balance of activity and rest. Try to find ways during 2024 to practice a ‘chop wood -carry water’ approach, where you can find stillness in even the the mundane acts of home keeping. Engage with your senses through tactile surfaces, bringing nature inside the home and caring rituals such as slow-cooked meals and baking. Anything that involves your heart and head in combination. According to Chinese Astrology, colours as yellow and brown are especially favourable for this year, as they have a calming effect on the nervous system–so bring our the earthly hues for grounding in 2024!
Soothe your Nervous System
Speaking of Nervous system. Oh haven’t you have been through a lot these past years. Hasn’t the world has been through a lot. As ‘The Times Are A-Changin’ and the tables are turned during this year, we can slowly start to open up to (at least the idea of) a more loving world. And old emotions about painful experiences and trauma can surface during these times. This is quite a normal reaction, that when we start to feel more safe, we can (finally) process, what was buried then, as we were trying to survive it. During a year of great change, it is of utmost importance to pay attention to your nervous system: The wonderful network of emotions and neural pathways that drive your patterns, behaviour, way of navigating and unconscious belief systems. The nervous system is the fast-track way to change and growth. What seems to be a detour of inviting dark secrets and memories our of your personal cabinet is actually the way to get rid of limiting notions of what you deserve in life. This is the year to vibrate higher and convince yourself, that you deserve to not only live and survive, but to prosper personally first - and then spill over to others. If you only take one piece of advice away from this article for 2024 (and if you made it this far in your reading), let this be the one: Let your hair down and let your body lead the way through pleasure and bliss. Get the massage and buy the body oil. Book the spa appointment, yoga-nidra or therapy session. Be a darling to yourself! We need you in your most thriving, exquisite, blessed and blissful version this year.
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