Happy New Year and New Moon

Vieques, Puerto Rico

I hope everyone had a happy holiday season and is off to a great start in 2026, even amid all the chaos. If I’m being honest, though, wishing everyone a Happy New Year seems like a load of BS. 

The world feels too heavy; day to day is a chore; the Collective UNconsciousness is stuck in fight, flight, freeze, or fawn, leaving the Collective Consciousness spinning unproductively. Planning for productivity seems pointless when you’re waiting on the world to collapse. People aren’t feeling economic strain, fear for family members, job insecurity, food insecurity, or just a sense of impending doom to the same degree, but all of those feelings carry an energy that's being released into the ether and that energy will latch onto you in everyday exchanges you and I have, so that we all feel it to some degree. By the way, Reiki can help clear that energy! 

 I am always MIA in October, November, and December, especially in November. I have seasonal affective disorder (SAD), and this go round, I had my nose in a book for about 20 hours a day all through November. I made it through 18 fiction books, which is an impressive use of my adhd hyperfixation, I know, but I completely burned myself out and neglected everything else in the process. Thankfully, I went on a much-needed trip to Puerto Rico with my husband for our 20th wedding anniversary last week. I think spending so much time in the sun and in the ocean helped pull me out of the funk.

I don’t do New Year's resolutions, but tomorrow's New Moon in Capricorn is a perfect time to make sure your foundation is solid enough to make it through the next 11 months. You don’t have to set goals for an uncertain future, but you can set safety systems in place for yourself, your friends, your family, and your community. Create a bare necessities self-care routine, a plan to see a friend once a week for a mood boost, or call the friend who has gone radio silent and check on them. Capricorn is the builder, the doer, the stabilizer, and, with the moon conjunct Mars and Mercury, your words and actions carry more weight with this moon. Capricorn is the workhorse, so it's perfect to set goals for 2026, but Aquarius season starts on Tuesday, so it's a great time to start a rebellion to…