A FRESH START, A LOVELY REBIRTH '26

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As we prepare to close out 2025, I probably speak for most of us in saying: GOODBYE & GOOD RIDDANCE!!! No doubt you've been tested -- your faith, trust, cultural pride and reliance on everything from social media to organized protests to reaffirm our collective strength as a human race. Heading into 2026, you're still standing, having withstood the many economic, socio-political and even psychic blows seemingly coming from all directions all at once.

But the winds of change are blowing and many of you have, one way or another, discovered an inner strength you never knew you had. Rather than retreat from life, you've shown up day after day. You've dug deep, breathed deeper, searched for meaning in the midst of so much chaos and are ending 2025 already in the process of a deep transformation that may impact everything from where or how you work to who you love to where you live and, especially important, how you move forward in an ever changing world.

The good news? The worst may be over. No more shock and disbelief, no more gut punches and scrambling to cling to whatever normalcy really was. Each of you has a destiny built to withstand this moment in history as your Soul, with infinite wisdom from Source, chose to incarnate during this time. Your talent, skill, warrior energy, creativity, masculine and feminine energy, natural and spiritual resources, faith and persistent, loving hearts have been coalescing to launch you all into your next chapter -- changed and, believe it or not, better for all the experiences.

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Many of you are emerging from a version of yourself that was created based on what you knew -- your background and family, your career and established identity, your cities, towns, neighborhoods, your value systems. Since the Covid-19 pandemic, you've been adapting to and incorporating change, sometimes from a place of survival but, in 2026, a "1" reset year in numerology, from a place of anticipation and self-determination. One thing about challenges: When overcome, they build your spiritual resume so to speak. Your DNA codes level up. You no longer resist change but greet it with curiosity and a sense of discovery or adventure. You, my friends, are going places and venturing into a greater understanding of your innate power, magic and resourcefulness.

By now, the mantra "The Only Constant is Change" has become all too familiar, so think about the approaching New Moon in Sagittarius on Dec. 19 with its Jupiter influence and allow yourself to EXPAND into 2026 with a renewed sense of accomplishment and desire. Your Soul knows the way and your life design is just that -- YOUR DESIGN! Use the energy of the New Moon to explore ideas about what you'd like to do versus what you need to do or how you meet responsibilities. Try to move beyond survival mode to setting your spiritual GPS to new and more joyful experiences, people, places and opportunities for growth in areas that excite you. Develop new hobbies or pursue new courses of study. Learn about other cultures so you can form your own opinions instead of simply absorbing what you hear. Change your style, build or re-build a personal altar, create healthier habits.

Embrace the version of you that's already underway -- not because you have no choice but precisely because you do!

--Afefe 12/14/25