By Leighana Martindale

I’m not a huge podcaster [yet], but when I do listen, I like to listen to Work Party and That’s So Retrograde. Also, Sessions Podcast, by the Her(B) Life. So recently I was listening to That’s So Retrograde with Remington Donovan [@themysticalarts]. Remington is many amazing things, but what we’ll focus on today is that he is a Numerologist, Tarot reader, and Seer.

During this episode, they delved into the year 2020 and provided a preview of the energy we can expect to have throughout this year, ways we can show up, and the numerology behind it — so I’m going to recap that for you mixed in with some other 2020 Astrological insights I have been reading.

Yearly Themes:

• Slow Down
• Live in the Now
• Show Up
• Allow it to be easy

2019 was a 3 year, it was about empowerment, owning it, and being highly professional. 2019s energy was about working hard and being a boss. It was a lot of hustling, then a little more hustling, and just overall chaotic and nonstop.

But this year is SO MUCH DIFFERENT! Just write 2020 and see how much smoother it feels. This year is the year of 4 — meaning it’s a breather, we can slow down and catch our breath. This year is the energy of the heart, it is a doorway and there is a tremendous opening to allow the Highest Love and the Highest Compassion of the Universe to flow. 4 is a breather and a dreamer.

This year is about deep, true, profound love and self-acceptance. We need to fall in love with ourselves and where we are at in our lives. Not what happened in the past and not what we wish for the future, but the now. When we accept the now and we focus on being our happiest selves, everything will fall into line. Do things because they make you happy this year.

Sometimes that is easier said than done though and I understand that — trust me, I still struggle, but just take a deep breath, and say “ I accept myself in this moment”. Live moment by moment, second by second. Practicing living in the moment can help you ground yourself and fight the grasp of anxiety. When you believe where you are in your life and allow acceptance and compassion the energy shifts and realize you are in the right place at the right time you change your frequency and you will always be in the right place at the right time.

Only worry about what you need to do at that moment and then show up.

Acknowledgment is key, we must acknowledge all aspects of ourselves, whether that is our Highest Self or our Shadow Selves, it is all love. And if you make a mistake, guess what! Mistakes are human nature and how we learn! Some of the best ideas, best art, best everything have come from mistakes and failed ventures. It’s okay, just acknowledge where you need to grow, forgive and forget.

This year is the year of Bliss and the energy will allow an easier time with forgiving, forgetting and accepting. So if you have tried this before and didn’t get anywhere, try again. The energy is working in our favor, the Universe is conspiring for our lives to be magical and flow, we just have to allow it to happen.

But that doesn’t mean just being lazy, we still have to show up, we still have to do the work! Like Elizabeth Gilbert said, “There’s a wonderful old Italian joke about a poor man who goes to church every day and prays before the statue of a great saint, ‘Dear saint — please, please, please give me the grace to win the lottery’ This lament goes on for months. Finally the statue comes to life, looks down at the begging man and says, ‘My son — please, please, please buy a ticket!”

Ways you can show up Spiritually:

• Moon Rituals

  • New Moon

  • Full Moon

• Positive Affirmations

• Use mantras and manifestations to help reprogram your mind to allow yourself to allow

  things to be easy. To practice Pronoia and stay grateful

• Journal

This year is the energy of miracles, the energy of compassion, and the energy of high love - YOU CAN HELP MAKE THE WORLD BETTER!!

Focus on this being the year of peace and prosperity, practice envisioning doors that are open, and allowing yourself to the things the Universe is offering. It doesn’t have to be difficult, it doesn’t have to be hard —the hardest thing you will go through is allowing yourself to let it be easy.