2012 QUICK PREVIEW

KEY THEME:  INTIMACY
The patterns of 2011 appear to be giving rise to a path toward greater intimacy, which is a path that is paved by tremendous drop in defenses, pressures, demands, and frustrations. Intimacy is empathy, and when this is at work, there is very little that is not “understood,” or given the benefit of doubt, patience, and kindness. This is referring to both you inner and outer world, and is not referring to sexual stimulation, but the greater capacities of intimacy.

SUB PATTERN - Relationships
Ironically, despite the year’s pattern of Intimacy, the year appears to be rather quiet for Relationships, as the work of establishing, securing, and healing these has been done, and now it is time to “enjoy” them, to gather and share benefits that now come up from between yourself and others, and from within the dynamic between the various parts of yourself, as well. This is not to say that relationships will not be challenged or prominent, but that, for the most part, they would exemplify the benefits of work that has already been done within them.

SUB PATTERN - Perspectives
Overall, the pattern for 2012 seems to be Inspirational, and because of the theme of Intimacy, this may show up as having great opportunities to “see the best of yourself” reflected around you, and then built upon. A clarity of intention comes from this, and an embrace of various facets of the life that may, in other times, have been cause for discontent and worry. These same areas that may have been put into a process of scrutiny for whether they represent you, whether they fulfill your higher intentions and qualifications and a number of other standards, now become comfortable and “warm” positions that feel like Home. Or closer to that feeling of Home.

SUB PATTERN - Health
Throat and vocal issues may come up over 2012 as your body will most likely begin a process of healing all things that have gone unspoken in the life, and are ready to heal. It would not be surprising if this shows up in any number of ways from simple colds, to “strep throat” to “the flu” to a persistent cough; any or all of these. But this appears to be the most vulnerable over 2012, and if this does occur, we would suggest embracing this as a process of healing, rather than as a process of being ill. All of the traditional remedies and treatments will be helpful, especially if it is understood, consciously, that this is simply years of silence being processed.

My Comment:

Ok, I was secretly hoping they would say something about how much better at investing I'm going to be this year, but I guess that's not that important to Essence ;).

I can definitely validate the key theme as something I've been doing since the start of this year. Understanding has always been one of my strengths, but now it's combined with compassion instead of rejection. Just the other day I realized that I LOVE people - after saying in 2011 that I don't like people enough to be doing healing work. LOL. Actually, I've always loved the people around me, but I was always afraid of expressing my love, preferring to keep my distance. I would love and resign myself to never saying anything about it. Now the barrier is not there, and I can't even fathom why it was there in the first place.

Yesterday I was feeling frustrated with the progress in my projects again, and I asked myself, "what if I showed myself as much compassion and kindness as I've shown other people?" Not that I haven't been, but I tend to be more "strict" with myself and hold myself to a higher standard. I tend to love other people more freely and unconditionally than I do myself. What if all I did was love me as freely as I do other people?

So I treated myself to some french fries. LOL. And laughed at mistakes I've made. And I feel "softer" in general and flow easier. This is a work in progress though.

RE: Health

This one brought tears to my eyes. There was a lot that went unspoken. I had throat issues in 2010 to early 2011 (several colds and a persistent cough) that resolved itself almost overnight when I released myself from having to be a healer. So I'm glad they told me this because I would otherwise have worried about "what is it this time?". If it's just processing old stuff though, I say bring it on!