Your Higher Self is present, activating your powers of reason and intellect. It asks you to develop clarity and objectivity when looking at your life, rather than interpreting events through the murky and distorted waters of emotion. Strive to see the reality of what happened in the past so you can acquire a more accurate understanding of what’s going on. You may notice things that make you uncomfortable or challenge your ethics. Ask your Higher Self to give you the courage to stand up for your truth and address difficult situations at their core, rather than distance yourself or pretend you don’t see the real problems because they make you uncomfortable. Like the child in the fairy tale “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” your Higher Self is motivating you to not only see life more deeply, but to also share your perceptions with those around you.

This is the time, for example, to address your unbalanced budget and look for ways to cut corners. It’s also the time to acknowledge your ever-expanding waistline and seek out what’s really eating at you. This is when you need to step away from your emotions and dispassionately study the problems at hand so that you can come to a solution without blame and projection. Ask yourself what the problem is, not who the problem is. Only then can you begin to find real solutions with productive outcomes. Your Higher Self is sharpening your perception and clarifying your view so that you can make important and necessary changes at this time. As Carl Jung once said, “When the diagnosis is correct, the healing begins.” And your Higher Self’s message is: “Look for the truth behind appearances.”

Your Divine Inner-Child spirit is knocking at your door, inviting you to step away from a serious life filled with too much work and drudgery and allow yourself some well-deserved playtime. Your life is presently overcontrolled by others’ needs and much too burdened with responsibilities. Consequently, you’re losing touch with your inspiration and creativity.

Listen to your Inner Child. Take time to daydream, fantasize, visualize, wonder, and explore. Feed your Inner Child with art classes, theater tickets, concerts, and other types of recreational activities. If you don’t honor your Inner Child’s needs, she/he will get your attention by throwing one heck of a childish tantrum, manifesting in a chronic bad mood or a nasty depression. You need this magic right now. Your Inner Child’s message: “Come play with me.”

The Holy Spirit is encouraging you to consciously and fully embrace the leadership role you’re carving out for yourself. Through your focus, dedication, stability, and discipline, you’re emerging from the background and becoming recognized for both your competence and wisdom. Others are naturally attracted to your charismatic vibration and will follow your lead as they rightfully sense that you can be trusted.

The Holy Spirit is your guiding force as you motivate and inspire others. Indeed, the very word inspire comes from the word spirit, and means “to invite” or “to inhale” the Holy Spirit into your life and move you toward your creative and spiritual best. The Holy Spirit affirms that your assignment for now is to shine your bright light on the world and make no apologies for your enthusiasm or confidence as you lead others to higher ground. Be mindful, however, not to overdrive yourself and become disconnected from your source, or you risk getting burnt out. Enthusiasm is like fire and must be contained or it can consume you. The Holy Spirit’s message: “Lead with confidence.”