Athena's Monthly Message for December 2023

As I take a breath and tune into Athena, she brings us to a meadow. It is morning, and the air is damp and dewy. There is a mist or a fog coming up from the meadow. The sun is just starting to peek out.

Athena says, “I am bringing you here, to this sacred meadow, so that you may breathe fully, into your body, into your lungs, so that you may allow the sweetness and the sacredness of this place to seep into your body, into your lungs, and into your cells. As we stand here, breathing in this sacred, oxygenated air, and allowing our bodies to expand fully with each inhale, each exhale allows any stagnation to be released.” We spend a few minutes here, breathing in and expanding, and breathing out releasing.

Athena says, “Notice how you feel now. Do you feel lighter, larger, more expanded? Do you feel freer, more conscious?” We nod, checking in with each piece. Athena says, “Good, good. Now, from this place of expansiveness and lightness, may you go forward, and walk in the world. The world needs more people doing just this. Allow any stagnation to fall away, like a snake shedding its’ skin. You don’t need this skin anymore. Hallelujah! It is time for this skin, and the stories that come with it, to be shed, and left for the Earth Mother to transmute, as she will with great delight. Allow the old stories to slip away, my dear ones. They are no longer true, and no longer needed. As we move through this moon, into your Winter Solstice and the return of the light, allow the new stories to percolate upwards, and to be born into you, as a new skin. You may wish to try on different new skins, and see which one you like best. This is perfect. Allow yourself the grace to try on a skin for a time, as you quickly realize which skin fits best for you. It must not be constricting, for that skin has already slipped off and away. There must be space in this skin, to wiggle, to explore, to be, and to be true to you. For truly, you are finding your truth this moon, and trying on what it means to be true to you, and your soul.”

As she says this we are trying on different skins. Some are big, some are small, some are patterned, and some are plain. We are laughing and enjoying this game of trying on different skins. Eventually we settle on one that feels right to us, it is different for each of us. Athena laughs along with us. She smiles and says, “Good, good, you are getting it! This is meant to be a joyful, playful, experiential task, this one of shedding and finding a new skin. I am so glad that you are eagerly doing this very thing. May you bring this air of lightness and play to your self inquiries this moon, as there is no need for somberness, guilt, or shame. Allow your newly expanded self to explore and play, noticing playfully, the actions of yourself, and the actions of others.”

Athena stops, and clasps her hands together, pausing thoughtfully. She says, “Notice with compassion and love, stepping away and out of blame and judgement. Allow the others in your life to shed and find their new skins in their own time. You cannot rush their journey. You must not rush it.” Athena smiles and bows and says, “Blessed be, my dearest ones. Take care of yourselves this moon, and enjoy playing in your new skins, they suit you quite well, indeed.”

As Athena leaves, for now, we bow in reverence to her, thanking her for her wisdom and love.

Thank you Athena.