In the setup phase to a massive astrological reset we won’t experience in our lifetime,
and with Solstice coming I wanted to share with you how I filled up my Soul, and reimagined
my future on my birthday.
(Be sure to read Wednesday’s astro – numerology forecast.)
Because you are too smart to miss out on this great cosmic opportunity like 99% of people will.
And I know that you are ready to shift your old identity, story and beliefs and break the old
inherited cycles of pain, struggle, poverty and self abandonment.
I also know that your body has been trying to get you to see your blindspots and
where you are out of alignment:
through pain symptoms, through shutdown and soul loss,
and through burnout and stress signals that something deeper at the level of your nervous system
needs you to feel safe enough to release it.
– because not everything needs to be healed, sometimes it just needs to be embraced and
forgiven.
I almost asked my daughter to cancel the trip.
A weekend away in Milan—her Mother’s Day/ Birthday gift to me.
A city I hadn’t visited since my fashion design days, thirty years ago.
I was in crisis mode at the time and not sure if we would have to move on the date of the trip.
My nervous system still recalibrating after the shocks of the past year.
—after weeks of uncertainty that left my body braced and my spirit dulled.
I didn’t feel like myself.
I didn’t feel vibrant.
And a part of me believed I shouldn’t go unless I could “show up” as my bright, talkative self.
(You may know this voice, too.)
“Wait until you’re more energised.”
“Wait until you feel like yourself again.”
“Wait until you can bring your best.”
But something wiser whispered:
Surrender and receive – Go exactly as you are.
And when I said yes, thank you for this gift of time away in a place that feeds my soul,
with my sweet daughter,
the day before we left I secured a year’s lease on my current property.
And from the moment we arrived, the signs—the sacred “God winks”—continued to appear.
In the grand hotel lobby, my breath caught.
Life-sized baby elephants, painted in stunning patterns and colours —
created for Fashion Week 2023 greeted us!
My African elephants.
Reminding me to tap into their ancient wisdom,
heal ancestral and familial patterns with Thalia,
and embrace our deep feminine strength
—my lifelong allies and medicine from the African plains in Milan !!
Elephant totem teaches us:
Unshakeable presence
Patience in long journeys
Loyalty to family
The ability to remember who we are, even after loss
That healing takes time—and that’s okay
Their message and invitation for me and you is:
“You are exactly where you need to be.
Pause.
See clearly the truth of who you are.
Have gratitude to your ancestors for the wisdom they have passed down to you
… and ask them to support you in releasing what ends with you.
Be present in this NOW moment. We are holding and supporting you.
Break the cycles. Follow your joy.”
In our room—a new layer of magic:
Dragon medicine.
Embossed wallpaper, shimmering with dragon motifs.
Dragons tucked into the art.
Carved into day beds and soft furnishings in the public spaces.
A totem of ancient power. The keeper of transformation.
Dragon totem teaches us:
Spiritual awakening
Inner mastery
Shedding old skins
Courage to face shadow
Creation through aligned power
And I smiled.
Elephant and Dragon—Earth and Fire.
Remembering and transformation.
The deep wisdom of the past… meeting the fierce energy of rebirth.
God, Creator, The Universe whispering through them:
“You are walking a sacred threshold.
. Release what is not yours to carry.
Trust the symbols. Shift your identity. Reset your nervous system.
Let this season re -shape and re callibrate you on a cellular level.”
As we wandered the city, another truth unfolded through every stone, every carving, every fresco:
my awe of human creativity.
In the towering Duomo, every inch of marble whispered patience
—centuries of artisans laying their hands to work they would never live to see completed.
In the soaring Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, mosaics and frescoes gleamed above and below
—crafted by hundreds working together to inspire generations, not to chase trends.
In the Castello Sforzesco, I learned how, during the second World War,
the precious art was hidden—protected beneath layers of plaster to survive devastation.
A vision of legacy over immediacy.
Of knowing some things are worth saving
—even if their beauty remains unseen for a time.
In the quiet beauty of the Basilica di San Simpliciano,
stones worn by centuries of pilgrims reminded me:
Everything of deep worth takes time.
The most beautiful works are layered.
Built slowly. Tended over seasons—some still unfinished, and yet no less sacred.
And it struck me:
How we are so impatient with ourselves.
How we measure our progress by the standards of a modern world
that moves too fast and praises the shallow shine.
We forget that we, too, are a creation of the Divine.
That, those ancient masters tirelessly worked the marble and sandstone
laid mosaics one small square at a time and painted fescoes
that have survived against the natural and man made disasters for centuries
Each one dedicated to their vision—trusting in their imagination
to manifest each piece into the physical realms —
God sees us the same way.
Created us in his own image.
Gave us the talents , gifts and capacities to create.
Not to judge us for what is not yet actualised.
Not for how long it takes us to awaken and transform.
But for the beauty that is already there
—waiting to be revealed, in divine timing and with reverence.
And maybe that is the deepest lesson of this visit to Milan for me:
To offer myself the same grace I offer the art.
To honour my own unfinished edges.
To trust the slow work of becoming.
To be in awe of how far I have come and who I am becoming,
one step at a time.
And then—standing in the grand Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II
beneath the vast magnificent glass dome—my daughter laughed and grabbed my hand:
“Mum, you HAVE to do this!”
She led me to the famous bull mosaic—an ancient symbol of good fortune.
The ritual:
You place your heel on the bull’s balls…
and turn clockwise three times.
It is said to bring luck, new beginnings, and safe return.
I laughed… and I spun.
Turning, turning, turning…
And as I did—something shifted in me.
I also felt tenderness for the bull itself.
How many thousands of feet had worn through that mosaic, chasing luck?
How often do we chase fortune, instead of trusting God has a plan for us?
How often do we look outside of ourselves for guidance,
instead of listening to the quiet voice of our Soul, our bodies to lead us?
In that moment, spinning on the bull’s balls beneath the dome,
I had such deep gratitude for the legacy of this place.
I surrendered to joy.
I stood on the shoulders of those who have come before me.
Who lived well and died well.
No chasing happiness.
No forcing to be something I am not.
Opening to more ease, more wunderlust, more awe.
Beauty cracked me wide open.
Not forced. Not performed.
Received.
Beauty doesn’t wait for us to be “ready.”
It meets us in our imagination
– when we show up as we are, tender, vulnerable and raw.
You don’t have to be bright to be worthy of joy.
You don’t have to be radiant to receive beauty.
You don’t have to be “healed” to be held by life.
3 Gentle Truths for Receiving
Presence is enough.
You don’t have to perform vitality. Just be with what is.
Life is cyclical.
We are not designed to be “on”, high-energy all the time. Beauty lives in every season.
Receiving is a practice.
The more you let yourself receive when tender, the more capacity you grow for joy.
This is how you begin to Reimagine and Reclaim the Future YOU.
SHIFT OUR IDENTITY from who you think you are to who you have always been.
Not a future where you chase high-vibes, dopamine hits and superficial.
Not a future where you abandon yourself when it seems nothing is changing.
But a future where you trust the work is working on you and through you
Lovingly supporting you, guiding you to follow your purpose
A future where you trust the beauty you see to meet you the beauty in you.
Mantra to Hold
“I am open to receiving the beauty and the lessons (blessons)
in every changing seasons of my becoming…….
MORE of my true self
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you.”
Much love always
Sarah-Jane (Soulara)
P.S. If you’re at a turning point and wondering how to receive
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You don’t have to perform to be worthy of your brilliant future.
You simply have to be present for it and receive support.
It is your birthright.
