Your Week Ahead: March 31 to April 6, 2025 – Pivot Point

Things take time and there is no usefulness in forcing circumstances to change on a dime. When we are challenged in life or meet with disappointments, we must be brave and courageous. We must also be patient and gentle because often the challenges must be understood and the lessons learned. If we don’t take the time, then our heart might not really be in those next steps we want to take. We may repeat the rhetoric of positive mindset influencers, but one day, the emptiness will be revealed and we’ll have to stop and try again.

The aim here is to be genuine. The question to ask is, “What do I want and WHY do I want it?” What are we basing our desires on? Investigation of this fundamental question will open up some layers of response. We need to ponder what we have come through so that we can assess how we have been influenced by those experiences. It’s as if we are putting those impressions through a colander.

What we need to extrapolate is the purity of what we want free from the challenge that may have thwarted our initial plans. The challenge arose because something was faulty; something didn’t add up. It had cracks and holes, and for whatever reason, we ignored it. Then it no longer lined up with who we were and the structure collapsed.

This whole process could have felt so disorienting that we may have struggled a long time with the uncertainty of what to do next. We needed time to disassociate ourselves with the struggle so that we no longer identified with it and thought that it was normal. “What do I want and why do I want it?”

As long as we don’t get stuck in the past, then time will present us with clarity that should reveal what we can do positively for ourselves. Understanding what we don’t want to continue and then stating what makes us feel better is called “pivoting”.

The challenge in pivoting is that often our psyche is caught in emotional unfinished business. It’s like a void that needs to be filled. Some call it revenge, others call it vindication. The other day, I watched an episode of Reacher and they called it the “cousin Rhonda moment.” It’s the look on someone’s face when you see them realize their shameful conduct and they have no words to say.

That bit aside, it’s tempting to wait for it and not move on. We may never get our moment because most people don’t understand how they made us feel. How they demoralized us and stripped us of our confidence. The shake up can have us feeling very nervous about what’s next. We certainly don’t want a repeat.

When the emotional dust settles, as it always does, we need to gently pick ourselves up and get back in tune with small actions, small steps. We are reconnecting ourselves with the “why”. These small initiatives create momentum, and gradually, they will take up more space within our mind, restoring more positive mental health. Then we can start to see how we are slowly replacing the old experience with a new one.

This is the relationship between the 2 of Wands and the 5 of Cups. “What do I want and why do I want it?” In coming closer to those answers, we pivot. We recognize that we can move on, and indeed we must, in order to continue and embrace growth. The “cousin Rhonda moment” comes to those when they look at themselves in the mirror, alone, seeing it on their own face. That’s what they will have to live with and work on. We’ve already moved to something vastly improved.

The path continues to open up for us. The only thing required of us is to stay curious, like the Page of Cups. Once we leave behind old things, we need to keep walking, holding our cup in our hands, open, ready and willing to let new things fill it – and our heart. Curiosity, playfulness, enjoying the process, looking forward to the unfolding journey and new experiences – doing it our way. A healed heart is an open one. Stay open and good things will meet you!

Happy New Moon Solar Eclipse in Aries! … conjunct like… everything! Whoa! 🙂

Affirmation: I take my time to come to my own conclusions. I look to see what it is that I really want and savour those visions. I celebrate myself and all the things that have made me courageous. I slowly replace uncomfortable memories with new plans that make me feel joyful and productive once again. That future is unfolding for me now and I look forward it.

Thanks for reading, and I wish you a wonderful week!

Daniel Palmo

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