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We are not simply living through political tension.

We are not simply witnessing climate disruption.

We are not simply navigating cultural polarization.

We are in the middle of a collective initiation.

In numerology, last year was a 9 year, the completion of a cycle. In the Chinese zodiac, it was the Year of the Snake…shedding, shadow, revelation. What follows is the Horse…movement, embodiment, forward momentum.

And between completion and rebirth lives the 0. The void.

If you zoom out far enough, what is happening begins to look less like chaos and more like a rite of passage.

Ecological systems are straining.
Old economic models are cracking.
Institutions are losing credibility.
Power structures are being exposed.
Information systems are fragmenting.
Nervous systems are overloaded.

This is what happens when a civilization built on disconnection reaches saturation.

For centuries, humanity has operated from a paradigm of separation…from nature, from each other, from consequence. We extracted instead of reciprocated. We dominated instead of collaborated. We pursued growth without coherence.

The Snake reveals what we have refused to see.

Shadow is surfacing collectively: greed, fear, prejudice, unprocessed trauma, power without accountability. When shadow rises, it feels destabilizing because it dismantles the illusion of control.

In spiritual language, this is Kali energy.

Kali does not destroy for sport. She dismantles illusion. She severs what is false so that truth can breathe. Her fire is not cruelty, it is purification.

Nine energy aligns with this archetype. Completion does not feel soft. It feels exposing. It feels like endings we did not schedule. It feels like consequences ripening. And we resist it.

The nervous system does not like losing predictability. Even unhealthy systems feel safer than uncertainty. So we polarize. We cling. We react. We project shadow outward rather than integrating it inward.

But here is the deeper layer…

When kundalini rises in the body, it is not always gentle. Energy moves through blocked channels. Old wounds surface. Illusions dissolve. If the system is not regulated, the experience feels overwhelming. The same principle applies collectively.

Planetary energy is rising, not in a mystical fantasy sense. In a measurable way. We are more interconnected than ever before. Information travels instantly. Consequences are global. There is nowhere left for shadow to hide.

The Earth itself is responding. Climate instability is not punishment. It is feedback. Ecosystems are recalibrating. Nature has always known how to correct imbalance. We are being asked to do the same.

And then comes the 0.

Zero is sacred in many traditions. It is the womb. The great mystery. The fertile darkness before creation. In Kabbalistic thought, it resembles the space before form emerges. In yogic philosophy, it mirrors the still point before manifestation. In indigenous cosmologies, it is the dark soil where seeds break open.

The void is uncomfortable because it dissolves identity. Collectively, we are in that dissolving.

Old narratives are collapsing faster than new ones are forming.
Old leaders are falling before wiser leadership structures are embodied.
Old economic paradigms are failing before regenerative systems are fully scaled.

The void feels like instability, but it is gestation.

If we rush to fill it with more fear, more dominance, more extraction, we repeat the cycle.

If we can stay present…regulated, discerning, embodied, something new can emerge that is not rooted in the old trauma.

And then comes the Horse.

The Horse is not chaos. It is embodied sovereignty. It is movement aligned with truth. It is courage that does not require dehumanization. It is leadership that understands we belong to the Earth, not the other way around.

But the Horse must be grounded.

Fire without grounding becomes destruction.
Power without integration becomes tyranny.
Speed without regulation becomes collapse.

This is why personal work matters right now.

The planetary nervous system is dysregulated because individual nervous systems are dysregulated. Collective healing will not come from ideology alone. It will come from regulated humans who have integrated their shadow.

This moment is not the apocalypse. It is initiation.

The Snake sheds.
The 9 completes.
The 0 gestates.
The Horse moves.

We are being asked to grow up as a species.

To move from domination to reciprocity.
From extraction to regeneration.
From fear-based leadership to embodied wisdom.
From projection to integration.

The void is not empty. It is waiting.

And what emerges next will be shaped not by panic, but by those steady enough to create from coherence.

We are in sacred fire. The question is not whether the old skin will fall away. It is whether we are willing to meet the flames with maturity, humility, and the courage to build differently on the other side.

So What Do We Do in a 9-Year, in the Void?

We regulate.

Not as spiritual bypassing.
Not as apathy.
But as power.

If we are truly in a collective completion cycle, if the Snake is shedding and the 9 is closing,  then the most important work right now is not louder outrage. It is inner coherence.

Here is what that looks like in real life:

1. Tend your nervous system daily.

Limit doomscrolling. Get sunlight in your eyes. Put your bare feet on the ground. Breathe slowly enough to lengthen your exhale. The body must feel safe enough to respond rather than react.

2. Do your shadow work.

Notice where you dehumanize. Notice where fear hardens into certainty. Notice where your identity feels threatened. Completion requires humility. Integration requires honesty.

3. Strengthen community.

Completion cycles fragment systems, but they can deepen relationships. Build real-life connection. Share meals. Support local initiatives. Healing is relational.

4. Choose regenerative actions.

Support businesses that regenerate rather than extract. Reduce where you can. Plant something. Protect something. Remember that activism can be embodied and steady, not just loud.

5. Practice discernment.

Not every fire requires your nervous system. Learn to differentiate between signal and noise. The void becomes creative when we are selective about what we feed with our attention.

6. Prepare to move.

When the Horse energy arrives, it will ask for embodied action. But action without integration repeats cycles. So prepare now by clarifying your values. What do you stand for? What will you help build?

This is how we meet the void consciously.

Completion does not mean collapse.
The void does not mean emptiness.
Uncertainty does not mean doom.

It means we are between identities, personally and collectively.

And that space is sacred.

If we can stay steady enough to tolerate the in-between, we may find that what is emerging is not destruction, but maturity. Not chaos, but recalibration. Not the end, but a species learning, finally, that it belongs to something larger than itself.

Tend your system.
Do your work.
Stay connected.
Build wisely.

The future will not be shaped by panic.

It will be shaped by regulated, courageous humans willing to create from coherence.

We are not falling apart; we are being broken open. On purpose. Trust. Surrender. And breathe.

Dr. Tiffany Griffiths