The magic continues. My 11th post here just so happens to fall upon the new moon. At least it did when I started writing this. I ordered a keyboard for my iPad off of amazon to make blogging easier for me. Blogging from my iPad screen is a bit of a pain. I can type much faster from a keyboard. I bought a keyboard that lights up. It’s very pretty. I digress.

The new moon is used for releasing, and calling in our manifestations. 11 is the number of manifestation and wishes coming true. It reduces to 2, the number which means you are exactly where you are meant to be.

I keep a “new moon box” on my southern alter. Fire is the element associated with the south, and also a great representation for “change.”

The new moon box works like this:

1- write down everything you want to release. This can be anything from a situation, to a feeling, to a limiting self belief. Keep in mind, that everyone has free will and the laws of magic must work around that. So, if you have someone in your life who makes you feel insecure, you would not ask to release the person, but your insecurities, and let the universe surprise you with how that happens.

2- leave all of the things you want to release in the box for 1 moon cycle. The contents of the box are to be added to and then burned at the following new moon. Before you can call your manifestations in, you must release every block there is to achieving them. It is also important to note that the most important part of manifesting your desires, is demonstration. Yes, intention, visualization, rituals, affirmations, these are all very important parts of manifesting, but you actually have to put effort in what you want. You have to do more than just make a wish. You have to show up for yourself every step of the way, as your biggest fan and your most loyal supporter. Releasing all of your internal blocks, is a huge act of self care, and a good way to show up for yourself. Once the new moon comes around again, we set on fire everything we are ready to release.

A solid sheet of paper, engulfed by flame, and transformed into smoke and ash. That is exactly what I want to do to all of my worry, all of my fear, all of my doubt, and every single thing that tells me “no you can’t.”

In some strange manner of coincidence, TikTok allowed me to start live-streaming on the new moon, the perfect symbol of my career moving on to the next level. Live-streaming has brought much fulfillment into my life, but also why I’ve been distracted from Steemit lately. I’m going to have to come up with a schedule to make sure each platform is getting the attention it deserves.

There was a shift in my energy with this new moon. As I became this new version of myself, this version of myself that I have been laser focused on becoming, I realized there’s a version of myself that I have not been in a long time, and that I would never be again. I took a night to celebrate my accomplishment, but also morn a loss. I loved being that past version of myself. I hail every single step of this journey as sacred, even the lowest points. My career as a professional entertainment artist has come to an end, and that’s something to morn. At the pinnacle of my career, I was living in a penthouse apartment in Hollywood, California, traveling to Las Vegas every weekend for work. I saw success that most only dream of, seated in the lap of luxury. I hit phenomenal milestones that were my teenage milestone. I lived my own dream. That’s over now. That statement comes with so much grief. However, the lesson that I got from that is that I have exactly what it take to reach the sort of places that are mere fantasy for most people. Some would even consider me, as an entity, a fantasy.

As an homage to this significant transformation, I decided to change my hair. A symbol of my evolution. I modeled it after my name sake, “Starfire.”

Another item arrived with my keyboard today. It is a deck of oracle cards. I don’t normally read the authors note that comes with these things, but today I did. It’s funny, the author of this deck put her life on hold to go to the beach everyday. I literally quit my job to go to the beach every day this summer. As the summer closed, everything lined up to bring my current manifestation of being a professional content creator to fruition. I’m still building the base, but my faith is being rewarded every step of the way. The universe shows up every day that I show up for myself, to remind me, that I am so divinely blessed.