Lightening Strikes and Shatters the Illusions.
On new year’s eve I threw down my Sphinx Code cards, tarot cards from the Major Arcana, for the year ahead. Being a Wisdom Keeper, it’s a practice I started a few years ago where right before the new year starts, I lay out the cards, one for each month, to give me insight on the themes and lessons ahead. I shuffle the cards, holding the intention for each month, until one falls out of the deck. January’s theme is the Tower of God.
Last time I got the Tower of God was in 2020 right before Covid and right before my Vision Quest. The Shaman I was working with at the time said that the Tower of God is a Vision Quest card and that if I don’t answer the call I’m going to have a very hard year. So, of course I answered the call because I was already thinking about the Vision Quest and the call was made. I traveled to Molokai, Hawaii and water fasted by myself in nature for seven days.
The Tower of God, also known as the “House of God” the name of our boutique home in Portugal, represents the divine strike that destroys the ego’s illusions, dissolving them towards humbleness, and deep, divine clarity. It’s about striking down old systems and structures and rebuilding in a way that serves all people. Building these new structures on a healthy foundation of integrity, honor, and discipline.
Trepidation About the New Year
I found myself nervous about going into this new year, not knowing what it has in store for us but I had this anxious underlying fear I just couldn’t shake off. I felt like something bad was about to happen to me but I had no idea what and I had to sit in the unknown, in the mystery, in the uncertainty that something is coming and I have no clue what it is or what to do about it. All I can do and be is a conscious observer, surrendering and allowing that what comes my way is meant to help me grow.
Seven days into the new year, the fires in LA broke out and they kept going and going relentlessly without an end in sight, destroying and striking down everything they touch. Horrific beyond imagination, people losing their homes, businesses losing everything they have built, animals misplaced, disoriented and in shock. Watching everything and everyone crumble right before our eyes. Friends, friends of friends, and entire communities losing their beloved homes – losing their stability, their security, their safety, their havens they’ve poured so much love into. There are no words to describe any of it. The key word for 2025 so far has been “unprecedented.”
I’ve never witnessed anything like this before in my life. I’ve never witnessed a pandemic before either until 2020, and now a massive fire of destruction in 2025 and everything in between that got us here. I’m afraid that this just Chapter 3 is just one of many more to come. I’m confirming that this spiritual w@r we find ourselves in at this moment is one we have to prepare for – for the long haul. That we are going to have many firsts of things we’ve never witnessed in our lives. It feels like we are in a medicine journey that does not end. It feels like the only way forward is through. It feels like a sci-fi movie we’ve been conditioned for our whole lives – Hollywood playing out literally right in front of our eyes.
The Tower of God has struck and it feels like one big conspiracy theory that just feels like less of a conspiracy and more like the inevitable truth. It feels like 1984 has been the bible from high school that we’ve been given – good luck out there kids! Little did we know we’re walking into this reality as we get older. It feels like West World is here. It feels like the bible, the prophecies, the revelations are playing out in front of our eyes. It feels like Jesus is coming, false prophets are around the corner, and transhumanism is seconds away. Sprinkled with alien invasions, meteorites falling from the sky, fog poisoning people, like seriously, what channel are we on?! And where’s the OFF button? Oh there’s isn’t one! Apart of me just wants to go pop some organic popcorn and sit on the couch watching it all unfold. The other part of me is – Who do I get to be in all this? How do I get to show up? What is my purpose here? What is my soul mission? Why am I even here to watch this unfold?
Anchoring the Light
And then I remember the miracle of us – the miracle that we’re all here right now in this exact moment in time to remember our greatness and our power. We are here because no matter how small or not good enough we feel – what we think, say, and do, how we show up – it all matters. We ALL matter. Our consciousness and awakening matters.
There is so much uncertainty about how these fires happened, why they happened, who or what is at the root cause of them, so many questions surfacing with no real satisfying answers – just speculations. Perhaps we’re not meant to know right now. Now is the time where we get to use our bodies as radars for truth – we will feel it at our core. I’ve always feel the truth in my core. It’s this deep knowing that makes the hairs on your arms stand up. Sadly, the truth is right in front of us and if we let the dust settle of our emotions, we can see things clearly. The truth has always been in plain site – the thing the darkness knows about truth is that they have to tell you the truth before they do it in order to not collect karma. If we don’t see the revealed truth clearly – that’s on us for not paying attention.
Right now we get to navigate the next steps in uncertainty and in the darkness together. Key word – together. I am watching LA rise as a community unlike ever before, it’s so inspiring to say the very least. We have each other and we are not alone. We are all walking each other home. What doesn’t kill us, only makes us stronger. We also have God, mother nature, the Universe, our entourage of angels and guides that love us unconditionally, the unseen forces that are rooting for mankind. The miracle is in the ethers.
Like many of you on the outskirts of LA, I found myself addicted to staying abreast of the details of how this unfolds, watching in terror, feeling deep heartache and sorrow for my fellow brothers and sisters on the ground experiencing this first hand. What can I do? How can I help? I can offer some words of encouragement, I can repost on my Instagram helpful information that I find, I can donate money to those who lost everything and organizations on the front line. I can anchor the light and hold steady. I can come back to taking care of myself so that I can be there for those who need me. I can continue on my soul mission with a renewed sense of strength and courage. We will rise from the ashes. We will rise from natural disasters happening in other parts of the world – the hurricanes in North Caroline, that blizzards in Dallas, TX. I have this gut feeling that we need to brace for impact because more is coming. With the inauguration in a couple days – who knows what is in store for us there.
I personally don’t think these fires in LA are natural in any way shape or form, the sequence of events don’t add up and I for one do not believe in coincidences. Everything is happening for a reason, especially when the Tower of God strikes. I don’t know why but that much I know thus far. I also know that if this was not meant to happen, God wouldn’t have allowed it to happen so there is a lesson here and a gift here for us to keep our eyes peeled for. If I genuinely believe that things are not happening to us but for us – that I have to apply this belief to this situation as well. We cannot pick and choose when our beliefs apply to things out of convenience. A belief is a belief and in these moments of crisis we get to observe and question our beliefs. This is healthy. It’s in these exact times where we get to see what our spirituality is really made of – just words we speak or actual beliefs we uphold?
I’m learning that everything that happens here on Earth affects us all – certain things more than others perhaps but we are all one ecosystem and we are all affected by things that happen on our planet in one way, shape, or form. I’m learning that the stronger the Light, the stronger the darkness, the more conscious we become the more dark forces and evil fight back and counteract. So be it. We get to keep letting the Light in, we get to keep connecting with the Light, and we get to show up as the Light incarnate. We get to focus on anchoring the Light no matter what. We get to choose what we focus on – the darkness or the Light and what we focus on becomes our reality. The darkness happens and will continue to happen let’s not be delusional about this – I pray we do not let it consume us and that we keep our focus on the Light.
Evil may have an agenda for us. But the light is sovereign and does what it wants.
The Tower of God strikes for the sake of illumination – consciousness waking up humanity to become stronger in numbers – when we have nothing to lose and everything to gain, we start playing the game differently. We are spiritual warriors who will overcome these trying times. We have God and God conquers all. This is an opportunity to intertwine with God and remember that this spiritual w@r that we fight is for the future of humanity – for all generations to come. It is greater than just you and me, but together, as a collective whole, we have each other and we are going to figure it out one step at a time, one day at a time.
The good news is that at the end of the day we already know how this cookie crumbles – we already know how the story ends – the Light will prevail. I have faith. We are all here for a reason, reincarnated in this very pivotal moment in time to contribute to anchoring the Light. No one said it will be easy as we watch the chaos and devastation unfold before our eyes, awakening those who are meant to remember their true purpose in this lifetime. And we will continue to go through this relentless nightmare, focusing on the Light and the Beauty as many times as we have to, bonding, strengthening our resilience, showing up for our community, and flexing the muscle of unwavering faith in God. We will continue to show up and fight the fight. We will continue to anchor the Light. We will continue to get better and better, no matter how many strikes the Tower of God experiences.
I love you. I’m so sorry. Please forgive me. Thank you.
