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2015 in review

               









 November was filled with a lot of stress because of school, but it was also filled with positivity, art, and self acceptance. I took some self portraits and spent time practicing self love, which included eating when I was hungry, writing, drinking a lot of water, and being outside a lot. I painted some canvases and took a lot of pictures. I continued to build relationships with the awesome people I met in October. I began a new journal which has helped me manage my emotions, too.

was eventful. Many of my friends came home, I finished up my semester at college, my birthday came and went, as did Christmas. I spent time with my Sarasota fam, 3D design fam, Ohana, and my immediate fam. It was great, considering I don't get to do that very often. I can always look forward to this time of year, simply because I know that I can be together with some lovely people and be myself. This time around it was even better since I had been (mostly) on my own for the last few months.

And now, onward, to 2016

A tiny gift, from me to you

I originally made this book for my ohana (family, not blood related) as a part of their christmas gift, but I think this would be nice to share with you all as well. Here's the link to my downloadable ohana zine:

CLICK!

 Ohana means family, and family means no one gets left behind, or forgotten.

 Enjoy this print out. this would probably be best printed in at half of the original size. I haven't tested out any printing yet but I will soon and update this when I do.

 -Mia

2015

As 2015 comes to a close, I can feel the year truly winding down. I am finally finished with school this semester and I have some time to spend doing some cool creative things.

This year was very long, very telling. I have grown this year more than ever before, and I have taken time to myself to heal after unknowingly dealing with depression, anxiety, and EDNOS. If anyone is who is reading this might be dealing with these issues, I would be more than happy to talk to you about it or tell you what is helping me heal. Shoot me an email. Otherwise, that is all I'm going to say about my mental health for now, until I might be ready to share my story.

So back to this year. I have accomplished more this year than any other year. What a perfect way to kick start my adult life! In practicing patience, I have completed more art projects, sewn more, went on more walks, spent more time outside in general, and allowed myself to reflect on my feelings and truly listen to myself (mentally and physically). I have met so many new people, and I have opened myself up to more possibilities (my Sagittarius is showing). I have a job that I love and I have started + continued this blog, learned more about astrology, and traveled across the county a few times! It's been a non stop kind of year, and I like it, but I am happy to be finishing up this big year and head into 2016 with a positive mindset (which is another thing I have never really done before!).

I hope to finish the rest of the pages on my blog and finally have it all set up now that I have more free time. Maybe one day it will actually complete. heh. But as the year ends, I will set some goals for myself when it comes to this blog. I want to do something new with it, but I don't want to try and do too much more, because I know I won't keep up with it. I want to either incorporate something new or perhaps change the goal completely. We shall see, but I do think I want to incorporate more of my art. Especially now that I'm taking it more seriously than before. I would like to share my photograph as well. I don't know how yet, or if I will.

But one exciting thing coming this week is the full moon on Christmas. What a perfect time. Full moons are all about letting go, a great preparation for making new year's resolutions. Especially when the full moon is in Cancer, a watery and emotional sign. So emotions might be high this next week, and patience is something that we should practice now. I'm interested to see what happens, considering Christmas is being held at my home this year.

And then a small shout out to Brianna at Hello Virgo (click!) because she is a light and I hope to be collaborating with her this new year. :)

-Maria

December + New Moon

I haven't made much time for the blog lately. For anyone that may actually keep up with me, I apologize for that. I was going to post a few tarot card readings, but as I thought about sharing them, it didn't feel right. The last few I've had have been really personal, and things that I just don't want to share with everyone. So that's why I haven't shared one in awhile. I'm going to do a tarot card reading for the new moon this Friday, and depending on how that goes, I will share it.

A few days ago, it was my 21st birthday. The days I spent surrounded by (most of) my family in Sarasota meant a lot to me. After this year, many of us will be going in different directions, and even though I know I will see them all again after the fact, I don't know when that will be. So I truly cherished our time together this weekend.

As the year begins to wrap up and classes wind down, the fact that it's almost 2016 kills me. I can't believe how quickly time is passing. I can't even say how the world will be in five years. I feel like everything is changing rapidly. I'm not sure what's going to happen but I feel pretty anxious.

But back to the new moon happening on Friday morning. As always, the new moon welcomes new beginnings. So we should begin some new goals or refocus on our goals. This new moon occurs in the sign of Sagittarius, which is all about independence, adventure, and honesty. Ask how you can use these traits to improve your well being these next two weeks. Mercury also shifts into Capricorn this week, which can go hand-in-hand with the new moon. Mercury in Capricorn is all about realistic goals and practical tasks. So perhaps using the honesty and expansive nature that Sagittarius influences us to use can be applied in the workplace. This is all about the big picture, planning for the end than for the temporary.

Venus moved into scorpio on the 4th, which honestly explains a lot for me. My Venus is in Scorpio, and I have been feeling very intense lately when it comes to the relationships I have with others.  Scorpio in Venus signifies extreme closeness, not physically but also mentally. I feel this so much!

Taking time to reflect on all of this is important to me. I don't depend on this to tell me the future, but as a time to sit back and realize that I may have been ignoring something. Have I set myself back? Have I lost focus? What more can do? How can I use these things to better my life? How can I help not just myself, but others as well? Astrology has helped me get to know myself better. Someone told me that they think astrology is weird because "it's just another label to slap onto someone." But what that person seems to forget is that this is how the human brain works. We divide things and people an places into categories because it helps us to understand the world better. And I don't think that there is anything wrong with that.

-Maria