Why cycles repeat, until they don't
Hello beautiful beings,
We are almost halfway through this eclipse portal, moving from the electric, future-minded pulse of Aquarius into a more grounded - though still quietly changeable - Virgo terrain. One of my favourite aspects of eclipse energy is the way it illuminates the cycles we’ve been spun around in for years, decades, sometimes generations. Suddenly the pattern is no longer invisible. It is highlighted, outlined, almost underlined, so that we can see it clearly enough to choose differently.
Over the years, I’ve listened to clients and students speak with frustration about the habits and dynamics that seem hardest to break. They judge themselves harshly, wondering why it feels so difficult to change something they know is not good for them. There can be shame in that awareness, as if knowledge alone should be enough to create transformation.
So today I want to offer you a pause. A breath. A moment to reflect on what you might be ready to complete within the next few weeks - something that, if gently untangled, would shift your trajectory and bring more grace to the path ahead. We often overcomplicate this process. The mind grasps for explanation and analysis. But the invitation is softer than that. It is to relax, to widen your awareness, to see more of the picture than you’ve allowed yourself to see before.
Across lifetimes and generations, we absorb belief systems, identities, emotional responses, ways of behaving that begin to feel structural, almost cemented into who we are. Everything can feel intertwined, layered, immovable. We tell ourselves that this is simply how we are, how it has always been.
And yet thought, belief, emotion, and energy are never truly fixed. They are movement itself - evolving, expressing, circulating. Nothing is static, nothing is permanently set.
Instead of imagining yourself as stuck, consider that what feels stuck may simply be moving in a circle. A loop. Returning to the same point again and again because the pattern has not yet been interrupted.
Think of a favourite book or film you return to. We revisit stories because of the familiarity, because of how our bodies and hearts respond to them. And yet, with a truly great story, you notice something new each time. I’ve watched Cloud Atlas more times than I can count, and every viewing reveals another layer. It is a beautiful illustration of patterns unfolding across time, of themes repeating and evolving.
Our lives can work the same way. When a pattern begins to repeat, we can pause and ask: what could I choose now that would disrupt this outcome? What simple shift in action or perception would alter the direction of this loop? Feel into how you want the story to land this time. What would a different ending look like? What would it feel like in your body?
It requires a few things -
You need to be present enough to recognise the pattern and gently examine it. If you are living in constant fight or flight, distracting yourself with unnecessary busyness, or unwilling to question the familiar, the loop continues until presence becomes possible.
You must be willing to change before you are forced to. Often we wait until something breaks us open. Yet change can be dignified. It can be chosen before rock bottom. We do not have to be shattered to shift a cycle.
And there will be learning. There is always a moment of awakening within the pattern. You will discover something about your capacity, your wisdom, your resilience. The revelation is not about what is wrong with you, but about what has been quietly right all along, waiting to emerge.
This week, choose one habit or dynamic that creates the most heartache or friction in your life. Notice the choices that keep it alive. Then begin, gently and deliberately, to withdraw the behaviours and structures that allow it to continue in the same way. This is how Aquarius innovation becomes embodied Virgo practice. This is how higher awareness translates into lived, grounded change. We tend to overcomplicate what is actually understandable and transformable.
Allow yourself to witness a cycle completing. Breathe deeply. Soften the mind. Expand your perspective. Notice the other options that have been there all along.
This is a potent moment in time. Let something finish.
I am sending blessings for inspired action, wise choices, and the graceful resolution of the past.
- Jennifer <3
P.S. If you would like to work through your cycles in a real, grounded, and deeply supported way, our Theta Healing Retreats begin on Sunday with the Basic course, followed by the Advanced. This work goes to the root of repeating patterns and helps you shift them at the level of belief and subconscious identity. The container closes in a few days as we prepare the space. If you feel the nudge, reach out and join us. (And feel free to share this with someone you think would resonate)
