by Valerie Sargent | Dec 9, 2025
The last 36 hours have been… a lot.
Not in the dramatic sense, but in the human sense — the kind where your emotions sit closer to the surface, your body feels more reactive than usual, and the simplest things somehow feel heavier than they should.
If you’ve been feeling that too, you’re not imagining it.
We’ve been moving through a potent combination of solar flare activity, shifting collective energy, and some very real astrological pressure points. When that happens, it tends to push old fears, old patterns, and old stories right up to the surface.
For me, it showed up as a sudden wave of discomfort in my own body, moments of panic that came out of nowhere, restless dreams with symbols I didn’t understand at first, and that familiar pull toward “something must be wrong with me.” You know that place — the one that feels disproportionate to the moment you’re actually in.
But here’s the truth that finally came into focus today:
None of this is a sign that you’re unraveling.
It’s a sign that your system is recalibrating.
As the collective field shifts, our internal landscape shifts too. Sometimes it feels like pressure. Sometimes it feels like panic. Sometimes it feels like “I don’t know what’s happening, but it’s loud.”
And sometimes — like today — the message that comes through is surprisingly simple.
This morning I pulled two cards:
Allow and Strength.
Not strength in the “grit your teeth and power through” way.
Strength in the soft way — the quiet kind that sits underneath everything.
The strength to feel without collapsing.
The strength to pause instead of spiral.
The strength to allow whatever is moving through without assuming it defines you.
Because the truth is, when the emotional waters get stirred by cosmic weather, we can either fight the waves or let them move around us. Fighting exhausts us. Allowing recalibrates us.
If you’re feeling tender, reactive, overwhelmed, or just off…
you’re not broken.
You’re not “doing life wrong.”
You’re simply moving through an energetic pressure system that’s asking you to loosen your grip a little.
So today, I’m choosing the quiet kind of strength — the kind that doesn’t require perfection or clarity. The kind that lets me be human while everything recalibrates.
And maybe that’s the invitation for all of us right now:
Allow what’s rising.
Strengthen what’s steady.
And give yourself permission to be exactly where you are — without turning it into a verdict.
We’re moving through this together.
by Valerie Sargent | Oct 29, 2025
The energy we feel right now isn’t only arriving from the heavens — it’s rising from within us.
It’s easy to think of it as something entering, something being given or received.
But what’s truly happening is that what was once buried is being remembered.
It’s our own current returning to motion.
Every dream, every layer of shadow we’ve faced,
every pattern we’ve been brave enough to release
has been preparing us to perceive this energy clearly —
to recognize it as ours.
Yes, we’re swimming in cosmic tides — the comet, the alignments,
the shifting frequencies of the Earth —
but they aren’t here to give us something we don’t already hold.
They’re mirrors, reminders, amplifiers
of what’s already alive in our cells.
We are both the receiver and the source.
The microcosm within the macrocosm,
and the macrocosm holding the microcosm.
As above, so within.
The more we release, the more space opens
for the light of our own essence to radiate outward.
This isn’t about leaving behind the human self
but embodying our wholeness —
shadow and soul, grief and grace,
the messy and the miraculous, all one.
And as we do this individually,
we shift the field collectively.
Each moment of remembrance ripples out,
touching others who are remembering too.
We are weaving a network of light — not new light,
but ancient light finally seen, finally felt, finally freed.
So when you feel energy move through you,
pause and listen — it’s your own higher self breathing you awake.
You are not being filled from the outside.
You are being revealed from the inside out.
by Valerie Sargent | Jan 30, 2025
In each moment you are making everything in your purview new. What this means is that by making a choice from a particular vibration, you are affecting not only yourself, as in the energy that you are, but you are also affecting the energy around you. To put it another way, you are seeing everything around you from a higher vibrational perspective, so what you see, and have seen day after day for your entire life may look different for a moment. You are gradually stepping away from the old labeling of people, places, and things. This may show up in your daily life in different ways. For instance, what you may call brain fog and forgetfulness is not necessarily a degenerative process. It could be that you are “forgetting” the old labels. Seeing an object or even a person and taking a moment to recall who the person is or what an item is, is potentially your higher self nudging you to let go of the need to label them. Your human brain is rewiring itself, and you are always creating new neural pathways as you consciously choose to raise your vibration and perceive yourself and the world around you differently. This is positive growth and change, as much of what you have labeled over your many human lives is now ready to be seen anew; seen through your inner, high self/soul perspective. Labels carry energy, and some labels carry very negative energy connotations. Not all labels are negative and they have served a purpose, so not all labels are going by the wayside but as you evolve and expand into integrating more of your high self, you are beginning to see all things as new. Your high self needs no labels as your high self doesn’t know judgment.
As you move more deeply into this process, recognize the freedom that this offers you rather than the limitations. To see the people and things in your life anew is an amazing aspect of this journey because you are ultimately making all things new by perceiving them from a higher vibrational perspective without labels and more importantly, without the negative connotation and judgment that some labels carry.
You are in effect shifting your perception into a higher vibrational earth “reality” where the lack of labels is an opportunity to experience life free of limitations. You are not changing the earth, you are changing yourselves, and in changing yourselves you are altering how you perceive everyone and everything outside of you. This is the process of “forgetting” all of the old patterns, programming, beliefs and labels that are no longer relevant to an ascending Being.
Part of this constant process that you are all moving through is also recognizing that you are all playing roles. You agreed to play certain roles in order to help each other to become more of your true, authentic selves. Your true self is not limited by the mind and ego, and the path to finding your way back to your true self includes deep self introspection. It includes accepting who you are in this moment right now. It includes accepting who you have been, and all that you have chosen to do up to this moment of now. It is radical acceptance of yourself, which only leads to the acceptance of all others, no matter the role they play in your life. In fact, the ones who play the most challenging roles in your life are the ones who offer you the greatest gift: That of bringing to your awareness what you are no longer in alignment with. When you are very aware of what you are no longer in alignment with, you have the ability to consciously choose what you are in alignment with, and at this point in your awareness of Who and What you are, you know that your choices are impactful and powerful.
In January’s message we spoke to you about raising your vibration to match the vibration of the version of earth on which you choose to exist. (Read past messages here: https://thefigleaf.net/journal-2/) The more you consciously do this, the more you will find it reflected back to you in your consensus reality.
There are many of you who have agreed to take this a step further and actively participate in raising the consciousness of humanity as a whole. As an active and conscious participant you are using your awareness of your multidimensionality to not only connect to and match higher vibrational versions of earth, but to show others how it is done. You are and will continue to see alterations in your life as you continue to raise and sustain a higher vibration but you will also be very aware of the turmoil and fear that many still feel. You are truly existing in multiple dimensions at one time, and you are beginning to recognize this. The recognition of this only strengthens your empowerment, which deepens the trust you have in your high self, the Infinite Being that you are. When you get caught up in fear, take the time to acknowledge and accept the fear, appreciating what it is bringing to your awareness and allow yourself to step right back into your empowerment as Infinite Being. This immediately shifts your vibration, which affects and alters the energy around you.
What you will also find is that who and what you are truly no longer in alignment with gradually (and sometimes immediately) become no longer a part of your life. You have most likely already experienced this, and we invite you to understand that this is not necessarily a fault of yours. It is you consciously choosing a higher vibrational existence where you no longer need them as catalysts in your life, and vice versa. There will always be people, events and things that act as catalysts for you, offering you the opportunity to choose what you are or are or are no longer in alignment with, just as you are for others. That is the nature of being in a physical existence, and it is a marvelous and beautiful existence because you are more deeply recognizing more of yourSelf.
In each moment you have the opportunity to perceive yourself, everyone and everything as new by simply choosing to. The limitations of labels are fading as you continue to expand your awareness. You are very conscious of how this feels, and at times it may feel uncomfortable or as if something is “wrong.” Seek guidance and help while trusting your intuition, as that is your high self communicating with you. You are all here to ultimately help each other.
The next months bring lots of change and it may seem as if it is happening very fast. In many ways things are happening much faster, and that goes hand in hand with your expanding multidimensionality and your awareness that myriad versions of yourself exist simultaneously.
We invite you to take a deep breath and know that in this moment, all is truly well.
by Valerie Sargent | Jan 31, 2024
That which you call God is pure consciousness. It is also what you would label as feminine energy. God/Source/Infinite Being/Creator is masculine and feminine, but the creator/birthing aspect of it is feminine.
This contradicts what most of humanity still believes about God, and it may bring feelings and emotions to the surface of your awareness.
The energy that you are currently receiving is supportive of deep extrusion of the oldest, deepest and potentially most damaging old programs, beliefs and patterns. Everyone feels this in the ways that are best supportive of them with regards to the choices they have made so far in this lifetime. Every choice you have ever made is now old energy, and you are at a level of your own awareness where you have the ability to shift the energy of all your choices throughout your existence.
That is a powerful statement. Understand that we are not talking about changing the past, but we are talking about changing the energy of the past through your ability to make conscious choices.
There are times that you chose prior to incarnating that would offer you, individually and as a collective, opportunities to turn deep beliefs upside down and you are in one of those times now.
The end of the previous cycle and the beginning of this next one create an opening for very intense light and energy to reach the Earth. These cycles coincide with the movement of the planets in your solar system as well as the expansion of the universe. The larger cycles are influenced by the movement of your planet around the sun, the moon around your planet and the astrological sign you were born into.
Nothing is random.
Everything that you experience is a version of something that your soul has been expecting. You have free will, so your human self chooses what path you walk on each day, but the paths are variations of opportunities that you chose prior to incarnating in this life.
Within the last few years much has come to light that has caused most of you to question your deepest beliefs. The next few years will bring more of the same. Your opportunity is to make conscious choices, trusting your Highest Self, the aspect of you that has always been there, but not always readily available to you due to your very strong ego. You needed a strong ego to survive. You are now able to recognize the important role that ego played, and through acceptance of every choice you have made, ego and soul come into a deep alignment, allowing you to connect more fully with your Highest Self. Survival is no longer your main goal. Ascension: The soul driven desire to be One with All, is your goal in this lifetime.
You are constantly sharing information. Not just with the rest of humanity, but with everyone and everything throughout existence. Even when you hear, read, or see something that you don’t agree with, there is always the potential for that information to connect to something deep within your DNA. The more in touch you are with your Highest Self the easier it is to decipher all of the information that is available to you. You have been remembering how to use your discernment and learning how to use this information for your highest and best, and for the highest and best of those around you.
Today we are instilling within you a deeper sense of trust.
Trust yourSelf, trust what you feel within yourSelf. Trust the feminine aspect of yourSelf. You all have it within you, just like you all carry the divine masculine energy. The energy that this message brings is one of deeply trusting the Mother, the creator, the birther of All. The more you trust Her, the easier it is to trust your own divine feminine, the earth, your own mother, and the mother within you. Every one of you has been a mother in some existence so everyone of you has given birth. Because you carry the Akashic memory of everything within you, you have the cellular memory of birthing life. In fact you are constantly birthing new ideas that manifest into your life. These ideas are all shared within the information that you are constantly receiving and you instill your own energy and unique frequency into what you are manifesting in your life.
In doing this, you make everything new because you are perceiving everything in your life from a higher vibrational perspective. You are literally seeing everything and everyone in newness, from the perspective of acceptance. This new perspective opens the door to trusting yourSelf first and foremost and when you trust yourSelf, every choice you make reflects that.
Trust is imperative in order for you to move forward into this new and very exciting phase of your life because so much is opening up for you in ways that you have not experienced in your life. We invite you to feel the excitement, the joy and the expansiveness of this energy. As always we hold you in the highest esteem, as you are here, now, experiencing so much that we cannot. And you do this for All.
by Valerie Sargent | Jan 5, 2024
You are at a much higher level of conscious choice and awareness now than you were a year ago. This means that you are able to receive more light and energy, and it can be intense for the psyche and the body to try to interpret and integrate. This is a natural process.
When you are moving great amounts of energy (as you are now) it often does not feel good. Stay with it, in the energy of presence and acceptance. Answers may come to you, or you may simply move through the intensity and then be able to choose to feel differently. The new, very long cycle that you are in now consists of many smaller cycles that overlap one another. The cycles are loosely connected to solar cycles and the movement of the planets in your solar system, but you also have your own personal cycles of growth.
Be gentle with yourself, rest when you feel the need to, letting go of old expectations and beliefs. Changes are happening much more quickly now and that goes for your body too.
Sometimes short illnesses may arise as your body is integrating more light and energy. This may signify the releasing of old, deeply embedded energy.
Welcome to the new energy.
