Energy forecast for January 2025

Here's what to expect from the energy of January, along with four stones that can help you heal your hurts, balance your energies, and start to become the best version of yourself.

As I look out my window, two crows are conducting a thorough sweep of my front yard. I imagine they're finding a bounty of insects after this morning's hard rain. That seems like a fitting symbol for January. I wonder what we will find coming to the surface this month? Whatever it is, the Snowflake Obsidian Consciousness is here to help us make the best of it.

Snowflake obsidian has spent the last week with me, and believe me when I tell you that this stone will bring up stuff you may not want to look at, even if it is the stuff you most need to heal. Fortunately, snowflake obsidian is a master at bringing light into shadow. I've certainly benefited this week. And while my personal healing is far from complete, I do feel lighter. That's what I'm hoping snowflake obsidian will bring to the collective this January.

With thanks to the guides and the Andromedans*, here's the energy forecast for January 2025. In addition to snowflake obsidian, this month they suggest three other stones to help you harmonize your energy, heal from trauma, and become the best version of yourself.

Hello, what can we expect from the energy of January?

Chaos. An upending of the order of things. A new paradigm. Things are not as they were. Expectations will be disappointed. The way things have always been done has to be broken, and this is a month in which that can happen. It will take courage, discipline and will, but this is a month that supports changing directions. This is a month that supports secrets coming to light. It supports disorder for the sake of order.

Well, that doesn't sound ominous at all. Are you talking about the U.S. election?

No, not just the United States. The entire world is caught up in what this energy brings, encourages, and supports. This month, if you expect X to happen, very likely Y will happen instead. It's a month of surprises—perhaps not all of them pleasant, but all of them of purpose.

What is the nature of what you call "disorder for the sake of order?"

It's an energy of sweeping away, of getting to a clean slate. It's an energy of seeing into dark corners, of bringing up things that need to be cleared away. And so, you may watch for unexpected information to cause disruption in the collective. We hasten to say this energy doesn't encourage violence. It's simply an energy of pieces falling into place so that their overall pattern is clear. Note that this energy may last for a couple of months, although it is most active in January.

How will the energy affect us in our personal lives?

This is a month in which you will be guided to look more deeply at the structures in your life. How do you feel about the way you spend your time? How do you feel about your values and your actions? Look at these closely and decide if they still align with who you are now. If they do, terrific. And if they don't, the energy encourages you to decide what to keep and what to let fall away. This is simply the energy you will come up against now. What you do with it is your choice.

Why is snowflake obsidian helping with this energy forecast?

The energy of snowflake obsidian is the energy of shining light into shadow. Consider its form: a dark matrix sprinkled with light. This is a stone for adding light to your being, for connecting with the light amid the shadow. It is a stone for integrating the parts of yourself that you don't like. And by integration, we mean looking at those parts, accepting them, and then choosing to release what no longer serves you.

Snowflake obsidian is also a wonderful stone for connecting to your spiritual guidance. We encourage you to use this aspect of snowflake obsidian in January, for you may need all the guidance you can get.

How can we manage the energy of January?

Consider working with any of these four stones. Simply use your intuition to choose which to work with; your body knows what you need. (And if you're not sure how to work with a crystal, try one of these four crystal meditations.)

• Snowflake obsidian. In snowflake obsidian, light balances the dark. This stone transmutes dark energy. With its help, you can find the light at the end of the tunnel.

• Blue onyx. A stone of personal power, blue onyx helps you become the best version of yourself. It controls negative thoughts and encourages you to be more self-aware. Working with blue onyx can help you find solutions that work in the moment.

• Healer's gold. A combination of pyrite and magnetite, healer’s gold supports healers as well as those being healed. It helps to harmonize your energy and physical bodies and enhances the flow of energy through your system.

• Super 7. What a fabulous stone for this moment in time. Super 7 (also called Melody's Stone) is a unique combination of amethyst, lepidocrocite, clear quartz, smoky quartz, goethite, cacoxenite, and rutile. Super 7 can reduce anxiety attacks, soothe inflammation, and help the body heal from emotional and physical trauma. It also can enhance intuition, psychic abilities, and spiritual growth.

Is there anything else you'd like us to know?

Remember to exercise your personal power. By that we mean choosing how you respond to your environment. You do not have to go crazy with fear or anxiety. Indeed, this is a time in which you may wish to dial back on your consumption of the news. Consider focusing instead on what's happening locally.

In this month, you may choose to be more active. You may choose to make your voice heard. Or you may choose to anchor your own light and nothing more. Any of these actions are helpful to the collective. It's up to you to decide what is the right response for you. If you do nothing more than shine your light, you will have done enough. We wish you peace.

* If you are new here, welcome. The Andromedans are a group consciousness that has asked to provide the kind of information that "sheds light, heals hearts, and provides hope." While they have given me the name "Light Heals" as a way to identify them, for simplicity's sake, I merely use the term "the Andromedans." We collaborate on monthly energy forecasts and, sometimes, additional posts.