CULTIVATING SPIRITUAL PRACTICE
Digital collage by Rebecca Conran
Musings from the Threshold
This newsletter accompanies my PODCAST with Abdi Assadi, available here.
by Rebecca Conran CHHC
In my recent conversation with my beloved mentor Abdi Assadi, we found ourselves discussing a deceptively simple question: what is spiritual practice, really? Not as an aesthetic, but as a lived integrity. And what does it look like when spirituality is no longer something we reference but something we embody in the quiet decisions of daily life?
True spiritual practice isn’t borrowed or taught, so it doesn’t come from our religious beliefs. It can’t be inherited, and it certainly isn’t performative. It is something we grow into through intimacy with ourselves, through self-responsibility and through listening deeply enough to know ourselves. It’s highly personal, and each of us comes to it at different times and in different ways, none of which are better than another.
Now is an important time to cultivate these practices. It’s literally written in the stars right now, and when we fail to do so, we see herd mentality and fear-based living at an all-time high. The medicine for what ails us is our personal and individual spiritual practice. As Abdi and I spoke about in our podcast episode, at the very least, spiritual practice is a commitment to knowing oneself and the discipline to be present for even just five minutes a day.
The Astrological Undercurrent
Collectively, we are being asked to deepen inwardly into a spiritual practice that is uniquely our own. For many, this means loosening ties to familial, cultural, or conditioned spiritual frameworks that no longer fit. Our earthly lineage now rests in our own hands. What we carry forward is shaped by our own discernment and an honest openness to our infinite natures.
We are currently wrapping up our era-shifting experience of Neptune in Pisces. This archetype has been teaching us since 2011 about our longing for transcendence, for union beyond separation. It opened a collective dreamscape where compassion expanded, but where truth and illusion also became dangerously intertwined too. The evolutionary invitation here has been subtle but profound:
To develop compassion without losing ourselves
To feel deeply without dissolving boundaries
To surrender false identities, emotional addictions, and spiritual fantasies
To forgive, release karmic weight, and practice grounded mysticism
Neptune asks us to merge with the divine while staying in our bodies. To trust dreams, symbols, and intuition—while remaining literate in the emotional and energetic realms we inhabit.
Practically, Neptune integration asks for anchoring:
Yoga, bodywork, time in nature
Creative channels for emotion—art, music, storytelling
Loving others without merging into their energy
Knowing when to stop controlling and trust the tide
And now, as if to ensure we truly learn the lesson, Saturn is meeting Neptune in its final journey through the last degrees of Pisces. Saturn brings weight, accountability and form. Where Neptune dissolves, Saturn defines. Where fantasy lingered, Saturn asked for proof. This is a time to build spiritual maturity—to stay present with emotion rather than bypassing it, to ground intuition in practice, to help without rescuing, and to hold space without disappearing.
Saturn in Pisces asks us to make the invisible tangible.
Through routine.
Through discipline.
Through consistent practice.
This is disciplined surrender—closing chapters consciously, releasing escapist habits, tending to energy hygiene, and honoring intuition while verifying reality.
The Larger Rewrite: Pluto & Uranus
All of this unfolds against an even larger backdrop, because whether we like it or not, the old systems no longer fit or work and are breaking down. We must rebuild, so it’s best to roll up our sleeves and get to work!
Pluto in Aquarius is quietly dismantling outdated spiritual hierarchies, belief systems, and power structures. The future of spirituality is decentralized, experiential, and embodied. Authority shifts from institutions to lived wisdom. Truth becomes something you practice, not something you’re told.
At the same time, Uranus at the final degree of Taurus is delivering its last shockwaves through the material and somatic realms. How we value the body, the Earth, money, safety, and stability is being radically reconfigured. Spirituality can no longer bypass the physical. The body is no longer optional. Liberation now includes the nervous system, the land, and the tangible rhythms of daily life.
The New Moon at the Galactic Center—December 19
On December 19th, we meet a potent New Moon conjunct the Galactic Center, that great supermassive black hole at the heart of our galaxy, sitting between 27 and 28 degrees of Sagittarius. The Galactic Center is a threshold beyond what is known in our galaxy. When activated, we are pulled beyond ego-based identity and awakened into a deeper remembering.
Our solar system is part of something vast and intelligent. The Galactic Center highlights the tension between who we think we are and who we are becoming beyond conditioning. Under this New Moon, dense, outdated ego material can be spun away, if we allow it, to make room for new alignment.
For those fluent in astrology, I’ll share personally: my Neptune sits direclty conjunct the Galactic Center in Sagittarius in the 12th house. I experience this as a natural access point to psychic perception and universal truth—but also as a lifelong responsibility to stay grounded, embodied, and clear.
SELF-INQUIRY FOR THESE TIMES
This New Moon is a blast of concentrated fire. Instinct, purpose, and destiny, our souls summoned by our own futures. This is a seeding moment for bold action aligned with higher meaning. As you meet this lunation, and as you inquire within over the next period of growth, I invite you to sit with these questions:
What does my spiritual practice look like when no one is watching?
Where can I release inherited beliefs that no longer fit?
How can I deepen devotion while staying grounded in my body and daily life?
Where have I confused intuition with avoidance or compassion with self-erasure?
What future version of myself is calling me forward now?
May this New Moon strip away what no longer serves and seed a practice in you that is honest, alive, and wholly your own.
If you are looking for support through these transitions, or if you want to delve into how these transits will affect your personal astrology, book a one-on-one healing session with me.
With Love, Rebecca