I have always had a fascination with portals. Gates, doors, windows, entryways, doorways, holes, archways, hallways… any sort of portal, really. They delineate where one place ends and another place begins and the portal itself is in between places.
The amazing thing is when you see a portal is that once you go through it, you are no longer where you once were. Being no longer where you once were, you are, in some small way, no longer who you once were. Things are entirely different once you pass through a portal. You move from one place to another and change from one person to another. To move through a portal is to face a transformation and is a rite of passage, of sorts.
And so, here we are, at the end of one year. Like other years, it has been it’s usual prescribed length with the same, usual events passing like they always do: Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter – Full Moons, New Moons, and Quarter Moons. Birthdays, holidays, festivals. School, work, and graduations. Mornings, afternoons, nights. Like the sands through an hourglass, time keeps ticking away. We are facing yet another transition from one year into another. Facing the portal – the doorway, gate, archway, the line – between one year and the next.
I have a large collection of portals pinned on my Pinterest board – I’ve been pinning them for years. I’m going to pick one to represent the passage from this year to the next one, because I am ESPECIALLY relishing the end of this year and looking forward to the next one. We’re going from a #1 year (in numerology), to a #11 year – that’s pretty big. So let’s do it with intention. Let’s pick our portal.
Please share yours in the comments below!
~ Nathara