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The ultimate freedom that I
think we're all here to discover,
Speaker:lean into, embody is this
freedom of being ourselves.
Speaker:That is true freedom on this planet.
Speaker:Hello and welcome back to
Remember Why You Are Here,
Speaker:a podcast for seekers and sensitives
where you can relax, receive,
Speaker:reconnect to yourself and remember
the most important thing of all:
Speaker:why you're here. I'm Asia Suler, author,
Speaker:Earth intuitive, teacher,
Speaker:and this is our intuitive reading for
Speaker:January, 2026.
Speaker:I had to remind myself five times
before I recorded this: Asia,
Speaker:remember to say 2026 and
not: Speaker:it is now 2026.
Speaker:Have you often noticed
that January feels like an
Speaker:entire year unto itself?
Speaker:January is like this
longest month of the year,
Speaker:and there's something about this month
where we actually have the ability to
Speaker:harness that energy.
Speaker:And so I want you to know
even before we dive into this
Speaker:episode today, that the
message that I got was,
Speaker:January's like its own
little cycle unto itself.
Speaker:It's like its own little year.
Speaker:That if we embrace what is
coming up for us this January,
Speaker:if we embrace the little cycle that
wants to happen for us in January,
Speaker:it's going to set us up
for the whole year ahead.
Speaker:There's a big moment here in January,
Speaker:and if we embrace the
year that is January,
Speaker:it will be really auspicious for our
year ahead. So wanted to start with that.
Speaker:Here are the themes that came
up for me in this month of
Speaker:January, 2026:
Speaker:so we have themes of fresh energy
through change (love that one),
Speaker:clearing out to create space,
accessing inner freedom,
Speaker:and truly changing thought
patterns. Mmm! Okay,
Speaker:I'm so here for this.
Speaker:So for this month I picked
a card from the Wild
Speaker:Kuan Yin Oracle deck. This
is one of my favorite decks.
Speaker:I'm obsessed in particular
with the artwork in this deck.
Speaker:The words are by Alana Fairchild,
Speaker:and the gorgeous paintings in this deck
are by Chinese painter Wang Yiguang.
Speaker:So this card that we got that I
picked particularly for January,
Speaker:is called "Let Your World Spin on
its Axis." There is a beautifully
Speaker:dressed Tibetan woman upside down
on the card as if she's doing a
Speaker:cartwheel, floating in air, in the air.
Speaker:And next to her is this
beautiful, suspended, elegant,
Speaker:regal yak who is also floating
and is gazing back at her.
Speaker:The whole card has this
feeling of play and
Speaker:upliftment and yes
suspension. And I want to say,
Speaker:because I thought this
was really interesting,
Speaker:that I have used this deck a lot over the
years and I have never not once gotten
Speaker:this card. So this
feels pretty auspicious.
Speaker:So this deck is called
the Wild Kuan Yin Deck,
Speaker:and I think I have to talk for a second
about Kuan Yin because she's at the
Speaker:heart of this deck. It's her voice
that is coming through this deck,
Speaker:and I really see her coming through
in this reading this month and coming
Speaker:through as a support and
a guide for us this month.
Speaker:So Kuan Yin is a divine being
from Buddhist traditions of East
Speaker:Asia. She is a bodhisattva,
an ascended master,
Speaker:and the story of Kuan Yin is
that she lived on earth and
Speaker:reached enlightenment here on earth,
Speaker:but decided to remain connected to Earth,
Speaker:decided not to ascend even
though she became a master,
Speaker:to not ascend and leave this earth
until all beings are enlightened,
Speaker:until all beings are
free. She is this deity,
Speaker:this goddess of compassion,
unconditional love,
Speaker:understanding.
Speaker:She's dedicated to this
inner freedom of all beings.
Speaker:She's considered to be
the goddess of mercy,
Speaker:and she's also known as the
observer of the world's cries.
Speaker:She brings with her this sense of
kindness, protection, and enlightenment.
Speaker:And to me, that's so much
of how this card feels:
Speaker:enlightenment in all of its
definitions. So realizations,
Speaker:awareness, openings, inner
freedom, but like literally also,
Speaker:en-light-enment,
Speaker:the lightness of being that can
come about when we have these kinds
Speaker:of realizations, and yeah,
we reach these next states,
Speaker:these phase changes in our life.
Speaker:So there was a really
beautiful description on this
card that comes from the
Speaker:part of the description where
Kuan Yin is speaking directly to
Speaker:the reader,
Speaker:and I wanted to just read a little bit
of that here to hear her voice coming
Speaker:through. So this is the message from
Kuan Yin that came with this card:
Speaker:"There are times when change is
needed in order for a dream to
Speaker:manifest. I answer your prayers with
what is needed to bring them to fruition.
Speaker:Sometimes that means life will
appear to be messy for a time,
Speaker:but know that this is nothing to fear.
Speaker:Though you may feel like your world
has been tipped upside down, soon,
Speaker:it will settle into a beautiful new order,
all the better to support your divine
Speaker:destiny." This card talks a lot about,
Speaker:in the guidebook,
Speaker:about changes that are happening
now in your life that have a divine
Speaker:purpose,
Speaker:and it really encourages us to
embrace these changes even if it
Speaker:feels wobbly, like doing a little
bit of a lopsided cartwheel.
Speaker:That there are changes that are happening
within and without in your life that
Speaker:have a divine purpose right now,
that it is bringing you closer,
Speaker:into your own path of enlightenment
where you are headed as a soul.
Speaker:And it says very specifically in the
description for this card that this is
Speaker:part of your prayers being answered,
Speaker:that even if it seems like this
is turning everything upside down,
Speaker:that actually this is a part of the
prayer that you've been holding,
Speaker:being answered. So as much as
you can try not to resist it,
Speaker:to embrace this
Speaker:change. This card itself was
Speaker:just so beautiful. I was just
relishing in the image on this card.
Speaker:And when I sat down to ask
about the energies that
Speaker:are coming through specifically
for this collective,
Speaker:I felt so much liberation and freedom
Speaker:come through. So let's move
into my channeled reading
Speaker:for this month ahead, guided by this card.
Speaker:So the first thing that came through
was change coming in with fresh
Speaker:energy,
Speaker:this feeling of literal freshness.
Speaker:And also having the
energy you need to make
Speaker:necessary changes. You probably,
especially at the dawn of a new year,
Speaker:are taking stock of where
you are, where you're at,
Speaker:what last year was like, what you
want this year to be like ahead,
Speaker:and there's a sense of fresh
energy coming in to help
Speaker:you make those changes. So yes,
Speaker:changes happening in your external
life or in your internal life,
Speaker:but also energy coming in to
help you make those changes.
Speaker:There was a feeling here of
positivity, humor, and play.
Speaker:Even within the change.
Speaker:Like there's this element of playfulness
that there's this possibility
Speaker:of connecting to even as some
changes take place in your life.
Speaker:The image that my guides
gave me-made me laugh,
Speaker:clearly-it was of a purse
being turned upside down.
Speaker:So have you ever cleaned out like a
purse or a backpack and you kind of just
Speaker:turn it upside down and you just shake it,
Speaker:and all this stuff comes out.
It's like stuff you expected,
Speaker:stuff you didn't expect...
like crud, crumbs, or like,
Speaker:where did that even come from?
That is the energy of this month.
Speaker:Like turning a purse or a
bag upside down to clean it,
Speaker:and all this debris and stuff coming out.
Speaker:But it being such a positive thing
because you're actually able to see what
Speaker:was in there and what you need to keep
carrying with you versus what you can let
Speaker:go of. Every time I ever clean out my
purse or my backpack, I'm always like,
Speaker:what is all this stuff in here?
I don't need half of this stuff.
Speaker:Let me clear this out. And so that to
me was the energy of this month ahead.
Speaker:It's like seeing what you've been carrying
and then clearing out what you don't
Speaker:actually need anymore. When we
get turned upside down like that,
Speaker:when change happens like that, when
there's this playful clearing out-and yes,
Speaker:I am using the word "playful" because
I think that that is an option
Speaker:here-there's this potential
to perceive, like,
Speaker:what do you actually need in
life? What do you need to operate?
Speaker:What do you need to feel organized?
Speaker:And I think we often
need less than we think.
Speaker:And when we do these clearing
outs, we start to see lik,
Speaker:I don't need that membership card anymore.
Speaker:I have three things of
Chapstick in here...
Speaker:So there's this element
of a change happening,
Speaker:like a purse being turned upside
down, clearing out, cleaning out,
Speaker:making space, seeing
what you no longer need,
Speaker:seeing what you've been carrying
that you actually don't need to.
Speaker:It's like this feeling of like, there's
stuff accumulated in that purse,
Speaker:and there's no judgment there, but you
just don't need to carry it anymore.
Speaker:So if you can embrace the
changes that are needed,
Speaker:then there's this sense
of great possibility and
openness and space in your bag
Speaker:for what comes next. And this
sense of feeling lighter in life.
Speaker:Now these changes could be
external or they could be
Speaker:internal.
Speaker:So this came through very clearly for
me that it might be that something
Speaker:literally happens in your external life
that shakes things up for a little bit,
Speaker:but it could also be reflections
that you garnered over December and
Speaker:especially over the holiday season
that helps you really orient to
Speaker:some sort of inner shift or change
you need to make in your life.
Speaker:Something that got a little bit
clearer about what you really need,
Speaker:what works for you. And so this
could be a shift in your perception.
Speaker:This could be a shift in the way you
decide to react to things and what you
Speaker:invest your energy in.
Speaker:And it could also be something that
is happening in the outer world,
Speaker:but that inner shift will create
change in our outer world.
Speaker:So no matter what, we're
talking about, shifts, changes,
Speaker:that are happening for us to open up
to these greater levels of freedom and
Speaker:possibility and space in our life. And
that was such a big theme for this card:
Speaker:opening up levels of inner freedom.
Speaker:You are literally clearing
out space to make space,
Speaker:but you are creating inner
freedom through deciding to
Speaker:embrace change.
Speaker:There is a way to feel more
free in your life no matter
Speaker:what the circumstances are.
Speaker:And I think we all need to hear this
and be reminded of this probably
Speaker:forever.
Speaker:And it really reminds me of
Viktor Frankl's beautiful
work in man's search for
Speaker:meaning. Viktor Frankl was
a Holocaust survivor and
Speaker:wrote this incredible book that
has been a guidepost for so many.
Speaker:And in the book,
Speaker:one of the things that he talks about
is this freedom to choose is "one of
Speaker:the last human freedoms." That
when everything else drops
Speaker:away, when every other choice
that we have drops away,
Speaker:we still have this choice to
decide how we want to respond to
Speaker:something, how we want
to think about something.
Speaker:This is the last of the human freedoms,
Speaker:this human freedom that cannot
ever be taken away from us.
Speaker:Viktor Frankl says, "everything can
be taken from a man, but one thing:
Speaker:the last of the human freedoms is to
choose one's attitude in any given set of
Speaker:circumstances,
Speaker:to choose one's own way."
There is an invitation
Speaker:here to transform your reality by choosing
Speaker:the attitude that you
have towards your reality.
Speaker:That is a freedom that can
never be taken away from you.
Speaker:And that is something very
much on offer this month,
Speaker:to recognize the thought
patterns that you have to realize
Speaker:that you have this freedom to choose,
Speaker:and to make what could
be really big changes
Speaker:in your life, big changes in
the way you feel in your life,
Speaker:how you move through your life,
Speaker:what feels like is possible
for you in your life,
Speaker:through changing your
attitude, your response,
Speaker:to the things that are
happening to you in your life,
Speaker:and specifically to
changes that are occurring.
Speaker:So many of us spend so much of
our time-and I know this because I
Speaker:know this incredible collective that I'm
a part of-we spend so much of our time
Speaker:really being conscious
of our thought patterns,
Speaker:really trying to work with our thought
patterns. Always on this inner journey.
Speaker:You're always on this inner journey.
I know this for sure about you,
Speaker:and there's something about this month
where there's this opportunity to
Speaker:make that turn, make that flip to
actually change the thought pattern.
Speaker:Whatever thought pattern it is that
you have been working on, working with,
Speaker:making headway with,
Speaker:it's like this little upside
down moment we have this month,
Speaker:this little change here,
Speaker:is actually giving us the possibility
to shift this thought pattern.
Speaker:That's so cool and I think this is
so exciting. And on the other side...
Speaker:My guides were so clear about
this. On the other side is freedom.
Speaker:On the other side is the kind of
freedom you've been hoping for.
Speaker:Inner freedom is such an essential
Speaker:state for humanity.
Speaker:This is one of the most
important energies we can
Speaker:have access to and we can
feel. I think it is....
Speaker:being a sovereign being and
accessing inner freedom is one of
Speaker:the most essential parts
of the human state,
Speaker:of being a human of living
here on this planet.
Speaker:And when we have access to inner
freedom, we have greater access to ideas,
Speaker:creativity, we have more capacity for
collaboration, connection, relationship.
Speaker:So you embracing this
Speaker:moment to really see these shifts and
these changes in your thought patterns to
Speaker:perhaps make some change in your life
or embrace some changes happening,
Speaker:this is going to open you up
to further possibilities of
Speaker:participation on this planet. And
that is really exciting to me.
Speaker:My guides were saying to me as I was
channeling this reading for this month
Speaker:that
Speaker:we are always moving through
states of getting more free,
Speaker:even if it doesn't feel like that.
Speaker:And that in fact death is the
ultimate freedom, I was like,
Speaker:morbid but also at the
same time it's very true.
Speaker:And they were reflecting back to me that
this actually can really help us in our
Speaker:life because if we're able to
see death as a kind of freedom,
Speaker:then all of the mini deaths
that happen in our life,
Speaker:we can also see as freedoms. We can
also see how, inherent within that,
Speaker:that smaller death is this possibility
of getting more and more free.
Speaker:So if this change in your life,
Speaker:if changes that happen this month or
maybe that you feel like you're moving
Speaker:through right now,
Speaker:also have this element of feeling like
letting go or the death of something,
Speaker:know that this is helping you to
access greater states of inner
Speaker:freedom,
Speaker:that within this letting
go is the possibility
Speaker:of freedom in your life. And we've
all had moments like this in our life.
Speaker:So if you're having a
hard time trusting this,
Speaker:I totally feel you,
Speaker:but I invite you to think back
on a time in your life when you
Speaker:changed your mind about something, you
changed how you thought about something.
Speaker:And maybe you changed it consciously,
Speaker:or maybe it just happened that you changed
that thought. And then remember how,
Speaker:when you changed that thought about it,
when you changed your mind about it,
Speaker:then that thing that gripped
you no longer had the same kind
Speaker:of hold over you anymore.
Speaker:So even if nothing outwardly
is changing right now,
Speaker:as you're moving through this process
of allowing for the possibility of
Speaker:your thoughts to change about something,
Speaker:then know that what you're doing
right now is you're clearing out,
Speaker:you're organizing,
Speaker:and you're moving towards accepting
something about yourself that is going to
Speaker:lead to more freedom. And I invite you,
Speaker:if something does feel like it gets
turned upside down for you this month,
Speaker:to ask yourself, how is
this helping me to get free?
Speaker:Let that be your mantra for this month.
How is this helping me to get free?
Speaker:As I mentioned at the
beginning of this episode,
Speaker:January is its own whole little mini year.
Speaker:It's a very long month.
Speaker:It's the longest month of
the year in our collective
Speaker:zeitgeist. We always talk about this
every year: January feels like a year,
Speaker:and then February is half a year, and
then the rest of the year just speeds by.
Speaker:And there's something about embracing the
Speaker:length of time of this
month. Because I think...
Speaker:it's almost like this month is a bit
of a time warp where time is going to
Speaker:stretch out and you can do more work
Speaker:and have more transformations
happen this month because
Speaker:it is such a...
Speaker:it such a lengthy month in our collective
that it carries this greater potential
Speaker:and possibility. So you can
actually move a lot this month,
Speaker:work with the magic of
this month feeling long,
Speaker:instead of the feeling of
oppression by this month being so
Speaker:long, which is also real. But
this invitation to work with...
Speaker:The magic will really open up
possibilities in that lengthening.
Speaker:There will be this sense of being able
to actually relish the length of this
Speaker:month because so much more can happen.
Speaker:We often go about entering the
new year by setting intentions,
Speaker:but I'm not a big fan of setting
intentions for the entire year.
Speaker:It's a lot of pressure.
It's a long period of time.
Speaker:Things change throughout the year.
Speaker:But what I am going to invite you to
do is to set an intention for this
Speaker:month. And specifically, to ask yourself,
Speaker:in what area of your life
do you need more freedom?
Speaker:What would you like freedom from?
Speaker:Where would you like to
request freedom in your life?
Speaker:To sit with that question as we
walk into January and to know that
Speaker:January,
Speaker:it's this little microcosm of
the macro picture of this year,
Speaker:and you can plant this seed this month
that will germinate and really see you
Speaker:through the rest of this year
through asking yourself that.
Speaker:And know that when you set
this intention to request
Speaker:freedom in an area of your life,
Speaker:that this might be where you have a
little bit of a topsy-turvy moment,
Speaker:that that area of your life might
contain a little bit of that upside-down
Speaker:cartwheel moment for a hot second.
But this is helpful, right?
Speaker:Because it's almost like going upside
down and then everything falls out of your
Speaker:pockets. All this stuff you
don't need to carry anymore.
Speaker:And this is also helpful
because it's a bit directional.
Speaker:So if you're setting an intention to
get free in a certain area of your life,
Speaker:whatever comes up this month,
Speaker:even if it doesn't seem to be directly
related to that area of your life,
Speaker:you'll know that that's actually what
it's working on and where it's helping to
Speaker:bring more freedom into your life.
Speaker:So maybe you asked for more
Speaker:freedom in your health and you
have something come up in your
Speaker:relationships.
Speaker:Because you set this intention to
ask for more freedom inside of your
Speaker:health,
Speaker:you'll know that whatever's coming up in
your relationships is actually pointing
Speaker:you back towards your health and the ways
in which there is this possibility of
Speaker:accessing more freedom there. So set this
intention and then see what comes up.
Speaker:It will show you where there's this
possibility for more freedom in your
Speaker:life. It will direct you
towards those sources. Also,
Speaker:feel free to call on Kuan
Yin. If my description of
Kuan Yin resonated with you,
Speaker:if you already have a relationship with
this being, ask her to come be with you.
Speaker:Ask her to come sit
with you in compassion,
Speaker:to sit with you in your
dignity, in your strength.
Speaker:She will come help you in those moments
where you feel a bit upside down.
Speaker:And take time to praise the fresh starts.
Speaker:Especially at the beginning of a year,
Speaker:we tend to have so much pressure and so
much expectations on ourselves to make
Speaker:these big changes,
Speaker:that we miss these little fresh starts
that we are making all the time,
Speaker:these new steps,
Speaker:these strides that we are taking towards
the things that matter most to us.
Speaker:So whenever you can, really take
time to praise those fresh starts,
Speaker:to recognize those fresh
starts within yourself,
Speaker:and to know that even something as little
as cleaning out your purse of all that
Speaker:gunk, all that detritus and debris,
Speaker:can really make a huge difference
in how you feel about yourself,
Speaker:how you feel about your life, how you
feel about going out into the world,
Speaker:the ways in which you feel you
have your own energy organized
Speaker:for you to be able to use and enjoy.
Speaker:And if you have moments in your life
this month where you feel like you are
Speaker:upside down, like everything's
upside down for a minute,
Speaker:just remember that this is like
doing a cartwheel: It's temporary.
Speaker:You will land on your feet again.
Speaker:And that actually this is helping you.
It's helping you to get more free.
Speaker:It is an answer to a prayer and that
you will feel lighter on the other
Speaker:side.
Speaker:That felt so clear to me that we will
feel lighter on the other side of what's
Speaker:on offer here.
Speaker:And that ultimately what we're
going to move through this month,
Speaker:what we're going to clear out,
it's going to help us find healing.
Speaker:Freedom is such a huge
part of healing and the
Speaker:ultimate freedom that I think
we're all here to discover,
Speaker:lean into, embody, is this
freedom of being ourselves
Speaker:on offer is a deeper descent,
Speaker:a deeper step into being yourself,
Speaker:being authentically yourself.
Speaker:And that is true freedom on this planet.
Speaker:So I'm sending you so many blessings as
we close out this year and begin a new
Speaker:year. This has been
such a big year for me.
Speaker:I started this podcast,
Speaker:I took my sabbatical to
work on my next book.
Speaker:I'm so grateful for just everything
that has unfurled this year,
Speaker:for your presence here, for getting
to share this space with you.
Speaker:Your support has meant the absolute world.
Speaker:For everyone who's left a
rating or review or stars,
Speaker:or left me a voice message over on my
voicemail service (which if you want
Speaker:to do, is at AsiaSuler.com/remember),
it has all meant so much to me.
Speaker:It has buoyed me more than I can express.
Speaker:If you would like to give me a
little holiday gift this year,
Speaker:or a little New Year blessing,
Speaker:then you could also leave a
review or rate this podcast.
Speaker:It is so helpful, beyond helpful.
Speaker:We just got our stats back for
the year about this podcast,
Speaker:and we were all blown
away by how high this
Speaker:podcast ranked in the ratings
of what's being listened to
Speaker:on Spotify and Apple Podcasts,
Speaker:that we are in this top 5% or
something like that of podcasts.
Speaker:It's really incredible and
it's entirely because of you.
Speaker:And every time that you
engage with this, you listen.
Speaker:You leave a rating or a comment or
review. That just helps so much.
Speaker:That's why it's been so successful.
So thank you, thank you, thank you,
Speaker:so much for that.
Speaker:So I will be back next week with
our intuitive reading for the
Speaker:entire year ahead for 2026.
Speaker:I was so excited when the
image came through for: Speaker:I have been doing yearly
readings now for seven years.
Speaker:And the way I do those readings is that
I work with an image and a metaphor that
Speaker:comes through from my guides
for the entire year, and oh man,
Speaker:it really feels like
a breath of fresh air.
Speaker:I'm super excited to share
that reading with you.
Speaker:So tune in next week for that reading.
Speaker:And in the meantime, thank
you so much for being here.
Speaker:Thank you for everything
that you have moved through,
Speaker:that you have been through,
Speaker:that you have recognized and
worked through this year.
Speaker:Thank you for who you are,
Speaker:and thank you for all the energy that
you're bringing into this new year.
Speaker:2026 has a good feel
to me. It really does.
Speaker:So as this new year dawns,
Speaker:as you move through the last days of 2026,
Speaker:and as we move into January,
Speaker:may it bring you spaciousness.
Speaker:May it bring you clarity,
may it bring you freedom,
Speaker:and may it help you remember
the most important thing:
Speaker:why you're here.
