On The Expansive Nature of Hope

On the evening of November 4th, 2025, I found myself glued to my phone anxiously awaiting the results of the New York Mayoral Election and the passing of Prop 50 in California. After a long and nurturing day of work, I opened Instagram and was overjoyed by the news that Mamdani had won. An exhale left my body that I didn’t know I was holding in and a wave of relief washed over me that I didn’t know I needed. As someone who was born and raised in New York, I am fiercely protective of my city and the beautiful immigrant families that make it one of the most special places in the world so I could not imagine a better person than Mamdani to care for my home. This felt especially true after the disaster that has been Eric Adams’ term and the generations of politicians before him that have used New York’s resources for their own benefit while leaving working families to struggle. When it comes to Eric Adams and Andrew Cuomo, in the words of Ms. Sabrina Carpenter, “I feel so much lighter like a feather with you off my mind.” 😜 

After the initial wave of excitement hit, I also learned that Prop 50 had passed in California: a measure that allows the state to redistrict in an effort to combat Texas’ gerrymandering and gives Democrats a fighting chance in the House. There were even more historic wins that night like Abigail Spanberger winning the gubernatorial race in Virginia, Mikie Sherrill becoming the governor of New Jersey, and Mary Sheffield becoming the first Black female mayor of Detroit, just to name a few.

I’m not gonna lie y’all— we ate that up. I want to be clear that this is not about the Democrats because they are one side of the same coin when it comes to how our government functions in service of the wealthy. This is about hope. For the first time since last year’s Presidential Election so many of us felt a deep sense of hope rather than fear and despair and it felt gooooddd. From an energetic perspective, hope will always feel better than fear because hope is expansive while fear is contractive: hope creates space for new possibilities while fear limits us to the worst of what already exists. As someone with a lot of Pisces placements, I know the power of delusion and I think oftentimes we pin practicality and hope against each other as opposed to seeing how they work together. Hope isn’t enough to fix things alone but it illuminates new ways to approach solving our issues.

When it comes to New York specifically, do I think Mamdani is going to fix things over night? Absolutely not. I don’t think we should expect him to and that shouldn’t invalidate the importance of his campaign or his win. Moving forward, critics of Mamdani will be looking for every opportunity to invalidate him and constrict our hope — we cannot let them. Regardless of what Mamdani is feasibly able to achieve during his time in office, he has and will continue to prove and pour into the reality that another way of doing things is possible. Having politicians and a government that cares about its people is possible. Once hope expands possibility, it is our responsibility to anchor those dreams into reality. It’s never perfect and we will brush up against the limitations of our humanity often but it doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try.

When we look at this moment from an astrological lens, hope was always in the cards because Jupiter is in Cancer. Jupiter is the planet that governs expansion and abundance (and rules Pisces & Sagittarius in traditional astrology) and Cancer is the mother, the nurturer, and the caregiver of the Zodiac. Hope that is based in care is incredibly potent right now and I think that contributed to why Mamdani’s messaging resonated so clearly. Working class families are tired of being taken advantage of for the benefit of the few in power. They want and deserve to be cared for by the infrastructures and institutions that they make possible. The wave of political candidates following in Mamdani’s foot steps shows that the U.S. is ready for a new model of leadership: one that centers the needs of the people and not corporations and billionaires. I’m excited to see where this new approach to governing takes us and what is made possible because of Mamdani’s trailblazing, transparent, and care-based approach.

In a previous issue of the newsletter after last year’s election, I wrote “As we create this new world, it will require all of our dreams, skill sets, and gifts to be clear, fully actualized, and fully owned. This is not a time to play small or wait for somebody else to fix it. We’re all being called to contribute our special sauce to the mix.” The truth of that rings clearer now more than ever. By stepping into his authentic leadership and embodying his gifts with clarity and conviction, Mamdani paved a whole new pathway of possibility for the rest of the world to follow and you can do the same. As we transition into the depths of winter, where rest and reflection await us, I invite you to consider: how have you grown in the past year? How have you sharpened your gifts? How have you served the collective and shifted how you to take care of yourself to meet this moment? The path that last year set us on is a continuation of global transformation that has been centuries in the making. 2026 (a 1 year in numerology) promises new beginnings after the massive clearing and series of endings that has been 2025 (a 9 year in numerology), so what is this new beginning asking of you?

On my end, I’m working on a new project that I will be launching in January so keep an eye out for the next newsletter for more on that. As a result, I will be offering less 1:1s next year and the price will be going up so if you’re interested in a $20 1:1 energy work session, you can book one here while it’s still available. You can also register for next month’s Collective Energy Reset here.

Thanks for reading as always!

With love,

Paula