The year of Heat

the word that emerged for 2025

Instead of New Year’s resolutions and goal setting, I like to allow a Word of the Year to emerge. I’ve been doing this ritual for about four-ish years now, and it always flows so easefully and without pressure.

Usually in my yearly reflections, a new word shows itself to me. I never choose a random word that I like for this process. No—this is a much more intuitive process of following what’s alive for me, and what wants to come alive in the new year.

The words that choose me rarely make sense to me upon first emergence. For example, 2024 was my year of Move, and I truly had no idea what that meant for the first half of the year. Yes, I always have inklings — but I really just surrender to the energy and allow it to show me what path to take forward.

So, for 2025, my word has surfaced — the year of Heat.

When I think of Heat, I picture a flame coaxing candle wax into a molten descent down the curve of a taper.

I imagine fears meeting that same fire, melting away in viscous honeyed streams that glide warmly over my skin.

I see a tea light cradled delicately beneath a teapot, its quiet glow an intimate keeper of warmth.

And I feel the fiery pulse in my belly after a dance session—wild, untamed, and fiercely alive in the depths of my sensuality.

The year of Heat feels like it’s turning up the dial on my passions, my desires,

my internal flame,
my fire,
my zest for life.

It feels like a sense of unapologetic, uninhibited expression — a true opening in my heart & a call to action in my personal and professional life.

I don’t know how the year of Heat will unfold — but I can feel the frequency, and it feels rich & alive with the bounty of my harvest.

I also pulled a tarot card for 2025. I asked, what do I need to know for my year of Heat? and pulled the Two of Wands.

In the tarot card description, this reminder resonated: “It’s not just enough to be pointed in the right direction; you must actually embark in that direction.”

This card is a nudge, a whispered affirmation: you know where you're going.

The desire blazes bright.
The gesture is crisp.
The signal rings true.
The momentum is undeniable.

The choice is mine: am I going to ride the flow?

I am considering this year an emergence on all fronts —

With devotion, I am stepping up to the plate, scared and fearless.

Here’s to all of our gentle fires igniting in this new year.