Lucy is a Feminine Embodiment & Energetics coach, passionate about helping others to connect deeply with their ‘True Self’ through the wisdom teachings of the stars. I first met Lucy a year ago when I was drawn to her energy and teachings about the moon and human design. I went on to have a 3 part human design reading and it’s unlocked so much for me. Human design is the gift that keeps on giving, and I love her work so much that I’m going to be taking part in her 12 week group programme ‘The Essence of You’, later this year.
Are you curious as to how you could use these esoteric tools in your own life? We sat down for a long 3 hour chat and I’m about to summarise the beautiful teachings (if I can!)...
Emma: You refer to work as Embodied Energetics, what do you mean by that?
Lucy: Embodied Energetics is the fusion of Astrology, Human Design, & the Gene Keys, through the lens of Feminine Embodiment. I won't just translate your charts for you, I will help you to understand how you can work with this wisdom in your everyday life, helping you to return to your natural feminine flow and magnetism, by working with your unique energetic design.
These are teachings that I studied individually, and started to fuse together once I realised how they all speak to each other. It’s a never ending rabbit hole once you get started - so trying to keep my readings succinct is the real challenge!
The reason for me that it's ‘embodied’ is because I'm using each of these tools to help people get to the root of who they are, and actually use this information to support themselves. I want people to embody the tools to really connect with their unique Self, and become more confident at expressing their authentic truth. These tools are a powerful gateway into being able to support someone on their journey of self-development and self-discovery.
Emma: How can Embodied Energetics support people with their mental health?
Lucy: If you are seeking peace and contentment within yourself, these tools can play a huge part in understanding your unique experience of life, releasing shame, and offering support and encouragement.
Spirituality in general helps you find a connection within, so that you no longer feel like the ‘other’ or the ‘outsider’. There’s a collective dissociation from who we are, that’s making us feel depressed and stagnant. We’re not expressing ourselves as we are designed to, and our energy is blocked. We’re feeling that stuck in our bodies, we’re feeling the effects of conditioning and repression, even if our minds haven’t quite caught up yet. A lot of people feel misunderstood as they try to fit into our conditioned world. Embodied Energetics is the liberation to break out of these restrictions.
It was from feeling this way myself, that prompted me into searching for my own explanations. Studying energetics and esoteric philosophy has given me a different language to understand myself through, as opposed to someone else telling me who I am.
Most of our identities are formed based on what others want us to be, which means we are disconnected from our true selves.
Emma: How do you think your approach to Astrology & Human Design differs from other readers?
Lucy: The joy of working with these systems for me personally, is in supporting my clients to achieve a shift in consciousness when they start to live by their design. It’s important to me that I am able to share their charts in a way that offers guidance to actually start applying what they learn and not just forget about it.
I’m interested in teaching others how to use these systems on a day-to-day basis, as a way of living, not something they have to do or achieve, but simply opening their awareness to receiving through. It’s the shift in perspective that creates the change that’s needed for the individual, it all comes from within.
My role for a long time has been about returning people to themselves. It’s about coming away from the masculine doing of the mind, and into the feminine being of the body. My work does not allow you to get lost in spiritual escapism, it is grounding your divinity into your humanity. It’s anchored in truth, a raw, primal connection to your body & natural rhythms. It’s all about cultivating a deep embodied self-awareness, that leads to conscious lasting change.
This is why I am fascinated in nurturing the subconscious, and bringing the parts of ourselves that have been repressed or laden in shame to the surface. This is the part of the cycle we have abandoned, and I will support you to reclaim. I guide my 1:1 coaching clients through this process in my 6 month intensive programme EMERSION, which is focused on allowing people to embrace and alchemise the shadow parts of themselves in a healthy and conscious way.
Many of us are currently living under the restrictions of shame, hiding parts of ourselves that we don’t deem worthy to be seen. That means we are not actually living, because we are not allowing our full, true selves to be witnessed or expressed in our authentic unrepressed power. It’s deep work and requires discipline & commitment, but the results are absolutely life-changing.
Emma: You mention feminine energy a lot. Could you explain what feminine embodiment means, and where it comes from?
Lucy: Feminine embodiment is about becoming whole within yourself. In simple terms it is remembering the art of ‘being’ over ‘doing’, that was lost as Patriarchal rule dominated the Goddess culture’s, around 8000-3000BC, forcing us all to separate from ourselves, nature, and one another. It’s not based on gender, we all have feminine and masculine energy, yet it’s been out of balance for a long time.
Over the last century we have been witnessing the rise of Feminism, which has been about restoring a balance of values and ethics between man and woman. Alongside this there is an energetic shift happening, creating a change in our collective consciousness.
Where patriarchy once championed yang based doing ‘masculine’, over yin based being ‘feminine’, we are now recognising the negative impact this has on society as a whole - burnout & dissociation, and we are craving to return to our roots and embrace more of our feminine ways.
We can see this in the rise of slow based living, mindfulness, sustainability, & eco-awareness. It’s the break away from Capitalism, and the appreciation for simplicity and connection, above consumerism. Feminine Embodiment is about returning to a healthy expression of both masculine & feminine energies within the body, finding our own unique balance of each, and grounding back into the rhythms & cycles with nature.
Emma: How do Astrology and Human Design support this shift?
Lucy: Initially I thought I was studying two completely separate subjects - but over the last year I’ve seen how everything is a pattern, and that it is all relative.
Everything in life follows its own cycle, which we see mirrored through the cycles of the planets. Modern Humans have disengaged from what we can learn by studying these patterns. In contrast our ancestors studied nature, the seasons, the moon cycle, the cosmos, and harnessed this knowledge to thrive. By understanding your own energetic rhythm and syncing to what’s happening astrologically, we too can embody this wisdom, and work with it for a higher good.
Emma: You mentioned earlier that Goddess culture was dominated by the Patriarchy? How does Embodied Energetics help us to reclaim what’s been lost?
Lucy: I am fascinated by the teachings of feminist astrologer Demetra George, who mentions in her book 'Mysteries of the Dark Moon', that the disappearance of the Goddess under patriarchal rule of the last five thousand years, could in fact be her own withdrawal into the dark moon phase of her own cycle.
The awakening we are experiencing now could very well be the rebirth of her light in the dawning of the Aquarian Age. I always thought the feminine was forced underground by the Patriarchy & Capitalism, with the onslaught of the Christian Church, murdering hundreds of thousands of women all across Europe, during the witch trials of the 16th & 17th centuries. Reading Mysteries of the Dark Moon gave me this new perspective which I love - That The Divine Feminine has been in her death and rebirth phase. It is so much more empowering than thinking we were being oppressed.
When you start to view everything as part of a bigger cycle, you realise how the dark phases are just as vital to life. We cannot always be shining in our powerful doing mode, we also need to surrender into the stillness to be humbled and reborn. The harder challenges become a necessary time for retrospection & growth. Embodied Energetics reminds us that we all need pressure to evolve, and shows us where we can embrace our shadow elements with love and compassion, rather than fearing them overpowering us.
Emma: Does your work just focus on supporting women?
Lucy: It’s important to recognise that Patriarchy is responsible for the disconnection we all feel from ourselves, one another, and nature. And that the Rise of the Divine Feminine is to benefit all genders. We all have individual work to do, and it’s ultimately about understanding the self, taking personal responsibility, and then connecting in more conscious and authentic ways as a collective.
Although I do have men that come to me for readings, my coaching work is for women. This is out of a deep respect and honouring of the varying needs we have as men and women, as we both break away from the stereotypes prescribed by Patriarchy. There are some amazing facilitators out there like Sacred Sons, who are carrying out incredible men's work, whilst my calling is currently to encourage women to tap into their Divine Feminine Power.
When a woman stands firmly in her truth she becomes a beacon of light that restores the healthy masculine to his full power. She is the original creatrix, nurturer, & giver of life. She comes alive when she feels safe to express, and mutually he softens to receive from her when he trusts it’s safe to open. One cannot be locked whilst expecting the other to yield - it’s a mutual exchange that requires a lot of self-awareness and the willingness to be vulnerable. Only together can we start to restore the balance. When we are disconnected from each other, we are disconnected from ourselves, because we are designed to be in sacred union with one another.
Emma: It sounds like this work could also have a positive effect on relationships…
Lucy: Absolutely - and I am absolutely fascinated by how this work can be applied to support relationships. Fundamentally, the more you know about yourself, the better the chance you have of conscious relating. There’s currently so much external validation that currently exists within relationships.
I believe that true conscious intimacy comes when you both have your own sense of self, and you then come together in partnership. Relationships at the moment are too intertwined with patriarchal stereotypes of how both ‘should be’. Too often we see ourselves through the lens of another, whereas Embodied Energetics will remind you of your unique qualities, both light and dark.
Romantic relationships are never just about the relationship with your partner, they are also reflecting back the relationship you had with your parents, and the way that you see yourself through societal conditioning. So again, the self-development work unlocked by Embodied Energetics helps you to separate your ‘true self from your not self’, which is something that Human Design in particular speaks to.
Being able to look at my family and ex-partners through Human Design & Astrology, has really helped me to understand why they behave in certain ways. It opens up dialogue centred around acceptance rather than shame, and it becomes easier to meet one another through your differences and offer support.
Emma: For someone new to all this work but interested in energetics, how would you suggest they get started?
Lucy: It’s important for people to be self-led, and by that I mean, follow what esoteric study you are most interested in, or feel most called-to. Trust your intuition. They will all bridge together, and lend to one another eventually. Human design, Astrology, Gene Keys, Lunar cycles etc, all speak to one another, but start learning one to begin with, don’t try and learn everything at once!
When you find the thing that really peaks your interest, stick with it and apply some discipline.
I’d also really recommend booking in for a reading with someone who really knows the system and is going to give you a much better insight than trying to learn everything for yourself as a beginner. They have done the studying and can give you a solid foundation of understanding. Otherwise it’s a wormhole you could get very lost in or confused by.
Emma: Tell us a little bit about your new programme THE ESSENCE OF YOU…
Lucy: THE ESSENCE OF YOU is a 12 week Group Activation Portal designed to unlock the codes of your Human Design and Astrology blueprints - and playfully weave them into the natural rhythm of your day-to-day life. This programme is perfect for anyone who is already on some sort of journey of self discovery, and curious to learn more about what makes them unique.
I will teach you how to work with human design, chakras, astrology, archetypes, the lunar cycle, gene keys, and so much more. Rather than diving into the mechanics of these systems, I will share easy, and exciting ways that you can work with your own unique patterns, so that every session will feel both expansive and supportive. I provide everyone with their human design body graph and astrological natal charts, and over 10 sessions we will look at specific elements of your unique energetics to understand how that theme is manifesting for you. No prior knowledge is needed.
It’s going to run for 12 weeks, from the end of September into December, which is also that perfect autumnal period where we start to slow things down and go inwards, whilst also setting you up nicely to start the New Year with a whole new perspective, and excitement for how you want to show up in your life.
I can’t wait. Come and join us or reach out to me if you have any questions hello@lucymichaelaadams.com
You can also read up on the course if you head to https://www.lucymichaelaadams.com/theessenceofyou
Emma: I also can’t wait to delve into my charts more with you! Any last bits of wisdom you’d like to share?
Lucy: The deeper I dive into the energetic realms, the more it all starts to make sense to me. The pieces just start to drop into place. I think the more open you are to experiencing these systems the more you receive. If there is one thing I have realised about esoteric teachings, they have to be ventured into willingly, and those that choose not to see simply will not hold the capacity to understand.
Not everyone is going to agree with you, and not everyone has had an initiation into this work, but don’t let them stop you from living your own experiment and exploring these avenues joyfully for yourself.
Remember that you will always attract more of what you want when you are honest with your true desires. Say yes to everything that lights you up, and let that magnetism lead the way!
Emma: Thank you so much Lucy, I loved our chat and I hope people feel encouraged to join your programme because it’s going to be juicy!! Follow Lucy on Instagram @lucymichaelaadams ❤️
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