In a world that is undergoing rapid spiritual awakening, many are longing for deeper meaning, seeking a path of spiritual exploration and self-discovery to unveil their deeper soul purpose. Among these seekers are those who resonate with being Lightworkers, Starseeds, Empaths, and Earth Angels. These special roles are not intended to be just labels that pigeon hole your identity, but rather they are profound pathways to understanding your soul, awakening to your higher purpose and activating deeper spiritual gifts.
In this blog post, we will explore these captivating identities to help you better understand yourself. This information can serve as a catalyst for unveiling your unique soul path. By embracing these aspects of your spiritual essence, you can contribute to a greater transformation, both within yourself and in the broader cosmic tapestry.
What is a Lightworker
A lightworker is considered to be someone who feels an intrinsic pull to help others or to help make the world a better place. The feel called to help heal the wounds of society, and raise the collective consciousness of humanity. They are often seen as beings who carry a strong inner light, with a mission to spread positivity, love, and healing energy. Lightworkers tend to have a spiritual calling to bring about positive change in the world with their light.
Lightworkers innately feel a sense of unity and interconnectedness to all things and advocate for this. They are sensitive to the energies and feelings of others being both empathic and compassionate. They are naturally tapped in to higher wisdom and are intuitive.
A lightworker can be anyone. It is not limited to a healing profession. In fact, it has nothing to do with your job. It is more about how you respond to the world around you and your genuine desire to serve others and the collective in a way that brings light to the world.
One key trait of a lightworker is sensitivity. And this is because the nature of being a lightworker is working with light and sensing subtle energy fields. Because of this, the more lightworkers learn about energy and energetic self-mastery, the stronger they will become in their lightwork. They will learn how to manage challenging energy dynamics and be able to hold a healing presence in the face of chaos.
Because being a lightworker is largely about your vibrational signature, developing your lightwork is really about developing your resonance. You are playing a very special energetic role on the planet and it is one of harmonizing. It is through your resonance and your heart that you become a harmonizing force in the world.
If you are still wondering if this is you, you may also want to read, Top 5 Signs You're a Lightworker.
What is an Empath
An empath is someone who has an acute ability to feel and absorb the emotions and energies of the people and places or the environment around them. Empaths often experience the emotional states of others as if they are their own. This can be both a gift and a source of emotional overwhelm if not managed properly.
Empaths are playing an important role because they are here to integrate the higher frequencies. Because of this, they can really struggle and fall into numbing behaviors and addiction. But the struggle calls them to healing. And from, they gain embodied wisdom from which they then help others.
Empaths are often called into healing professions working 1:1 with others. They are so valuable in this way because they can use their empathic abilities and intuition to deliver really profound healing experiences.
But they must learn energetic mastery and how to navigate this world of heightened sensitivity. They are transmuting so much density. They are on the front lines and don’t have a choice really. They often know what’s coming before others because they sense it.
It is important for empaths to surround themselves with good support. They greatly benefit from community, mentors and healers in their own lives to help them be the best version of self and to assume the role of healing and lightwork.
Not all empaths will become lightworkers but those who embark on deep levels of self-healing will often feel called to share their light and pay their wisdom forward.
Not all lightworkers are empaths.
And note there is a difference between being an empath, one who feels the emotions as if they are their own, and a highly sensitive person (HSP) who is highly sensitive and naturally empathic but does not feel others energy as their own.
What is a Starseed?
A starseed is a soul that originated from another planet, star system, or galaxy. The belief is that these souls have come to Earth to help in some way, often to assist in the planet's evolution or to support a shift in human consciousness.
Starseeds often feel a strong sense of alienation or homesickness, as if they belong to another world or dimension. They may also have distinct memories or dreams of places and existences not of this Earth, and they typically have a deep interest in the cosmos.
Starseeds are highly intuitively and will often feel a sense of planetary mission, a 'save the world' type of vibe, because they are literally here to help guide humanity into higher timelines and ascend.
Starseeds hold a unique frequency that is an attunement of sorts for the planet and others may experience energetic shifts by simply being in their energy field. Because of this, it isn't so much about what a starseed does in the world as it is about them holding their truest frequency.
According to some cultures, we are actually all from the stars and have ancestors in other parts of the galaxy. When I asked my team of light about this, what I got was this:
No, not everyone is a starseed per se. Starseeds seeded this planet. So from an ancestral perspective, everyone is a starseed. But for many, most actually, it is so far down the line, it is difficult to feel any real connection to it.
Some people are starseeds here now with more recent incarnations in other star systems. They are coming with codes for shifting the frequency on the planet. Like an attunement of sorts for Earth.
There are different types of starseeds with different areas of focus to support healing, remembering, and restoring harmony, love and light on this planet.
All starseeds are lightworkers. They are here to raise consciousness and make the world a more positive place.
Whether they are super conscious of this mission and living in alignment or not, their frequency is an activator. Just being in their frequency field will create energetic shifts.
All starseeds are highly energetically sensitive, but not all are empaths.
If you feel like you are a starseed, you may want to read, Four Types of Starseeds and Crystals to Support Them.
What is an Earth Angel?
An earth angel is a person who has come to Earth to fulfill a specific divine purpose. They are believed to be souls with angelic or celestial origins, sent to bring about healing, peace, and transformation to the world. These people often have angels in their oversoul group or part of their avatar and reishi levels.
Earth Angels often feel an inherent desire to assist others, to protect nature, and to promote kindness and compassion. They might have an angelic or serene demeanor and often find themselves drawn to altruistic paths or roles that involve nurturing and caregiving. Many nurses are earth angels. Especially hospice nurses and even midwives and death doulas.
They carry such an angelic presence and they are really attuned to higher frequencies often naturally channeling angelic messages without even realizing they are.
These people don’t always have a conscious connection but often they are out doing good deeds and helping everyone. They are often called angels by other people.
And as you might guess, earth angels often have an affinity for angels. They may have angel figurines or angel oracle decks or books. They might wear jewelry with angel wings or have guardian angels in their car.
They bring compassion to the planet in a big way. They make others feel warm and loved and surrounded by grace. Their presence is radiant and light-filled.
They attract people in need loving compassion and animals. And plants love their presence!
All earth angels are lightworkers. But not all lightworkers are earth angels from a soul lineage standpoint.
Empaths can be earth angels but not earth angels are empaths.
The World Needs Your Light
It is possible to be a blend of each of these identities and it is important to remember you are a unique individual with your own beautiful blueprint. It is not about labels, but rather the liberation from labels that allows you to expand into your most authentic self. The journey to deeply knowing your self, actualizing yourself and transcending self is exactly the path of your greatest service.
Where most lightworkers, empaths, starseeds and earth angels struggle is in believing in themselves, looping in self-doubt and getting bogged down in heavy energy, and lacking personal boundaries.
If your soul is feeling called to rise into a path of service and you are struggling with imposter syndrome, overwhelm or fear, consider my 1:1 mentorship, 1:1 healing services or my group mentorship program, Anchor the Light Mastery School, where I help you develop energetic self-mastery and empower you to anchor into your soul gifts.
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