108: Spiritual Meaning of Easter and the Astrology of Turning 33 – Your Christ Year
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In this episode, we dive into the spiritual meaning of Easter through the powerful themes of resurrection, renewal, and divine timing —unpacking why the age of 33, known as the “Christ Year,” holds deep significance for purpose, transformation and soul awakening. Whether you’re approaching this age or reflecting on your own rebirth moment, we explore how this sacred milestone mirrors the journey of death and resurrection in your own life, inviting you into a new era of embodiment, purpose and a higher calling.
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The Spiritual Meaning of Easter
Hello! It’s been a whirlwind few weeks having been in LA, San Fran, San Jose, New York and Sedona. I’m now back in Australia. Such an interesting couple of weeks as I had a few posts go viral whilst being away and so saying hi and welcoming new listeners to the podcast and a warm welcome back for those here again!
Today, we’re diving into the spiritual meaning of Easter—beyond the chocolate eggs, bunnies and pastel colours and into the deep waters of rebirth and resurrection.
Who is Yeshua (Jesus)
Let’s begin not with “Jesus” as we often hear him—but with Yeshua, as a Jewish man, mystic and teacher. Yeshua is the original Hebrew name for the man commonly known in the Western world as Jesus. He walked this earth not as a figurehead of a religion but as a deeply embodied soul, attuned to the divine.
He spoke of the Kingdom of Heaven not as a place far away, but as something within. To say “Yeshua” is to remember his humanity and his roots. It’s to see him as a spiritual teacher, perhaps even an ascended master who came to awaken love, compassion and truth in a time of oppression and fear.
So in this episode, when I say Yeshua, I’m not speaking of a distant religious icon this is whom I’m referring to.
There’s a part of this episode that feels deeply personal for me. If you’ve read my book The Great Unlearning you’ll know because I didn’t always feel safe with the word Jesus. I grew up in a Catholic environment—where God well not God but religion often felt distant, judgmental, or angry. Where faith was more about fear than freedom.
Where you had to confess your sins to be clean. Where divinity lived up there, not in here. For a long time, I associated Jesus with that fear. That shame. That sense of not being good enough. Not being pure enough. But something shifted when I began to explore Yeshua. Not the Jesus of institutions, but the Yeshua of love.
It was really initiated 2 years ago when I was in Bali, I had my first personal encounter of Yeshua energy on the night of a full moon. He appeared as a loving protector.
Easter as a Spiritual Metaphor for Resurrection
Easter marks the story of Yeshua rising from the dead but the deeper, spiritual meaning of resurrection isn’t just about one man coming back to life.
The spiritual metaphor of resurrection wasn’t just a moment in time but as a metaphor for your life.
How many times have you died and come back to life?
Think of the heartbreaks, the job losses, the versions of yourself that cracked open, shattered— and somehow, still, you rose.
Spiritually, resurrection means coming back to life—after something has ended, broken down or fallen away.
Spiritual Rebirth
When we speak of rebirth, we’re really speaking of a return to truth. A shedding of old identities, old stories and illusions that no longer serve us. Yeshua’s resurrection wasn’t only about life after death; it was also a radical statement about what it means to transcend fear, ego, and the worldly structures and conditioning that bind us. Spiritually, resurrection calls each of us into a deeper remembrance — that we are not just bodies or roles, but eternal souls capable of rising again and again. A divine soul having a human experience. This isn’t our first rodeo, one of many lives we’ve had in the journey of our soul.
When life breaks us open — through heartbreak, grief, change, or loss; there is always an invitation to be made new. Not in a way that erases the past, but in a way that honours it while allowing something greater to emerge. This is the essence of the Yeshua story: surrendering to the darkest hour, facing the cross and still choosing love. Still choosing light. Still choosing life. Spiritual resurrection is rarely clean or glamorous — it often happens in the quiet, hidden places. It asks for deep trust, for ego death, and for the courage to say, “I am willing to rise again — different, wiser and more whole.”
Every breakdown has the seed of a rebirth. In this way, resurrection isn’t about avoiding pain —it’s about letting pain transform you.
Spiritual tomb and Easter
Every Easter season (whether you follow Christianity or not) invites us to step into that symbolic tomb. To look at what needs to be released. What must die within you… so something greater can rise?
In a world that celebrates constant striving and forward motion, spiritual rebirth reminds us that sometimes the most sacred transformation happens in the pause — the in between — the tomb.
Yeshua rested in that space for three days. What if we allowed ourselves that too? Time to be still. Time to grieve what we’ve outgrown. Time to prepare for the rising. There is a holy patience in resurrection — a divine unfolding that can’t be rushed. It teaches us that spiritual power is not found in dominance or perfection, but in surrender, in humility and in the profound capacity to begin again.
Post Aries Libra Eclipse and Libra Full Moon 2025
So if you’re in a season of loss, uncertainty, or inner death — especially after the ending of the Aries Libra eclipse series, the recent Libra Full Moon… this is not the end. This could be your resurrection moment. The Yeshua story isn’t about escape — it’s about embodiment. It’s about coming back into your life with renewed vision, fierce love and sacred clarity. Resurrection isn’t a one-time miracle — it’s a rhythm of the soul.
Easter is a Spiritual Portal
Just as Yeshua faced his own death and rebirth, we too are being asked to rise from the ashes of old patterns and ways of relating that no longer align with who we’ve become off the back of the Aries Libra eclipse series and the Libra full moon in particular the context of relationships. We’ve outgrown certain dynamics, and that moon was the final invitation to let them go — gracefully and with deep love for what they once taught us.
Easter, at its heart, is a spiritual portal. A moment in the year that symbolises this deep rebirth.An invitation to shed old skin particularly in this year of the Snake. To trust the process of the in-between. To come back to life—clearer, lighter more aligned.
Whether or not you follow a religion, Easter can be a sacred time to ask:
- What are ready to let go of?
- What truth are you being asked to rise into?
- What would it feel like to come back to life?
On the deepest level, resurrection is about remembering who you really are.
Age 33 Astrology: Christ Year
If you follow me on Instagram you’ll know this episode was inspired today by having multiple clients connected to their Christ year. Yeshua was said to be 33 years old at the time of his crucifixion and resurrection.
Whether you believe that literally or symbolically, the Christ Year—your 33rd year of life—is often seen as a spiritual initiation. A time when the soul is called to deeper service, deeper truth and deeper surrender.
If you’re around that age—or reflecting on it—ask yourself:
– What parts of you are being asked to die?
– Where are you being called to rise?
– How are you being prepared to lead, to love, to live from the soul?
Because the Christ energy isn’t reserved for saints and prophets—it lives in all of us. In our pain, in our power, in our willingness to walk through the fire and come out gold.
Being 33 in your Christ Year and Purpose
The Christ Year asks: are you ready to walk with purpose, no matter the cost? At 33, you may experience initiations—career changes, endings, awakenings, or even a quiet unraveling or unlearning of who you thought you had to be. These are not punishments; they are invitations to come home to your truth.
This is not about perfection—it’s about devotion. Not in devotion to a religion or a figurehead, but to you. To your soul. To the divine spark within you that’s always known who you are and what you came here to do. It’s a year of radical self-honouring, of choosing to walk with unwavering devotion to your truth.
Not perfection. Not pressure. But presence.
This is about letting your life become the altar — where your choices, your boundaries, your joy, your rest, your becoming… all become sacred. What if this year wasn’t about proving anything to the world, but about returning home to your own divinity?
That’s what we’re leaning into.
The Christ Year is a sacred turning point. You’re not expected to have it all figured out, but you are being asked to listen more closely to your inner knowing. To stop chasing approval and start answering the call that’s been quietly whispering inside you for years. It may not look glamorous or make sense to others but when you say yes to that deeper call—when you allow yourself to be used in service of something bigger—resurrection becomes real. Not as a myth, but as the moment you finally choose to live as your whole, holy self.
Rebirth Transformation Life Coaching
If this conversation stirred something in you—if you’re feeling the pull toward your own resurrection, your own rising—know this:You don’t have to do it alone.
This is the deep work I do with my 1:1 clients. Together, we walk through the fire of transformation.
We shed the old layers, the identities that no longer fit. We get honest, courageous, and wildly devoted to who you’re here to be. Because rebirth isn’t just a spiritual idea—it’s a lived experience.
Yes… I am a Scorpio after all. Transformation is kind of my love language.
So if your soul is whispering “it’s time”, I invite you to reach out. Let’s make this your year. Your comeback. Your becoming. The link to work with me 1:1 is in the show notes or checkout my instagram @thephidang and website phidang.com
Let’s rise. Happy Easter Beautiful Soul. Until next time love & positivity.
