Day 167 of 365 - Happy Spring!
Today is the spring equinox. when we have an exact balance of darkness and daylight. Unusually, it is also the time of a Full Moon. The Sun is moving into the zodiac sign of Aries, signalling the beginning of the astrological new year in the Western world. The Moon, directly opposite, is in the sign of Libra.
The full moon at this time adds more power to the energy of the shift into spring. The sign of Aries, where the Sun is shifting today, is about fiery energy, power and activation, the perfect energy to move us out of the dormancy of winter. Meanwhile, the Moon in Libra, is about balance, especially in relationships.
As a result, we may feel the contrast between the push/pull of independence versus communion with others. Personally, though I very much welcome the increase in daylight, today I feel sluggish and sleepy. I've been dreaming more, which is not unusual around the time of a full moon, and this leaves me with mental and emotional background noise of things stirred up from the unconscious.
This time of increasing light is a good opportunity to examine, again, both the light and the dark in our lives so that we can come into some kind of balance and clarity for moving forward in the coming months. Instead of being irritated by the confusion or vagueness of my dreams, I can sit with the emerging feelings from them and see where that leads. Full moons have a way of illuminating emotional issues.
Likewise, the increasing daylight illuminates what has been in shadow in the physical realm. Thus, it is a good time to take stock of our physical body and our physical environment. Time to think about sprucing things up! Starting spring cleaning is a good way to surmise what should stay and what should go. Also, consider stretching yourself and increasing your flexibility in both the way you express your body as well as in the way you express your creativity in your surroundings.
It's helpful to bear in mind that this increasing light is a gradual process. When the ground is dry enough, we can rake our gardens of winter detritus. But we cannot plant until the soil is warmed enough to sustain seeds and tender plants.
It may be tempting to jump all in to the color and new growth activity of spring. By all means, bring more color into your life with flowers, plants and a brighter wardrobe. But, don't rush out the lingering areas of darkness in your life too quickly. Life is neither all light nor all dark, all good or all bad. It is both. When we can find some kind of balance and peace with that we can live with more contentment.
I plan to sit with my muddled thoughts and feelings these few days around the full moon, and not be too quick to bury them. It's a time to be tender with ourselves, as we slowly emerge into the light.
The full moon at this time adds more power to the energy of the shift into spring. The sign of Aries, where the Sun is shifting today, is about fiery energy, power and activation, the perfect energy to move us out of the dormancy of winter. Meanwhile, the Moon in Libra, is about balance, especially in relationships.
As a result, we may feel the contrast between the push/pull of independence versus communion with others. Personally, though I very much welcome the increase in daylight, today I feel sluggish and sleepy. I've been dreaming more, which is not unusual around the time of a full moon, and this leaves me with mental and emotional background noise of things stirred up from the unconscious.
This time of increasing light is a good opportunity to examine, again, both the light and the dark in our lives so that we can come into some kind of balance and clarity for moving forward in the coming months. Instead of being irritated by the confusion or vagueness of my dreams, I can sit with the emerging feelings from them and see where that leads. Full moons have a way of illuminating emotional issues.
Likewise, the increasing daylight illuminates what has been in shadow in the physical realm. Thus, it is a good time to take stock of our physical body and our physical environment. Time to think about sprucing things up! Starting spring cleaning is a good way to surmise what should stay and what should go. Also, consider stretching yourself and increasing your flexibility in both the way you express your body as well as in the way you express your creativity in your surroundings.
It's helpful to bear in mind that this increasing light is a gradual process. When the ground is dry enough, we can rake our gardens of winter detritus. But we cannot plant until the soil is warmed enough to sustain seeds and tender plants.
It may be tempting to jump all in to the color and new growth activity of spring. By all means, bring more color into your life with flowers, plants and a brighter wardrobe. But, don't rush out the lingering areas of darkness in your life too quickly. Life is neither all light nor all dark, all good or all bad. It is both. When we can find some kind of balance and peace with that we can live with more contentment.
I plan to sit with my muddled thoughts and feelings these few days around the full moon, and not be too quick to bury them. It's a time to be tender with ourselves, as we slowly emerge into the light.
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