Spring Into Aries

The cherry trees are in bloom all over my neighborhood these days. Spring is busy dressing up the hillsides with wildflowers and bursting tender green shoots out of long, bare branches in celebration of this new growing season.

The Sun entered Aries on March 20th and the pace of life advances, yet again. Aries is the time of bold beginnings, spirits are high as the energy increases along with the daylight hours. This past week I’ve seen a family of baby birds, lots of tiny groundhogs dashing about on the hill and a parade of little ducks march through my back yard. Yesterday as I ran in the hills above the golf course a pair baby jack rabbits went bounding across the trail after their mother.

We humans are ready to get busy with new babies of our own as we spring clean our closets, offices and homes pitching those things that are worn out, don’t fit or just aren’t working for us anymore. This frees up time and space for new things and projects we’re enthused about getting into, now.

Aries is the first of the fire signs; its nature is inspired, enthusiastic and bold, pioneering, impulsive and daring. While the Sun is in Aries we are supported in starting new things, just because.

Aries natives characteristically see life as a grand adventure. When they have a bright idea about a new way of doing something or are inspired to do something that hasn’t been done before is reason enough for them. Instinct and impulse followed by the joy of taking action is the Aries way. As the Nike people say, “Just do it!” Breathe life into your inspired ideas and back them up with action just for the fun of it and see what happens.

In this result-focused world it is good to remember that life is a journey, it is what happens in the moment, with each breath and step we take. This moment is your point of choice and therefore your only point of power. Enjoy!

Mother Nature’s Late Winter Magic

The Sun is in Pisces until March 20th which means there are are still a few days left of winter, though you’d never know it from the weather we’ve been blessed with here in the SF Bay Area. I had to laugh when I saw the white stuff flying through the air and on the ground this gorgeous afternoon as I headed out with my camera.

Overnight the trees are full of fluffy white blossoms. As you can see, the breeze was doing a good job of liberating them. I was delighted to see Mother Nature’s handiwork.

This is about as close as we come to having snow in this part of California. These tiny white petals strewn randomly about add a touch of magic, a lovely white carpet on which to tread in honor of the Vernal Equinox when the Sun enters Aries on March 20th and we begin the astrological New Year. Spring is always welcome in my world.