Sacred Masculine
By Tony Cherette
SPRING EQUINOX LIVES FOR CHANGE Spring, refreshing, spring. The season of new beginnings, birth, sunlight, birdsong, and the plant people blooming their joy. Who can ever forget their first scent of spring after a long winter? That fresh, clean, unique, as well as life-giving smell tells you we have many months of warmth and growth ahead of us. Not to mention light—Glorious, glorious light!
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pring (Vernal) Equinox takes place this year on Saturday, March 20. It is one of four equinoxes we experience in the general calendar year, and it means the Sun is above the Equator, and we experience day and night being of equal length. That signals a shift in the seasons. This puts me in mind of preparations for that event.
What type of ceremony do you engage in to welcome the return of the light?
Is it a ceremony centered around a family tradition? Around a cultural teaching or historical event? Do you change it up or switch it up year by year? Do you pick new traditions to add to your event? In our house, from a practical standpoint, when we know that the return of longer days is near, we tend
to feel that urge to break out the cleaning supplies, work on those baseboards and give the first spring or even pre-spring cleaning to the windows. For other folks, they feel the invisible tug and pull out the ladder, climb up those steps and get those gutters clean or cleared of winter debris. It is something joyous to go from nesting or resting to reimagine our days ahead, one chore or task at a time. Have you noticed that along with cleaning, tidying, etc., some of our friends with green thumbs and plant catalogs tap into that subtle energy that leans more towards tending the gentle stalks and tendrils of plant seedlings they have started? They feel great joy and anticipation in planting once the ground gives the invitation that she is ready to help in the process. We love our plant-loving friends!
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