Happy Spring everyone!
Today is the first day where night and day are of equal length this year. This means of course that summer is coming. It is officially spring; daffodils are showing their heads as are the snow drops. Spring seems to have been late coming this year but thankfully it is here now, in force! The sudden change in temperature has been a bit of a shock but one very welcome.
Spring is a time of renewal and new beginnings. Sometimes it is referred to as the quickening and it often feels as though the pace of life has suddenly kicked up a notch during this time. As the days get longer we find ourselves waking earlier with the sun and feeling more enthusiastic about getting out of it.
The Spring equinox is a time to cleanse (the spring clean is traditional) our old ways in order to make room for the new patterns. You may wish to take a cleansing bath or burn paper with old problems on them. Either way this is a celebration of cleansing. Personally I tidied my room today then smudged it with a sage stick. I also made a huge pile of Easter (Ostara) cup cakes with lemon (another cleansing agent) and infused them with creativity. I also kept the eggs with which i made the cakes (i blew the yolk out a hole) in order to decorate. If you do nothing else, go for a walk and try to notice spring everywhere you look, all you have to do is notice it and you will feel the creative energy rising!