Welcoming The Astrological New Year and the Spring/Autumn Equinox
On the 20th of March 2020, at 3:48am UTC, the Sun will enter Aries, which signifies the commencement of a New Astrological Year. We also begin a freshly ignited cycle of the Stars and Seasons whilst honouring the equanimity an Equinox can bring.
Every March Equinox signals the start of the Western Astrological New Year.
HAPPY NEW YEAR DEAR ONES!
Aries, our lord of the head, the first Star Sign in the Zodiac, our fearless and often naïve Star who is energetic, pioneering, and ready for combat, is now arriving!
With the Sun in Aries, we can begin to associate ourselves more with our projected image, understand better our attitude, our defence mechanisms, how we relate to our immediate environment and what exactly it is we need to kickoff in our lives. It is the moment to start, to finish and to be ultra quick about it.
An Aries-driven month has a direct and self-involved feel that requests clear planning; otherwise we may get distracted by the hot-hot fire.
Use the first few weeks of Aries Season to accelerate your plans in a charismatic fashion and enjoy the added energy from the ever-shining cosmos! Since most of us are in a lockdown scenario, let us attempt to enjoy this FRESH start through creative measures, also taking extra care of our bodies and planning for cheerful ways to raise our collective frequency.
Did you know that in Ancient Greek Astrology, the constellation of Aries is associated with the “Golden Ram” of Greek mythology that rescued Phrixos and Helle on orders from the god Hermes, and bore Phrixos to the land of Colchis.
What is so evidently beneficial about Aries energy is the ability and willingness to LEAD. If we invoke the support of this fire-lit constellation, we can return to a more confident state (as a whole) and begin anew with a mighty dive through a ring of flames (whilst enjoying it.)
Since Mercury is still in it’s Post-Retrograde shadow period, the boldness to take action will prove beneficial, if planned out first. So, please use this RESET time, to prepare for a courageous leap when the doors start to open.
We now celebrate ALL those born under the Aries Constellation and work with their infectious warrior-like focus.
Happy Birthday to YOU!
May the innocence that is prominent through our Suns entry into Aries, lead us to beautiful grounds, and may we believe in our goals just like the Ram does, never giving up nor slowing down until there is much much glory in the result.
How to Work Spiritually with Equinoxes and their Significance
Since the beginning of almost all belief systems, the cycles of the Sun have had a central and largely symbolic meaning to human beings. The movement of the seasons shows us our own inner movement from the material to the spiritual, from darkness to light. Against the change of the seasons we mark our own journey through this life and our own quest towards awakening.
In the Northern Hemisphere, the 20th of March is the beginning of Spring and signals a time of rebirth, of new creation, when life dormant over the winter begins to leap back into its full blossoming joy, and when the light divinely returns to all living beings.
It is an occasion of balance and renewal, a period of new beginnings and opportunities. It is now that the creativity that lay very quiet over the cold months can come exuberantly into renewed energy, and can build towards vital fruition.
We can work with this time just like the Ancients and celebrate the beginning of Spring through song, Sun Gazing, setting our intentions for the New Astrological Year, sit or dance by big warm fires and imagine all the accumulated negativities through the dark of the cold released from us.
Take the time to smell the flowers, like we did on a recent excursion through the local Botanical Gardens. Try to plant something if you can; planting seeds now is a symbolic and also wonderful thing to do.
Sit with the charming energy of connecting with soil, fresh flowers and Spring returning. Let it fill you up with colourful delight. Let it open you and bring forth your enthusiasm to live and share just how the colours of every flower in bloom and even if this means whilst in seclusion.
In the Southern Hemisphere, we now begin the transition to the period of sleep, of inner journeying and introspection. It is also the harvest time, a period when people often feel a sense of yearning and closeness to the immutable spiritual enchantment of nature. This is called Autumn Equinox.
It is important to note that everywhere in the world, an energetic turning point is taking place on Equinox and it is the moment when light and dark are in equipoise, when the power of the cosmos generously pours down and when the deep and wise rhythm of Mother Earth can be felt in our very bones. Think of it as a symphony of equilibrium, the perfect, perfect tone which allows the harmony in nature, to better balance our own inner polarities! Our own Yin and Yang energies can be balanced this Equinox, through this melodious turning point, we can walk in the middle ever so consciously.
The world is full of Ancient Sacred Sites that are aligned with the Equinoxes, showing how important the Sun and these transitions are to cultures throughout the world. A few that are most significant and worthy of a Mystical Tour are:
Angkor Wat, Cambodia
The Sphinx and The Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt
Temple of the Grand Jaguar in Tikal, Guatamala
The Mnajdra Temples, Malta
Stone Henge, United Kingdom
The Temple of Kukulcan , Mexico
Sharing these precious Reflections
by: Venerable Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche
Reflections on the Time
“Love humanity. Stay in meditation,
Open your heart and shut your mouth. Keep your hands on your lap or in your pockets, and bow when you meet someone. If you hear fears of death and fears of sickness, reflect upon the four rivers of life. If not this sickness or death by this pandemic, death is anyways sure to come-Mostly preceded by illness. What are we doing to prepare for that? Are you ready? If not, what can you do to ready yourself? Have you made up with all those whom you have conflict and disputes with? Have you cleaned out all the crust in your heart? Have you expanded your love to the world and people, animals around you? Have you increased compassion and kindness? Have you said, “I love you,” to your loved ones, instead of assuming that they know? Have you tidied up all your loose ends? Have you become like a bird, ready to soar out from the sheltering bolder? If not, think of this time as an opportunity to prepare both now and for the long run. Humanity will survive, even if one does not. Birds will sing, frogs will croak with summer around the corner. Flowers will bloom. Bees will mate. Let not this natural beauty of the coming season be passed over under the shadow of COVID-19.”
— Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche
March 15, 2020
THE BLACK MOON LILITH AND
THE ASTROLOGICAL NEW YEAR
Please note that this Aries Season has a STRONG and FIERCE alignment with the Black Moon Lilith in Aries. The Sun is in a current wide Conjunction with BML and is proving to amplify the power-struggle of the world as we know it. Aries RULES the Emperor Card in the Traditional Tarot, this energy is now summoning TRUE leadership in how we navigate our minds and hearts. The world too, is calling for correct Leadership. With Lilith active, there will be no chance for “nice nice” and what this means is, world leaders better start to take the best of action, if not, there is a cosmic witness who will not let the ill-willed get away with it! I am actually soon going to be opening up the Lilith in Aries Reading segment and am still at the final stages of the Piscean Reading segment. When this invitation is sent out, I will include my in-depth forecasts on this BML Aries Transit. The general energy of this Astrological New Year has a rawness attached to it, it is not simply passing us by blindly. There are winners among us, winners who know how to work with the opportunity within this haze. We mustn’t be pulled along in fear or paranoia, there needs to be a constant heart-lit warrior like eagerness to positively Raise The Collective Frequency. Which reminds me, how much I look forward to actually schedule in our next: “Raise The Frequency Global Meditation Gathering.” In the meantime, please let the Leadership of the Aries Constellation bring forth the power to govern wisely amidst the panic and lead others towards that supreme peace we all know is possible.
COURAGE-FILLED BLESSINGS FOR ALL!
Love and light forever,
Tashi
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