The Spring Equinox (in the Northern Hemisphere) takes place March 20th this year. This 12-day reading exercise begins on the 15th and is a really lovely way to acknowledge and take part in the change in an active and conscious way.
I'm just making the initial annoucement here. More details will follow, but really it's very easy to participate:
Just choose a deck you'd like to work with for this. Then each day starting on the 15th, you pull a card (or a spread if you prefer) and interpret it with the theme of each day in mind.
The themes are chosen to fit the season and the whole exercise is designed to assist you in contemplation of your place and purpose and increase your connection to the ancient forces and rites that will stir your spirit.
Below is a list of the themes. I am also very willing to take any suggestions you may have.
Easter falls a bit late this year, long after this exercise, but we'll include it as it is such an integral part of the spirit of the season.
I hope you'll choose to join in. It really is a surprisingly powerful experience.
You can reply to this message and share which deck you've chosen to use.
Here are the themes ( please make any suggestions you may have
)Day 1: 15.3. Cybele and Attis Festival
Today is the first day of week-long celebration of Cybele, the great Mother Goddess, and her youthful consort Attis. Today's card talks about love and eros in your life, and how you can celebrate them.
Day 2: 16.3. Gahambar Hamaspathmaidyem
Today begins the Zoroastrian Holiday Gahambar Hamaspathmaidyem, celebrating the life cycle of human beings, from creation to death, and the presence of angels. Today's card connects you to your own path in life and the angel/power/energy that protects you.
Day 3: 17.3. Liberalia
On this day, the Romans celebrated the Liberalia festival of freedom. Today's card tells you how you use your freedom and encourages you to be really free of bonds that limit your personality, talents and longings. What are the bonds you have to break to be free?
Day 4: 18.3. Ugadi
The Hindu holiday Ugadi is celebrated in some parts of India as New Year. Its traditional food represents the different tastes: sour, salty, sweet and bitter. Today's card shows you how to balance the flavours in your life, to be able to enjoy it to the fullest in the months ahead. How can make you make your life more flavourful and enjoyable?
Day 5: 19.3. Eostre/Ostara
The Germanic goddess of spring is celebrated with eggs, rabbits and the ringing of bells. Today's card reminds you of a bell ringing in your life, a bell that calls you forward and that you didn't heed or overhear until now. Understand what this bell wants to tell you, and in the coming month, try to make its voice heard.
Day 6: 20.3. Spring/Vernal Equinox
This is the day of balance between day and night, when new things grow and push through the earth, when Kore/Persephone returns from the underworld and brings flowers with her. Today's card calls you to contemplate on creativity and renewal in your own life. Where do you resist change, and where should you embrace it?
For Southern Hemisphere tarotists who experience Autumn: what are the wilting things and feelings in my life that I should let go?
Day 7: 21.3. Harmony Day
In Australia, Harmony Day celebrates inclusiveness and acceptance. Today's card asks you to probe your own hidden prejudices, and what you can do to become more open and tolerant. Challenge yourself to inform yourself and get to know cultures, topics or people that until held irrational negative associations for you. How can you become an ambassador for inclusiveness and harmony in your society and immediate surrounding?
Day 8: 22.3. Minerva Day
Minerva/Athene is the Roman/Greek goddess of intelligence, rational thinking and objectivity. Today's card asks you how you use your intelligence and talents, whether you give them the proper place or whether you feel you have undeveloped potential. What can you do to make the best use of your mental powers and intelligence?
Day 9: 23.3. Hilaria
The Roman holiday of Hilaria celebrates laughter and fun. Today's card throws a light on the place light-hearted fun and humour have in your life. Do you laugh often enough? The card challenges you to find things that make you laugh and forget your worries, and do them regularly from now on.
Day 10: 24.3. Earth Hour
On this international day, people stop to think about the environment and the use we make of it. Are you doing all you can to keep and preserve this earth? Today's card asks you to find your own connection to the Earth you live on, whether through environment awareness or the voice of your spiritual tradition. How are you connected to this Earth and how can you honour it?
Day 11: 25.3. Palm Sunday
The Christian holiday of Palm Sunday celebrates peace, hope and new beginnings. Today's card shows you where you have to make peace - with memories, people in your life or other painful matters. Let them go and don't beat yourself up any more.
Day 12: 26.3. Preparation of the Temple of Luna
On the final day of our 12 days, we prepare for the annual Roman festival in the Temple of Luna, the Moon goddess. Today's card tells you how you can become more attuned to the intuitive, quiet side within you, how you can make your spiritual work more meaningful, and how to integrate your shadow into your life. It's the message of the Moon for the spring days ahead while the influence of the Sun is rising.
