Sun Enters Aries at the Equinox
March 19, 2024, 11:06pm EDT
Aries Season Energy Cleansing Meditation
Act From the Heart
At the Equinox, the Sun moves into Aries and reaches its high perch over the equator. From the zodiac perspective, this signifies a reboot and the time to claim new territory. Unlike a typical Aries season that focuses on forward momentum, this one requires you to reckon with what motivates your actions. As you deepen your self-understanding, you find the courage to occupy a new internal territory where you act from the heart.
Move Your Body
One of the tools that can help you maintain objectivity in this examination of your fiercer side is physical exercise. When you feel pent up or aggravated, move your body. Commit to a regular class by paying in advance or inviting friends. Tune up your bicycle, get new hiking shoes, or pick a different route for a run. Whatever your course of action, pay attention to the invigorating impact on your inner state. Increasing your internal fire cleanses your body, mind, and spirit, helping to clear the path to act with courage, caring, and joy.
The Season Overall
Like a hawk in front of a storm, Aries season swoops in at full speed. Galvanized by Pluto in Aquarius, the Aries Sun aims to initiate sweeping change based on new ideals. However, as Mars submerges in Pisces on March 22, the tone begins to turn inward. It becomes clear that Aries season involves a much more internal process than usual, demanding contemplation of the underlying factors that culminate in the destructive use of force.
Two eclipses – the Libra Lunar Eclipse on March 25 and the Aries Solar Eclipse on April 8 – along with Mercury’s retrograde on April 1, further substantiate this claim. In essence, we need an evolved definition of courage that recognizes the strength that comes from the willingness to be vulnerable. Forward progress promises to be stymied without adequate consideration for collective and emotional needs. Those of us with prominent natal planets in cardinal signs (Aries, Libra, Capricorn, or Cancer) stand to be more affected by this major energetic pivot.
In your personal lives, use this Aries season to reevaluate the crucial question of how to be independent while maintaining healthy and empathetic connections to others. Read below as you consider what area of your life benefits from heart-centered action.
Aries: Focus on your overall life direction as a courageous leader and galvanizer of others. Contemplate the way people manage their suffering and let this wisdom infuse your actions.
Taurus: Unearth your boldest self from the tangle of collective and unconscious patterns. Let the understanding that comes from your community serve to support you in this process.
Gemini: Contemplate your ability to lead the way in your community with heart-centered action. Pay attention to the sensitivities and needs in your workplace to inform this valuable role.
Cancer: Recognize the ways you display a pioneering spirit in your profession. Draw upon your compassionate worldview and ask how your work can help to alleviate suffering for others.
Leo: Notice how you expand your life perspective by following your inspirations. Share your knowledge about the struggles of others to be a leader in encouraging diversity and inclusion.
Virgo: Reflect on your bold use of boundaries and aim to incorporate more sensitivity to the suffering and needs of others. Let your partners in life help show you the way.
Libra: Review the way you use your audacious energy in your one-on-one interactions. Tap into the natural empathy you cultivate when you practice nourishing self-care to find more balance.
Scorpio: Question how the way you burn off heat during your daily routines contributes to your overall wellbeing. Adjust to include the same compassion you offer to others easily.
Sagittarius: Consider the connection between your fierce warrior energy and how your give of yourself to your creative projects. Ponder ways to slow down and include more self-empathy.
Capricorn: Notice the way you assert your audacious self in your home life. You have a unique ability to offer empathy to casual acquaintances that can now inform your familial relationships.
Aquarius: Pay attention to the way you use your voice to see if it reflects the fierce energy you feel inside. Contemplate applying more self-compassion as part of this picture.
Pisces: Assert yourself in a way that authentically reflects your ability to value and respect yourself. Notice how you offer others the empathy that you can now extend to yourself.
