We’re starting a new lunar cycle that will lead us to the Pink Moon*, the first full moon of the season. This is also when we start (or continue) to see some of the first flowers 🌼 raise their gallant pre-bloom buds towards the sky. Where I am, these are usually crocus flowers, and spotting them is one of my great joys in life right now.

I call them gallant because they are the seasonal pioneers of the botanical world around here. I see their purple and white budding petals pixelate street sides and tree root coves, and I know they are the brave ones 🤺 – the ones that pop out when there will still be winter conditions to contend with.

We’re hitting the third quarter (3Q) phase of this Worm Moon* cycle, and we’re getting closer and closer to the Spring Equinox, and I couldn’t be more excited to see that day.

I. Am. Waiting.

Longingly.

A couple letters back, I mentioned that this cycle is about the transition from winter to spring. We’re at the peak phase of this glorious Worm Moon*, and we’re primed to harness the fullness of this transformational energy. To expand and take up space in the world. To let our natural shapes unravel.

Which is why this newsletter looks a little different. I’m scrapping most of what I had already written. Some occasions call for something that lends more depth.

Our last lunar love letter was an invitation to reflect on the last cycle and think about some intentions for this one. How did that go for you? What came up? Did anything feel particularly easy or hard?

Personally, I experienced intense energy around the new moon 🌑. I had a lot of emotions surface simultaneously, and apparently that’s what my body, mind, and spirit needed – to let them bubble up 🌋 and over and out . It was a rough process and not very pretty – but even though growth isn’t all fairy wings and glitter, it’s still fucking beautiful, and I’m grateful to be able to experience it.