Vernal equinox

Spring kisses winter goodbye, the sun kisses the moon and the day kisses the night. Tonight, for a moment, the opposites unite and stillness arises.

On the vernal equinox, the forces of nature meet and for a second everything is in balance. Now comes the light, now comes life again. A day to celebrate, wish, and listen inwardly and set new goals and intentions for yourself. The vernal equinox is nature's New Year's Eve and guess what, the crystals love it!

We humans experience the vernal equinox as night and day being the same length, and then the days will quickly get brighter and brighter until it turns on Midsummer's Eve when darkness comes again.

At this time, all life dependent on the sun returns. It sprouts, growls, glows and hisses everywhere. Life wants to have a place. We humans suffer from growing pains, anxiety and fatigue. Life demands something from us again and we have to crawl out of the TV sofa and the winter series. But we love it too. The best thing you can do at this time is a proper "cleanse", fast or ceremony to let go of the old and let the new take place.

Which crystals are suitable and how do you do a ritual for the light?

The vernal equinox is like an extra New Year. A ceremony can focus on welcoming the light and giving it a place in your life. You can light candles, place crystals suitable for the energy you want to invite and write down what is important to you right now and what you want to happen in your life.

One tip is to use a Bagua (Feng Shui map) and go through area by area and see what the light can mean for change in each area. This way you get a good overview and see where you want to put your energy. You will find information about Baguan on our Feng Shui pages (link above). You can also use the wheel of life pictured here:

Begin a ceremony by cleansing the energy with sage incense. Go into a still place within yourself, light a small piece of sage and bring the smoke around yourself, also spreading the smoke over your crystals and throughout the room. Hold the intention in your mind that the smoke collects negativity and carries it out. Open a window and let the sage smoke dissipate.

Now you can light an incense with a floral or sweeter scent to invite the good energies.

Go through the Baguan and write down the actions you want to take in the different areas. If you feel that you have a tendency to make up more things that should be done than you actually do, it is better to just say one thing in each area and stick to it.

Think about what you give your energy to in your daily life. What gives you energy that no longer serves you? What patterns do you have of doing the same thing over and over again, energizing people, habits, things you do that are not good for you, that do not serve your purposes? Clear out your mental and spiritual junk and start focusing on what is good for you.

Choose crystals that suit the different areas you want to let the light into and feel free to place them in a circle. You can hold your hands over the crystals or hold them and meditate to strengthen the silence within you and the connection with your crystals.

Look within and feel how the light transforms the energy in the same areas and in the way you desire.

Celebrate! by dancing, playing happy, rhythmic, beautiful music that makes you happy. Celebrate that the light is back.

Below, we have collected crystals and other goods that are suitable for a ritual for the spring equinox.

"The vernal equinox is not a day, but an instantaneous event that occurs at a specific time at different times in different places on Earth, depending on which time zone you are in." ( Wikipedia)