Libration Vol. 36

A look at the lunar month ahead: a Pisces New Moon, Vernal Equinox & Mercury Station Direct.

When I am among the trees,
especially the willows and the honey locust,
equally the beech, the oaks and the pines,
they give off such hints of gladness.
I would almost say that they save me, and daily. 

I am so distant from the hope of my self,
in which I have goodness, and discernment,
and never hurry through the world
     but walk slowly, and bow often. 

Around me the trees stir in their leaves
and call out, "Stay awhile." 
The light flows from their branches.

And they call again, "It's simple", they say,
"and you too have come
into the world to do this, to go easy, to be filled
with light, and to shine."

-WHEN I AM AMONG THE TREES by Mary Oliver 

Springtime in New Mexico brings extreme winds as the Sun’s strength returns. In other parts of the Northern Hemisphere, volatility is everywhere, giving us weather that ranges from blizzards to flash floods to blue-sky, 70-degree days. Our lunar month is no different. This Pisces new moon carries a flavor of unpredictability which flow…