Winter has been long and hard. As the sunlight increases and the morning bird-song becomes louder, we know that spring is immanent. As the season begins to change, it’s also a time of new beginnings, new jobs, promotions and the start of a new gardening season.

As winter wanes, the life force returns to the trees and sap begins to flow. Traditionally, this is when the tapping of maple and birches takes place. Like the phoenix that ever renews itself and rises from its own ashes, now we look within to shake off the old and reinvent ourselves. What lies dormant within you waiting to be woken? Just as the sap rises and ushers a new season of life to the trees, let that which lies within rise to new life.

ACTIVITIES
· Visit a maple farm and experience the tapping of the maples
· Have French toast or pancakes for breakfast with real maple syrup
· Prune apple trees
· Start seeds

FULL MOON INCENSE (burn on incense charcoal or cast into the fire)
1 scoop sandalwood powder - protection, healing, spirituality
1 large granule amber - renewal, alertness, cleansing, protection, purification
2 drops vanilla - love, lust, mental powers
1 drop oakmoss - to promote prosperity
1 drop apple blossom - to promote happiness
3 pinches rosemary - gain knowledge or answers to questions

Posted in: Lunar Lore