Debra DeAngelo

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Today is Ostara — the Spring Equinox, when we have equal daylight and nighttime. Like its autumnal twin, Mabon/Fall Equinox, today is a day of balance. In my tarot workshop, I usually pick a 2 card in the Minor Arcana to do spreads on balance, but this year, I wanted something different.

Imbolc, the midpoint between the Winter Solstice and Spring Equinox, is the belly of winter, and how befitting that the meaning of this Gaelic word means “in the belly.” This refers to the ewes about to give birth, as evidenced by their udders filling with milk. The spring lambs will soon be here. This is a lot like winter, right? We’re starting to see little signs of hope that winter will be over before long — little green shoots of grass, and flower and leaf buds starting to swell on the trees.