swimming in the void
the liminality of pisces season
Hello hello! I didn’t intend to abandon my Substack for two whole months, but here we are. Today’s post is going to be less organized-thoughts-on-a-specific-topic and more rambling-check-in-as-proof-of-life, but that feels pretty appropriate for Pisces season, no?
February was really something: it’s not typically one of the most hectic months of the year for me, but this one left my head spinning. I whipped up 30+ bouquets to sell for Valentine’s Day. I welcomed my dear friends Stephanie of Twelve Month Aura and tarot reader Lizz Truitt back to the shop for pop-us. I put on my publicist hat to help my husband’s band get their new single out into the world. I tried to wrap up a big personal project that I’ve been working on for almost a year. I visited my college roommates, who I hadn’t seen in way too long. I also got covid (👎🏻), tried to keep all of my houseplants alive while doing the bare minimum, and ordered takeout more than I’d like to admit. I was happy to see the month come to an end.
I’m still getting my bearings a couple of weeks into March, and the swirly, liminal nature of Pisces season feels a bit like wading through the mud. This season lends itself so well to dreaming; to slowing down and quieting our minds long enough to notice beauty and connection and the magical, poetic parts of life. It’s the last astrological season on the Wheel of the Year — before we start a brand new cycle as the sun moves into Aries — and it can feel like letting out a deep, heavy sigh. It’s big dark-moon-before-the-new-moon energy. Exhale. Release. Surrender.
Unfortunately, so many of us are programmed to push through the fog in the name of productivity, achievement, and “keeping up.” We don’t always see value in dreaming — even though it’s a crucial precursor to doing — and even when we do, it can be hard to sit with the stillness and the mystery. We crave answers and clarity and tangible progress. Pisces season asks us to be patient and trust the process. I’ll be the first to admit that’s something I struggle with.
There are so many ideas living inside of me these days that it feels overwhelming — it’s like they’re fighting for my attention, each trying to claw its way to the top to prove its superiority. They try to convince me that it’s now or never; that if I don’t strong-arm my way through exhaustion and brain fog and start making some progress already, they’ll leave me. I fight the urge to believe their threats, remembering that the soil needs to be tilled before the seeds are sown. It’s still winter and the ground isn’t ready — to plant now would do no good. So I ask my ideas to be patient, because spring is coming soon, and the fiery spark of Aries season will give me the energy I need to move forward.
As we wade through this final week of Pisces season and of winter — before reaching the spring equinox and celebrating its themes of rebirth and fertility and renewal — I commit to honoring the dreamy, mutable energy of the season we’re in. I’ll do my best to release expectations and linear timelines in the name of surrendering to the unknown. I’ll try to bow to divine timing and let things unfold as they’re meant to. I’ll keep my dreams and ideas safe and warm until it’s time to birth them into the world.
See you on the other side? ✷
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