Prepare For Spring The Witchy Way—Full Of Magic, Healing, And Rebirth

Spring just arrived on the Northern Hemisphere. and our wild and beautiful planet is waking up after a long winter sleep, and everything is coming alive. Colorful buds burst through everywhere I look, the geese came back, and the air started to warm up again. This is one of the most spectacular occurrences in nature, and we can never take that for granted. Just because something happens yearly, that doesn’t mean that it’s too ordinary to hide a bit of magic in it.

People too often pass by the beauty around them because it’s always there, and they are just too busy with their lives to stop and notice it again.  Gratitude is so important in every setting, but especially in the context of nature. It’s a privilege to exist on such an extraordinary and stunning planet, and that should be acknowledged daily, monthly, and seasonally. A powerful way to do this is to take a note from paganism (and witchcraft) and welcome each season in mindfully. This can involve many things, but here are just a few ways to welcome spring in the witchy way.

This can mean decorating with dried or fresh flowers, lush branches from your region. Try to stay as local as possible to minimize carbon emissions (ideally you could just responsibly forage for flowers yourself if you have access to blooming spaces in the wild). Hang dried flowers upside down on the wall or window or put fresh ones in a vase.  Don’t think too hard about it—just trust yourself. Whether you order them or forage for them yourself, when you bring them home, before you put them up make sure to mentally thank them for bringing so much beauty and fresh life into your home (that is the nature of spring). This thanks can involve just a mental nod of gratitude, or you can create your own witch ceremony to do so (incorporating flowers and other appropriate pieces for the ritual).

Another way to bring spring inside is to be aware of the colors in your space. Witchcraft involves a lot of work with color, so while color therapy is a real thing, and it’s important to fill your space with colors that uplift or inspire you, it’s also great if you’re wanting to get in touch with your witchy side. Choose colors that strike you as embodying spring. Greens, pinks, blues, and oranges are among the many colors to evoke feelings of spring, but get specific. Maybe turquoise, carnation pink, and mango orange hit you the most. Make or buy candles in these shades, create art using those colors, or put up curtains, pillow cases, table cloths that are in those tones. If you’re a witch who does physical rituals, consider involving these colors into your practice as well if they complement your goals.

Green witchcraft is popular among Millennials, since it’s accessible and feels very much normal for those who garden and talk to their plants anyways. If that resonates with you, it’s time to try your hand at it. Starte with something simple to grow and go from there, incorporating witchcraft into it all. Consider growing herbs or re-grow your food craps such as carrot tops, spring onions and lettuce. Use your plants in your daily meditative practice, water them with moon water, or put your plants by a window or outside (assuming it’s safe for them) so that they can moon bathe. These practices will help you get in touch with that spring feeling, and will serve as a beautiful nod to new life and the season of gardening. If you have an actual garden, consider these houseplant practices on a larger scale (such as meditating in the garden).

When you are able to get outside, take off your shoes. Go earthing somewhere with grass or dirt, and focus on how it feel to be so close the Earth? Spend at least a few minutes doing this, being contemplative as you do so, but if you can take a walk barefoot that is even better. Earthing is a very old practice, and it’s one that strengthens the bond to the planet and the natural world. Do that as much as you can, but especially as spring approaches.

It may sound simple and evident, but one of witchcraft’s main components is the act of connecting with nature. It can be hard to do that if you’re inside all day (or most of it). So to maintain a bond with nature, open your windows—as often as possible. Then focus on your connection to nature and meditate on it for a few minutes (or if you feel comfortable, do a little ritual to express it). Breathe in the fresh air coming in and close your eyes, really holding on to the moment. Exhale, and open the next window. Throughout the day, stop every so often to feel the breeze drifting in or to listen to the sounds coming from outside.

Modern people don’t notice or worry about the seasons as much as our ancestors did. We don’t really feel like our lives revolve around them, so we often just ignore them or take them for granted. The thing is though we do in fact depend on them. Think of every memory you have of summer vacation, the first snow, berry picking, playing in the fall leaves, picking flowers, and so on. None of those would have happened without the seasons. No matter where on the planet you live, everyone has a form of seasons. 

Spend time outside and never take it for granted- the Earth, the forests, the oceans, and yes, the seasons. It all matters so much, and if you’ve forgotten that, take a note from pagans and start celebrating them regularly.