The new spiritual year begins.
Many symbols offered today.
Rist Day of Spring.
The time of seeding & the sprouting or grain & young corn.
Exodus 12:4.
In the Tarot, both the Fool & the High Priest.
The Fool (Wagner’s Parsifal) is the young man who has not yet entered the Quest, the Path. The High Priest symbolizes the highest expressions of Aries. He holds a Chalice, the waters of life for humanity & he says….
“I AM & Behold! I make all things new.”

The young fool (Aries) eventually thru time becomes the High Priest (Pisces). Aries to Pisces, through all the 12 signs.

New Day, New Time, New Season. New Spiritual Year begins.
A celebration –
And so…
New Day, New Light.
And at the beginning of things, we take the utmost care to be in balance, harmony & beauty. For the first day of everything new sets the template of the times to come.
The beginning is always a very fragile time.
We take the utmost care to be of harmony & beauty today.
It sets the template for the entire new year yet to come – the next 12 months.
We create our spring (or autumn) altars.
We set a mirror on the altar to reflect the heavens.
That is the reality we are influenced by & we live under.
That is the astrology of our times.

And so….
Time marches onward, upward.
Circles of time within a spiral.
Time under tension – calling us to attention!
The seasons – each year creating a spiral of time.
We mark our days with the seasons, creating celebrations, festivals, parties and rituals.
Which recognize as well as anchor new energies (Ray 7 activity).
For the upcoming times.
These rituals & festivals offer humanity context, a marking of things, foundations, & a circle/spiral of understanding

And so today, March 20, 2024 is the first day of spring in the northern latitudes. It is the first day of autumn in the southern latitude.
However, the Sun is right in the middle of the Earth at the equinox. A equaling out is occurring between dark & light.

Persian New Year
NowRuz – New Day in Persian
It is also Persian New Year – called Nowruz –
Persian, Iranian, Zorastrian New Year occurs every year at the spring equinox. This festival is observed in middle eastern countries. It begins the year in the Iranian calendar.
Which brings me to the question?
What was/is Persia? What is its history? How did it become Iran?
What were the gifts of the Persian culture that we know of today?
What/who is Zoraster? What Age did Zoraster live?
What is that religion?
Who knows?
Those are questions for everyone here in our college/university Ashram.

Archangel Raphael, the healing Angels assumes protection of the Earth during springtime.

The Fool & the High Priestess.
A Persian Table set with symbolic items & food to celebrate
the New Light/New Year.