{"id":1444,"date":"2014-03-17T00:54:57","date_gmt":"2014-03-17T00:54:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/cosmiccandor\/?p=1444"},"modified":"2014-03-15T00:58:41","modified_gmt":"2014-03-15T00:58:41","slug":"spring-arrives-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/cosmiccandor\/2014\/03\/spring-arrives-this-week.html","title":{"rendered":"Spring Arrives This Week!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tarot.com\/astrology\/equinoxes-solstices?partner=beliefnet\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1445\" title=\"Learn about Spring Equinox at Tarot.com\" alt=\"female-bicycle-glyphs-380x235\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/329\/2014\/03\/female-bicycle-glyphs-380x235.jpg\" width=\"380\" height=\"235\" \/><\/a><\/b>Spring officially arrives on Thursday, March 20, 2014, and I am sooooooooo ready for it. The Spring Equinox happens when the Sun moves into Aries, kicking off the Astrological New Year and all kinds of new beginnings.<\/p>\n<p>At Spring Equinox the day and night will be at equal length, which represents balance and harmony in the world. Then, we have a chance to make a fresh start as the days grow longer and our energy returns.<\/p>\n<p>This sounds pretty clich\u00e9, right? But it&#8217;s true! I can feel my own energy returning already. This was a long, cold winter fraught with upsets for so many people I know, and it was capped off by an ultra-confusing Mercury Retrograde AND Mars Retrograde is still in effect.<\/p>\n<p>But guess what &#8212; at least winter is over!<\/p>\n<p>Mercury is direct, the Sun is shining &#8212; even here where I live in the perpetually rainy Northwest &#8212; and spring has arrived! It&#8217;s time for a mental rebirth and I&#8217;m going to use all this positive energy to get happier and healthier.<\/p>\n<p>What are YOU going to do?<\/p>\n<p><b><a title=\"Learn about Spring Equinox at Tarot.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tarot.com\/astrology\/equinoxes-solstices?partner=beliefnet\" target=\"_blank\">Learn more about Spring Equinoxes at Tarot.com \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spring officially arrives on Thursday, March 20, 2014, and I am sooooooooo ready for it. The Spring Equinox happens when the Sun moves into Aries, kicking off the Astrological New Year and all kinds of new beginnings. 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