Aries

The Burning Ground

A meditation for the Sun’s passage through Aries

The entry of the Sun into the Zodiacal sign Aries marks the start of the sidereal year and a time of new beginnings.

Envision a fire burning away all the dross and negativity of the old year from your lives and from your minds.  Bring out and drag onto the burning ground the hurts, disappointments, regrets, resentments and uncertainties which make it hard for you to move forward. Then see the ashes turn themselves into the figure of a young ram, the symbol of vitality and virility. 

Watch him turn to gold and stand forth.

Why should you not start again in this way every year, every month, every week, every morning, every moment that you catch yourself sliding into despondency and apathy? This way we create portals for Spirit to enter and revitalise our lives.

See the flames of your fire burning up your bleakness and tiredness. Draw in its heat, and feel it turning you to gold. 

                         Who cares how many times you fail and have to start again?

                         Regrets and remorse

                         have value only as they spur you to new resolutions,

                         and as fuel to your fire.

Stand forth and face your goals again.