On Tuesday night, I attended a peaceful yoga and meditation class led by Amanda Rush. The class was in celebration of the spring equinox—but one thing Amanda said caught me completely off guard.
She referred to spring equinox as the new year.
At first, I felt confused. Because like most of us, I already “started fresh” in January. New year, new me! Right? Only for life to quickly throw hands and knock me back on my ass by mid-month. Sound familiar?
But her words stuck with me. A seed of curiosity planted itself in my brain and started to grow. Could spring really be the true beginning?
So, naturally, I went down a two-day research rabbit hole—reading everything from the history of the calendar to astrological and lunar new years.
Spoiler alert: I found some things that made a whole lot of sense.
The Truth About Spring and the New Year
Turns out, the spring equinox marks the beginning of the astrological new year. And before the Julian calendar threw everything into chaos, March 25th was the start of the new year.
That actually tracks. Spring is the season of blooming, rebirth, fresh starts—everything in nature begins again. So why do we try to force brand-new routines and resolutions in the dead of winter, when the world outside is cold, dark, and mostly asleep?
Oh, right. A Roman emperor was superstitious about numbers and decided to shuffle the whole damn calendar. Thanks for that, bro.
Apparently, January was named after Janus, the Roman god of beginnings. Cute concept. But I don’t know about you—when I look outside in January (from the Midwest), I don’t see anything beginning. I see frostbite.
So maybe that’s why we all fail our “new year, new me” goals. Because nothing around us is aligned with change. Everything is still sleeping.
Maybe It Was Working After All
After the spring equinox class, I felt inspired. Intentions were set.
Hours later, I found myself crying on my bedroom floor. And I mean ugly crying. Full-blown breakdown.
At first, I thought, “Well… that meditation clearly didn’t work.”
But then it hit me. I didn’t have depression. It wasn’t a breakdown. This was a release. A full-body, soul-cleansing purge of all the heavy stuff I’d been carrying for far too long.
It was unlike anything I’d experienced before. Not your usual “have a cry and move on” moment. This was a spring cleaning for my spirit. And once I got through the messy part, I felt different. Lighter. Hopeful. Clean.
My throat hurt, eyes were swollen, and head was pounding. But my mind was finally quiet.
For once, I didn’t fake it. I asked for healing, and let it happen.
What If Spring Is the Real Reset?
What if we started aligning our personal growth with the rhythms of nature? If we ditched January pressure, and welcomed new intentions with the spring equinox—when the earth is also starting fresh?
Imagine this: spring rolls in, and instead of scrambling to overhaul your life in the middle of winter, you gently shed the old. You make room for the new. We all plant seeds for the version of us that’s ready to bloom.
It sounds simple, but it’s radical.
Want to clean up your diet? Reorganize your space? Get back to the gym? Let go of trauma you’ve been stuffing down for years?
Forget January.
The time is now.
Don’t beat yourself up if your New Year’s goals already fizzled out. The universe wasn’t even ready for them yet. But now? Now the soil is fertile. It is your time to rise with everything else coming to life.
I’m celebrating mine with the spring equinox—and I’m taking the goldfish, too. (Jerry Maguire reference for the real ones.)
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