April
April is a transformative bouquet of new energy, beauty, and growth that breaks through barriers and allows you to leave old habits behind in order to jump into the next chapter of your life. As plants sprout and a boom of new life unfolds, there is so much to be grateful for this month.
Time to Bloom
April takes its name from the Latin word aperire, meaning 'to open' (just like flowers do in spring).
April brings an opening of love, passion, and creativity to help you feel your best, settle into personal balance, and have connective experiences with others.
With the return of the sun and booming wildlife, April brings a much-needed sense of renewal, and life is about to feel much more vibrant and clear, helping you navigate towards your highest aspirations.
A shift of Growth and Transformation
Astrologically, April brings some important transits, which will offer invaluable insights into ourselves as well as opportunities for personal growth and transformation.
We will be given a unique chance to examine our lives and relationships from a new perspective, deepen our understanding of ourselves and the world around us, and make progress in our healing journey.
During the month of April, try to focus on where you can step up for yourself. Think of it as a coming home to yourself, where personal healing work and letting go of restrictive behaviour and thought patterns can catapult you into new territory.
The energies are supporting big moves and leaps, where you can quite literally cross the threshold into the next version of reality—and the next version of you!
Step into Your Power
Stepping into power is a central theme in most shamanic traditions. And the first step of that journey is the very ‘opening’ phase—opening for outside help to enter, for miracles, for growth, for all the gifts that are waiting to be received.
But in the individualistic culture of Western society, which mostly celebrates singular achievements, we are not trained in the ‘art of receiving.’
Opening to power is an essential part of stepping into your power. It is a lifelong journey, and this month, is a good time to notice and accept the invitation to open—just to see how it feels.
Maybe you will see something in a different way, meet an opportunity you hadn’t noticed before, or open yourself to receiving an answer to a question in a completely new way.
You can find more inspiration about this month’s theme of stepping into your power here.
Welcome the Magic of Life!
April is the perfect time to reconnect with the quality of wonder—a sort of childlike awe for blooming flowers, singing birds, and all the new life emerging from the once-barren ground. This natural renewal brings a sense of magic with it.
The gift of the spring season can also help us awaken to a fresh sense of ourselves and offer new perspectives on situations in our lives, where we can open up to entirely new possibilities.
Practising being in the moment and slowing down to notice the day-by-day changes in Mother Nature will help you cultivate awe and wonder this month. Finding little moments to feel gratitude for this unfolding—and then expressing it—can truly feel like the blessing of a new beginning, with spring itself as the guide, helping you receive new insights and build an inner fire.
This new chapter is all about leading you towards a deep sense of personal fulfilment and peace in the journey. A peace that suddenly feels available after a long winter, a season of darkness, and perhaps even a prolonged period of struggle.
It is time to connect with your 'Inner Wild'—the Dreamer, the Nature Child, the Goddess, the Muse. The deep intelligence within you that knows when the time has come to bloom.
Be Proactive
The energies of April are supporting the dreams we have for ourselves. Just as the light returns to shine upon Mother Earth and all her creations, it also returns to shine on you.
Take some time this month to consider where you want to shine more brightly and what you need to do to get there. Taking active steps will be key to the unfolding you wish to see, and April awakens the more proactive yang energy as we begin to emerge from our winter cocoons and open our eyes to the world outside.
This is a time that truly supports personal goals aligned with the special gifts that are yours to share, so be mindful of how and where you spend your time—and with whom.
Come Back to Your Centre
Like a snail curling inwards, this is the time to return to the centre of who you naturally are—the spring, the source within you—and let everything flow from there.
See your whole life as a unique opportunity to give to the world from your personal place—your true source—where you feel completely at home. A place of ease and comfort, where expressing yourself feels joyful, effortless, and loving.
April is a time of transition—a shift into the spring season with the mindset that hardship and struggle can be left in the past. This doesn’t mean you don’t need to take action; rather, it means taking action from a new place within yourself—a place of joy and meaning. A place where you no longer have to struggle for your needs or force everything to fall into place.
Throughout the month, try to keep an open mind for the new to enter. New ideas, new perspectives, new growth, new miracles.
You deserve good (new) things to come.
With blooming love,
Sidsel Solmer Eriksen, Founding Editor
April Rituals
Practice Gratitude
Find ways to slow down and notice the day-by-day changes that occur during the early spring days of April. Look up, look down, and embrace all the little moments of unfolding. As you cultivate daily awe and wonder, your whole being will expand with gratitude for life and open to spring’s blessing of new beginnings.
Awaken your senses
April is a wonderful time to awaken your senses to the beauty all around. Trees are blossoming, and we can allow ourselves to simply be with the potential of this season, breathing in the fresh air infused with the scent of spring.
In April, the city of Grasse on the Côte d’Azur in the south of France is truly magical, with jasmine-infused mountain air and blossoming fields. Known as the Capital of Perfume, this is the perfect place to evoke old memories and create new ones through the power of scent.
We took a perfume lesson with a French parfumeur and created our own personal fragrance. Read more about the trip—and the art of scent—here
April Moons
Pink Full Moon
The April Pink Full Moon casts light on our relationship dynamics, inviting us to redefine and renew the way we relate to each other.
April New Moon
The April New Moon serves as a reset of our energies, bringing intensity, culmination, or a shift that invites you to show up as your deepest, truest self.