March is the month when we see the first signs of spring emerging. Bulbs pop up! Mardi Gras beads are strung, and in Chicago, the river turns a brilliant shade of green.
BIRTHSTONE: Aquamarine
FLOWER: Daffodil
ASTROLOGICAL SIGNS:
PISCES, February 19 to March 20
ARIES, March 21 to April 19
HOLIDAYS:
PURIM, the Jewish holiday, is most often celebrated in March.
MARDI GRAS, celebrated in March or February
HOLI FESTIVAL OF COLORS, celebrated in mid March
MARCH 2 Read Across America Day
MARCH 17 St. Patrick’s Day
MARCH 20 Spring Equinox
wind
flower
flight
emerging
stretch
grow
transition
moth
butterfly
clover
raindrops
umbrella
daffodil
cabbage
aquamarine
Irish
St. Patrick
• Bake a batch of Irish soda bread.
• Write the following Irish blessing in calligraphy:
May the road rise up to meet you.
May the wind always be at your back,
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
and rains fall soft upon your fields.
And until we meet again,
May God hold you in the palm of His hand.
• Search for four-leaf clovers and press them in your journal.
• Draw butterflies and moths.
• Make a color chart from the spring colors transitioning into summer, fall and winter.
• Get a bunch of daffodils for your desk and draw, photograph and paint them in your journal.
• Check out the Irish mystic and poet John O’Donohue and write his words in your journal.