Spring is a time to stretch, yawn, awaken, reach upward, outward, flex and gravitate to the light. Good-bye barren winter and welcome to that new confidence in the air and a landscape sparkling with natures jewellery.

All creatures test new fur, feathers, scales, teeth, claws, skateboards and tennis racquets and head towards the revitalising light of Spring. Primal urges to reproduce kick in, as do prevailing urges to clean the nest. Abundant and fresh fruit appears in supermarkets, and the riotous colours of light and flowers make us heady with happiness.

As the Spring Equinox flits past on 20-23 September, get giddy with Spring fever in the lead up to the luscious, lusty energy of Beltane on 31 October. During these days, and for all the other days in between, enjoy the refreshing energy of the goddesses of Spring.

MAIA

Maia is the Greek goddess of Spring, from whom we derive the name of the month of May. Her traditional day of celebration is on 1 May (31 October in the southern hemisphere), when joyous men and women, wearing vibrant green, dance around a may-pole to welcome spring. In the Celtic tradition of Beltane, it was mostly a time of unashamed human sexuality and fertility celebrating the onset of spring and new growth.

Do this: On the next clear night, take the time to star gaze ?Maia is the brightest star in the Pleiades (or the seven sisters? constellation, located bet

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