Four times a year the Earth marks a change. A movement into different energy — and with that comes a shift in earthly rhythm. It can make all the difference to understand it, take heed of it, and move with the seasons as they turn. Most importantly, to use this to help push us towards our goals.

Most of us were never taught this. We were handed a calendar that doesn't account for the seasons, doesn't honour the cycles, and certainly doesn't give us permission to rest. But our ancestors — across West Africa, the Caribbean, across every culture before colonisation reorganised time around productivity — lived by seasonal rhythm. Reconnecting to the wheel is a small, quiet act of reclamation.

The Four Moments Spring Equinox — 20 March

Sowing Season. This is the true start to the year. After the hibernation months of December, January and February, we move into forward momentum, fresh perspectives, budding possibility. This is the time to put plans into action. To sow seeds.

Summer Solstice — 21 June

Blooming Season. Peak earth activity. This is the time to really go for gold — to rapidly increase output, to do more, move more, be at the height of your productivity. Fast forward progression.

Autumn Equinox — 22 September

Harvest Season. This is when you collect the fruits of your labour. Begin to slow the pace — but maintain. There is still movement needed to harvest, after all. Reflect honestly. What grew? What didn't? What are you ready to release before the cold comes?

Winter Solstice — 21 December

Hibernation Season. Rest, rejuvenation, taking stock. This is not failure — this is preparation. The quiet before the momentum builds again. This is not laziness — this is wisdom. The seed doesn't apologise for being underground. It's preparing.

How to Move With Them

The simplest way to work with the wheel is to let each season ask you something…

Why This Matters — Especially Now

We have been taught to use the Gregorian calendar, which does not align with the seasons or honour their rhythms. Moving towards a seasonal approach takes the guilt away from being in hibernation mode when January hits, from the pressure to constantly be at peak output. It gives you time to plan slowly, build momentum gently, and naturally arrive at spring. When the days are longer, the light returns, and naturally we have more energy and are ready to move forward with intention. The earth has seasons — why do we collectively resist working with them?

And this particular spring carries something extra.

Numerologically, 2026 is a Year of 10. In numerology, 10 represents the completion of a full cycle — numbers 1 through 9 each carry their own lesson, and 10 is the moment you arrive having learned them all. But 10 also reduces back to 1, meaning endings and beginnings exist simultaneously. It is the number of the Wheel of Fortune in tarot — fate turning, cycles completing, what was dormant becoming active. It is the moment of: I have done the work, and now I begin again — differently, with everything I've learned. The wheel has turned. What you've been building is ready to move.

The end of one cycle and the start of the next, held in the same moment.

In the Chinese calendar, 2026 is the Year of the Fire Horse — one of the most powerful combinations in the entire 60-year cycle. The Horse brings speed, freedom, forward momentum and bold action. Fire amplifies everything — passion, drive, transformation. Together they create a year that doesn't allow stagnation. This is not a year for waiting to feel ready. It is a year for moving, building, and trusting the momentum beneath your feet.

The ancestors tracked time this way. Seasonally. Cyclically. Cosmically. Across cultures, across centuries. We were always meant to move with the Earth, not against it.