March Community Card Reading: 

Return to Wonder

Spring begins with curiosity. This is the first spark of the season, when wonder wakes up slowly, in small buds, quiet mornings, and sudden glimpses of beauty. This month invites us to reawaken through noticing. What brings lightness? What catches your attention when you’re not trying too hard? This is a season of soft renewal, and the cards this month speak to that rhythm.

We’re working with the Herbal Astrology Oracle, a deck rich with archetypes, herbal allies, and mythic stories. Feel free to explore the images in your own way, your personal interpretations are always welcome. Photos of the cards are shared below to support your own connection with the reading.

Let’s step into the questions.

Question 1: What small moment or experience is inviting me to see the world with fresh eyes?

Card: Elder (Wisdom)

Elder speaks to the quiet threshold between endings and beginnings. Like the first signs of spring pushing through winter’s edge, it asks us to recognize the subtle completion of a cycle, in the way something no longer fits or feels alive. This plant ally teaches that transformation begins beneath the surface. The wisdom of Elder reminds you that decomposition is part of blooming. Sometimes, what helps us see with fresh eyes is the willingness to let an old version of ourselves rest, even if we don’t know what’s coming next.

You might find yourself drawn to something simple or ordinary this month, a walk, a scent, a memory, and notice it feels different now. What if this moment is a signal of something quietly ending or shifting inside you? What might it open if you didn’t resist that shift? There’s an invitation here to acknowledge the parts of you that are already evolving, even before the new form is fully clear. A gentle prompt: what are you ready to stop carrying, simply because it no longer belongs?

Question2: Where might awe or lightness want to return in my everyday life, if I make space for it?

Card: Passionflower (Surrender)

Passionflower arrives with the energy of surrender and the quiet grace that follows release. It invites you to look at the everyday patterns, plans, and projects you’ve clung to, with compassion. The card speaks of the ego’s crucifixion, but not in grand gestures. Instead, it offers a subtle insight: maybe the awe you’re seeking has been waiting beneath the structures you’ve outgrown. The owl, perched in the imagery of this card, sees from every angle. What once seemed like failure or uncertainty might be a sacred pause, asking you to return to deeper alignment.

You may feel resistance to letting something go, a timeline, a role, an identity you’ve built around productivity or expectation. And yet, what if that release is what creates space for awe to return? Let yourself notice where things feel tight, and where your spirit feels spacious. Surrender doesn’t mean quitting; it means recalibrating to what’s real and true for you now. Ask yourself gently: what can I stop holding so tightly, so something more alive can enter?

Question 3: What part of me is ready to reawaken gently, even if it’s been quiet for a long time?

Card: Cordyceps (Survival)

Cordyceps speaks to the part of you that knows how to keep going. It’s the vitality buried beneath fatigue, the quiet strength that carried you through seasons of survival. With its connection to the eagle and the element of ether, this card opens a doorway to your higher vision, to the part of you that remembers joy, connection, and possibility even after long periods of dimming that light. You don’t have to push to reawaken it. The energy is already present, stirring gently beneath the surface.

There may be a part of you that’s been waiting, or the right time, the right space, the right sense of safety, to feel fully alive again. What if that time begins now, not in a big dramatic moment, but through subtle signals? A desire to create, to move differently, to look at something you’d forgotten with new tenderness. Your resilience is not just in having survived, it’s in your ability to reconnect with joy and purpose. A soft reflection: what part of you feels like it’s ready to rise again, if only you’d let it?

Reflection and Closing Thoughts

This month’s spread speaks to gentle shifts and quiet awakenings. Elder calls us to release, Passionflower invites surrender, and Cordyceps reminds us of the vitality that returns when we allow space. Together, they point to a season of subtle transformation. Let March be a time of small wonders. Look for the light that returns when you stop searching.

And trust that awe, joy, and aliveness are already making their way back to you.