Spring Equinox Prayer

Shekhinah* whose drum is time,
who moves the heavens
and turns the earth,
who draws worlds together
and breaks moons open,
who is light and darkness,
you have set this world on a tilt
so that we may dance with the sun,
knowing the cold deep thoughts of winter
and the bursting growth of spring,
knowing patience and balance.

May this planting time yield us a good harvest
Of blessing rather than curse
Of abundance rather than scarcity,
Of life rather than death.
May we consider carefully what seeds we plant
And nurture them to a good life in your presence.
May we know how to cleanse ourselves of what has stained us.
May the arks we build find their way to safe harbor.
May we be midwives to new redemption.

O you from whose womb come seeds and seas,
guide us to a new shore of sun-colored sand.
You are the tree of life;
we are your branches and your holy fruit.
Blessed are You, Holy One/Shekhinah,
our divinity, Ruler of the universe, who has kept us in life,
sustained, us, and helped us arrive at this time.


We give you only what is yours,
for we and all we have are yours.
May your light increase in us
as it increases in the world.


Miyemini Michael
Umismoli Gavriel
Umilifanai Uriel
Umeacharai Refael


On my right is Michael (angel of love, water, the south).
On my left is Gabriel (angel of strength, fire, the north).
Before me is Uriel (angel of balance, air, the east).
Behind me is Raphael (angel of healing, earth, the west).

And above my head is the Shekhinah.

*Shekhinah = God's presence ( Hebrew)