The Field Guide to You: March 2026

The Shifts in the Universe 🪐

Tonight at 3:33 am Pacific Time, a total lunar eclipse will turn the moon into a copper portal in the sky. There are a lot of shifts happening above us right now – a lunar eclipse, planets lining up, and the symbolic energy of the recent Year of the Fire Horse. These inform us of a pivot in the cosmos. Whether you see it through a scientific lens or a more poetic one, these cosmic events remind us that we are part of something so much larger than we understand. But all of these events together suggest a page is turning in our universe.

For much of human history, the sky served as guidance. Ancient cultures studied the moon, stars, and planetary movements as a living calendar that shaped daily life. Structures like Stonehenge were aligned with the sun and moon so communities could track seasons, plant crops, hold ceremonies, and navigate the world. With no light pollution, the night sky was incredibly vivid – thousands of stars visible at once – and people built stories and constellations to make sense of it all. The cosmos wasn’t separate from life; it was their map.

Today, many of us live under skies that glow more from streetlights than starlight. We rarely have cloud cover here in Los Angeles, but I can barely make out a constellation. It is easy to forget those rhythms in the sky when we can’t see them. Moments like this eclipse invite us to look up again – to remember the cycles that ancient people trusted and that our own bodies still follow. Maybe the shift we’re feeling isn’t the universe changing before our eyes, but us remembering how to pay attention again. To look inside ourselves. To feel our own rhythms again.

Our theme this month is Shifts in the Universe.