Spring burnout is different. Here is why you can’t sit still and what to do.
It’s Spring, and while everyone talks about "new beginnings," you feel like you’re vibrating at a frequency you can’t sustain. Your jaw is tight, your fuse is short, and your anxiety is peaking. You’re "tired-wired"—exhausted in your bones, but unable to sit still. In Chinese Medicine, Spring is the Liver season (Wood). In Astrology, we’ve entered Aries (Fire). When you add the "heat" of Aries to an already stagnant Liver, it "blows back" on your Adrenals. Instead of a gentle growth, your body feels like a forest fire. This is why your hair is thinning and your skin is breaking out right now—your "inner oil" is drying up from too much heat. To survive the Aries-Spring transition, we have to vent the heat and moisten the soil. 1. The Food: Eat Cilantro and Sprouts. These are young, "moving" plants. They help the Liver move the stagnation outward so it doesn't turn into internal heat. Do not go straight into cold raw foods! 2. The Herbs: Use Nettle. It is the ultimate astroherbalist tool for this moment. It is iron-rich to build the blood (Taurus/sensory) and cooling enough to soothe the adrenal "fry" from the Aries fire. I take mine as a long-steeped cold infusion or a glycerine tincture to keep the system hydrated. In alternative, to anchor the spirit, use Reishi (Lingzhi). It’s the 'Queen of Immortality' because it cools the heat and tames the adrenal 'fight or flight' response.