03/20/2026
Today is Nowruz, the Persian New Year.🌸
Nowruz means new day. It marks the spring equinox: the moment when light begins to return, no matter how long or how dark the winter has been. For thousands of years, this day has symbolized renewal, the turning of cycles, and the certainty that life begins again.
This year, it feels especially significant.
With everything unfolding in Iran, the idea of a new beginning carries both hope and heaviness at the same time. There is so much uncertainty, so much pain, so much that no one can control. And still, the calendar turns. The season shifts. A new year begins whether we feel ready for it or not.
In the Persian calendar, this is the year 1405 — numerologically a 10, a 1. The completion of a cycle and the beginning of another. An ending and a beginning arrive at the same time. It feels fitting, even if we don’t yet know what this new cycle will bring.
Nowruz marks the new day, whether life feels ready for it or not.
The light returns, the season changes, and another cycle begins, even when the world still feels uncertain.
Every year, we clean the house, set the table, and welcome the new year the same way generations before us did.
The ritual itself is a reminder that winter passes, that cycles turn, and that renewal comes even when life still feels uncertain.
This year, more than ever, that feels like hope.
Nowruz mobarak to everyone celebrating today, especially those holding both heaviness and hope at the same time. 💚✨🌱🐦🔥