What’s Blooming in You? A Magickal Self-Check-In for Late Spring

Late spring carries a quiet kind of wisdom.

We’re not in the bursting-new-buds stage anymore, and we haven’t quite hit the full sun-drenched sprawl of summer. We’re in that weird in-between time where everything looks like it’s thriving, but underneath? There’s still a lot happening that no one sees.

Technically, this stretch from mid-May to the Summer Solstice is considered late spring. It’s easy to miss because we’re already thinking ahead, graduations, summer break, big plans, bright goals. But this part of the season has its own magic. The early blossoms have done their thing, and now the roots are settling in, growing deeper. So the question is: are you?

Because if the Earth gets a moment to pause and deepen before the next bloom, so do you.

This is the Liminal Season No One Talks About

Late spring is that awkward, magical threshold. You’re not full on fire, not quite finished planting, and certainly not ready to harvest anything. And yet... you’re growing. Quietly. In the background. Without a to-do list.

And let’s be honest, it’s frustrating sometimes.

You might feel pulled in two directions: one part of you wants to slow down, nap in the sun, and ignore your inbox forever. The other part is screaming that you’re falling behind, that you should be blooming harder by now, that your growth should be shinier and more Instagrammable.

Here’s a truth no one likes to admit: not all blooming looks like flowers.

Sometimes it looks like boundaries. Or grief. Or finally cleaning out that corner of your soul you’ve been pretending doesn’t exist.

This is the season for those kinds of blooms.

A Spell for Self-Check-In (No Candles Required)

You don’t need anything fancy for this. Just you, a journal, and a moment of honesty.

If you want to get witchy, light a candle or sit outside with your bare feet in the grass. But the real magick is in the asking. And in the listening.

Try these five questions. Let them unravel slowly. One at a time, or all at once, whatever pace you’re in.

1. What’s quietly flourishing in your life—even if you haven’t named it yet?

Not everything needs to be loud to be real. What’s working? What’s steady? What feels like it’s finally taking root?

2. Where do you feel resistance, and what might it be protecting?

Resistance isn’t always the villain. Sometimes it’s guarding something sacred. Sometimes it’s just tired. Ask it what it needs instead of bulldozing through.

3. What parts of you are just beginning to bloom?

This could be a new truth, a relationship, a boundary, a dream. Notice what’s rising—even if it still feels fragile.

4. How can you honor your current pace without comparing it to someone else’s highlight reel?

You are not a wildflower in competition with the rosebush. You’re not late. You’re not behind. You’re you. And that’s the only timeline that matters.

5. What kind of care are you craving right now—and are you willing to give it to yourself?

Yes, you. Not your plants, not your kids, not your clients. You. Be as specific as possible. Then do one tiny thing in that direction today.

Final Thoughts Before We Spiral Into Summer

You don’t have to be blooming at full speed to be valid.

You don’t need a vision board covered in gold foil to prove you’re evolving.

And you certainly don’t need to spiritualize your burnout and call it a breakthrough.

This moment- this one right now- is the messy, necessary middle. The part where things look quiet on the surface, but underneath? Full systems go. Roots stretching. Soil shifting. Heart beating.

So take a minute. Maybe five. Ask yourself what’s blooming in you. Then listen. Not for the loud answer, but the real one.

You’re allowed to grow gently.

You’re allowed to need care in the middle of the bloom.

And you’re allowed to pause, even here, especially here.