I don't like to exercise. Here's what I tried anyway during Aries season.

May I admit something to you? I don’t like to exercise. I never really have. So when wellness people talk about “finding movement you love,” I’ll be honest — I’d roll my eyes a little.

I’m an astrologer. You’d think I’d have this figured out by now. I don’t. Movement has always been a struggle for me, even with everything I know about energy, seasons, and cycles.

When my kids were little, it was easier. We did yoga together on the living room floor — mostly because it was something we could do together, not because I was chasing a workout. They’re grown now, and that built-in reason to move my body quietly disappeared along with the chaos of those years.

Their favorite was a combination of yoga by moving their bodies in the shapes of the alphabet. It helped them get the wiggles out on cold days and relax before bed.

Then they grew up as children tend to do and I shifted. Instead of exercising together like in these pictures, I would be cheering them on in their activities.

Shifts in our life happen. It’s up to us to recognize them.

In recognizing this shift I realized I needed to try different things. I thought it would be fun to try it with my birth chart.

Why?

Well, I get bored doing the same thing. The Moon moves signs every 2–2.5 days so I thought it would be fun to try types of movement based on where the Moon was in my chart by house.

Cool, dear reader you may be saying — but what in the world does that mean?

When you know your exact time of birth, location, and birthday you can create an astrology birth chart that will have 12 pieces of pie, like you see here.

Each House represents an area of life in your chart that can help you understand why you do the things you do and the timing of when to do them. Likewise, each House can carry a feel — some call for active, blood-pumping movement, others for something slower and more stretching, like yoga.

If you follow me on social media you know I will often say that when the Moon or Sun is in a fire sign, or when Mars is particularly strong in the sky, moving your body could help. With that thought in mind I decided to try an experiment. What if I tried matching the movement to where the Moon was in my chart? What if I matched just that one energy? Would that help?

Guess what — it did. And Aries season felt like exactly the right time to share it.

Why now in Aries Season?

Aries season carries a particular kind of fire. It’s the first sign of the zodiac — the ram charging forward, spring cracking through the ground. When the Moon moves through Aries, Leo, or Sagittarius, that fire energy tends to show up in the body. Things feel more restless, more alive, more ready to go — even on days when you’d rather stay in bed.

I started paying attention to this. Not in a disciplined, scheduled way. Just noticing — on days when movement felt a little less like a chore, where was the Moon? What was happening in my chart?

And then I started experimenting.

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Here are a few things I’ve actually tried during Aries season — no expertise, no promises, just honest reporting from someone who genuinely finds this hard:

Yoga has always spoken to me. Gentle movements that stretch and expand my body have always been more comfortable than a jog and, to be honest, easier on my knees. Over the years I found two instructors on YouTube that spoke to me in different ways:

• My first love was following Sarah Beth Yoga: I loved how she had different lengths to choose from, and if you had body aches in certain areas, a focused playlist for that too. Sitting as much as many of us do for work, having this option was important to me because I could focus on what my body actually needed.

• A more recent find is Yoga with Adriene: I found her because I was looking for a yoga series that incorporated the Moon cycle. Her New Moon Yoga is soft and slow, and she even has one called Moon Practice that takes you through the cycle.

A walk outside. Not a power walk. Just walking. Better yet, if you have a dog like I do — take them with you!

Aries season is spring — the air is different, and getting outside felt like the most natural response to that fire energy wanting to move somewhere. And when the sun is out you get to soak in some Vitamin D too.

HIIT. Sometimes you just want to move your body and get your blood pumping. This may feel especially true when Mars is strong in the sky — changing signs or interacting with another planet — or when the Moon is in a fire sign. When that's the case I love to turn to HASfit. Their focus is weights-based HIIT movement, with and without equipment, and the best part is they modify. That is so important when you are starting out because I have found all too often — firsthand — that if I go too hard I end up hurting myself, and then I can’t exercise at all because I’m recovering.

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None of this came from a fitness plan. It came from asking my chart a simple question: what kind of movement fits right now?

That question eventually turned into something I could actually use. I built a chart — a wheel that maps the Moon's position through each of your 12 houses to a type of movement that tends to feel right for that energy. Fire house? Blood pumping. Water house? Something slower, more restorative.

I made it for me, because I needed it. And I made it for you — because I have a feeling you might need it too.

This is helpful if you too want to follow the Moon through your chart like I do.

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With love and stardust,

Sarah