With a bouquet of decaying fungi schmiegeled in her hands like the bride of rot the natural year breathes out. They urge us to seize both our joys and courage and set forth, beneath a rising moon beside a ravenous sea, eyes cast upward to catch the silver lining as it breaks forth behind the clouds, feet moving together with resolute purpose, onward and forward.įrom We'Moon 2023 pg 134 2022 Fall Equinox Holy Day Writing We hear the cries of our sisters, from times long past and times yet to come. May we change.Īs we slip into the liminal space of the Equinox, we may find ourselves wavering between action and stillness. There are hurricanes, there are nighthawks, there is a great pulse running through it all. Standing here, we can feel the world spin, can feel change whisper, shriek, and howl. Our bodies ebb and flow through so much change, ever unfolding. The seas seethe and ripple with change, the earth heaves and rumbles, the trees bend low offering up their leaves, plants are turning their faces to seed. It is traced by the wandering path of silent nighthawks migrating across grey-clouded skies. September 22: Equinox/Fall: gather and store, ripeness-Mabon (Euro-American), Goddess Festivals: Tari Pennu (Bengali), Old Woman Who Never Dies (Mandan), Chicomcoatl (Aztec), Black Bean Mother (Taino), Epona (Roman), Demeter (Greek). Seasonal celebrations of most cultures cluster around these same natural turning points. We commemorate these natural turning points in the Earth’s cycle. Four cross-quarter days roughly mark the midpoints in between solstices and equinoxes. On equinoxes, days and nights are equal in all parts of the world. Solstices are the extreme points as Earth’s axis tilts toward or away from the sun-when days and nights are longest or shortest. The seasonal cycle of the year is created by Earth’s annual orbit around the sun. We start to turn inward, and practice gratitude for what the harvest has brought us. We start preparing for winter, animals collect food and warmth in anticipation of darkness. Blossoms once colorful and rich in Summer, wilt away and trees prepare to shed their leaves for the coming cold. A shift towards the shutting down of the Earth. This time marks a great shift in our seasonal cycle. Sometimes known as the witches thanksgiving, it is celebrated with bounty from the harvests planted near Lammas or before. Mabon marks the official time where summer ends and fall begins. This marks the start of the fall season and a point in the sky where the day and night are equal in length.Īlso known as Mabon, Fall Equinox is a special time in the year where we meet balance once again. Fall Equinox: Rituals and Traditions What is Fall Equinox and When? Fall Equinox starts when the Sun moves into Libra, September 22nd.
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