This is the Holy Word that is written in no less than the Earth and the Sky and in all things that are made. This is our knowledge and our affirmation. Equinox comes from the Latin words aequi, which means equal, and nox, or night. This is the lesson of the Lord and the Lady. Let us step forward into the darkening days holding before us the divine promise of new Light at the end of the Dark Days, from year to year and life to life. A great little tarot spread in honor of the Mabon Sabbat and celebration of the autumn equinox. This is the time of the turning of the Light into Darkness. Having 20 years of dedicated experience with Wicca, Altera has been invited to participate as a writer and a Wiccan educator to help share her vast knowledge and guide others in the correct path. This is a time of wonder and gratitude for the gifts the Lady showers down upon her people. This is the Reckoning of the Year, for Harvest is now complete and the portions are set to feed folk and animals through the cold dark days that lie ahead. This is the fulfilled promise of the days of Spring and Summer. Here is the reward of labour and reverence of the Land. This is a time of farewell and gratitude for the Summer that has been.Īt this time, our ancestors saw the Lady who is the Spirit of the Land stand before her people with the full bounty of her Harvest. Today he holds the Darkness in in equal measure to the Light, but he is struck in his season with the wound of Time and from day to day the darkness will grow as the Lord of Light sinks into his Age, for the wound is grievous and will not heal. Although he still shines with strength, his strength grows weaker as the days grow shorter. The quarterly tides fall under the influ- ence of various elemental rulers as each season progresses. We are again on the cusp of transition and now the year. Our ancestors called it by names long forgotten, and our children will call it by names as yet unconceived.Īt this time, our ancestors saw the Sun, for the first time in half a year, be unable to outshine the Dark. In Wicca each solstice and equinox marks these times. Our Wiccan sisters and brothers celebrate this time as the festival of Mabon, a God of Welsh mythology. It has been celebrated as Alban Elfed and Harvest. This Feast is known by many names to many people, for the Truth is reflected from many mirrors. When is Ostara and Spring Equinox September 22. The Light of the Sun in the Wheel of the Year stands in the West, in the Place of balance between the Light and the Darkness. The Ingathering, Feast of Avalon, Lesser Wiccan Sabbat, Winter finding, Michaelmas, Fall Equinox.
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