How To Celebrate the Autumn Equinox

Although there are folks that live areas of the country where a definite change in season is visible, even if you live in a desert, just about any leaf bearing tree will start to turn yellow and fall to the ground. As little trees as we have here in the southwestern desert, whenever I see that little golden carpet along the driveway, it takes me back to my childhood in Pennsylvania. 

Autumn was always my favorite time of year. The air gets crisper, the nights get chilly. We have made it through the blazing heat of summer; it’s perfect hoodie weather without the freezing temperatures, or the gray hued days of winter.  

Autumn Equinox is the time of the second harvest and the colors of the season burst on the scene. This is the time that crops are being stored for winter, and it is a time of giving thanks for your abundance.

​Some things to do to celebrate the Equinox:

Fall Aspens in the Late Afternoon (2012) Location: Mount Charleston, Echo Canyon (CC BY 2.0)

• Go outside! Seriously, notice the changes in the season. Have a picnic with friends and family. 
• Find some balance in your life. Meditate. This is a time that can get you a little off kilter; you may have excessive energy, and things are totally out of control, or little to no energy to accomplish even the simplest daily tasks. You can even feel “spiritually lopsided”. Meditation will help bring those in line, bring you back to center.
• Find an orchard and harvest some of the seasonal fruit. Take your family along and make a day of it.  
• Volunteer! Whether it’s at a food bank, an animal shelter or to clean up some public land or park. Volunteering is a great way to teach children to be grateful for the abundance they have and how to give back to the community. It also does an adult soul good, as well.  
• Grapes are abundant this time of year. Honor the wine deities.  Take a tour of a winery; have dinner party with some great friends; take a wine-making class.  
• Make a Mabon Prosperity Candle
• Decorate your home, inside and out, with Autumn colors.  Outside: rake up some leaves around a scarecrow sitting in a chair in your front lawn. Make a wreath and hang it on your front door, to welcome the changing of the season. Inside: use fall colored flowers as a table centerpiece, change your tablecloth to an autumn hue.
• Go outside and sit around the fire pit when the sun goes down. Enjoy the camaraderie of friends and family. Have the parents and grandparents of the clan tell stories of the days of old. Those will become treasured memories you will pass on one day.

This is the time that we celebrate the light, and welcome the dark. There are so many things to do to celebrate, acknowledging, meditating, and thankfulness are just the beginning.
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Wishing you all a wonderful harvest season. Blessed Be.

by Lady Nashoba
for our Autumn Equinox 2017 newsletter

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Sources: Thoughtco.com