EQUILIBRIUM | The Equinox and the Intelligence of Cycles

So equinox, equinox and the solstice, I think are such important points for us to really come back and remember because the equinox is when the earth is bringing us back into equilibrium.

And I really want us to focus on that point because equinox it's equal day and night so the sun technically it crosses the celestial equator and day and night that's why they become close to equal length and so at that moment where sort of standing at the center of two movements with one hemisphere beginning its journey towards greater light, which is the southern hemisphere.

And the northern hemisphere is beginning its journey towards greater darkness.

And so this equinox, depending on where you are, it's falling on the 22nd or 23rd of September.

And I love this symbolism because there's something really elegant about the earth reaching this point where it has this equality and then it just moves onwards.

And so I think when we go into the symbolism of this, that balance only lasts for a moment and then the movement continues.

And I think there's an important takeaway from this because we're always told in our culture that we find the balance, don't be unbalanced.

And I really love coming back to the seasons and these points in time because the earth is showing to us that That isn't always possible.

Like there is seasons.

There is time for movement.

There's time for stillness.

And it's just acknowledging where you are.

And so there's nothing bad or wrong.

And so from here in the southern hemisphere, we're moving into spring and then towards the summer solstice.

And the Northern Hemisphere is obviously moving into autumn and then towards winter solstice.

And eventually both hemispheres will reach that further expression of that movement and then begin traveling back towards one another.

So we go equinox solstice, equinox solstice.

And this is really important because there's a lot of arbitrary dates that equinox are decided in the calendar year when the season change is.

But it's very clear when we look at the planetary movements that these are times for light increasing, reaching its fullness, and then it's beginning to decrease and darkness increasing.

And so there's this order to it.

And when we begin to pay attention to these movements, you realize how much of life is organized through these cycles.

And this is what it really brings me back to because our natural world is showing us that there is that time to emerge, a time for growth, a time for fullness, that, you know, a harvest.

And then there is also decline, a time for rest.

And then, you know, the cycle starts again, eventually another beginning.

and for thousands of years we lived to these movements and we understood that the seasons were fundamental to survival and the movement of the sun the moon the stars this is what gave us the calendar and while there's changes in light and temperature and rainfall and vegetation and even animal behavior.