• Autumnal Equinox
September 21-24 (S. Hemisphere, March 21-24)
Last harvest.
Increasing moonlight, and cooler. A time of Awareness.
Symptoms of Autumn are…Spacey, Sighing, Judgmental, Compulsive, Respiratory illness, Coughs, Dehydration, Skin problems, not a rash, Pins & needles feeling, General unhappiness, but not depressed
Body – Symptoms and similar traits for this time of year are part of your Common Sense of Smell. Your body, mind, and spirit are all preparing for winter. Longer nights and killing frosts alert your body to make sure it has enough food and shelter to survive the cold.
Your Common Sense of Smell is about alerting you to change. If it’s a familiar change in the air, your mind calms.
This is a season of change. Its also a very traditional time of year. Schools begin, sporting events, and holiday preparation begins. All of these things are usually done the same way, at the same time, every year. Traditions mark the change and calms the mind about winter coming. You feel comforted by the passing of winter rather than alarmed.
Mind – Awareness can become paranoia. Be flexible about new things. Keep an open mind about something you didn’t know, or do, before. Let go of obsolete ideas or angers. Observe, evaluate the danger, act, then move on. Grudges create stress. Stubbornly, illogically, holding onto something creates stress. Let go of whatever you don’t need. Harvest all of the good from your awareness of the year, compost the rest.
Spirit – A time of evaluating all the harvests of the year…body, mind, and spirit. Think back to your life a year ago. Look at the positive changes in your life since then. What were the hard parts of the year? What did you learn most from the year, good and bad? What would you like to change next? Pick one thing.
