Mabon greetings!
The wheel of the year pauses gently today, on this day of equal light and dark, it marks the crossing from lengthening days to a time of lengthening nights. Celebrating The Second Harvest a time, not only to celebrate and be grateful for that harvest, and preserve that which has been harvested and foraged for the months ahead.
Gaia, the Greek's primordial personification of the Earth passes her reign over summer's sunshine to her counterpart, Uranus, the Greek's primordial personification of the sky, who reigns over the chill of winter.
Equal night and equal day, the Autumnal Equinox marked the calender date when the nights would not only grow longer, but the like the day also grow colder. Weather patterns can differ widely from year to year and having at least an idea when it would no longer wise to build or plant could be useful.
Balance is also central to how the Autumnal Euimox is celebrated. Balancing honoring the Cestial beings,work, with a gathering of friends and reletaives surely made scence. Sharing and bartering were essentials of life then also, as was the celebration the bonds that held a village or family together.
