Equi-Nox: Harvest Tide
As we approach the Autumnal Equinox in the North (Vernal Equinox in the South), it is a time to pause and reflect. The word equinox means equal-night (equi-equal nox-night) where the Day and the Night meet, and bow to each other. It's a moment of equipoise before the Night gains the upper hand in the North. This ladder spirals us all the way into Winter Solstice. (Thomas Cooper Gotch (British, 1854-1931), " A Golden Dream") The old word for the Autumnal Equinox is Mabon. Ma