![]() Occurring roughly in the middle of a 6-month period of waning light, the autumnal equinox represents a confluence of life and death. Translation by Lorin Roche, Vijnana Bhairava Tantra - Yukti Verses |87| Summon Your Shadow Side Vibrating with fierce tenderness, Breathe intimately With the Source of Infinite Space. Plunge into uncanny blackness,Įyes wide open, As if there were no other choice. This is the call of the Dark One, The roar of life seeking its source. Get curious as you dive into the darkness. Use this opportunity to surrender to your inner gravity, ask difficult questions, and listen deeply for what arises. With this gift of environmental down-time, we are encouraged to welcome and not resist the centripetal force of consciousness that pulls us inward. With each passing day, nighttime arrives a little earlier and lingers into our waking hours. ![]() The autumnal equinox is the beginning of a cosmic dunk into darkness. As vehicles of the universal breath, we can interpret these environmental cues as a reflection of our internal seasons and emulate the perennial wisdom of the planet by letting go, slowing down and taking time for regenerative practices The Microcosm: What Happens Inside During an Equinox? A Cosmic Dunk Moisture and heat are absorbed into the ground and air currents begin to circulate near the surface to catalyze these natural processes. Their leaves drained of life-giving sustenance, eventually fall in the ultimate display of impermanence. Plants surrender their vegetation in response to shorter days and cooler temperatures. ![]() That which was exhaled during the effulgence of summer is reintegrated. With the downward-moving inhale, all elements are magnetized toward the Earth. When considering how the planet breathes, the autumnal equinox occurs during the inspiration cycle which can be likened to puraka or the inhalation. This yearly cycle, mirrored in every breath we take, is described in the table below. The Earth, like our bodies, breathes with unyielding rhythm and there is no better time to observe this divine truth than during a change of seasons when the breath wave of our planet can be experienced through all the senses. The autumnal equinox is our invitation to turn toward the light within. This waning sunlight initiates a distinct and perceptible shift in our terrestrial environment as the sweetness of summer begins to fade and the top half of our planet retreats from the heat of the sun. As a result, the sun’s rays hit the northern hemisphere at an indirect angle and less solar energy reaches this part of the world. An Invitation to Turn WithinĪs Earth progresses along its orbit, passing through a balanced equinox point at the end of summer, its axis begins to lean away from the sun, bringing the southern hemisphere closer to, and moving the northern hemisphere farther away, from our radiant star. For this reason, the global equinox occurs with slightly different timing than the local equilux, which is the latitude-specific date on which the sun rises and sets at the same time, just 12 hours apart. Due to the curvature of the Earth and the composition of our atmosphere, the amount of visible sunlight reaching a particular location varies with the observer’s distance from the equator. The word equinox, however, is something of a misnomer. On an equinox, the sun spends approximately the same amount of time above and below the horizon rising due east, setting due west, and appearing directly overhead at midday. In these equinox positions, our planet’s axis is directed neither toward nor away from the sun and the boundary between light and shadow is perpendicular to the equator.ĭuring this significant, albeit brief, moment of cosmic equanimity, the planet is divided into approximately equal parts night and day, hence the word “equinox” with Latin roots meaning “equal night.” The Macrocosm: What Happens Outside During an Equinox? ![]() The autumnal equinox marks one of two specific positions of Earth during its year-long orbit around the sun where the celestial equator (the spatial projection of the plane between northern and southern hemispheres) passes through the center of our solar star.
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