We are fast approaching the Fall Equinox on Wednesday, September 22 at 12:20 PM PDT, when the earth’s axis is tilted neither toward nor away from the Sun, which makes for day and night of roughly equal length (equi/equal + nox/night). After this: shorter days, longer nights. Until the December Solstice.
The Fall Equinox is widely celebrated, including:
a sunrise gathering at Stonehenge in England;
a “snake of sunlight” appearance on the ancient Mayan pyramid of Chichen Itza in Mexico;
the Japanese festival known as Higan No Chu-Nichi, which honors the dead;
the Moon festivals of China and Vietnam; and
harvest festivals worldwide.
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