The Autumnal Equinox or Mabon occurs on 23rd September. For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, it marks the beginning of the astronomical fall. This is the moment when day is equal to night & balance is created between them. From the summer solstice, the minutes of daylight have slowly decreased & the minutes of night have increased.. This is a time of realization that the Wheel of the Year has again turned. The time of candle light & warming fireplace, time to take the journey inwards.. We adjust our thinking from outdoors to indoors & we adjust our bodies to become reacquainted with cold & darkness. Instead of action, we turn to thoughts, ideas, emotions & relationships. The full moon nearest to the Autumn Equinox is called the Harvest Moon, the time of harvesting apples, blackberries, grapes & hops, as the arable crops have now all been gathered & celebrated at Lammas, the first of the harvest festivals. It was also the time when livesto...