{"id":4939,"date":"2009-09-22T00:04:21","date_gmt":"2009-09-22T05:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=4939"},"modified":"2009-09-22T00:04:21","modified_gmt":"2009-09-22T05:04:21","slug":"three-autumnal-equinox-rituals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/three-autumnal-equinox-rituals\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Autumnal Equinox Rituals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/leaves-autumn-many.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4981\" title=\"leaves-autumn-many\" src=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/leaves-autumn-many.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"174\" height=\"115\" \/><\/a>Today is the Autumnal Equinox, a time of celebration, reflection, grace and balance. It is also a good time to gather our energies and turn our attention inward.\u00a0 So today, the first day of Fall 2009, allow yourself some rest, relaxation and a time for reflection.\u00a0 No matter who we are or where our people came from, our ancestors had many ways of honoring the autumn equinox, when the day and night are of equal length and the world finds balance for a breath of time. After this equinox. the nights grow longer than the days, so it is traditionally a time to look inward, take stock, give thanks for the harvest, and prepare for the time of dreaming. Give some real time and thought to your own harvests over the past year. What did you learn? What did you do? How have you grown, deepened, or changed? What were the major events or accomplishments you would like to honor?\u00a0 In a world that is often so terribly out of balance, it can be both healing and heartening to celebrate this special time. Taking time to honor your own inner harvests-all the things you have achieved and felt and learned from, over the past months-is a lovely way to connect with this time of year.\u00a0 Here are three Autumnal Equinox rituals\u00a0 <a class=\"linkification-ext\" title=\"Linkification: http:\/\/www.horizonsmagazine.com\/Horizons\/Fall_Equinox.html\" href=\"http:\/\/www.horizonsmagazine.com\/Horizons\/Fall_Equinox.html\">http:\/\/www.horizonsmagazine.com\/Horizons\/Fall_Equinox.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/faves?sub=addfavbtn&amp;add=http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.technorati.com\/pix\/fave\/tech-fav-1.png\" alt=\"Add to Technorati Favorites\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">LISTEN FREE<\/span>:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.horizonsmagazine.com\/CD_Page\/Downloads.html\" target=\"_blank\">Connecting with Your Angels, Guides and Teachers<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">,\u00b8\u00b8,\u00f8\u00a4\u00ba\u00b0`\u00b0\u00ba\u00a4 :\u00a6:- Visit<\/span> <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.horizonsmagazine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.horizonsmagazine.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"s-share-buttons\" class=\"horizontal-w-c-circular s-share-w-c\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/three-autumnal-equinox-rituals\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share to Facebook\" class=\"s3-facebook hint--top\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Three Autumnal Equinox Rituals&url=http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/three-autumnal-equinox-rituals\/\" target=\"_blank\"  title=\"Share to Twitter\" class=\"s3-twitter hint--top\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/three-autumnal-equinox-rituals\/\" target=\"_blank\"  title=\"Share to Google Plus\" class=\"s3-google-plus hint--top\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&url=http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/three-autumnal-equinox-rituals\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share to LinkedIn\" class=\"s3-linkedin hint--top\"><\/a><div class=\"pinit-btn-div\"><a href=\"\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/\" data-pin-do=\"buttonBookmark\"  data-pin-color=\"red\" title=\"Share to Pinterest\" class=\"s3-pinterest hint--top\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\" async defer src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/js\/pinit.js\"><\/script><a href=\"mailto:?Subject=Three%20Autumnal%20Equinox%20Rituals&Body=Here%20is%20the%20link%20to%20the%20article:%20http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/three-autumnal-equinox-rituals\/\" title=\"Email this article\" class=\"s3-email hint--top\"><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is the Autumnal Equinox, a time of celebration, reflection, grace and balance. 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