We celebrate the equinox: night and day are again of equal length and in perfect equilibrium—dark and light, masculine and feminine, inner and outer, in balance. We are on the cusp of transition, and the year begins to wane, and from this moment shadows lengthen, the nights grow longer, and the days are shorter and cooler. The sap of trees returns back to their roots deep in the earth, changing the green of summer to the fire of autumn, to the flaming reds, oranges, and golds. We are returning to the dark from whence we came.

Bring a candle, something that symbolizes release, and an intention for the long winter.