Mabon's Equilibrium

The Wiccan festival of Mabon will soon be here, the autumnal equinox, where day and night are equal. A time of the second harvest, a time to be grateful for all the good things that have come and also for the lessons that the bad things brought.  At this time of year I believe not only light and dark are equal, but nature and life itself seem to have equilibrium. For me it feels like when I was a child playing on  a swing, at the top you stop for a second before going down again. This second is charged with emotion: excitement from going up and anticipation of going back down. For that moment there is no movement, but it is full of energy and potential. This is how I feel around Mabon, a time of stillness ripe with excited gratitude for what has been, but ready

(when the time is right) to embrace the future.

 

秋分はウイか人の特別な祭りです。昼と夜の長さは同じです。祭りの一番大切な意味は感謝です。二番目は収穫期に感謝をすることです。でも、その時までその年のいい事にも感謝をすることも大切です。私の場合、秋分の日はブランコみたい、一番高い所でブランコは一秒だけ動きがありません。その時は気持ちがいいし、わくわくします。秋分も動きがありません、でも平和に過去の事に感謝をしながら、将来をわくわく待っています。その時バランスが保てます。