Seasons are opposite on either side of the Equator. In the Northern Hemisphere,  the equinox in September is also known as the autumnal (fall) equinox in the Northern Hemisphere and is considered the first fall.

In the Southern Hemisphere, it is known as the vernal (spring) equinox and marks the first day of spring.

The September equinox occurs when the Sun crosses the celestial equator – the imaginary line in the sky above Earth’s Equator – from north to south.

On the day of an equinox, daytime and nighttime are of approximately equal duration worldwide. However, they are not comparable due to the sun’s angular size and atmospheric refraction. The word is derived from the Latin equinoctial, from aequus (equal) and nox (genitive noctis) (night).

The equinoxes are the only times when the solar terminator (the “edge” between night and day) is perpendicular to the equator. As a result, the northern and southern hemispheres are equally illuminated.

In other words, the equinoxes are the only times when the subsolar point is on the equator, meaning that the Sun is overhead at a point on the equatorial line. The subsolar end crosses the equator moving northward at the March equinox and southward at the September equinox.

The equinoxes and solstices are directly related to the year’s seasons. In the northern hemisphere, the vernal equinox (March) conventionally marks the beginning of spring in most cultures. It is considered starting of the New Year in the Hindu calendar and the Persian calendar or Iranian calendars as Nowruz (which means new day). At the same time, the autumnal equinox (September) marks the beginning of autumn.

The International Day of Peace, a.k.a. “Peace Day,” is annually celebrated on September 21st. All over the world, special activities and celebrations will occur throughout Peace Day, including festivals, concerts, a global Peace Wave with moments of silence at noon in every time zone, and much more.

The International Day of Peace, a.k.a. “Peace Day,” provides individuals, organizations, and nations with an opportunity to create practical acts of peace on a shared date.

In 1981, the United Nations General Assembly, by unanimous vote, adopted Resolution 36/67 establishing the International Day of Peace (IDP), which stated in part, “…to devote a specific time to concentrate the efforts of the United Nations and its Member States, as well as the whole of mankind, to promoting the ideals of peace and to giving positive evidence of their commitment to peace in all viable ways.” The first Peace Day was celebrated in September 1982 on the opening day of the General Assembly.

In 2002 the U.N. General Assembly officially declared September 21st. As the permanent annual date for the International Day of Peace. For more information, click here.

In the landscape of our lives we each have a dream for the future. We have our own vision of how things should be . These are the energies that pull us forward into our future. The world is made from dreams.

But there is also a vision for our times that is larger then us. When our own vision may be too small it cannot accommodate the new vision that is emerging on the planet.  

The greatness of the human is absolutely colossal but we when we remember that everything in life must serve the ways of nature and the universal current, not the other way around.

Many are saying that we are in a time of great cleansing. We are being asked to release behaviours which no longer serve us and the Earth. These next three months hold great possibility for the purification needed to transform our lives so a new spiritual dream that is calling us can emerge.

This evening is a time to honour and celebrate the season that is completing. As we move into the season of harvest and the darkest time of the year, we invite you, through meditation, dance, a Shamanic Soundscape and community to let your inner dreaming space be activated and come into alignment with the dreamscape of the Earth so the next 3 months is not only powerfully transformative for the movement forward of your life but the dreams you give birth to can transform fear into the Truth of Love for you, your community and the Ear