Equinox New Moon Eclipse

season of HARVEST

consider the Hawaiian word: MAKAHIKI:

translated as "year", as well as the period of harvest

Makahiki : Harvest, rest


"It's time to enjoy the fruit of your labor.
 You've done enough for now.

There will be more to do later.


What have you already achieved? Are you enjoying it?"


from the Kanaka Makua oracle

NEW MOON ECLIPSE (partial solar éclipse) 30° Virgo; 21 Sept.

moon passes in front of the sun

FALL EQUINOX (22 Sept.)

With both the new moon eclipse and the equinox happening at same time, it suggests a notable need for introspection & purification, to reflect on BALANCE in your life, and to align with the SHIFT to a new cycle ... so setting seed-intentions is important.

SHADOW REFLECTION > TRANSITION-SHIFT-RESET > renewed INTENTION

Summer warmth-light is behind, Autumn cold-shadows lies ahead >

a time to honor the coming dark

Going deep within, facing the shadows, and setting the tone for the new cycle.

A time when earth is moving to dormancy, last crops are gathered >

a time of GRATITUDE, and giving thanks for our blessings

Time to reflect on your harvest (all levels),

a time to declutter, overhaul and prepare for winter -

ponder what you’re leaving behind and …. what you’re keeping & grateful for.

This is especially true for ECLIPSE season, which calls for an essential tabula rasa.

eclipse season would cover the period around the Full & New Moon eclipses,

so more or less the month of Sept:

Full moon on Sept 7th, and the New Moon on Sept 21st

This New Moon Solar Eclipse is conjunct the South Node of the moon, at 30° of Virgo, the last degree of Virgo before heading into Libra, the Equinox the day after.

The sense of gravity, impact, relevance & consequence of these times can be felt by many, although on different levels, in various areas of our lives - depending on where the eclipse falls in your astrological chart.

Expect crises or revelations along the axe of Virgo-Pisces in those areas,

which will point to the source of unbalance in our life:

Virgo (personal boundaries-integrity; service, work, skills & competency; health issues & lifestyle, discipline ... etc.)

Pisces (flow vs inundations; transcendence and-or sacrifice; escapism-distraction, etc)

We are asked simply to PAY ATTENTION and NOT ignore what is emerging for us now.

Eclipses bring intense, erratic energy, and suggest not so much clarity-decision-action,

but rather surrender and become aware of (and trust) the process of dissolution which seems to be happening in certain areas of our lives.

This is not a time to tell ourselves stories, hanging onto what is already drifting away, naturally or, felt as, necessarily.

We cannot expect clarity of direction ahead now, but we can heed what needs releasing.

Solar eclipses erase or darken our usual confident, clear, rational outlook & approach,

but this is so we may finally hear & intuit the hidden material from the unconscious realm - this is what emerges into our awareness - and it can be very uncomfortable.

We are asked to pay attention to this repressed energy, and be honest about what is OVER, what is no longer working, where we've strayed, what truth we've denied or feelings we've stifled, where we've become careless, polarized or uncompromising, where there is dismissal, neglect or mistreatment (ours or others towards us) ...

to heed what is falling away, what is truly outworn, misguided or damaging,

OR perhaps what is simply in need of repair, care, 'deep cleaning' or healthier limits -

which does echo the 30° eclipse point (last degree) of Virgo, our sign of discernment, adjustment, reaching for integrity & balance, health issues, and respect for sane & healthy boundaries (all levels).

But it also invites us to notice what is FERTILE in that darkness, the creative urges we may have silenced, ignored or neglected for too long ... the uncomfortable, yet enriching paradox of holding opposing or contradictory viewpoints,

especially true during this period of Libra-Balance.

Thus, it points to where-how we can transit into this new cycle in a more inspired and integrated way, welcoming necessary renewal.

Fall Equinox

and for a more poetic look at our beautiful fall season ....

first day of Fall  
falling into a new season, 
falling in love, 
falling into fallen leaves & mist, 


in-between streams of memories & souvenirs ...


On September 22, 2025 at 20h20, we enter into Libra 
the scales, the balance, justice

the sunset of our yearly cycle.

Equinox is suspension, a turning,
a fleeting moment of perfect balance.


dusk steals in ...
Day forces are equal to the night forces.


Yin - Yang / Moon - Sun / Venus - Mars / Night - Day

a polarity, an opposition is implied
 tension, strain, or conflict may manifest.


harmony & integration are the challenge,
 not the given.

sushumna - nadi of Middle Way, where left-moon-yin-Ida and right-sun-yang-Pingala meet and integrate.- image from Arhanta Yoga website.

As autumn advances,
 days will decline, nights will lengthen,


asking us to go within, to find inner and outer balance.

high summer exhilaration is behind us


we pause
, we linger, we drift,

we glance behind,
 we ponder and weigh.

our twilight season, 
of reflexion and contemplation,


when memories flow with the wind. 
suspended in time, 
we sway gently with the Balance.

along with Nature spirits, we are winding down.


fading light, the last of the flowers & summer fruit, 


root vegetables grace our gardens,
the bees stocking up for the chill.

Fall is a time for walks in the forest, 
gathering wood & chestnuts, 
cleaning and pruning, getting ready for the cold,
 the smell of bonfires burning away the old.

back-to-school or work, fresh notebooks, fresher resolutions.


crisp, starry nights, 
and that uncanny clarity in the air

What does your autumn look-feel-smell-sound like?

Do you hear the call of the autumn winds?

like a reminder of slower & wiser times, wiser words,
and wise birds readying to fly south ..

make a wish ... may your fall dreams come true.

Eyvind Earle "Crimson Autumn" 1994