The Fall Equinox 🍁 A Sacred Turning
“Fall has always been my favorite season. The time when everything bursts with its last beauty, as if nature had been saving up all year for the grand finale.”—Lauren DeStefano, Wither
The road up to North Fork Reservoir in Salida, Colorado
On the Fall Equinox, daylight and darkness stand in equal measure, a cosmic reminder that life is woven of both light and dark—and that we too are invited into a season of balance.
As the Earth tilts, the northern hemisphere turns toward longer nights, and nature teaches us to turn inward. The lush green of summer gives way to harvest golds and fiery reds, reminding us that change is not something to resist but to welcome. Trees release what they no longer need. Fields are harvested. Creatures prepare for rest.
In the same way, the Fall Equinox is an invitation for us to gather what has been fruitful in our own lives and to release what has run its course. It is a season of both gratitude and surrender.
The ancients marked this threshold with festivals of harvest and thanksgiving. In the Jewish calendar, Sukkot falls near this time, remembering God's provision in the wilderness. In Celtic tradition, the equinox marked a time of feasting, giving thanks, and preparing for the darker half of the year. Across cultures, this sacred hinge in the year has always carried deep spiritual weight.
The Fall Equinox reminds us that life flourishes in cycles: growth and rest, abundance and emptiness, light and shadow; all parts of a sacred rhythm.
Perhaps this year, the Fall Equinox is an invitation for you to slow down, to take stock of what you've harvested—relationships, lessons, accomplishments, even heartaches that shaped you. And then, like the trees, to ask what you might release into God's hands.
It is in the letting go that we make space for rest. And it is in the rest that new life quietly begins again.
Reflection Questions
What have I harvested from this past season—spiritually, emotionally, or physically—that I can give thanks for?
What am I being invited to release so that I may enter this next season lighter?
Where do I feel the Spirit inviting me to create balance in my life?
How can I embrace the longer nights of autumn as a time of sacred rest rather than resistance?
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The Fall Equinox is an invitation for us to gather what has been fruitful in our own lives and to release what has run its course. It is a season of both gratitude and surrender.