The Fall Equinox 2024 Is Your Invitation to Get Earth-Focused
Your body was designed to align with the seasons. Go with it.
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Energy is Everything
An Historical Perspective
Having only two days in an entire year when there are equal hours of day and night (light and darkness) is significant. Yet the vast majority of people in 2024 will take little or no notice. Many people simply wait to be told when to turn the clocks ahead or back one hour.
Ancient and indigenous cultures lived their lives by observing Nature. Took their cues from the changing of the seasons, the hours of daylight vs darkness, and movement of the stars, moon, and other planets in the sky over the course of the year.
Much of today’s culture interprets spicy pumpkin lattes and pastries as a sign of Autumn. Not the same thing… nor are the results.
Our ancestors ate seasonally-available food and allowed their bodies to be active or rest according to their bio-rhythms, often guided by weather. They responded to seasonal changes appropriately with corresponding periods of planting, allowing the crop to mature beneath the ground, enjoying the fruits (and vegetables) of their labor in the warmer weather, and harvesting the heartier crops in autumn, before the approach of winter.
Many of the holidays we observe today began in the past as our ancestors celebrated the changes of the year with gratitude offerings to Mother Earth for her abundance and life-sustaining food sources.
Yet today’s culture reaches for artifically-flavored drinks and processed food and receives a wider girth and thinner pocketbook for their efforts. Gratitude-giving rituals have become Hallmark-invented holidays and commercially-inspired seasonal sales events that suggest the change of season is a signal to spend more money.
But this year can be different.
It’s no one’s fault that our society has moved so far from Nature. It’s been an evolving cultural shift that has its roots in supporting economic systems over personal health and well being.
Religious sectors encouraged the move away from Nature to shift the power to themselves. So embodying the natural energy shifts in seasons and employing one’s inborn intuitive guidance were discouraged, ridiculed, and sometimes harshly punished.
The long-term societal result can be witnessed in the present-day pressure to participate in pop culture trends that support the status quo. Adherence to norms is encouraged and rewarded with social approval. Others not participating are labeled “less than” with name-calling and social exclusion.
Yet Fall Equinox 2024 can be the beginning of a movement back to Nature. A return to aligning with Earth energy to develop in ways that support the highest good of ourselves and the planet.
Why 2024? Because Mother Earth is fighting back. And because she’s the Creatrix, she pushes forth with the powerful force of energy that nurtures life, growth, and individuality.
Anyone with a heartbeat can feel the currents of change. It’s been building. Although yet to reach a crescendo, you can see, hear, and feel movement in every sector: Politically, socially, culturally, and geographically.
If you’re attuned to youth and the children born in recent years, you’ve noticed a higher degree of sensitivity and a refusal to adhere to practices that don’t align with their highest good and well being. Young people are taking stands early in life to support ecological causes and celebrate diversity.
We are experiencing the energy currents that are driving social change in preparation for the time when the children born of this age become the adults who will shape the planet and its cultures for future generations.
Fall Equinox 2024 is an optimal time to align with Mother Earth
We are on the cusp of a new age, the Age of Aquarius. A time of heightened power for the individual, technological advancement, and alignment with the consciousness of inclusion (Oneness).
Everyone is being offered the same opportunity. You are always at choice, and the choice is between staying in the old paradigm or moving into the new one. Not everyone will experience it in the same way, but each of us must choose. And choose now.
This Equinox marks a transition to a time of year of decreasing light hours and increasing dark hours. (Opposite if you’re in the Southern Hemisphere.) The change is occurring as I write this and as you read it.
Powerful energy is here to move you. Listen to your body—even with dulled senses from indoctrination, your body responds to nature and the environment. If you put aside the cultural norms you’ve absorbed and give your body dominion, it will lead you to your highest good.
For example—That pumpkin spice latte and cranberry muffin you had earlier? Yeah, your energy spiked on the sugar, but you were left tired and hungry a short time later. Perfect example of short-term gains and long-term losses.
15 Weeks to 2025. What will you bring to the new year?
I urge not to wait until January 2025 to evaluate and vow to change. Now is the only time you have, and there’s no better time than the present. Let’s break tradition and make the Equinox the time for reflection and change to better habits.
Simply adjusting small habits can make large differences.
🍁 A walk in Nature after a meal (or anytime of day).
💧 Drinking more water.
🍎 Eating more unprocessed food.
😃 Smiling at strangers.
🌻 Offering a compliment or word of support.
The saying, “Good things come in small packages,” often refers to jewelry. But in truth, it means “Small doses of good things bring change for the better.”
So, what will you do for the next 15 weeks to bring a positive shift to your life and, in doing so, the planet?
The future IS in your court. What if you started 2025 with a healthier body and attitude instead of putting off what you know you need now?
If you’re already living your life this way, help others. That’s what you came to do.
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This is such an exciting time to be alive. Let’s live with love.
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