Summer breezes, distant song
As days get shorter, nights grow long
Time has come for one last dance
For leaves to color Winter’s bed

Chorus:
So light your candles
Spread the glow
To feed the seed
And help it grow
Beneath the Earth
A promise song
A shining Autumn Equinox

Ooh, ooh, ooh….
Repeat Chorus:

Today, the Autumn Equinox, is one of the 8 “power days” of the year. On this day, celestial energy comes into peak alignment, giving us a chance to re-tune with ourselves and the season. This day marks a balancing point…where we have equal amounts of day and night…from here, the daylight hours will wane. Traditionally, today is a celebration of the second harvest, a time of coming together with friends and family to give thanks for what we have. It is also a time to prepare for the Winter months ahead, where the idea of new life will be nurtured beneath the Earth and in the core of all of us.
For this song, I returned to my classical roots, imagining people through the ages, out dancing and celebrating in the fields. I was also inspired by the memory of George Winston’s CD, “Autumn,” which was one of my favorites growing up, and which I felt really captured the energy of Fall and always filled me with inspiration and creativity!

So, on this first day of Fall, spend a moment and give thanks for all that you have grown and enjoyed this year. Then allow yourself to clear and let go of the old and make way for a new space, a new seed, which will find it’s life in the next cycle of the seasons, in the next cycle of you.