The equinox, the day when light and dark stand equal, marks a turning point in many of the calendars, temples and rituals I have studied.
Now we are gathered in our white robes to initiate a spring equinox ritual.
Scott-Elliot describes monoliths placed so that, to one standing at the high altar, the sun would rise at the winter solstice behind one and at the vernal equinox behind another, and a golden sun-disk placed to catch the first rays of the rising sun at the vernal equinox or the summer solstice.
On Turanian, in Ancient Chaldaea., following Man: Whence, How and Whither, the sacred Moon-fire on the altar was allowed to go out only once a year, on the night before the spring equinox.
On OSIRIS & ORION: The Pyramids & Sphinx Represent A Very Mysterious Epoch, which starts from Robert Bauval's Orion insight, the Sphinx faces due east and aligns with the constellation of Leo around 10,500 BCE at the vernal equinox.
On Babylonian Calendar the month Nisannu is aligned with the spring equinox.
On The bull the position of the constellation Taurus marked the spring equinox, signifying renewal and agricultural fertility.
the apple belongs to the autumn equinox, Mabon, a tradition I trace back over 2,000 years.
On The Egyptian Colony Ignatius Donnelly cites an account of a scholar who found the signs of the zodiac and the planets drawn on a mummy-case in the British Museum, pointing to the autumnal equinox of the year 1722 BC, and of Professor Mitchell, who had his assistants work out the position of the planets on the equinox of that year.
On Equinox Yucatan Matias de Stefano speaks at a gathering held during an equinox, a moment of perfect balance that, he says, allows easier access to information and energies.
Equinox Yucatan
For every page I tagged with Equinox, see the Equinox tag archive.
For every year when certain stars would arise, it would always be a certain portion of a particular number of moon cycles, from the solstice or the equinox, depending on how far you wanted to count it.
It emphasizes the energy of 13 for integration, with spring (March equinox) marking the true new year, guiding humanity toward ascension.
Now we are gathered in our white robes to initiate a spring equinox ritual.
We are still in the waning energies of vernal equinox and the waxing of the passage called Beltane (May Day or May 1st).
Taurus, hosting the equinox then, blazed with Aldebaran and Pleiades—meteors from this region (Taurids today) could streak twice yearly, as Bashar suggests, for a decade (~10,000–9,990 BCE), signaling doom.
One of the learned men of our day, who for fifty years labored to decipher the hieroglyphics of the ancients, found upon a mummy-case in the British Museum a delineation of the signs of the zodiac, and the position of the planets; the date to which they pointed was the autumnal equinox of the year 1722 B.C.
Professor Mitchell, to whom the fact was communicated, employed his assistants to ascertain the exact position of the heavenly bodies belonging to our solar system on the equinox of that year.
The theory also raises the possibility that the Sphinx was originally constructed during this era, facing the constellation of Leo during the vernal equinox.
The monument, facing due east, aligns with the constellation of Leo around 10,500 BCE during the vernal equinox.
The Sphinx: Its alignment with the constellation of Leo during the vernal equinox further supports the idea that these monuments were built to reflect celestial events from a much earlier epoch.
A time will come as certainly as the precession of the equinoxes, when the literary method of historical research will be laid aside as out of date, in the case of all original work.
These were intended to be symbolical of the sun's yearly course, but they were also used for astronomical purposes—being placed so that, to one standing at the high altar, the sun would rise at the winter solstice behind one of these monoliths, at the vernal equinox behind another, and so on throughout the year.
The sun-disk was considered the only appropriate emblem of the godhead, and as such was used in every temple, a golden disk being generally placed so as to catch the first rays of the rising sun at the vernal equinox or at the summer solstice.
The gathering took place during an equinox, a moment when the Earth is equally aligned with the light of the Sun at both poles.
He noted that the equinox aligns with the precession of the equinoxes, a process where the Earth moves backward by one degree with each occurrence.
Any student might compete in the annual examination exercises, held at the end of the year or just preceding the vernal equinox.
The tradition of honoring the apple during the autumn equinox (Mabon) can be traced back over 2,000 years.
The concept of Yggdrasil as the cosmic tree likely dates back over 1,000 years, reflecting the Norse understanding of the universe's structure and balance, which parallels the equinoxes' themes of balance between light and dark.
The constellation's position marked the spring equinox, a time of renewal and fertile fields.
The same cycle shows in the sky: stars are born and die, seasons change, and the equinoxes precess.
Season: Spring Equinox
Season: Autumn Equinox
Deity: Hapi symbolizes fertility and renewal, marking the start of the new agricultural cycle and the transition towards the spring equinox.
Mkhulu Nsingiza:"The calendar we are reintroducing is based on what our ancestors used before colonization, specifically the oldest stone calendar in the world, known as 'Umazisikazi.' It is a solar calendar marking the four cardinal points: the spring equinox, summer solstice, autumn equinox, and winter solstice.
The equinoxes signify equal day and night, while the solstices mark the sun's closest and furthest points from Earth.
Mkhulu Nsingiza:"The spring equinox marks the beginning of the year, governed by the principle of Asa, the Green God, symbolizing growth.
The autumn equinox in March marks the balance of energies as we prepare for winter."
Western scientists call it Adam's Calendar, a rock formation in Mpumalanga that illustrates the solstices and equinoxes, the four most important days of the year.
Our New Year is on the 21st of September, the spring equinox, when the day and night are equal, signifying rebirth and the beginning of the solar cycle.
Aries, or Assa, is named after a constellation and represents the Spring Equinox, symbolizing leadership and innovation.
Upon this altar burnt always what was called ' sacred Moon-fire,' and this was allowed to go out only once a year, on the night before the spring equinox.
The table starts Nisannu at the spring equinox (around March or April).
The documentary Chasing the Equinox says the Pleiades rise due east there, and links this to stones it reads as the stars of the cluster.