Happy Equinox!

For the word lovers and the curious… the word ‘equinox’ is derived from two Latin words – aequus (equal) and nox (night).

As today we celebrate the nearly equal amount of daylight and darkness. A moment of balance.

We often spend our lives striving for balance, specifically the all elusive ‘work-life balance’, and can often feel frustrated when we don’t seem to manage it.

But, as today’s shows, even nature only manages ‘balance’ twice a year. The rest of the time there is a harmony between the growing and waning amounts of daylight and darkness that we experience.

How could your life be different if you also chose to aim for harmony rather than balance? Accepting that throughout your life different parts of your life will need differing amounts of your attention. And that trying to give equal amounts of your time and attention to all-of-the-things in your life will leave you, and those around you, feeling frustrated.

Today we’re using the MMM’s to explore how the idea of harmony, rather than balance, could support your power and magick.

1. Magick: Something for you to journal about

Where in your life do you feel out of balance?

Does that area of your life still need that much of your attention or do you need to make some changes?

It’s okay to focus on something with all of your heart, but know that in doing so means you have less time for other things. And just because something is all-consuming today, this week, this month or year, doesn’t mean it will be that way forever.

It’s also important to check-in with yourself to make sure that it’s still appropriate that the object or activity that is taking all of your attention, still warrants it, and that it hasn’t just become a time-consuming habit.

★ Tip: Spend the next week reflecting on where you spend your time and energy.

2. Mastery: Something for you to think about

“The ancient rhythms of the earth have insinuated themselves into the rhythms of the human heart. The earth is not outside us; it is within: the clay from where the tree of the body grows.” ― John O’Donohue, Beauty: The Invisible Embrace

The book this quote is from, is one of my favourite books. It’s like a balm for my soul.

The ancient rhythms are part of you, today’s Equinox being part of that rhythm helping to you to honour the changes in your needs for action (daylight) and rest (darkness).

How connected are you to your own rhythms and how much are you governed by the rhythms (and needs) of other people?

★ Tip: Pay attention to your own rhythms. Are you an early bird or a night owl? When do you feel most creative and when do you want to rest? How much are you fighting against your natural rhythms?

3. Momentum: Action for you to take

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