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Mabon, or Autumnal Equinox is being celebrated soon. The Wiccan calendar contains 13 full moons (Esbats) and 8 Sabbats, or days of power, making 21 Wiccan ritual occasions. The Esbats are for celebrating the Goddess. The Sabbats mark the sun's yearly cycle and tell the story of The Wheel of the Year. On this day, the length of night time is equal to the length of daytime.
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The Autumnal Equinox signals the end of the summer months and the beginning of winter. At this time of year, days have been shortening since the Summer Solstice some three months earlier, and the Equinox is the point where nights reach the same length as days. After this point, the Sun will shine lower and lower on the horizon until the Winter Solstice in about three months' time.
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The Autumnal Equinox is Friday, September 22 (9:03pm Pacific Time). Day and night are equal. Imagine a pendulum has swung as far as it can to one side. Then there is just the slightest pause or hesitation before it swings back the other direction. This pause is similar to the pause of energy evident at the equinox. It is a time of balance.
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Explanation: Today is the autumnal equinox -- should eggs be able to stand on end? This long-standing myth loses much of its mystique after a demonstration that eggs can be made to stand on end during any day of the year. Pictured above, Dr. Phil Plait (Sonoma St. U.) acting as the Bad Astronomer balanced three raw eggs on end in late October 1998. Later, more modestly, his wife balanced five more. The little-appreciated fact that most eggshells have small bumps on them makes this seemingly impossible task achievable. Although, during an equinox, every place on Earth experiences an equal length day and night (12 hours each), this fact has no practical effect on egg stability.
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The Autumnal Equinox marks the first day of the season of autumn. It is ... called the Fall Equinox, the Second Harvest Festival, Festival of Dionysus, Wine Harvest, Cornucopia, and Winter Finding.
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"Several religions have celebrations around the autumnal equinox. This day of transition shows up on pagan, Mayan, American Indian, ancient Irish and Druid calendars. And it is the turning point, astrologically, from Virgo to Libra, symbolized by scales, for balance." - Joe Grimm, Detroit Free Press
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