Two Doors Open at Once
Mabon/Autumnal Equinox & Rosh Hashanah
Mabon, the Autumnal Equinox, sets the world at even height; Rosh Hashanah sounds the call to begin.
Balance meets return.
Harvest meets first light.
For a breath, night and day shake hands and neither needs to win.
This is the teaching: a lantern does not erase the dark; it makes it walkable.
Teshuvah (return) is not about shame or regret; it’s about direction. Pivot. Turn the way you are meant to go.
Clean up what needs repair: return the message, pay the debt, put the tools back in the box. Let go of what weighs you down: write it on a scrap of paper, tear it up, throw it out, or, better yet, burn it. Get it off the planet.
Hold an apple. Dip it in honey. Let the first bite be your vow:
- one true sentence before noon,
- one listening that reaches the soft hinge of another’s courage,
- one small brave act that tilts the day toward the sweetness of who you’re becoming.
Choosing your best Self is agriculture, not ceremony.
Compost your fear. Prune what steals your light. Water what whispers yes.
Then let the season do its slow, faithful work.
If you’re waiting for a sign, take this as one:
Two ancient rivers meet today. Mabon/Equinox & Rosh Hashanah.
Step in. Wash your face in the clear, even waters.
Speak the name of what you will answer to this year…
And cross the threshold, carrying the whole world one honest inch closer to true harmony.