Autumn equinox online circle recording + journalling prompts

Endings, beginnings and ... jam

[This post has now been edited to include the recording and journaling prompts - enjoy!]

On Tuesday at 8pm we’ll be gathering for our autumn equinox circle - all the details are in this post. My circles are every 6 weeks following the tradition of the Celtic wheel, they’re free to subscribers and they are full of interesting thoughts, wise humans and beautiful practices. You can read more about them here. I would love you to join us tomorrow night!

Summer’s over, gang. I feel partly bereft at the beginning of the end of the light and partly gleeful about the cinnamon in my porridge, cold bright mornings and requisite wool socks. Right on cue, the moment the nights began to draw in, my desire to leave my house after 6pm died away to a low, glowing ember.

We are all animals, after all. Animals with the knowledge that certain kinds of energy will rekindle in the spring. We’re here at the same point again, within the cycle of birth-death-rebirth, of action and rest, of light and dark, of high energy and low. It’s a cycle that’s reproduced in countless living processes on planet earth: our breath, the tides, our cells, our relationships, the cycle of plant life.

We can cultivate a way of seeing ourselves as rooted into these cycles, in relationship to them. My seasonal circles aim to be a way to help us locate ourselves, reflect on what’s been, tie up loose ends, let go of excess baggage and look forward with quiet intention. Human psychology benefits from this, and it benefits from coming together, listening, sharing, writing, breathing, resting - all things that my circles practice and celebrate.

Tomorrow evening we’ll be saying goodbye to summer as we celebrate the equinox, the last festival on the Celtic year before we begin the cycle again. This stage is about reflecting and preserving (not just jam) and asks questions about endings that can help us celebrate, say goodbye or continue on a relevant path for us.

The details are below - to join us you need to become a paid subscriber (£5 a month or even less for an annual subscription).