- Autumn Equinox

  Autumnal Equinox Tara

Celebrating the finale of the celtic year before its rebirth at Samhain.

Sacred native corn rich in colour grown from seeds used in out Tara Ceremonies. 100% organic and as native to Ireland as the humble spud!

Equinox is the end of the Celtic year when day and night are experienced in equal measure, a time to take a deep breath before diving into the darkness of winter. It is a time for considering the polarities in life such as; light and dark, poverty and abundance, living and dying, lofty ideals and grounding reality. Even the trees, who all summer moved sap up into the leaves, change, and start to pump it down into their roots. This date is a cardinal marker for the year and was considered sacred as far back as 5000 years ago when our Neolithic ancestors constructed solar aligned monuments (Cairn T Loughcrew) to mark the precise moment in time when the earth was in balance. The Greeks also had an understanding of the yearly cycles. They left us the legacy of Libra (the scales/balance), the constellation the sun moves into at this time of the year.

It is also a time of year when we are conscious of the travails of harvest and the work that people do to bring foods, goods and services to fruition. They are developing the resources we need to survive during the lean of winter.

The weather is noticeably getting colder and although not severe it is a firm reminder to prepare, that winter is on its way.

Our ritualised meditation/ceremony on the Hill will be honouring these principals through, meditation, reflection, and symbolic gestures.

The underlying energy is one of balance; retreating within and building resources,

planning ahead and thanks for what has been, actively harvesting in the outer world whilst slowing down to dream a new world on the inner. 

Harvest thanks giving

We enjoyed a beautiful sunny day which will bring bright memories in the dark of winter

We gifted two gorse bushes to the hedge around the well

and sunset at the well brought a surprise when the photo was scanned