The weather cools, the leaves change and the animals hibernate … and it all begins with the Fall Equinox on September 22, 2016. The Autumnal/Fall Equinox, or, “equal day and night,” marks the start of the autumn season in the Northern Hemisphere and the halfway point between summer and winter.

To put it more technically, the Fall Equinox (in the Northern hemisphere that is) is when the Sun’s path throughout the sky meets the celestial equator (say the equator continued up and into space — that’s the celestial equator). The vernal (or Spring Equinox) and the Fall Equinox are the only equinoxes where day is equal to night. It’s interesting to note that the Harvest Moon is the first Full Moon after Fall Equinox, its brightness helping farmers to bring in crops after sundown.  As summer winds down, the fall season is a time to embark on change and reflect upon your own “harvest” of sorts — what you’ve taken in and what you need to let go of, for healthy balance will bring the ultimate success you need for an abundant season.

 http://www.dailyhoroscope.com/horoscope-headlines/astrology-fall-equinox

“In the garden, Autumn is, indeed the crowning glory of the year, bringing us the fruition of months of thought and care and toil.  And at no season, safe perhaps in Daffodil time, do we get such superb  colour effects as from August to November.”

~Rose G. Kingsley, The Autumn Garden, 1905