Uhh, actually the equinox was yesterday. Unusually early. 4:58 pm Central, I think they said.
You know what else? The day and night AREN’T exactly equal today/yesterday. Theory is that they are, but that must be at Greenwich or something, because we’re a few minutes off here. Don’t know why. May have to ask my TV weatherman.
Love, peace, happy thanksgiving

Astronomically, Equinox date/times vary based on Latitude.
For example, the Fall equinox day; sun rise/set times
Big Island, Hawaii 28th, 6:17
New York is 25th, 6:47
Perth Australia 19th, 6:10
Papua New Guinea 11th, 6:07
By contrast, directly on the Equator, the day length doesn’t vary by more than 2 minutes. In Ecuador, day length never reaches 12 hours. It’s either 12:06 or 07 long.
Attempting to equate an equinox date based on Western Astrological measurements (Sun at 0 Libra) with astronomical/precession driven stats is an exercise in futility. It’s enough to know Sun is at 0 Libra and the cardinal energy of the new sign offers preparation, renewal and recalibration for the coming season.

Agreed Samudra, the “equal day/night” I heard is actually quite a few days before what is considered the “official” equinox. I checked our sunrise & sunset (because we had to be up pre-dawn for ceremony) and yesterday (for Australians, equinox fell around 7:20am) our day was definitely not 50/50 according to offical weather channels – sunrise was at 6:09am, and sunset was way after 7pm so… no… definitely not 50/50, if anything, there was more light. This is pretty typical Wiccan-sourced only type writing.

First, thank you, Lynn, for your kind words and for posting my musings about this holiday. They were written from my heart, as an invitation to observe the wonder and beauty of this turning of the year.
As a matter of fact, as Lynn knows, I did post this yesterday, knowing fully that actual “equinox” is the moment that the center of the Sun is reckoned to be straight overhead at the equator, and that there are variations, depending on what latitude you are in.
I must say, Donna, I take exception to your condescending tone about “pretty typical Wiccan-sourced only type writing.” Would you say something like that about “Jewish” or “Hindu” or any other spiritual discussion? I would thank you to reconsider your attitude towards my faith and my holy days.
I also wrote that in full knowledge that there is no absolutely precise 50-50, to-the-minute equality of night and day on the Equinox. My intention was simply to observe (as you all have now verified) that there is no such thing as precision equality in the natural world, at least in terms of light and dark. Equinox is about as close as we come.
Because the scope and subject of my post was, in fact, focused on the spiritual side of the observance of this turning point of the year, I did not choose to post the scientific facts of Equinox. Forgive the oversight. Here you go:
The day of light and dark equality always happens before the spring and after the fall equinoxes, according to Geoff Chester, a public affairs specialist with the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C.
“Exactly when it happens depends on where you are located on the surface of the Earth,” he said.
By the time the center of the sun passes over Earth’s Equator—the official definition of equinox—the day will be slightly longer than the night everywhere on Earth. The difference is a matter of geometry, atmosphere, and language.
Chester explains that if the sun was just a tiny point of light and the Earth had no atmosphere, then the day and night of the equinox would each be exactly 12 hours long.
But, to begin with, the sun is bigger than a point—it appears nearly as large as a little fingertip held at arm’s length, or half a degree wide, as seen from Earth.
As such, sunrise is defined as the moment the top edge of the sun appears to peek over the horizon, and sunset is when the very last bit of the sun appears to dip below the horizon. The equinox, however, is when the center of the sun crosses the Equator.
Additionally, the Earth has an atmosphere that bends the light cast by the sun when that light is close to the horizon. The golden orb appears a little higher in the sky than it really is.
As a result, the sun appears to be above the horizon a few minutes longer than it really is. Therefore, on the equinox, the daylight hours are actually longer than the length of time between when the sun crosses the horizon at dawn and when the sun crosses the horizon at sunset.
“Those factors all combine to make the day of the equinox not the day when we have 12 hours of light and darkness,” Chester said.
You can read the rest of the article on the National Geographic website. I am sure there are others with even more information for you.
May the science and the beauty of Autumn combine in balance to delight you in the ways that you desire.
- Beth

Speaking about other subjects but deep secrets at the same time Jung’s red book was hitting the public-Mckenzie Phillips daughter of a famous musician and actrees said she had sex with her father for ten years, she said first it was forced then became consentual. I don’t think the word consentual fits here. Are you going to say something about this astrologically? This stuff scares me, my ex wife and ex girlfriend were both raped by their fathers. The father is dead and can’t defend himself, but this is to me the most brutal act.

Pardon me for posting something else here. There is so many people calling Mckenzie Phillips a liar, I got overheated because safety for the soul-mind-and body are paramount in confronting life. Without safety we are always running. Many of these young girls and boys lead ruined lives till they meet a healing. I’m sorry if I jumped anyone’s gun, but I’m not sorry I posted it. Thanks