Autumn Equinox

The autumnal equinox has been observed by festival or celebration for more than 4,000 years. Persians and Iranians commemorate it as the first day of Libra, while Zoroastrians held a festival of sharing and love. Pagans of the latter-day Roman Empire brought modern Western civilization the traditional harvest festival to celebrate summer’s farming bounty and held on the weekend of September’s full moon. Only twice a year, with the arrival of spring and fall, does the sun intersect celestially to create equal parts day and night. The equinoxes are moments in time rather than whole days. Generally, they occur around the 22nd or 23rd of September and March each year. It is certainly a sign that fall has arrived. Here in the DFW area, we had huge storms cut through with thousands of lightening strikes, heavy down pours and high winds. Today, it's in the early morning 60's rising into the 70's by noon.