The spring equinox holds great spiritual significance in many cultures around the world. It marks the beginning of a new life cycle, when day and night are of equal length, symbolizing balance and ...

Mabon is a fairly recent Pagan festival created to give thanks for the harvest. What does Mabon mean and how is it celebrated ...

Twice a year, the sun doesn’t play favorites. Everyone on Earth is seemingly on equal status – at least when it comes to the ...

The night sky will host a celestial event of profound significance this week, with the Harvest Supermoon accompanied by a ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

But we also have the spring equinox, when we have equal hours of day and night. After the spring equinox the days are longer than the nights, until we reach the autumn equinox. This is known as ...

If you get up early enough, you can experience an equinox sunrise. The autumnal equinox heralds the arrival of fall in the northern hemisphere.

In the case of the autumn equinox (as opposed to the spring equinox in March), it also marks the transition away from summer’s longer days — because, from this point on until the winter ...

The seasons are opposite in the Southern Hemisphere. As the fall equinox approaches, the Southern Hemisphere prepares for spring and longer days and moves into summer as the Northern Hemisphere ...