I've just published a new video entitled "Frame of the heavens, Frame of the myths: March equinox 2021."
It provides some discussion of the celestial mechanics underlying the March equinox, the June solstice, the September equinox, and the December solstice, a cycle which (along with the constellations and the other heavenly bodies and cycles) forms the framework upon which the ancient myths, from virtually every culture, have their foundation.
The relationship of earth and sun, and our planet's axial tilt relative to the earth-sun plane (this plane being known as the ecliptic, and the angle of our axis of rotation in relation to that plane being known as the "obliquity of the ecliptic") create the seasons of the year and the migration of the sun's position back and forth across the celestial equator.
This video should make these phenomena more understandable, as well as relating them to the ways in which they have been depicted in previous centuries using the "shorthand" of the zodiac wheel, and emphasizing the importance of the frame of the solstices and equinoxes to the myths of the world.
This year, the March equinox takes place on 20 March (today). It is a day of tremendous significance in ancient myth, and the day in which the sun reaches one of the two important "crossing points" -- in this case, for those in the northern hemisphere, the "crossing upwards" point after which hours of daylight will be longer than hours of darkness for half of the year, until we reach the "crossing downwards" point of September equinox, six months from now.
The spring equinox is a day filled with promise and renewal, and the crossing into the upper half of the year is associated in the ancient world-wide system which undergirds the myths with the upper realms of spirit and air and fire -- reminding us that we ourselves have an inner connection to the infinite realm, a connection which we access through recovery of our own Higher Self, from whom we often become alienated in this incarnate life, but which can never actually be damaged or destroyed.
I hope you will have an opportunity today to meditate on these powerful truths and to clear the channels of communication with Self, as we pass through this important milestone in the cycle of the year.
