Balancing: Ritual for the Autumn Equinox 2025

Six weeks before the Equinox
Collect blackberries.
Boil, crush, strain.
Make Holy Bramble ink.
Deep magenta.

Two days before the Equinox
Draw two squares on paper.
One above.
One below.

On the eve of the Equinox
Carry ink, paper, brush.
Into the world.
Or through your home.

Remember brightness.
Scented.
Paint the upper square.

Remember darkness.
Throbbing.
Paint the lower square.

Dark below.
Light above.