↟ Höstdagjämning – Autumnal Equinox ↟

The 22th of September the Autumnal Equinox occurs – an originally pagan tradition celebrated in Scandinavia and in northern Europe. The custome is mainly to celebrate the harvests of the year, and preparing for the dark season approaching, and we say farewell to the bright half of the year. The sun is now completely vertical to the equator, which means that day and night are the same length.

🌿 The Autumn Blót is usually taking place at the Autumnal Equinox now at the end of September, to welcome the arrival of autumn. This blót is mainly aimed to Sunna, Odin and Freja. If the Autumn Blót is combined with the Harvest Blót, you can also honor harvest gods such as Thor, Siv and Frej. Autumn has made its entrance, and we get to harvest what we have grown during the summer half-year. The very word ‘Höst’ (in Swedish) or ‘Haust’ in Old Norse means ‘to harvest’.

🌿 The Autumn -and Spring Equinoxes have been noticed since the pre-Roman Iron Age, which we know today from the stone settings and other weather/direction-oriented ancient monuments and stone calendars. The most famous is the one at Ales Stenar in Sweden. The Pagan peoples of Northern Europe already had well-developed astronomical knowledge to be able to predict the Equinoxes. Go outside and take advantage of the time and the rays of the sun! 🌞