22/09/2026
🍂 The Autumn Equinox 🍂
Tomorrow marks the Autumn Equinox — the moment when the Sun crosses the celestial equator and day and night are almost equal in length.
For centuries, the changing position of the sun and the turning of the seasons have been woven into folklore, tradition and our understanding of the natural world.
And here in Galloway, there's an intriguing connection not far from us.
Cairn Holy I, one of our remarkable Neolithic chambered cairns overlooking Wigtown Bay, has an east–west orientation. And because the Sun rises roughly due east and sets roughly due west around the equinoxes, its alignment has led to fascinating questions about whether the movement of the sun may have been important to the people who built it thousands of years ago.
We can never know exactly what they understood or intended.
But imagine standing there more than 5,000 years ago, watching the sun rise and set against the same landscape we see today. 🌅
The equinox marks a turning point.
The light begins to soften.
The evenings draw in.
The wildflowers fade back into the grasses and the berries ripen.
And perhaps that's what makes this time of year so special — that sense of standing at a threshold between seasons.
Longer nights. Darker skies. Hot saunas.
And plenty of reasons to pause. 🌙✨️🍂
