The Vernal Equinox Bringing in the New Year

The vernal equinox occurs on March 20, or the 21st of each year.

Equinox Means "Equal Night"

 

 

The March equinox, which marks the beginning of spring in the northern hemisphere, marks The Rite of Spring. As we welcome spring, people south of the equator are actually gearing up for cooler temperatures of autumn.

 What Happens at the Equinox?

 Far from being an arbitrary indicator of the changing seasons, March 20 (March 21 in some years) is significant for astronomical reasons. On March 20, 2014, at precisely 12:57 P.M. EDT, the Sun will cross directly over the Earth's equator.

Translated literally, equinox means "equal night." Because the Sun is positioned above the equator, day and night are about equal in length all over the world during the equinoxes. A second equinox occurs each year on Sept. 22 or 23; in 2014, it will be on Sept. 22 at 10:29 P.M. EDT. This date will mark the autumnal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere and the vernal equinox in the Southern (vernal denotes "spring").

These brief but monumental moments owe their significance to the 23.4 degree tilt of the Earth's axis. Because of the tilt, we receive the Sun's rays most directly in the summer. In the winter, when we are tilted away from the Sun, the rays pass through the atmosphere at a greater slant, bringing lower temperatures. If the Earth rotated on an axis perpendicular to the plane of the Earth's orbit around the Sun, there would be no variation in day lengths or temperatures throughout the year, and we would not have seasons.

Rituals and Traditions

People have recognized the vernal equinox for thousands of years. There is no shortage of rituals and traditions surrounding the coming of spring. Many early peoples celebrated for the basic reason that their food supplies would soon be restored. The date is significant in Christian religion because Resurrection day (Easter) always falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox. It is also probably no coincidence that early Kemet built the Great Sphinx pointing directly toward the rising Sun on the day of the vernal equinox.

The first day of spring also marks the beginning of Nowruz, the Persian New Year. The celebration lasts 13 days and is rooted in the 3,000-year-old tradition of Zorastrianism.

Mama Harriet Carried a Riffle Too

 

I have always wondered what happened to the people who Mama Harriet freed. Many today have benefited from this legacy of courage and endurance. Many are still standing strong to live free and sustainable, in spite of being shunned and ignored by a few in our corrals (House Negros still with the slave/ Stockholm syndrome mentality) who want to kill a bud before it has a chance to blossom. and report to their guards/ plantation sentinels for token favors. We Press Onward. Our people can't have it both ways. You can't stay and work on the plantation, then run around fronting like you are free. 

 

Many of our people think that they are "out of the Matrix" but they are still writing grants for the scraps from massa's table, to support the sentinels and agents and enable them to sacrifice our children, Kill or take our people out to the prisons, to sponsor the “power plant” of corporatocracy.

 

Mama Harriet had a riffle for protection yet; sometimes she used it to shoot the snitches and the ones who were too quickly weary of the hard times ahead, and wanted to go back to the plantation... We must tear down these plantations, starting with the one in our heads. We still have those who think the stone-head’s ice is colder. Or they want to build a world that is parallel to Isfit. I don't want to be the "first Black" Plantation owner. I don't want to be just another exploiter of our people, resources, environment and planet. Sometimes that means giving up comfort, security and luxuries. We may teach our people to be more “Savvy Black Consumers” – Yet they are STILL Consumers, and not producers. We need to rebuild our own Black Wallstreets, of our own growers, cooperative owners, resources, land, energy, Languages, Educational structures and Banks. We must be in the world and not of the world. We must tear down and not mimic the isfit of this system.

 

TEACH THE YOUTH!

Amen Par Ankh (Sacred House of Life) and Amen Ankh Urban Farm; is a local Urban Farm nestled around a Spiritual Outreach and Education Center in the heart of midtown Kansas City, Missouri. Contact Us and become a member, as We Celebrate the Cycles of Life! Email: amen.parankh@gmail.com , or amen.ankh@live.com, and Call: 816-304-7240 to sign-up for courses and support: http://www.gofundme.com/amen-urban-farm , information: http://emwot.ws/Amen_ParAnkh , http://amen-parankh.blogspot.com/ , Look for us on FaceBook & Twitter We Celebrate the Cycles of Life, Wellness and Balance in our everyday existence on earth. We assist in Wellness for Physical Fitness, Mental Health, and Spiritual Attunement - to realize the fullest capacities of life, health, prosperity and strength. We provide Whole Life Coaching, Energy work, A Par Ankh Reading Room, Org-Ankh Electric food Boxes, an Herbal Tea House & Juice bar, Outdoor Experiences, classes such as Cultural Headwrapping, Natural Hair oils, beading and Lox twisting, Cosmetics, and Herbal products. We offer Classes in ASCAC (The Association for the Study of Classical African Civilization), Art Healing Mandalas, Jewelry Making, Gentle Yoga, Canning and preserving food, Health and Wellness Study Courses. We make Gifts and Accessories. We Celebrate and show our respect of nature with Cultural Ceremonies, Workshops and special events. Amen Par Ankh means sacred House of Life. We Celebrate Life! We provide a space for your own personal discovery with quiet reflection and time for internal work, as well as an active space for expressions of our original ways of life. Ceremony, Counseling, Coaching, Cleansings, & Classes Amen Ankh Urban Farm is an urban agricultural enterprise with the goal of achieving environmental justice and sustainability by Healthy local food production and improving local neighborhood access to healthy Foods. We run Aquaponic Systems of farm raised fish, Herbs and microgreens. We sell Org-Ankh Electric Food Boxes! We also provide Farm-a-See tours of successful Local Farmers with the “Green Griot” Sasteh Meter Mosley. We grow selected local indigenous Herbs, Fruits, Vegetable and plant life of the Three Sisters: Corn, Beans, and Squash/Melons and cruciferous vegetables: Cabbage, and Kale, With Wheat Grass and other Sprouts, Herbs: Basil, Sage, Chives, Rosemary, Parsley, Peppers, with Moringa nutritional drink supplements, -From our foods we produce Baked Goods, cosmetics, & liniments to provide Healing and Sovereignty: Through the inspiration of Kujichagulia (Self-determination) for all Original peoples. Dua (Th-ankh you!) ♥.

ASCAC At Amen Par Ankh KCMO

Amen Par Ankh of Kansas City is convening a study Group for ASCAC (Association for the Study of Classical African Civilizations) EVERY Thursday at 7:00pm with Sasteh Meter Mosley and NuTa BeqSu Mosley at 3641 Bales Ave. Kansas City, Mo. "Knowledge of Self is the fundamental key to healing ourselves from the onslaught of Global Maafa." amenchristtemple@yahoo.com - amen.parankh@gmail.com , or amen.ankh@live.com

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CONTACT INFORMATION
Sasteh Meter Mosley and Nuta Beqsu Mosley
816-509-9404 or 816-304-7240
Daily Operating Hours of Amen ParAnkh - M-F - 9am-9pm

Bring your Friends
-Receiving Daily Donations of:
*Reusable tools, Equipment, Work Gear: Boots, Hats & Gloves… 

Safety Equipment.
*Compostable leaves, Walnuts and Chestnuts, logs, *We Recycle Digital Electronics and small Appliances too (Cell Phones, Laptops and CPU Computers, Radios, Stereo Systems, Projectors, Etc.)

You G R O W W Girl at Amen Ankh Akademy

G.R.O.W.W Girl- Teach a Girl- Heal a Nation*, is designed to foster the interest of girls in the 3rd -12th grades in pursuing a future career in (STEAM) Science, Technology, Engineering, Industrial Arts Mathematics disciplines. We offer weekly, weekend, summer workshops, as well as one-day Special events at the Amen Ankh Urban Farm. We offer hands-on activities that focus on how people in Agricultural fields help make the world a better place.

*G.R.O.W.W stands for Gaining Resilience, Opportunity, Wealth and Wellness 

Our proverb- Teach a girl- Heal a nation.

Our Mission: To cultivate the core nucleus of self-esteem, Self Knowledge, ambition, creativity, , Exposing young queens to STEAM(Science Technology, Engineering, industrial Arts, Mathematics) Careers, health, nutrition and wellness, Homesteading, Green Environmental  and ecologically sustainable initiatives,  in our young girls. To foster leadership, values, resilience. To generate fiscal fitness, Entrepreneurial and business savvy. To carry them into adulthood, Motherhood family and community to complete the circle of life.

Our Vision: To Equip Young Girls with self knowledge of Body mind and spirit and to reconnect to Natural Beauty and Wonder of nature and the Planet. To create a natural holistic connection to STEAM Career fields and reunite a Gnome of interdependent families.

We Have a parent orientation by Appointment. Our Girls meet Weekly on Wellness Wednesdays from 4pm-6:00pm and Saturdays 10:00am-1:00pm.

Spaces are filling up. Sign up for our Winter/Spring sessions.

WE WILL HAVE AN OPEN HOUSE Orientation and Introduction-

*REGISTRATION DEADLINE. For More information and/or to Volunteer as a mentor- Contact: Amen Par Ankh- Email: amen.parankh@gmail.com Call: 816-3839-7945 "QueenMa" Nuta Moses (Adenike Amen-Ra)

Home Scholars, and after-school-ers- and Summer youth activities, Travelling Performance Choir, Spirit Dance team and programs for girls of Kansas City in the zip code areas of 64127, 28 and 30. 

Providing high-quality creative, recreational, educational and prevention programming while encouraging girls to express themselves creatively, transcend personal barriers, Tutoring and Mentorship, to be Life Long learners and Critical Thinkers, Learning social etiquette and deportment. Learning plant identification and herbal knowledge, domestic engineering, Industrial Arts, food preparation, take action and responsibility for the ecology and planet, applying Green Sustainable lifestyles, learning the value of service to their community, and develop individual assets that foster healthy and meaningful lives.  

Gnome Know How (*Resilience, *Opportunity)

Sessions and small gatherings of parents, and youth, looking for an open environment to share their experiences and receive relevant family support, in  building family relationships, Loving discipline, Consumer Savvy, Nutrition and Health. Family menbers will be offered Family Consultations. We will use examples from the book: Nation Building How To: by Sasteh Meter Mosley
We will also engage in Homesteading, Industrial Arts and Crafts, Light carpentry and minor repair,

*Wealth
Financial Literacy, Eco-Nom-ics, Fiscal Fitness, Entrepreneur development, Career Shadowing, Internship Opportunities and more. 

*Wellness Matters 

You GROWW Girl offers youth programs for girls of all ages, Wellness Careers survey, Recreation, Life Hacking, Environmental safety, Stress Relief, Peer Crisis Intervention, Grief Counseling, Self Defense, Natural Cosmetics, Body Awareness, Family matters, Basic Life Support, Plant Identification, Food safety and Preserving, and nutrition courses to engage Family Members, Parents and their children. 

Skills for healthy lifestyles, cook-outs and contests, shopping Savvy are discussed throughout the sessions. This course teaches families how to use fresh foods and herbs for healing, and healthy recipes and meal planning on a tight budget. We will have demonstrations on how to prepare healthy meals and participants are given the opportunity to cook their own healthy meal after the demonstration.

Our Girls also assist with our seminars and workshops;  Entrepreneurs, Coding, Rites of passage, Cultural Performance Arts, Family Heritage, and History, an achievement for success, Sign Language, Role Modeling, Identity and Values, Our Crowns, Outdoor Journeys, Gardening, Herbal Knowledge, Vocational Career Awareness, Bee Keeping, Cultural Ceremonies, FAA, 4H, Leather crafts, Costume Design, and head wrapping, Jewelry making metaphysics,  Food preservation, African Cultural Arts, Sewing, Quilting, and hand Crafts, Mandala art sessions, Music, Rhythm and Poetry, Artist to Activism, Adenike's Art Reduce Reuse Recycle, Envisioning boards, Healing Mandalas.  All activities are designed for parents to teach and work with their children at home, drawing on the philosophical underpinnings of the curriculum that children learn hands-on. 

*We invite parents and families to become members and Leaders to join us and volunteer on our Board.
Contact Nuta Beqsu Adenike AmenRa at Office: Call/Text/Voicemail: 816- 281-7704
Email: amen.parankh@gmail.com or Amen.Ankh@live.com