The nine month period beginning with Candlemas and ending with Samhain
Has been likened to a period of Gestation because of the Nine Months.
But clearly it involves not just a process of Individuation
But also, a Socialization process.

The Gestation period begins Internalized,
With Rites of Devotion, Dedication, and Initiation.
But it ends Externalized with the Third of Three,
Count them! Three! Harvests!
Festivals! Feasts! Shows! Carnivals! Circuses!
You Name it! All Together Now!

Exactly!

We Dragonologists/Dragoneers call the upper 9 month period…
The Ecto-Genesis.

And we call the lower 3 month period…
The Pre-Capitulation.