Mabon is the second harvest festival in the Wheel of the Year, and it is celebrated on the Autumnal Equinox. Like you might expect from a harvest festival, it’s a time to gather with loved ones and be grateful for the good things that came your way this year. Also, since the equinox is when day and night are in equal duration, for some it’s a time to reflect on that balance.
“Mabon is a time to reflect on the previous year, when we can celebrate our successes (likened to bringing in the harvest) and assess which crops, projects, or dreams didn’t come to fruition.”
•Who can celebrate Mabon?
Celebrating solstices, equinoxes, and cross-quarter days goes back centuries, although the concept of the Wheel of the Year is fairly new. That being said, we really have no right to say who can and can’t celebrate them, as long as they do so in a respectful and well-researched manner.
•How do I celebrate Mabon?
You can celebrate however feels right, but more common ways would be to decorate your altar (or your whole house!) with harvest-themed colors and objects, go apple picking/make applesauce, make a thanksgiving-esque meal with lots of fall foods, or simply take a few moments to reflect on your successes and failures this year.
•Symbolism of Mabon:
Second Harvest, the Mysteries, Equality and Balance.
•Symbols of Mabon:
wine, gourds, pine cones, acorns, grains, corn, apples, pomegranates, vines such as ivy, dried seeds, and horns of plenty.
•Herbs of Maybon:
Acorn, benzoin, ferns, grains, honeysuckle, marigold, milkweed, myrrh, passionflower, rose, sage, solomon’s seal, tobacco, thistle, and vegetables.
•Foods of Mabon:
Breads, nuts, apples, pomegranates, and vegetables such as potatoes, carrots, and onions.
•Incense of Mabon:
Autumn Blend-benzoin, myrrh, and sage.
•Colors of Mabon:
Red, orange, russet, maroon, brown, and gold.
•Stones of Mabon:
Sapphire, lapis lazuli, and yellow agates.
•Activities of Mabon:
Making wine, gathering dried herbs, plants, seeds and seed pods, walking in the woods, scattering offerings in harvested fields, offering libations to trees, adorning burial sites with leaves, acorns, and pine cones to honor those who have passed over.
•Spellworkings of Mabon:
Protection, prosperity, security, and self-confidence. Also those of harmony and balance.
•Deities of Mabon:
Goddesses-Modron, Morgan, Epona, Persephone, Pamona and the Muses. Gods-Mabon, Thoth, Thor, Hermes, and The Green Man.
http://baronesshydrangea.tumblr.com/post/150718481789/solitary-autumn-equinox
http://ofcloudsandstars.tumblr.com/post/149844308046/autumn-witchy-things-to-do
•How to get ready for Mabon:
http://flamekeeperwitch.tumblr.com/post/150701226649/setting-up-your-altar-there-are-many-ways-for-one
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