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It’s the first day of Autumn!  The Sun is now in Libra. The days will start to lessen, as the nights will get longer.  It is time to start to prepare for the harvest season with gratitude and delight! Here is a list of ideas to celebrate the season: Do a major clean up within your home and give items you are no longer using to charity. Bake bread or apple themed dishes. Have a bonfire. Go on a nature walk. Make an Autumn potpourri. Decorate your home or your altar for Mabon. Journal about what you would like to...

Autumn is upon us. Mabon, also known as the Witch’s Thanksgiving, is the second harvest festival, and opposite Ostara on the Wheel of the Year. It is time to start to prepare for the harvest season with gratitude and delight! Here is a list of ideas to celebrate the season: Do a major clean up within your home and give items you are no longer using to charity. Bake bread or apple themed dishes. Have a bonfire. Go on a nature walk. Make a gratitude list. Restore balance in your home. Make Fall crafts and create autumn art. Visit a...

Lughnasadh is a  celebration that marks the midpoint between the Summer and Fall Solstices. Historically, mountains were climbed, wells were swathed in flowers, and bilberries were gathered. Lughnasadh was considered an auspicious time for handfasting. This is a time to show gratitude for the 1st Harvest of the year.   You can do this in some very simple ways.  Here are some simple activities you can engage in to celebrate Lughnasadh: Enjoy a bonfire. Do a nature walk. Water plants with intention. Cook in season foods. Decorate your home. You can journal about your intentions and goals for this Lughnasadh.  Focus...

Autumn is upon us! The days will start to lessen, as the nights will get longer.  It is time to start to prepare for the harvest season with gratitude and delight! Here is a list of ideas to celebrate the season: Do a major clean up within your home and give items you are no longer using to charity. Bake bread or apple themed dishes. Have a bonfire. Go on a nature walk. Make an Autumn potpourri. Decorate your home or your altar for Mabon.   You can work with and harness the powers of the Fall Equinox by writing...

The fall equinox, also called the autumnal equinox, September equinox, or Mabon, according to the Pagan tradition,  arrives on Tuesday, September 22, 2020.  Fall will begin in the Northern hemisphere while Spring begins in the Southern hemisphere.  The Fall equinox is all about us learning to balance our lives, as fall is the season that the days and nights are equal. It’s a time for giving thanks to the earth and to the harvest. Notable Quotes about the Autumn Equinox Autumn has caught us in our summer wear. – Philip Larkin, British Poet (1922-86) The hazy, cloudless skies of Indian...