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[greenwitchcrafts]

September 2024 Witch Guide

New Moon: September 2nd

First Quarter: September 11th

Full moon: September 17th

Last Quarter: September 24th

Sabbats: Mabon- September 22nd

September Harvest Moon

Also known as: Autumn Moon, Child Moon, Corn Harvest Moon, Falling Leaves Moon, Haligmonath, Leaves Turning Moon, Mating Moon, Moon of Brown Leaves, Moon When Dear Paw the Earth, Rutting Moon, Singing Moon, Wine Moon, Witumanoth & Yellow Leaf Moon

Element: Earth

Zodiac: Virgo & Libra

Nature spirts: Trooping Faeries

Deities: Brigid, Ceres, Chang-e, Demeter, Freya, Isis, Depths & Vesta

Animals: Jackal & snake

Birds: Ibis & sparrow

Trees: Bay, hawthorn, hazel & larch

Herbs: Copal, fennel, rye, skullcap, valerian, wheat & witch hazel

Flowers: Lily & narcissus

Scents: Bergamot, gardenia, mastic & storax

Stones: Bloodstone,carnelian, cat's eye, chrysolite, citrine, iolite, lapis lazuli, olivine, peridot, sapphire, spinel(blue), tourmaline(blue) & zircon

Colors: Browns, dark blue, Earth tones, green & yellow

Issues, intentions & powers: Confidence, the home, manifestation & protection

Energy: Balance of light & dark, cleaning & straightening of all kinds, dietary matters, employment, health, intellectual pursuits, prosperity, psychism, rest, spirituality, success & work environment

The full Moon that happens nearest to the fall equinox (September 22nd or 23rd) always takes on the name “Harvest Moon.” Unlike other full Moons, this full Moon rises at nearly the same time—around sunset—for several evenings in a row, giving farmers several extra evenings of moonlight & allowing them to finish their harvests before the frosts of fall arrive. 

• While September’s full Moon is usually known as the Harvest Moon, if October’s full Moon happens to occur closer to the equinox than September’s, it takes on the name “Harvest Moon” instead. In this case, September’s full Moon would be referred to as the Corn Moon.

This time of year—late summer into early fall—corresponds with the time of harvesting corn in much of the northern United States. For this reason, a number of Native American peoples traditionally used some variation of the name “Corn Moon” to refer to the Moon of either August or September. 

Mabon

Known as: Autumn Equinox, Cornucopia, Witch's Thanksgiving & Alban Elved

Season: Autumn

Element: Air

Symbols: Acorns, apples, autumn leaves, balance, berries, corn, cornucopia( Horn of Plenty), dried seeds, equality, gourds, grains, grapes, ivy, pine cones, pomegranates, vines, wheat, white roses & wine

Colors: Blue, brown, dark red, deep gold, gold, indigo, leaf green, maroon, orange, red, russet. Violet & yellow

Oils/Incense: Apple, apple blossom, benzoin, black pepper, hay/straw, myrrh, passion flower, patchouli, pine, red poppy & sage

Animals: Dog & Wolf

Birds: Goose, hawk, swallow & swan

Stones: Agate, amethyst, carnelian, lapis lazuli, sapphire, yellow Agate & yellow topaz

Food: Apples, blackberries, blackberry wine, breads, carrots, cider, corn, cornbread, grapes, heather wine, nuts, onions, pomegranates, potatoes, squash, vegetables, wheat & wine

Herbs/Plants: Benzoin, bramble, corn, ferns, grains, hops, ivy, milkweed, myrrh, sage sassafras, Salomon's seal, thistle, tobacco & wheat

Flowers:  Aster, heather, honeysuckle, marigold, mums, passion flower, rose

Trees: Aspen, cedar, cypress, hazel, locust, maple, myrtle oak & pine

Goddesses: Danu, Epona, Inanna, Ishtar, Modron, Morgan, The Morrigan, Muses, Pomona, Persephone, Sin, Sophia & Sura

Gods:  Bacchus, Dionysus, Dumuzi, Esus, The Green Man, Hermes, Mannanan, Thor & Thoth

Issues, Intentions & Powers: Accomplishment, agriculture, balance, goals, gratitude & grounding

Spellwork: Balance, harmony, protection, prosperity, security & self-confidence

Activities:

•Scatter offerings in a harvested fields & Offer libations to trees

• Decorate your home and/or altar space for fall

• Bake bread

• Perform a ritual to restore balance and harmony to your life

• Cleanse your home of negative energies

• Pick apples

• Collect fall themed things from nature like acorns, changing leaves, pine cones, ect)

• Have a dinner or feast with your family and/or friends

• Set intentions for the upcoming year

• Purge what is no longer serving you & commit to healthy changes

•Take a walk in the woods

• Enjoy a pumpkin spice latte

• Donate to your local food bank

• Gather dried herbs, plants, seeds & pods

• Learn something new

• Make wine

• Fill a cornucopia

• Brew an apple cinnamon simmer pot

• Create an outdoor Mabon altar

•Adorn burial sites with leaves, acorns, & pinecones to honor those who have passed over & visit their graves

The name Mabon comes from the Welsh/Brythonic God Mabon Ap Modron, who's name means "Divine/great Son", However,there is evidence that the name was adopted in the 1970s for the Autumn Equinox & has nothing to do with this celebration or this time of year.

• Though many cultures see the second harvest (after the first harvest Lughnasadh) & Equinox as a time for giving thanks before the name Mabon was given because this time of year is traditionally when farmers know how well their summer crops did & how well fed their animals have become. This determines whether you & your family would have enough food for the winter.That is why people used to give thanks around this time, thanks for their crops, animals & food

Some believe it celebrates the autumn equinox when Nature is preparing for the winter months. Night & day are of equal legth  & the God's energy & strength are nearly gone. The Goddess begins to mourn the loss she knows is coming, but knows he will return when he is reborn at Yule.

Related festivals:

• Sukkot- Is a Torah-commanded holiday celebrated for seven days, beginning on the 15th day of the month of Tishrei. It is one of the Three Pilgrimage Festivals on which Israelites were commanded to make a pilgrimage to the Temple in Jerusalem. Originally a harvest festival celebrating the autumn harvest, Sukkot’s modern observance is characterized by festive meals in a sukkah, a temporary wood-covered hut, celebrating the Exodus from Egypt.

• Mid-Autumn festival- September 17th

Is also known as the Moon Festival or Mooncake Festival. It is a traditional festival celebrated in Chinese culture, similar holidays are celebrated by other cultures in East & Southeast Asia. It is one of the most important holidays in Chinese culture; its popularity is on par with that of Chinese New Year. The history of the Mid-Autumn Festival dates back over 3,000 years.  On this day, it is believed that the Moon is at its brightest and fullest size, coinciding with harvest time in the middle of Autumn.

During the festival, lanterns of all size and shapes – which symbolize beacons that light people's path to prosperity & good fortune – are carried & displayed. Mooncakes, a rich pastry typically filled with sweet-bean, egg yolk, meat or lotus-seed paste, are traditionally eaten during this festival. The Mid-Autumn Festival is based on the legend of Chang'e, the Moon goddess in Chinese mythology.

• Thanksgiving- This is a secular holiday which is similar to the cell of Mabon; A day to give thanks for the food & blessings of the previous year. The American Thanksgiving is the last Thursday of November while the Canadian Thanksgiving is celebrated in October

• The Oschophoria- Were a set of ancient Greek festival rites held in Athens during the month Pyanepsion (autumn) in honor of Dionysus. The festival may have had both agricultural and initiatory functions.

-Amidst much singing of special songs, two young men dressed in women's clothes would bear branches with grape-clusters attached from Dionysus to the sanctuary of Athena Skiras & a footrace followed in which select ephebes competed.

Ancient sources connect the festival and its rituals to the Athenian hero-king Theseus & specifically to his return from his Cretan adventure. According to that myth, the Cretan princess Ariadne, whom Theseus had abandoned on the island of Naxos while voyaging home, was rescued by an admiring Dionysus; thus the Oschophoria may have honored Ariadne as well. A section of the ancient calendar frieze incorporated into the Byzantine Panagia Gorgoepikoos church in Athens, corresponding to the month Pyanopsion (alternate spelling), has been identified as an illustration of this festival's procession.

Sources:

Farmersalmanac .com

Llewellyn's Complete Book of Correspondences by Sandra Kines

Wikipedia

A Witch's Book of Correspondences by Viktorija Briggs

Encyclopedia britannica

Llewellyn 2024 magical almanac Practical magic for everyday living

[wizardsaur]

To anyone who celebrates fall equinox,

Happy harvest!

Light a candle and drink some tea.

Or do what I'm doing and have a pirate themed dinner party.

[skybrushus]

Tonight 12/14/24 starting at 5:30pm Pacific I'll be streaming on Picarto. Tonight is my annual Holiday fundraising stream.

Once again it's the time of year when food charities are at their greatest need. With inflation rising but wages stagnant or lowering, more people than ever are relying upon food banks to stave off hunger. This is why we once again ask you to help Second Harvest Food Bank (the highest-rated food charity on Charity Navigator) in their mission to ensure everyone who needs food gets it.

A website has been set up for it already. If you wish to donate follow this Link. We had a set a goal of $2,000 USD. As of this morning we have met that goal, but every dollar is needed to help those most in need.

Because we've met the established goal this stream is going to be NSFW.

Important. If you do make a donation and plan to be in the stream, include your Picarto username in a note when you donate. As in past years we'll be drawing names of donors and giving away the art I will be doing that night. Of course there are rules for winning a piece:

You must have donated before or during the stream.

You must have a registered Picarto username and be in the chat during stream.

You can only win once.

You must be 18 years old to win a piece.

So join me for an evening of art, stories, and the D&D report.

[thequeerofdelphi]

My beloved altar on this warm Autumn Equinox 2024

[harvestmoss]

Mabon

Here is what I have planned for Mabon, just like last sabbath, this includes activities, food, some spells, etc. It's more of a blog type post rather than tutorial. But perhaps this could inspire some of you into what to do today or next Mabon or whatever!

🍞 Foods

Apple Pie:

190c, 20-30 min.

Add 320g flour, 15g sugar, and a pinch of salt. Then add 220g butter. Slowly add 90 ml ice cold water. Careful not to warm up the butter, the crust must stay cold.

Add 6 apples, lemon juice, 130g brown sugar, 2 tbsp flours, cinnamon, nutmeg, all spice, cardamom, etc. 

Place the filling inside, then the second crust part on top, brush with an egg yolk.

Coffee:

1 tsp spice mix of cardamom, cinnamon, all spice, clover, a bit of pepper, nutmeg.

1 bit of caramel syrup.

1 tsp sugar.

Pour in coffee.

Top it off with foamed latte milk and a bit of the spice mix for decoration.

Fruits:

Mabon is the celebration of the second harvet, the fruit harvest, so I'm planning on eating lots of fruits like fig, apple, and berries, because that's what I have currently in the fridge. I'll have a glass of wine for dinner as well, my dinner is not Mabon themed this time around so no need to write it here.

🍎Spells

Bury a needle or a knife underneath your front door, it’ll kill anything you don’t want entering and protect your home.

Create a protective belt by cleansing the fabric or cord through smoke. Ornament with bells, mirror, charms, amulets, satchels, beads, etc. If it’s a cord, add 9 knots.

Carve a candle with your information and add desires to it. Dress it with Flying Devil Oil, light it for protection and to rid yourself of minor curses you might have let hang on to you.

🍂 Activities

I'm planning on swimming this afternoon-evening.

I'm planning on watching a movie tonight.

I'll be doing a bit of cleaning.

[haaaaaaaaaaaave-you-met-ted]

Second Harvest by Serena Malyon

[i-did-not-mean-to]

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It's not too late! We're awaiting you with open arms!

[magicmalcolm]

Dan Sheehan's "NOT A WOLF" Secret Lair Drop

Coffee lover. Graphic designer. Definitely not a wolf pretending to be a man.

[ruins-of-her-peace]

[spacewreck51]

Happy Mabon everyone <3

[bythistleandthorn]

Second Harvest was a delightful success :) the Juniper still needs time to ripen, but I was able to get two full mason jars of mountain ash berries, as well as a decent whiskey for offerings

[nictelsm]

I think I might be a hypocrite on "No Huss November"

[little-desi-historian]

Merry Mabon!

You are the spell: Mabon & the autumn equinox.

The origins and practices of Mabon.

John Barleycorn.

Mabon playlist.

[skybrushus]

This Saturday 12/14/24 starting at 5:30pm Pacific I'll be streaming on Picarto.

Once again I'll be raising money for Second Harvest of Silicon Valley. With the cost of everything going up, many families and individuals are feeling the economic squeeze even more during the Holiday Season.

We have a goal to raise $2,000 USD that evening. If we met that goal the stream would become NSFW. If you wish to make an early donation here is the Link

If we meet the $2,000 USD goal before the stream goes live then the entire evening will be NSFW.

Important. If you do make a donation and plan to be in the stream, include your Picarto username in a note when you donate. As in past years we'll be drawing names of donors and giving away the art I will be doing that night. Of course there are rules for winning a piece:

You must have donated before or during the stream.

You must have a registered Picarto username and be in the chat during stream.

You can only win once.

You must be 18 years old to win a piece.

So join me for an evening of art, stories, and the D&D report.

[thequeerofdelphi]

My beloved altar on this mild Autumn Equinox 2023

[pumpkindonutwitch]

(archive)

Witches Sabbats: Mabon

MABON (pronounced “MAY-bun”, “MAH-bun”), falls on the Autumnal/Vernal Equinox which occurs between the 21st and 23rd of September in the Northern Hemisphere. It is the date of the second harvest, and the day on which daytime and nighttime is divided equally.

MABON: ORIGINS

There is very little evidence that Mabon was celebrated by ancient Celtic cultures, despite it’s Celtic (Welsh) name. From what we know, the name Mabon was coined in 1970 by Aidan Kelly, as part of the Wheel of the Year.

We do know, however, that ancient cultures celebrated the autumnal equinox which is exactly when Mabon falls. 

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