Second harvest, wine harvest. Day and night in balance, with darkness about to overtake light. Persephone descends to underworld. Mabon (Welsh divine child) lost/hidden. The god ages toward death. Thanksgiving for harvest before winter comes. What isn't gathered now may be lost.
Modern Practice
Thanksgiving feast celebrating harvest. Make wine or cider. Balance rituals—light and dark within self acknowledged equally. Release what won't survive winter. Prepare stores—literal and metaphorical. This is the last exhale before the descent into darkness.
Balance before descent. Gratitude for what was harvested. Release what cannot come with you into darkness. The scales tip toward shadow now. Prepare well—winter is coming.
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