Mabon

Sabbats

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.

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Correspondences

Elemental Correspondence
Water
Planetary Correspondence
Venus

Offerings

Offerings
WineApplesGrapesGourdsCornThanksgiving feastLibations to earthGifts to community

Sacred timing

Sacred Timing
Begins
Sunset before equinox
Peak
Sunset equinox
Ends
Sunset day after
Moon phase ideal
Waning gibbous
Planetary hour
Venus or saturn

Symbols and forms

Alternate Names
Autumn EquinoxSecond HarvestWine HarvestAlban ElfedHarvest Home
Symbols
AppleWineCornucopiaGourdsFallen leavesScalesPomegranate

Practice

Invocation Approach
Tone
Grateful acknowledgment of harvest and coming darkness
Address to
MabonPersephoneDemeterDionysusThe green man aging
Relationship
Witness to balance point
Warning
Darkness comes—prepare well
Resonance
Those grateful for harvest ready to release
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.

Nature and meaning

Mythology Summary

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.

Deities
PersephoneDemeterDionysusPomona

Details

Pronunciation
MAY-bon, MAH-bon
Wheel Position
Autumn equinox
Order
8
Dates
Northern hemisphere
Primary
September 21
Range
September 20 to september 23
Astronomical
Autumn equinox sun enters libra
Southern hemisphere
Primary
March 21
Range
March 20 to march 23
Themes
BalanceHarvestGratitudePreparation for darkSecond harvestWine harvestEqual day and nightThanksgivingDescent beginsLetting go
Secondary Elements
Earth
Secondary Planets
Saturn
Zodiac Position
Libra ingress
Correspondences
Colors
OrangeRedBrownGoldMaroonDeep purple
Stones
AmberCitrineSapphireLapis LazuliTiger Eye
Herbs
AppleGrapesThe SageMarigoldMyrrhThistlePassionflower
Scents
AppleCinnamonCloveSageWine
Woods
AppleHazelVine
Animals
GooseBlackbirdOwlStag
Tarot
JusticeThe HermitTen of Pentacles
Runes
JeraOthalaDagaz
Ritual Focus
Primary
GratitudeBalancePreparation for dark half
Workings
Thanksgiving ritualsBalance magicReleasingHarvest assessmentWine blessing
Avoid
New beginningsMajor attractionLight work
Veil work
Threshold into dark half of year
Preceded by
Lughnasadh
Followed by
Samhain
Opposite Sabbat
Ostara
Wheel Teaching

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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