She is the grace of bloom not of ripeness and she is not the muse of the same name
Resonance
Growers hosts and those marking a harvest
Symbols
Green shootGarlandCornucopiaVine leaf
Mythology Summary
Thalia, blooming or abundance, is the third of the Charites named in Hesiod's Theogony, daughter of Zeus and Eurynome with Aglaea and Euphrosyne (907-911). She shares her name with the Muse Thalia, and the two are distinct figures: the Grace belongs to the Charites who attend Aphrodite, the Muse to the nine daughters of Mnemosyne. The Charites' principal cult was at Orchomenus in Boeotia, where Pindar wrote the fourteenth Olympian for them and where Pausanias saw the sanctuary (9.38).
Modern Practice
The grace of growth and of the generous table: invoked at planting, at harvest, and whenever abundance has to be shared rather than stored. The practice is old and unglamorous - give the first portion away and keep the feast going.