Actual Date ~ Sept. 22, Waning Moon
Celebration beginning ~ Sept. 18

Crone, Air
Tai Chi, fast/cleanse

Dark half of the year; Harvest Festival

A time for reflection & focusing inward ~ change is necessary and beautiful
work towards an equilibrium in your life, shed those things that are weighing you down
evaluate the year that has past and decide what you will “harvest” and keep with you, and what it is best to give back to the earth
“After dinner we gather around the altar and write down everything we wish to release from our lives and everything we wish to gain, in even proportion”
(ongoing list)
looking back over your accomplishments of the year ~ ongoing list

Do what you can to improve your home and prepare for winter.

tarot spread ~ “I also suggest to keep a journal of your spreads and interpretations. Leave a blank page after each entry so you can go back later and fill in how the spread related to real events. I usually write the date, the spread I used, the cards laid out, their basic, short meanings (which I usually just copy from the little booklet that comes with the deck), and my interpretation.”

http://www.collegewicca.com/BOSfiles/tarot.html

Craft Ideas
decorate altar & make mini altar

weavers festival ~ box for mini altar

How to Stitch Plastic Canvas

nintendo controller ds lite case w/ mini tutorial

Decoupage Tutorial

ATC

Recipe Idea
Mabon Soup ~ http://sabbats.covenspace.com/forum/viewtopic.one?id=57431

BoL
Journaling tarot experiences p 3/11-11
Ritual writing outline p 6/12-2

Mabon ~ September 23rd    Full Moon on the 26th

Mabon ~ reaping what you’ve sewn
Mabon ~ Waning Moon ~ Crone
Air ~ Mabon & Samhain
*Sabbats recognize, honor & celebrate the current state of nature
~Rituals have an environmentally-conscious focus
Equinoxes ~Tai Chi
Spring & Autumn- fast/cleanse

Reflecting
begin to focus inward

time to take satisfaction in the work of the summer and reap its benefits
~write in garden journal- lessons learned

Considered a time of balance, it is when we stop and relax and enjoy the fruits of our personal harvests, whether they be from toiling in our gardens, working at our jobs, raising our families, or just coping with the hussle-bussle of everyday life
seek out that balance and mirror nature, work towards an equilibrium in your life, shed those things that are weighing you down
evaluate the year that has past and decide what you will “harvest” and keep with you, and what it is best to give back to the earth

This is a good season for looking back over your accomplishments of the year, and maybe offering up something in thanks for what you have.

It is the drawing to and of family as we prepare for the winding down of the year

reflection and then relaxation and preparations to enjoy another winter by the hearth

Acting
the finest clothes are worn and the best dishes set out on the table

fall cleaning ~ clean up the yard first
Do what you can to improve your home and prepare for winter. (switch closet too)
Go through your garden, tending it, thanking the plants and flowers for their abundance, harvesting whatever is ready-try collecting seeds of non-hybridized plants for next year

cans, lotto tix & change > savings account

grains, fruit and vegetables predominate, especially corn; cider, roots, apples, nuts, wine

This is the weavers festival, and a braiding of cords are done in the process of casting a spell to add to ones life from what it is, each person weaving unto themselves what they wish

Have a potluck feast with a group of friends and loved ones to celebrate the abundance of the season.

dry leaves

Cook up a Mabon soup with carrots, onions, potatoes, radishes, and/or corn