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Also known as: Fall or Autumn Equinox, Wine Harvest, Feast of Avalon, Alban Elved (Druid), Alban Elfed (Caledonii), Winter Finding (Teutonic)
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Date: Fall Equinox, usually about September 21-23
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Symbols: Apples, Wine, Vines, Garlands, Gourd, Cornucopia, Burial Cairns
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Deities: Wine Gods, Harvest Deities, Aging Deities
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Colors: Brown, Orange, Russet, Maroon, Fall Colors
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Herbs: benzoin, marigold, myrrh, sage, and thistles may be burned; acorns, astors, ferns, honeysuckle, milkweed, mums, oak leaves, pine, and roses may be used as decorations.
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Here are a few suggestions for Mabon activities that can be incorporated into the Sabbat or done during the day.
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Make a protection charm of hazelnuts (filberts) strung on red thread.
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Hang dried ears of corn on the front door, doorposts, or outside light fixture (hang the corn so it does not come into contact with the heat of the lightbulb).
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Serve a Mabon meal of wine from the God and beans and squashes from the Goddess.
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Collect milkweed pods to decorate at Yuletide and attract the faeries.
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Call upon the elementals and honor them for their help with (N-earth) home and finances, (E-air) school and knowledge, (S-fire) careers and accomplishments, (W-water) emotional balance and fruitful relationships.
Activities taken from "Green Witchcraft" by Anne Moura (Aoumiel)
Click here for a Mabon Ritual
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