MABON BLESSINGS 2023
September 22, 2023 11:50pm PDT
(Autumnal Equinox)
Sun at 0° Libra / Earth at 0° Aries
Pop the cork and toast the season!
Hoof and Horn, Hoof and Horn
All that dies shall be reborn
Vine & Grain, Vine & Grain
All that’s cut, shall rise again
THE ENERGIES
Axis: Libra / Aries
Other / Self
Partnered / Independent
Duality / Individuality
Trivinity: Line
Raw, Directed Energies
These signs initiate (Aries, Cancer, Libra, Capricorn)
Sabbat: Minor
The Minor Sabbats initiate each of the modern seasons.
THE WHEEL OF THE YEAR
The equinox is a time to reflect on balance and duality; the polarities of flux. Representing life and death, the God is both a Sun and Earth deity. At the Autumnal Equinox, the waning solar energies are balanced with the gathered earthly energies, and the Dying God becomes the Harvest Lord.
The God at Mabon
After the sacrifice at Lughnasadh and a month travelling through Virgo (the sign of service, integration, and natural cycles), the God understands and accepts his role in the cycle of death and rebirth.
With the Sun moving into Libra (the sign of balance and harmony), the light of day co-operates with the dark of night instead of fighting. The God becomes the Harvest Lord, unites his solar and earthy aspects, and descends to the Underworld, where he will become the Lord of Death at Samhain.
The Goddess at Mabon
As for the Goddess, She has transitioned through group-focused Aquarius and transcended to see the big picture in Pisces. While the God was integrating his dual nature, the Goddess was experiencing Her own expansiveness and the full cycles within.
With the Earth moving into Aries, the Goddess represents the spark of life that is eternal. Even when the body dies and descends, the spirit continues to become new life. The Goddess at Mabon guides and protects through the dark and shadowy season to come.
GIRDLE OF THE GODDESS
In the language of Theodomy, the 12 signs of the zodiac are further divided into 36 primordial energies of the divine feminine, called the Girdle of the Goddess.
At the time of Mabon, the sun is in the 19th primordial energy activating Harmonia, the Goddess of harmony, balance, love, and eternity.
See my post HARMONIA for more details.
MABON & THE LAST QUARTER MOON
Moon squares Sun 90°
Rises about midnight Set about noon
21 – 24½ days after New Moon
Harvest
Dark and Light in Balance, Dark Gaining
Reevaluate, Revise, Purify, Meditate, Reflect, Evolve, Honour, Recuperate, Reap
The life impulse has completed its mission and now begins to reorient to a dimly intuited future. Rebellion against old patterns and breakdown of old useless forms characterize an inner revolt and crisis in consciousness. The dark becomes increasingly dominant as the life force turns away, diminishes, and composts the old. All the fruits of the symbolic seed have been harvested and the symbolic seed now withers.
Once more the worlds of dark and light are balanced. Seek harmony. When the outer world appears confusing always look within. The crossroads have been reached. Which way?
This phase amplifies the parts of life that need balancing. Square up the little details and finish up projects started at the New Moon. Sort out the harvest from the Full Moon, decide what works and get rid of what does not.
THE WITCH’S THANKSGIVING
Mabon is a time when we reap what was sown over the year, acknowledging both the challenges and blessings that resulted. It is also a time to be rid of that which no longer serves us – separate the wheat from the chaff. Let go of anything that interferes with the coming quiet and rest, or anything that will impede growth in the next cycle.
Gather, thresh, and winnow your harvest. Reflect on the challenges and toast the blessings.
Though the God is in peaceful Libra, the Goddess is in life-affirming Aries reminding us …
We are here, We are alive, and We will survive!
Blessed Be!
Other posts to revisit at Mabon:
EQUINOX
THE ELEUSINIAN MYSTERIES