09/22/2025
The Fall Equinox—also known as Mabon in some traditions—is a beautiful time to honor balance, harvest, and transition. Here are some ways you can celebrate:
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🌾 Connect with Nature
• Harvest walk: Collect leaves, acorns, pinecones, or seasonal flowers to make a simple altar or centerpiece.
• Balance ritual: Stand outside at sunrise or sunset, breathe deeply, and reflect on balance in your life—day/night, giving/receiving, rest/action.
• Bonfire or candlelight: Light a fire or candles in golden, orange, and deep red hues to honor the changing season.
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🍎 Seasonal Foods & Feasting
• Cook a harvest meal: Use apples, squash, pumpkins, root vegetables, grains, and spices like cinnamon or nutmeg.
• Apple cider or wine toast: Share a drink with gratitude for what the earth has provided.
• Bake bread: A simple loaf can be a symbolic offering of the harvest.
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🕯 Rituals & Reflections
• Gratitude journaling: Write down what you’ve harvested in your life this year—achievements, lessons, relationships.
• Release ritual: Write things you’re ready to let go of (old habits, fears, limitations) and burn or bury the paper.
• Meditation for balance: Visualize scales, with light on one side and darkness on the other, honoring their equal importance.
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🌙 Creative & Spiritual Practices
• Decorate an altar: Use autumn leaves, corn, apples, crystals like citrine, carnelian, or smoky quartz.
• Oracle/tarot reading: Ask what needs to be released before winter and what seeds to plant for next spring.
• Crafting: Make wreaths, corn dollies, or garlands from natural materials.
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✨ The equinox is ultimately about gratitude, balance, and preparing for the inward, reflective months ahead.
