Celtic Festivals

Celebrated each year around September 21st, Mabon is a time when day and night are perfectly balanced. Mabon is considered a time of the Mysteries. It is a time to honor the Spirit World. Considered a time of balance, it is when we stop and relax and enjoy what we have created through the fruits of our labor. Mabon offers a beautiful opportunity to express gratitude, seek balance, and prepare for the journey ahead as the Wheel of the Year continues to turn.

Mabon, (pronounced MAY-bone)  is the celtic celebration of the Autumn Equinox. The Druids call this celebration, Mea'n Fo'mhair, and honor the The Green Man, the God of the Forest, by offering libations to trees. Offerings of ciders, wines, herbs and fertilizer are appropriate at this time.

As an equinox celebration, Mabon (like Ostara) focuses on balance because this is one of the few times throughout the year that true balance can be observed in nature. Day and night are equal.

The Greek goddess Demeter is more closely associated with the Autumn harvest, as her grief over losing her daughter, Persephone, turned the earth from lush abundance to barren cold. These myths of loss and renewal are at the heart of Mabon, symbolizing the balance between light and dark, life and death, and the ongoing cycle of the seasons.

May you have much to celebrate as you reflect the many blessings in your life today.