September Magick!
August 31, 2024Harvest Moon Magick
Colors: You could use brown and green candles, and decorate your altar with earthy tones to represent the changing of the landscape during the harvest season.
Gemstones: Anything that is red, yellow, green, brown and orange to represent the earth and the changing of the season. E.g. peridot, citrine, orange calcite, garnet, red or yellow jasper, picture jasper or amazonite.
Herbs: Do magick with sacred seasonal plants. The Harvest Moon is also good time to blend incenses using harvest plants and resins such as amber or frankincense, and then burn it in the evening. You will need a mortar and pestle, and burn your incense on a charcoal disc.
Autumn Equinox
- Go fruit picking! Apples, pears and plums will be ready for picking. Also, many bushes may still have late blackberries on them for that yummy apple and blackberry crumble.
- Baking. Picking fruit of often followed in my kitchen with baking of crumbles and pies, but also making preserves and jams.
- Go for a walk in the woods. Reconnect with nature and enjoy the changing season.
- Make a besom. You can collect things on walks that you can make a besom from. We have an array of brooms in the shop, from miniature altar ones to bigger ones for your home. These are basic, so you can decorate them in any way you would like that reflects your practice and how you would like to celebrate the season.
- Decorate your altar for season. Collect acorns and give them back to nature in the spring, and have your intentions grow with the next growing season. Use altumn colours like browns, golds, yellows and oranges in your crystal and candle correspondences.
- Simmer pots. These are a great way to bring in those autumnal smells into the house. Use apples, cinnamon, and other seasonal fruits and vegetables. You could always drink the results as a tea and charge it up under the Harvest Moon.
Assign each friend a quarter to call. Each person should stand at their assigned quarter holding their unlit candle, and facing the altar. If there are more than four of you present, then form a circle.
The person in the north quarter lights their green candle, holds it to the sky, and says: ‘We call upon the powers of Earth, and welcome you to this circle. May the fertile soil of the land bring us prosperity, abundance, and the bounty of the land in this time of harvest.’ They then place their lit candle on the altar.
The person to the east lights the yellow candle, holds it to the sky, and says: ‘We call upon the powers of Air, and welcome you to this circle. May the winds of change bring us wisdom and knowledge in this season of abundance and bounty. They then place their lit candle on the altar.
The person to the south, lights the red candle and holds it to the sky, and says: ‘We call upon the powers of Fire, and welcome you to this circle. May the shining light of this season’s moon illuminate our way through the coming winter.’ They place their lit candle onto the altar.
The person to the west lights the blue candle, holds it to the sky, and says: ‘We call upon the powers of Water, and welcome you to this circle. May the cool autumn rains wash away the last comforts of summer, and prepare us for the chill that is to come.’ They then place their lit candle on the altar.
Now ask everyone to join hands and say: ‘We gather tonight by the light of the moon, to celebrate nature’s bounty and and rejoice. May the next turn of the Wheel bring us love and compassion, kindness, and generosity. As the moon above, so the earth below.’
Go around the circle, passing the wine or cider. As each person takes a sip, they should share with intention one thing they are looking forward to in the coming month.
Take a moment to reflect on the bounty of the season. When everyone is ready, end the ritual simply and quietly, and leave the food for nature.