Friday 23 September 2011
Monday 12 September 2011
E-zine for Moon and Stars Online
There is a possibility we may be launching an e-zine in the near future. We hope to include articles from the public in the mag so all submissions are welcome. Watch this space.
Thursday 1 September 2011
Happy September
Happy September everyone! Autumn is here already and it is my favourite time of year. Mabon is on the 23rd of September and is a harvest festival. It is also the autumnal equinox with equal hours of day and night. It is a time for giving thanks and celebrating all that you have.
Mabon represents a time when there is balance between the light and the dark before the long nights start. The legend of Persephone and Demeter is relevant on this occasion. In Greek myth, Demeter's daughter Persephone was taken by Hades to the Underworld. Demeter was the Goddess of the Harvest and because she was so distraught at losing her daughter the plants and trees all began to die.
Zeus agreed to release Persephone as long as she had not eaten anything while in the Underworld. Unfortunately she had eaten some pomegranate seeds. A deal was made that she would stay in the Underworld for half the year and spend the other half with her mother on Earth. Thus we have spring and summer when she is above ground and autumn and winter when she leaves.
Use this time to reflect on your own life and whether you need more balance in it and how to achieve it.
Blessed Be
Mabon represents a time when there is balance between the light and the dark before the long nights start. The legend of Persephone and Demeter is relevant on this occasion. In Greek myth, Demeter's daughter Persephone was taken by Hades to the Underworld. Demeter was the Goddess of the Harvest and because she was so distraught at losing her daughter the plants and trees all began to die.
Zeus agreed to release Persephone as long as she had not eaten anything while in the Underworld. Unfortunately she had eaten some pomegranate seeds. A deal was made that she would stay in the Underworld for half the year and spend the other half with her mother on Earth. Thus we have spring and summer when she is above ground and autumn and winter when she leaves.
Use this time to reflect on your own life and whether you need more balance in it and how to achieve it.
Blessed Be
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