• Symbolism: second harvest, balance, giving thanks to the Gods, the aging of the deities
  • Symbols: wine, gourds, pine cones, acorns, grains, corn, apples, pomegranates, horns, vines such as ivy, dried seeds
  • Foods: corn, wheat, breads, nuts, vegetables, apples, pomegranates, roots, cider, wine
  • Plants & herbs: acorns, asters, benzoin, ferns, grains, honeysuckle, marigold, milkweed, mums, myrrh, oak leaves, passionflower, pine, roses, sage, Solomon’s seal, thistles, tobacco, straw
  • Incense and oils: apple blossom, patchouli, benzoin, myrrh, sage
  • Colors: brown, maroon, red, gold, green, orange
  • Stones: carnelian, lapis lazuli, sapphire, yellow agate
  • Animals and mythical beasts: dogs, wolves, birds of prey
  • Some appropriate Goddesses: all grape, berry, fruit, and vegetable Goddesses; Ceres (Roman), Demeter (Greek), Harmonia (Greek), Ma’at (Egyptian), Modron (Welsh), Nikkal (Canaanite), Pomona (Greek), Persephone (Greek), Prosperpina (Roman), Rennutet (Egyptian)
  • Some appropriate Gods: all wine, fruit, and harvest Gods; Bacchus (Roman), Dionysus (Greek), The Great Horned God (European), Hauran (Canaanite), Hermes (Greek), Iacchus (Greek), Mabon (Welsh), Shai (Egyptian), Vertumnus (Roman), Yerikh (Canaanite)
  • Decorations: hazel, corn, aspen, acorns, oak sprigs, autumn leaves, wheat stalks, cypress cones, pine cones, harvest gleanings, grapes, wine, vines, garlands, gourds, burial cairns, rattles, horns of plenty, Indian corn, Sun wheels
  • Activities: making wine, gathering dried herbs, walking in the woods, scattering offerings in harvested fields, offering libations to trees, adorning burial sites with leaves, acorns, and pine cones
  • Spell/ritual work: Harmony and balance, prosperity, security, rituals of thanks
may 20 2012 ∞
may 22 2012 +