Setting Up YourMabon Altar

Mabon is the time when many Pagansand Wiccans celebrate the second part of the harvest. This Sabbat is about thebalance between light and dark, with equal amounts of day and night. Try someor even all of these ideas -- obviously, space may be a limiting factor forsome, but use what calls to you most.

Colours of the Season:

The leaves have begun to change, soreflect the colours of autumn in your altar decorations. Use yellows, oranges,reds and browns. Cover your altar with cloths that symbolize the harvestseason, or go a step further and put brightly coloured fallen leaves upon yourwork surface. Use candles in deep, rich colors -- reds, golds, or other autumnshades are perfect this time of year.

Symbols of the Harvest:

Mabon is the time of the secondharvest, and the dying of the fields. Use corn, sheaves of wheat, squash androot vegetables on your altar. Add some tools of agriculture if you have them -scythes, sickles, and baskets.

A Time of Balance:

Remember, the equinoxes are the twonights of the year when the amount of light and darkness are equal. Decorateyour altar to symbolize the aspect of the season. Try a small set of scales, ayin-yang symbol, a white candle paired up with a black one -- all are things whichrepresent the concept of balance.

Other Symbols of Mabon:

Wine, vines and grapes

Apples, cider, and apple juice

Pomegranates

 Ears of Corn

Pumpkins

Gods' Eyes

Corn Dolls

 Mid-autumn vegetables, likesquashes and gourds

Seeds, seed pods, in their shells

Baskets, symbolizing the gathering ofcrops

 Statuary of deities symbolisingthe changing seasons