Autumn Equinox Season
Join us to explore the wild water-y season from Autumn Equinox on September 22nd through to Samhain, traditionally celebrated on November 1st.
This is a time of ripening and harvesting, of closing and ending, as we prepare for the new Celtic / pagan year that begins in the darkness of Samhain. It is a time of duality as we shift from the balance of light and dark marked by the Equinox and begin the shift to shorter days and longer nights. At this time we also embrace the seasonal duality and balance as the energies shift in a dance between waxing and waning, Yin and Yang, divine masculine and divine feminine.
You may know this celebration by many names from many traditions. In neo-Druidic traditions, it is known as Alban Elfed ("The Light of the Water"). Some may know it as Harvest or Harvest Home. Others call it Mabon, from a Welsh poem (a reference to Mabon ap Modron in Welsh mythology). but that is a very recent choice, from around 1970. In Irish, this celebration is known as Fómhar.
We will explore Fómhar (Irish for Autumn Equinox, pronounced "for-uhr" or "fove-uhr"), its origins and lore in the Celtic world, including its connection to the Spring Equinox. And we will explore the season up to Samhain using the framework of the Celtic cosmology of Land, Sea and Sky — which exists in both the physical and spiritual realms — including practices, rituals, craft, deities, animal allies, and more.
Throughout this self-paced course, you will celebrate and align with the energies of Autumn, your connections with the goddesses of autumn — and their alignment with the Matriarch archetype — and with the realms of Land, Sea and Sky, with ritual, meditations, card layouts, creativity and craft, lore and traditions, earth medicine, reflections, inspirations from song and poetry, plus resources for your practice.
This includes the following and much much more:
Rituals |
Creativity & Craft |
Guided Mediations & Card Layouts |
The Apple Star of Wisdom |
Create a Rowan red thread protection amulet |
Falling Leaf Meditation |
The Falling Leaf Release Ritual |
Create a phenology wheel |
Transforming with Cerridwen |
How to consecrate a sacred object |
Make a batch of Fire Cider |
Three card layouts for reflecting on the year |
Equinox Season Water Balance |
Make a Falling Leaf essence |
The Wisdom of Autumn card layout |
The realms of Land, Sea and Sky
Land (Talam), Middle World: Land holds the magic of our physical world and its energetic counterpart, our Self and all those who inhabit the Earth such as plants, trees herbs and crystals, animals of all kinds. In Land, we will explore our Autumn correspondences such as Water and West, and our animal allies Stag and Doe.
Sea (Muir), Under World: Sea is our magical connections with the Sídhe (the Faerie realms) and others who reside in this realm including ancestors and other spirits. It is a place for journeys (aka imramma), rituals, exploring deities associated with water and the underworld.
Sky (Nem), Upper World: Sky holds the medicine of the Sun, Moon and Stars; lunar/solar events, divination, sacred crafts of Air, and deities and allies of the Sky realm, and our connection to Spirit. In Sky, we will explore the energies of An Cailleach as she emerges for Winter, the Equinox / Waning Year deity connections such as Inanna, Persephone and Demeter.
Course content available on September 15th, with full access to all materials.
Join us any time during Autumn Equinox / Fómhar Season!
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If a participant wishes to cancel their enrolment in an online course post-registration, please visit our website page Refund & Cancellation Policies: Online Courses for details.
Please note that refunds are not available once a course has started, as you have had access to the materials.