Mabon Greetings Card by Karen Cater
£1.60
A beautiful Mabon card by UK artist Karen Cater. Mabon is celebrated on the Autumn Equinox, 21 September.
Karen's work is immensely detailed and meticulously researched, and the cards include a wealth of information. Here is the text from the back of the Mabon card:
The Autumn Equinox is the point of balance in the waning year. It is the late harvest of fruit & berries in the hedgerows. It is the time to thank the mother Goddess for bounty and abundance received gratefully and stored for times of want during the coming winter months. From now on the power of the Sun will recede as its shadow decribes an anticlockwise spiral, returning to the womb/tomb.
It is both a time of storage, and time to begin a process of assessment and reflection on what knowledge has been gained during the bright period of the Sun's zenith.
The illustration shows the Labyrinth in Rocky Valley, near Tintagel, Cornwall.
It is a spiral dance - a journey of life wisdom and experience offering everyone the chance to return to the Centre and renew.
This card comes cellophane wrapped and has a gold envelope.
It measures 6" x 4" (15cm x 10.5cm).
It's blank inside for you to write your own message.
Mabon is the solar festival that marks the transition from the light to the dark half of the year: day and night are of equal length. By Mabon, the land is showing clear signs of the journey towards winter - leaves are beginning to turn and birds are gathering for migration.
Associated colours are brown, russet orange and maroon, and appropriate herbs and incenses are benzoin, marigold, myrrh, sage, and thistles. Acorns, asters, ferns, honeysuckle, milkweed, chrysanthemums, oak leaves, pine and roses make apt decorations.
Mabon is the time of the second harvest, when fruits are ready for collection. It is a time to consider which aspects of your life you wish to preserve and which you would prefer to discard. It marks a time of thankfulness, equality and balance when you should try to appreciate and enjoy the fruits of your labors. The dark half of the year brings a greater emphasis on reflection, rest and planning, and Mabon is the point at which these influences begin to be felt.
| Size: | 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10.5cm) |
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| Colors | As pictured |
| Material | Printed card |
