A Lunar Year ~ Corn Moon

Merry Meet,

It has been a while since posting an entry so I wanted to get this one in early.  The Corn Moon is approaching and will be in full beauty this Sunday.  Now is the time to fix relationships and thank our ancestors.

Corn Moon

A Lunar Year

Full “Corn” Moon

The Corn Moon occurs in August and marks the harvest and reaping of grains; which symbolises the cycle of life, death and rebirth.  We humans have a thing or two in common with the grain, we are descendents of the first pair of human beings, their blood is our blood, and it sustains and energises us just like the kernels being product of the first ever grown grain. Both give us life!

Although ancestry plays a part in our individualities, we are too products of this ancient and fertile life force, which means we are related to each other, forming a link in the chain of eternal life.

Associations

Also know as:  Barley Moon, Harvest Moon, Buffalo Moon

Magical Workings:  Immediate & Extended Family, Rebirth, Endings, Mend Relationships, New Partnerships & Relationships, Wills, Inheritance, Legacy, Give Thanks,

Goddesses: (Triple, Life Cycles, Family) Hecaté, Nemesis, Hathor, Hera, Juno, Hestia, Vesta, Artmeis, Diana, Carmenta, Isis, Frigg, Anu, Luna, Celene, Rhea, Cybele, Asherah, Gaia, Tellus, Nammu, Cailliach, Brighid, Carmentes, Changing Woman, Concordia, Salus, Pax, Helice, Inanna, Ereshkigal, Kali, Moirai, Morrigan, Urdu, Verdandi, Skuld, Persephone, Demeter, Zoryas

Foods/Herbs:  Rosemary, Basil, Rue, Chamomile, Grains

Trees:  Cedar, Hazel

Stones:  Tigers Eye, Carnelian, Garnet, Red Agate

Colours:  Yellow-Gold, Tan, Warm Brown, Yellow, Red, Orange

Element:  Fire

Circle Notes

¶      Wear shades of Yellow-Gold, Tan, Warm Brown in honour of the grain harvest

¶      Decorate altar with yellow cloth, paper chains, ancestor photos or belongings, sheaves of wheat, ears of corn, other grains

¶      Use Yellow-Gold candles and burn Full Moon incense; or Patchouli incense

¶      Serve oatmeal cookies or sweat bread and malt beverages

¶      Cast the Circle with a sheaf of grain, afterwards leave it out for the birds, mark outline with paper chains

Strong Sun Moon Invocation

“O Mother of All, O Queen of Connection

I ask to become a perfect reflection

Of Your warmth and Your beauty, Your nurturing love

As You course through my Spirit, keep me mindful of

Those who came before me – whose blood in my veins

Has moulded and shapes me – whose traits I retain

And form me to be who You now envision

A connection devised of Your perfect precision”

Relationship Meditation

Items required:

¶    Quiet space and time to relax

Use this meditation as an effort to mend any relationship.

Recite this prayer:

“Gracious Goddess, Who art Maiden, Mother Crone

Celebrated be Your Name

Help me to live in peace upon Your Earth
And grant me safety in Your arms

Guide me along my chosen path and show me Your great eternal love

As I strive to be kind to those who don’t understand Our ways

And lead me safety to Your Cauldron of Rebirth

For it is Your Spirit that lives within me and protects me

Forever and ever So mote it be”

Celebration Activities

¶   Serve oatmeal cookies, wheat crackers with soft cheese, wholegrain rolls with butter and malt beverages

¶   Write a thank-you note to an ancestor and burn it in incense to carry the message via smoke

¶   Meditate on the chain of life and Universal connection – See prayer

¶   Do something as a team as a symbolism of togetherness, visit a hospital, meals for homeless, litter pick

¶   Hold an ancestry Circle, ask guests to bring photos or belonging of a favourite ancestor and all tell stories about those who came before us

¶   Play connection games like a relay race, connect-the-dot, continue the story

¶   Gift braided bracelets of white, black & red, symbolising the cycle of life, death and rebirth

Reference: Dorothy Morrison,

Patti Wigington

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