Happy Autumn Equinox!!

I'm so excited for this change of seasons. Summer is over. The leaves are turning, the rain has started up again, we're midway through harvest times. It's a time of bounty and gratitude as we start the slow journey inward, entering the time of the crone. It's a time to reflect on our blessings and give thanks.

I celebrated today by making an altar for the house to celebrate at their own time as they wish.

Some of the highlight: I have tools for smudging, including a green candle for abundance,.

Some salt for salt cleansing:

A station for writing down what you're grateful for.

My Motherpeace tarot deck for divination.

And a spirit plate to make offerings to the spirits so they may enjoy the abundance as well. On the plate pictured, I put a pickle from a jar that I made and a small glass of wine that I infused myself. I have since added a piece of my bacon-avocado salad I made for dinner, and C.J. put some of his curry and a couple reese's pieces. It's debatable if the spirits would want them but he says that he thinks he has to put something that he actually wants. The logic is sound, in my opinion.

Some of the other stuff I included was an altar tile, a large rose quartz crystal, a timepiece (partly for a paperweight, and partly to recognize that this holiday is a marker of time moving forward), bones to symbolize the shift in seasons towards a time of death, and my roomie let me use her pumpkin for the time being because like... fall of course!!

I'm pretty pleased. I've never done a house altar before and it feels really good. For the first time living in this house, there is more witchy representation, so it's nice to know that I can do these things without feeling like I am infringing on the common space.

I ate dinner at the table with the altar and the spirits. Then I took a page and filled it with things I have gratitude for and burned it in the cauldron.

What a sweet time... Fall is my favorite...

Happy Equinox, all, and Blessed Be!