Mabon Magic: Gratitude Spells and Second Harvest Manifestation

BY NICOLE LAU

Mabon's energy is perfect for gratitude magic, abundance work, and manifestation aligned with the second harvest. The equinox's balance point creates powerful conditions for spells that honor what you've received while preparing for what's to come.

The Philosophy of Mabon Magic

Gratitude as Power: Mabon magic centers on gratitude—not just feeling thankful but using thanksgiving as a magical force that attracts more abundance.

Balance Magic: The equinox's perfect balance makes it ideal for spells that restore equilibrium, create harmony, and align opposing forces.

Harvest Principle: You reap what you sow. Mabon magic works with this natural law, helping you harvest what you've planted and plant seeds for future harvests.

The Gratitude Abundance Spell

Purpose: Transform gratitude into a magnet for continued abundance

You'll need: Green or gold candle, honey, coins, autumn leaves, small jar

The spell:

1. Light the candle
2. Place coins in the jar while naming things you're grateful for
3. Add honey, saying: "Sweetness I've received, sweetness I attract. Abundance I've known, abundance returns."
4. Add autumn leaves
5. Seal the jar and place it on your altar
6. Each day, hold it and add one more thing you're grateful for
7. The jar becomes a gratitude talisman attracting abundance

The Apple Seed Manifestation Spell

Purpose: Plant seeds for future manifestation

You'll need: Apple, paper, pen, small pot with soil

The spell:

1. Cut apple crosswise to reveal the star
2. Remove seeds
3. Write your intention on paper
4. Plant seeds and paper together in soil
5. Speak: "As this seed grows, so grows my intention. From small beginnings, great harvests come."
6. Tend the seedling through winter
7. When it sprouts in spring, your manifestation begins

The Balance Restoration Spell

Purpose: Restore balance in any area of life

You'll need: Two candles (one white, one black), balance scales or two equal stones, paper

The spell:

1. Write what's out of balance on paper
2. Place paper on scales or between stones
3. Light both candles simultaneously
4. Visualize the scales balancing, the stones equalizing
5. Chant: "Light and dark, day and night, bring my life to balance bright. What's too much, decrease. What's too little, increase. Perfect equilibrium, blessed release."
6. Let candles burn completely
7. Bury the paper at a crossroads

The Cornucopia Abundance Spell

Purpose: Attract overflowing abundance

You'll need: Basket or horn-shaped container, autumn fruits/vegetables, coins, herbs (cinnamon, basil), green candle

The spell:

1. Arrange fruits and vegetables in the basket, creating a cornucopia
2. Tuck coins and herbs among the produce
3. Light the green candle
4. Hold hands over the cornucopia: "Horn of plenty, overflow. Abundance come, abundance grow. As the harvest fills the land, prosperity flows into my hands."
5. Keep the cornucopia on your altar for one week
6. Then share the produce with others, spreading abundance
7. Keep the coins as prosperity talismans

The Grape Vine Relationship Spell

Purpose: Strengthen relationships and partnerships (Libra energy)

You'll need: Grapes, two candles, red ribbon

The spell:

1. Place two candles side by side
2. Tie them together with red ribbon
3. Place grapes between them (grapes grow in clusters, symbolizing connection)
4. Light both candles
5. Speak: "As grapes grow together on the vine, so our connection strengthens over time. Bound by love, respect, and care, a balanced partnership we share."
6. Eat the grapes together with your partner (or alone if working on self-love)
7. Keep the ribbon as a relationship talisman

The Letting Go Spell

Purpose: Release what's complete, like trees releasing leaves

You'll need: Autumn leaves, pen, fire-safe bowl, black candle

The spell:

1. Write on each leaf what you're releasing
2. Light the black candle
3. Burn each leaf, saying: "Like the trees, I let you go. What falls away makes room to grow. I release you with gratitude for lessons learned. To ash you return, to earth you're returned."
4. Scatter ashes to the wind or bury them
5. Feel the lightness of release

The Justice and Karma Spell

Purpose: Invoke karmic justice (Libra's scales)

You'll need: Balance scales, two pieces of paper, black and white stones

The spell:

1. On one paper, write the injustice or imbalance
2. On the other, write the justice you seek
3. Place the first paper with the black stone on one side of the scales
4. Place the second paper with the white stone on the other side
5. Speak: "Scales of justice, balance true, bring fair outcome, karmic due. Not revenge but rightful balance, restore what's fair through cosmic talents."
6. Leave the scales balanced on your altar
7. Trust that karma will restore balance

The Second Harvest Prosperity Spell

Purpose: Harvest the fruits of your year's work

You'll need: Basket, items representing your year's achievements (photos, certificates, symbols), gold candle

The spell:

1. Place achievement symbols in the basket
2. Light the gold candle
3. Hold each item, acknowledging your accomplishment
4. Speak: "I harvest the fruits of my labor. I acknowledge my growth, my achievements, my progress. What I've sown, I now reap. Gratitude for all I've accomplished."
5. Keep the basket on your altar as a reminder of your abundance
6. Add to it throughout the year

The Wine Blessing Spell

Purpose: Bless and charge wine/cider for magical use

You'll need: Wine or apple cider, chalice, autumn herbs (cinnamon, clove)

The spell:

1. Pour wine into chalice
2. Add a pinch of herbs
3. Hold chalice up to the moon (if visible) or to the sky
4. Speak: "Fruit of the vine, blood of the earth, I charge you with Mabon's power. Abundance, gratitude, balance, and mirth—bless all who drink in this hour."
5. Visualize golden light filling the wine
6. Drink or share in ritual
7. Pour a libation to the earth

The Equinox Balance Charm

Purpose: Create a talisman for ongoing balance

You'll need: Small pouch, equal amounts of light and dark items (white and black stones, light and dark herbs), balance symbol

The spell:

1. At the exact moment of the equinox (or as close as possible), place items in the pouch
2. Hold it between your palms
3. Speak: "Captured in this charm, the equinox's perfect balance. Light and dark in harmony, guide me to equilibrium."
4. Carry the charm when you need balance
5. Recharge it at each equinox

The Gratitude Transformation Spell

Purpose: Transform scarcity mindset into abundance consciousness

You'll need: Two bowls, dried beans or seeds, green candle

The spell:

1. Fill one bowl with beans (representing scarcity thoughts)
2. Light the green candle
3. Transfer beans one at a time to the second bowl
4. With each bean, transform a scarcity thought into gratitude: "I don't have enough money" becomes "I'm grateful for the resources I have"
5. When all beans are transferred, you've transformed scarcity into abundance
6. Keep the abundance bowl on your altar

Timing Your Mabon Magic

Best times:

• Exact moment of the equinox (most powerful)
• Sunset on the equinox (threshold between light and dark)
• During Libra season (September 23 - October 22)
• During the waning moon (for releasing/letting go spells)
• During the waxing moon (for abundance/manifestation spells)
• The Harvest Moon (full moon nearest the equinox)

Mabon Magical Correspondences

Colors: Gold, orange, red, brown, deep purple, burgundy

Herbs: Sage, rosemary, cinnamon, clove, apple, grape, wheat, corn

Crystals: Citrine, amber, carnelian, tiger's eye, aventurine, clear quartz

Elements: Earth (harvest, grounding) and Air (Libra, balance)

Deities: Persephone, Demeter, Mabon, Pomona, Dionysus, the Morrigan

Ethical Mabon Magic

Gratitude First: Always begin with genuine gratitude. Magic without thanksgiving is hollow.

Balance, Not Greed: Seek sufficiency and balance, not excessive accumulation.

Share the Harvest: True abundance magic includes sharing with others.

Respect Natural Law: You can't harvest what you haven't planted. Magic amplifies effort; it doesn't replace it.

Honor the Sacrifice: The harvest requires sacrifice (cutting grain, picking fruit). Honor what's given for your sustenance.

Mabon magic teaches that gratitude is the most powerful spell, that balance is sacred, and that true abundance comes not from grasping but from recognizing and appreciating what we already have. The second harvest reminds us that we reap what we sow—in magic as in life.