Full Moon Intention Setting
Hello Friends,
I hope this finds you well and safe. Just a quick note this week, as I am still playing catch-up from my vacation. In keeping with the spirit of Maine, the weather this week has included all four seasons. It was lovely and warm on Monday, cool on Tuesday, rainy yesterday and today we are expecting snow showers. Variety is the spice of life and the weather here never disappoints. I truly hope it is not snowing where you are. :)
A New Moon Series Printable
Over my vacation I was working on some new lunar printables. I know I still owe you the rest of the Celtic Moon series and I will get it out to you in the near future. In the meantime, I created a full set of full moon intention worksheets. I thought these would be fun and simple to use alone or add to your planner. I hope you like them!
I hope you have a lovely rest of your day and I’ll see you next week!
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Free Ostara Celebration Guide
Happy Friday! I’ve been recovering from a cold and trying to balance all.the.things in my life from my family to my job to this newsletter. Though I’ve been busy, I’ve still been able to appreciate the promise of springtime. The temps in New England are still hovering in the teens and twenties, but the sunshine is growing warmer and the days are getting longer. So there’s hope yet!
In celebration of the coming Sabbat, this week’s free printable is an Ostara Celebration Guide. I hope you like it!
The OSTARA CELEBRATION GUIDE is available for free to subscribers until MARCH 1, so be sure to grab your copy today!
Ostara Recipes & Potluck Planner
Happy February! I don’t know about you, but I always feel like a champ for surviving January in New England. Several of you have asked about recipes and party planning for your Sabbat celebrations. So this week I thought it would fun to put together some pagan-inspired recipes and share an easy potluck guide.
The trick with hosting any kind of gathering is to make it fun for yourself. Nothing is worse than cooking and cleaning and setting up all day (or days) and being so tired you can’t enjoy your own party. I find the easiest way to host a fun and affordable gathering is to make it a potluck.
So to help you out, this week’s free printable is a Potluck Party Planner (say that 10 times fast) that will help you plan a lovely gathering while keeping your sanity.
Pagan Inspired Food & Some Recipes (sort of)
Because paganism is a wide umbrella of beliefs and customs, there are unlimited ingredients and recipes that you can incorporate into your Sabbat and holiday celebrations.
Here’s a short list of common foods associated with Wheel of the Year Sabbats, starting with the next Sabbat, Ostara:
Ostara -Eggs, honey, sprouted greens, baked goods, asparagus
Beltane - Dairy foods, honey, oats, mead, lamb
Litha - Honey, elderberry, strawberry, fennel, thyme, fresh greens, mead, light wines
Lughnasadh - Grapes, wine, beer, bread, grains, blackberries, pears, raspberries, black currants, corn
Mabon - Corn, beans, squash, apples, pumpkins, cider, root vegetables, pomegranate, wine
Samhain - Apples, pumpkins, roasted game birds, cider, dark wine, pears, root vegetables
Yule - Cookies, caraway, dried fruits and nuts, pork dishes, eggnog, ginger tea, spiced cider and wassail.
Imbolc - Baked goods, winter vegetables, seeds, dried fruit, butter, milk, cheese, lamb, mutton
About those recipes…
So I’m gonna totally honest here - while I LOVE cooking, I do not really like writing recipes. And I like testing recipes even less. So, rather than spend the limited amount of time I have for Mabon House doing something I don’t love, I decided we’d all just be happier if I curated some of my favorite recipes from Pinterest.
Maybe this is a lazy shortcut? Or maybe it’s excellent time management. You decide. ;)
Ostara Menu Inspiration
I’ve gathered up some of my favorite Ostara Recipes from around Pinterest and organized them into a curated menu on Mabon House. I choose the recipes based on cost, complimentary flavors and incorporating traditional spring foods.
Let me know what you think. If you find this helpful, I’m happy to create more curated menus for the rest of the Wheel of the Year Sabbats.
I hope you had a lovely Imbolc and an even lovelier start to February. Just think, we are more than halfway to Springtime!