The Vine Moon coincides with the Autumnal Equinox, when the bounty of the harvest is celebrates. Fruits and wines are central to the holiday feast, and a portion is always sacrificed to the God and Goddess, whose union produced the harvest. The Vine Moon's energies are also used for seeking the blessing of inspiration from the deities.

You will need wine or fruit juice, an apple (symbolic of wisdom and sacred to the Crone Goddess who rules in Autumn), a sharp knife, and a long pin or nail. Make a wine toast to the God and Goddess, offering a gift to them. Visualize the God and Goddess filling the wine with the essence of unity. Take the knife and slice the apple crosswise to reveal the five-pointed pentagram inside. Pour some of the win into the center of the apple, and reseal the apple with the pin. Keep it through autumn as a talisman to draw to you both wisdom and divine inspiration.

- By Edain McCoy