Harvest Queen The Harvest Queen represents the Autumn Equinox, also known as the celebration of Mabon. The light and the dark are in balance on the equinox, and as the days unfold the darkness begins to overcome the light. We celebrate our harvests, and then come the days of contemplation. Wisdom emerges from our depths into our conscious minds, and if we fully accept this upwelling of knowing from within, we enter a time of new strength, preparing ourselves as we become, day by day, one who understands grace. Celebrating the Autumn Equinox She who has matured through her seasons, from infancy and childhood to maiden, thence to mother, and as she ascends her Autumn Throne, her crops are fully grown. She has earned her crown. The left half of the painting represents the end of summer, and the fullness of nature, and that of a woman fully matured. The right half of the painting represents the beginning...