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Hawthorn & the Heart at the Threshold | Virgo New Moon, Solar Eclipse & Equinox

Sep 21, 2025 | body connection, herbs, how to make, new moon ritual, seasonal

A heartfelt welcome! ❤️

At this auspicious time of the solar eclipse, another virgo new moon and looming equinox 🌑🌞🌿

Today we meet Hawthorn (Crataegus) — the ancient threshold tree of blossom and thorn, guardian of the heart and companion of liminal times.

Folklore calls it a faerie tree and a doorway to the Otherworld; herbalists know it as a profound cardiovascular tonic that balances blood pressure, strengthens the heart, and helps us meet change with resilience.

This season — with the Virgo new moon, the solar eclipse, and the autumn equinox — we are in a rare moment of balance and shadow, a crossing point between light and dark. Hawthorn is the perfect guide here.

💌 Read the full written version of this piece here: https://open.substack.com/pub/mothermouthmedicine/p/hawthorn-and-the-heart-at-the-threshold?r=orzi2&utm_medium=ios

and

🎥 Watch the companion YouTube video here: https://youtu.be/be-hUclO7Q4?si=imMrC8gdZFaoRHZW


🌿 In the video and article we will:

✨ Make simple hawthorn apple cider vinegar tonic for the heart

✨ Craft a small hawthorn charm for protection and threshold crossing

✨ Explore hawthorn’s folklore, medicine, and Mars rulership


The berries are abundant this year. And a vinegar tincture easy to make. I take this daily throughout the year. ❤️

Hawthorn’s medicine steadies the pulse, but it also has a deeper teaching: that the heart is strongest not when it is invulnerable, but when it knows how to stand guard at the threshold, allowing both love and protection, both beauty and shadow.

Hawthorn teaches us to meet these thresholds with a strong heart. To accept both blossom and thorn. To allow the blood to flow and the heart to be nourished to face shadow and change.

With a protected and strong heart,

Stephanie 🌿

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