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| Halloween - Samhain
Tonight is often called the Witches' New Year, a night of celebration, when the veil between the worlds is thin. Samhain (Summer's End) is the ancient Celtic festival at the root of our modern Halloween. Traditionally, ancestors were honored tonight and candles were placed in windows to guide their spirits. For this spell, you can use your Halloween jack-o'-lantern or create a special one carved with celestial symbols. Place a candle inside the pumpkin and set it in a place of prominence in your home or on your porch. To personalize the candle to honor a specific person who has passed, carve their name in the candle. Bless it with the following chant: On this night, a hallowed eve, Spirits walking, roaming free, Guide them with this glowing light, They have no need to bring us fright. November is the eleventh month of the year. Its name is derived from the Latin word novem, meaning "nine," as it was the ninth month of the Roman calendar. Its astrological sign is Scorpio, the Scorpion (October 23–November 23), a fixed-water sign ruled by Pluto. The harvest season is complete and the land is now at rest, for a moment. The bare beauty of nature can still be seen-in the true shape of trees, their naked branches in silhouette against the sky, the ground covered with a soft mantle of brown leaves. Frost glitters upon the grass; see your breath in the gray morning. There may be a hint of wood smoke in the air, and you might glimpse a deer nibbling on bark. Thanksgiving is the major holiday this month, a time for families and friends to come together and celebrate life-to express gratitude and enjoy a feast. November is a month for remembering, beginning with All Souls' Day on November 2. As families tend to gather this month, and people spend more time indoors, remember loved ones and tell stories. Honor memories. November's Full Moon is called the Frost Moon-spend some time this night reflecting on your ancestry or practice scrying by lighting some incense and watching the tendrils of smoke by candlelight. |
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