Is it just me or did you blink and find yourself at the end of October? I feel like I just started October and the countdown with you and somehow I’m here writing the Samhain edition and I can’t believe we are here! I’m not sure where the month went!!
Halloween has always been my favorite holiday. You could have asked me that at any age in my life and I would have always given you that answer. I know for most children, their favorite holiday during the year is or was Christmas and honestly that man in the red suit was pretty magical as a child! There was something about Halloween though… it went along with my desire to read any book about witches that I could get my hands on, or anything about the paranormal. It was the one day a year that people seemed excited to celebrate those things that maybe everyone doesn’t understand. They would be excited to see spirits or ghosts….they wanted to go to haunted houses. These were things that I looked to with excitement as well. I can be honest though there was definitely a part of me that always hoped it would explain things that I was seeing when I was little! Looking back I’m not surprised to see that I’m doing this for a living now! The signs were always there!
As an adult I celebrate both Samhain and Halloween as well as our Witch’s New Year at midnight and tomorrow. A part of me just loves that Halloween energy. On Halloween night the kids will dress up and go find candy. I live in a college town that encourages the older “kids” to go out and dress up as well. They love seeing the high school and college kids as well as the younger ones. I also find so many that are excited to see the adults. It’s a lot of fun. I think dressing up on Halloween is fun at any age and the more that take part, the more fun it is. Of course I’m almost always in a witches costume. If they only knew right? I encourage all of you to put out goodies for those teenagers and adults that dress up along with the young ones. It’s so much fun to get dressed up and go out at any age. While my children are old enough that they are dressing up and going out with friends I still plan to throw on my Witch’s hat and go walk around the neighborhoods to look at all the decorations. It’s just so much fun. This is the first year in about 20 years that I am taking today off of work. It was a gift to myself this year I rarely take days off and I really wanted this one to celebrate.
As a witch Samhain is incredibly significant. The veils are thin now and it’s the perfect night to welcome the energy of loved ones on the other side and ancestors who have walked before us. I will celebrate the energy of wise ones or other people that I find influential that walked before me as well. It’s a great night to raise a toast to the amazing people and animals that have already graced this world with their presence. The connections that we hold in life are so important and in working with all of you, many of you know that I believe that some of these connections are soul level connections that will follow us far beyond this life. While the veils are thin right now I am blessed to work with spirits and guides all year. I always think it’s important to let everyone know that you don’t need to wait until Samhain to reach out to your loved ones, they are always with you. You talk to them whenever you want and know that they are always listening. It just may be a bit easier to see a sign of their presence this time of year.
This is also the final harvest of the year on the Wheel of the Year. Here in Massachusetts I know we brought in almost the last of our plants this week. We had a deep freeze that also gave us a night that we needed to bring in our pumpkins. Loki was excited.
A few of our herbs are still doing ok but I know soon it will be time for them to sleep. It’s always a tough time of year for me as I love my gardens so much. While I appreciate the opportunity to live in an area that so closely follows the wheel of the year, one day I hope to be somewhere warm enough where I can have my gardens all year. I do think that I would miss the beauty of the Full Moon on the snow but as I get older I start liking the cold less and less.
Have fun tonight! There is so much amazing energy out there. Get out for a walk and look at the kids all dressed up if you aren’t taking out your own. Dress up! Have fun with it. Leave a special something out for a loved one on the other side to let them know you remember them. Ask for guidance from an ancestor or wise one that you look to. Remember tonight is the last night to release what you wish as tomorrow we celebrate our Witch’s New Year! Well… I do at midnight tonight!
Remember that our Witch’s New Year is extra special tomorrow as we also have the energy of the New Moon tomorrow!!! We have an incredibly powerful couple of days. Remember that if you haven’t ordered any of the readings for Samhain, Halloween, the New Moon or your Witch’s New Year I am closing them out soon! Make sure you get the readings that you want. All of the reading in the Limited Edition section of my shop close this week.
I also put them all on sale for you!!!! Have a Blessed Samhain, a Happy Halloween, and wonderful Witch’s New Year and I will see you for the New Moon tomorrow!!!
Have an amazingly magickal day!
Much Love and Many Blessings,
Jasmeine Moonsong
