🔥 Samhain – The Witch’s New Year

Samhain (pronounced sow-en) marks the end of the harvest and the beginning of the dark half of the year. It is a time for honoring ancestors, communing with spirits, and releasing the old to make space for the new. This sacred cross-quarter fire festival is the spiritual new year for witches — a powerful night when the veil between worlds is at its thinnest.

🌿 Suggested Rituals & Activities:

• Ancestor Altar – Create a space with photos, heirlooms, or offerings for those who came before you.

• Divination Night – Use tarot, scrying, or pendulums to receive messages from the spirit realm.

• Banishing Ceremony – Write what you wish to release on paper and burn it safely under the moon.

• Feast of the Dead – Set a plate for your ancestors and share a silent moment in their honor.

🕯️ Samhain Lore & Correspondences

• Themes: Death and rebirth, endings, spiritual transformation, ancestral wisdom

• Element: Water & Fire

• Colors: Black, orange, deep purple, rust

• Crystals: Obsidian, smoky quartz, onyx, moonstone

• Herbs: Mugwort, wormwood, rosemary, sage

• Deities: Hecate, Cerridwen, The Morrigan, Anubis, Persephone