The Wheel of the Year · October 31
Samhain
The Witch's New Year
Ancestral · Liminal
Welcome to the thinnest night of the year.
Samhain asks, what am I ready to lay to rest with honor?
From Your Guide to Samhain
The last leaves fall. The harvest is fully in, the herds brought down from the hills, the year emptied out to its bones. This is Samhain, pronounced SOW-in. The final harvest. The thinnest night. The death of the old year and the dark birth of the new.
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Ancestor Connection
This is a guided journey to your ancestors. At Samhain the veil between the living and the dead grows thin, and it becomes possible, with care and respect, to reach toward those who came before us. A gentle shamanic journey to meet an ancestor, to receive what they have for you, and to return safely.
It is on its way to you.
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Your guide to Samhain
Everything you need to meet Samhain with intention... the history and mythology, a complete ceremony, journal prompts, a tarot spread, an altar guide, and something to bake for your own table. Take what serves you. Leave what does not.
- What Is Samhain? The history and lore
- Correspondences for the Witch's New Year
- The Samhain ritual, a complete ceremony
- Twelve journal prompts
- A six-card tarot spread, The Veil and the New Year
- Building your Samhain altar
- Honoring the Ancestors, with a simple ancestor practice
- Samhain affirmations
- The Samhain Barmbrack, a traditional Irish divination bread
- Pages for your notes and reflections
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Samhain lives in the dark months
On the Wheel, Samhain opens the dark months... the arc that carries you from the last harvest down to the longest night at Yule.
If the dark months are the season you resist, you are what I call a Firekeeper. This is the season you struggle through with sheer willpower and tension, which means it is your medicine.