Samhain (pronounced Soween) is the original Halloween

At this time of year the nights draw in and the veils between the worlds are closest.

Honouring the Ancestors and those that have passed over during the last year have been the focus of spiritual attention for cultures around the world for centuries. In the Mexican Day of the Dead celebrations, it is the Life of those that have past that is celebrated, with colour, food and wine. In old Britain places were set at table and candles lit to invite these family members back to the hearth.

This is New Year for many as we enter into the dark – conception / the womb – before coming out into the light at birth – symbolically the Winter Solstice – the rebirth of the Sun.

This is a powerful time for divination and receiving messages from the other realms.

The ancients used to cull the cattle (with reverence) that they could not afford to keep in food over the winter months and bury the meat under the ground and light fires above to scare off the carrion birds – hence the tradition of bonfire night.

It was a time when spirits roamed the earth and this is the origin of dressing up in ghostly costumes to trick these spirits into not carrying us away to their dimensions – hence the tradition of trick or treat.

Samhain falls at the exact central point of the sign of Scorpio. With so much activity in Scorpio this year – Saturn, The Sun and The North Node – evoking death and rebirth – we turn to face the demons inside.

Saturn speaks of integrity, and to do the work on our shadow side means we need not have it reflected back to us externally.

Scorpio, ruled by Mars and Pluto, gives us the courage to go deep and face what lies beneath.

Now, especially this year, is a vital time to let go of fears and density and step over the threshold lighter and brighter to meet the coming age.

The eternal soul that you are has known many deaths and rebirths. Your Ancestors are in your blood. Let us set a place at the table and invite the ancients to join us at this sacred time; to teach us; to remind us of the divine cycle of Life, Death and Rebirth of ages past, of the current age, and of ages yet to come…

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