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Make a Meaningful November
There’s something about the hullabaloo of summer followed by the resettling of September running right into the Halloween costumes of October (which is a busy month for tarot readers) that just makes me grateful to arrive at November.
I feel like November is a time to catch my breath before the swirl of hectic December holidays.
In the same way that we make intentions for a new year, let’s make some intentions for this month ahead.
Uplevel Your Costume (or Find Your Idea)
I have been a costume nerd for over 25 years. This includes spending much of my free time over the last decade being a part of Risk of Change, a sacred mummer ambiance troupe that wow’s at Oregon Country Fair and at paid gigs around Portland.
Despite closets full of costume options, I still sometimes get that last minute anxious panic as to what I am going to be for Halloween. Luckily, I love the creative journey that this panic takes me on, and I want to offer you some ways to access or enhance your own perfect costume this year.
Everything is Witchcraft
A fellow Tarot reader and I were recently hired for a 10-year-old’s birthday party for a girl who loves witches. My colleague read cards while I taught an age-appropriate lesson about how to be a good witch.
I asked the group of fresh faces, “So, what do you think about witches?”
Each girl repeated a similar sentiment:
“Well, I used to think they were scary and bad but then I learned that a lot of witches are good.”
I asked them, “What do you think witchcraft is about?”
One of the first answers floored me . . .
Blessed Samhain: Free Tarot Reading
Samhain is about the honoring of the ancestors, so I am using Reese Marren’s beautifully curated deck of classical paintings by dead artists, The Pensive Path Tarot.
Samhain’s dark side relates to this reading deeply as the message is about letting go of that which keeps life from flourishing.
Make Halloween Meaningful
It’s time to figure out what you’re going to be for Halloween (if you haven’t already).
Some of us enjoy a clever wordplay joke as a simple costume. Others may learn some dance moves to be their best Olympian Aussie breakdancer.
I prefer to focus on how you can relish this opportunity to express some darkness within.
Halloween can be healing. It’s an opportunity to look at the parts of you that reflect the Moon card’s disturbing hidden secrets.
Celebrate Your Shadows this Weekend
This weekend is about so much more than sexy witch outfits and jello shots with eyeballs floating in them.
This is a time that many cultures believe the veil is thin between the realms.
This is a great time to reflect on your own shadows with the Moon Card.
The Moon card is about our subconscious.
It’s about shedding light on what is hidden in the dark recesses of our mind.
The Moon Card wants us to see and accept our whole Self, bruised triggers and all.
Going Internal for the Seasonal Gifts
I love Fall. It brings with it the lovely leaves and the need to go inside our homes and read or dive into whatever introspective projects you crave. I just bought a ukelele myself.
We begin our Autumn season with the sacred holy day of Samhain (pronounced “Sao-wen). Typically, Samhain is celebrated around the same time as Halloween, although they are different culturally.
With all the hubbub of the season with costume parties, it makes sense to me to simply enact your own personal Samhain ritual when you can make room for a quiet moment to do so at this time of year.
There are different ways to celebrate if you so choose.
If you give a Witch an Intuitive Astrology Reading . . .
Well, this week was a doozy for me. That’s why I simply want to share with you an Intutive Astrology weekly report from Molly McCord that felt like I was getting a personal tarot reading.
Halloween Costume Idea Generator
Halloween can be an opportunity to wear your own inner monster on the outside, or hang a mirror up to the monsters of society that need mocked. When we draw our shadows to the surface, we weaken their power over our subconscious.
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