31/10/2025
SAMHAIN 🍂🪄✨SALLY’S BLOG 💭
We are now at the cross-quarter festival that some of our Celtic ancestors named Samhain (pronounced Sow-en, Sah-wen or Sow-ain) which for some, later became known as All Hallows Eve or Halloween.
We are entering the dark half of the year. The pumpkin lanterns 🎃 light the way, in a nod to the tradition of lighting fires to lead spirits home, and the representations of ghostly figures 👻 remind us that this was a time of deeply honouring those who have passed over. Traditionally, this wasn’t a time of fear, but of accepting death as part of life.
Yes, this is a time of deep reflection. It’s also Scorpio ♏️ season and this can stir in us some uncomfortability as we come face -to-face with our shadows, or the parts of ourselves we don’t like to show or even accept. 👿
We can’t move forward until this is done and this can be difficult, but essential, self-work. Don’t be surprised if, at this time of year, a mirror is held up to these hidden aspects, to be faced and dealt with once and for all. 🪞
Known as the season to let-go, some of us find ourselves clinging on to things that no longer fit our lives… and it can be so hard to finally say ‘enough-is-enough’… ‘this has to end’. 🍂
It takes courage to know that endings simply create new beginnings. Sometimes we are literally stepping into the unknown and not knowing what awaits does not sit well with us all. I know this, and yet I still fear it… everytime! 🫣
I also know that this is where the magic✨ happens! For this is also the season for transformation 🪄 and when we finally give in to our winter hibernation we will emerge renewed!
This is a good time:
🔸kick some leaves on the forest floor, be inspired how the leaves fall without fear!
🔸all that hidden ‘brush it under the rug’ stuff is rising so instead of fearing it - face it!
🔸nourish yourself from the inside… cook and eat warming and colourful soups, stews and fruit puddings - have a candlelit supper and lay an extra place in honour of the ancestors! 🕯️
Get ready for transformation… 🍂🪄✨
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