Samhain 2018

Are you a good witch or a bad witch? 

The Healing Nature of Samhain

As the wheel of the year progresses from Lughnashdh’s harvesting and Mabon’s reflection point we come upon Samhain’s magnificent displays of energy transformation.
 
Now past the balanced Vernal equinox gateway, the Moon and her beams tip the scale and grow in strength, leaves fall, and the winds of change push the Sun to its final decent to death.
 
The downward plunge creates an energetic spin. A vortex is created from the transformative twisting of energy awakening the super natural forces within the Universe. Hurricanes and tornadoes become more prevalent allowing spirits, entities and ancestors to get a little closer.
 
The veil, as they say, becomes thin between the seen and the unseen realms. This is the Scorpio energy of Samhain. 
 
The waning Taurus Full Moon encourages us to slow down, ground, and stabilize so we can find the center point within us and regain self-mastery through the eye of this transformative vortex. 
 
Scorpio rules the psyche, the deep soul within us. If we are not centered within our soul, we become fragmented, caught up in the chaos and psychological shadows sides are triggered.   
 
This is the Halloween ritual of exposing the “skeletons in the closet.”  Our Halloween costumes every year represent the recognition of these ghoulie alter ego fragments of our souls needing to be exposed and purged.
 
It is a time of year to recognize and celebrate the quintessential feminine Goddess principles of the death and rebirth or renewal cycles of Nature.
 
The shedding of the “skeletons in our closets” will allow the regenerative and renewal process of our Psyche’s development to progress forward. 
 
If we can allow the transformative, renewal process to take place and let go of the parts of us we no longer need, the coming Yule season promises a lightness of heart and feelings of deep emotional security.