is entrance into the darkness of the womb of Gaia, mother earth. The preparation for the deepness of night enveloping us and the soft glow of Luna, sister moon, embracing us all until the force of new light and energy returns. It is our ritual to enter  the long repose.

Samhain signals a beginning of the time to retreat, go within, and create inner light and warmth. The candlelit globes of pumpkins bring the first light into the dark with the orange flame and fruit. The second chakra is orange, the place of the womb and the feminine energy

Samhain is one of the four hinges of time marked in earth’s seasonal calendar including Imbolc, Beltane Lughnasadh. It among the hinges is when the veil between the worlds of this reality and the spirit world is the thinnest. Samhain lies in the 8th house ruled by Scorpio  representing death and transformation.  I welcome the moment to remember and connect to our ancestors and to honor those who have passed through the veil.