SAMHAIN 2009

For anyone in America, even the East Coast, Samhain is this Saturday night, November 7th sunset, to Sunday, November 8th at sunset. (approx 1900 PST)

Samhain (the ancestor of Halloween), the Druidic New Year and feast of the dead, is celebrated when the sun reaches 15 degrees of Scorpio. The Celts believed that a new day began at sunset. Samhain was the sunset of the year, and the period until Yule the darkness before dawn, a fallow time.

To really learn more about Samhain (and its' sister holiday, Bealtaine), search this blog for the label "Samhain."

This year feels spectacularly different than any I've experienced. I believe that this Samhain, and the three to come, are the biggest turning points in the coming new age-- what I call the Age of Avatars. The final turns of the screw in our new consciousness and way of life.

So this time bears some importance, some contemplation, some deliberation, some responsible action. But this is also a time of chaos and disorder and upheaval. Tricky stuff. Just when balance is the most important, it is often the most difficult to maintain. Do your best.

Every year at Samhain the world of the living and the dead converge. All the spirits-- even those that have "crossed over" (that is a whole other blog right there)--can come back to visit.

Because the door between the worlds is open, it is important to be somewhat cautious, though, too. A time to look out for bad spirits - such as those of ancient family grudges, curses, karma, etc.

This year, however, everyone that usually doesn't show up until just around Halloween has been lurking since Midsummer Night. Everyone. And Everything. And it is not just the world of the living and the dead that are becoming fluid and generous with each other, it is also the world of dreams, and of lies, and possibilities, and projections.

Be careful what you wish for, indeed. Try to be very mindful of what you speak about, and how you speak, and to whom you speak. Each word carries three times the weight it normally does.

Now is a time for heroics-- especially heroic feats of self-awareness: change yourself and change the world.

Change your world.

This Samhain I suggest a ritual at sunset, and another at sunrise, with some heavy Universe/God/Consciousness meditation at midnight during a third ritual. I suggest a night of divination, contemplation, and mass immobilising.

(Normally maybe sunrise would not be a necessary component. Sunset and sunset-- but this year, the dawn needs to be greeted as well.)

There is a lot of change taking place right now. Take a moment to be still and exhale. To centre yourself in loving energy and connection to the past, the present, and the future. To all of those that came before you, great with love and thanks, and release as many old negative patterns as you can.

Midnight is probably the best time to burn any letters to the dead, or the living. To make amends and open the door to new possibilities. And to reach out in with a higher consciousness to all in this world, both sleeping and awake, with a vision of a better life, globally.

(RE: Midnight, I actually take the time of sunset to the time of sunrise, divide it in half, and use that as midnight, rather than 12 AM).

There is so much happening right now, and I would like to write more, but I am in the midst of my own changes, which require my full attention.

HAPPY MAGICKAL NEW YEAR!!!

PRAISES, THANKS, & BLESSINGS!!!
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Edit: The events in Fort Hood make me glad for my ability to see the spiritual side of life. This world needs a lot of love and understanding right now.

2nd Edit: I will be dressed up like Nuala from Hellboy 2. Remember, on the astral plane every one always looks their best, but it is still fun to dress up. Besides, I am going to drop one of those "grow a forest" Titan balls on the planet and see if we can get everything healthy and balanced. A rain forest has a so much life in it and all diverse-- there must be a way for the human species to balance in a beneficial way for everyone. I hope to spy that for a moment during the night's meditations.

SHIFTING SANDS OF TIME

The kind of shift in our world that is occurring right now is very difficult for many people to navigate. I believe that is the reason so many people are dying. The worlds are very fluid right, shifting into each other, and out of each other.

A witch needs her wits about her. And world walkers need to stay still. And if you are a psychic and have not developed or located your power, I would advise also staying as steady and stationary as possible.

With Pluto in Capricorn, digging up secrets and treasure and overturning graves, this is not a good time to engage in contradiction. This is a time of karma and balance, and lies will tip the scale, and not in your favour.

I would be interested in hearing from any fellow psychics and mediums regarding the amount of spooks and ooks out and about. They are here earlier and in greater force than in past years. (I can only speak with confidence since 1992, but certainly no Samhain doorway has opened as widely or as early since then.)

There is also an element here, as we reach the eye of the storm, of chaos suspended. If we want time to slow down, if we want to live longer, healthier, more satisfying lives-- if we are, in fact, to shift into the Age of Avatars and towards the type of world explored in 2150 AD by Thea Alexander--then we must accept that our journey through the hard times will have to be deliberate, sometimes tedious, and more studious.

If we want the good times to last, we have to wait out the storm with patience.

For witches, Jedi's, and others who strive to maintain the balance/force, this is a time to be especially decorous. I am invoking the great witch Mary Poppins, currently the subject of a Broadway musical, to rule the season.

As things change, some will be in a spirit of new life, and others in a spirit of death. To stroll sedately, to observe without expectation, but to discourage extremes of emotion- Uncle Albert's laughter, the banker father's anger-- will help to balance the contrast of celebrant versus mourner.

Finally, this Sunday is the last new moon before Samhain. Samhain, as the New Year, is the beginning of the fallow season, until Yule. This is a good New Moon to make charms for the coming winter-- travel charms, money candles, love oils, etc. Or to give as Yule/Christmas/Channukah gifts.

The New Moon is in Libra, but goes void immediately. Sunday during the day is good for money and some love spells, I think. Wednesday is stellar for travel and Mercury retrograde charms.

PRAISES, THANKS, & BLESSINGS!!!

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