#samhain 2022

[kelleah-meah]

My 2022 Samhain tarot reading

Last year, I posted my 2021 Samhain tarot reading on November 16th, and here I am sharing the 2022 Samhain tarot reading again in the month of November. I originally had planned to share the 2022 reading on the same date. But life had other plans.

If you're interested in last year's reading, please feel free to take a gander (last year's reading).

In the meantime, I want to say that I had a lovely Samhain/Allhallowtide celebration this year. I didn't share what my plans were like in previous years, but I did make plans. And for the most part, I followed them. Or at least the parts that meant the most to me, it seems.

Anyway, continuing on in this new tradition of doing a Wheel of the Year tarot reading for the 4th Samhain in a row, here is how it went...

But first, a quick note --

For Samhain 2019-2020, my Theme of the Year card was a Knight of Wands.

For Samhain 2020-2021, the Theme of the Year card was a Queen of Wands.

For 2021-2022, the Theme of the Year was represented by the King of Cups.

And now, for 2022-2023, the Theme of the Year is ... The World.

Let's dive in:

Of course, this is the layout before I flipped over each card. I just liked the way it looked, so I thought I'd snap a photo.

Here's how the spread looked once I turned every card over:

A slightly different angle of the final layout:

Theme of the Year

- The World

Interpretation: I will complete a major journey in my life. Success and abundance will be in good measure, and my inner spiritual landscape will shift as I move on to a new level of consciousness.

Fall 1

- 5 of Swords

Interpretation: I will need to pick my battles wisely in order to put my focus on what matters most -- build my skills and confidence.

Fall 2

- Justice

Interpretation: I will seek to balance my growth with both light and shadow work. I will also give myself space to be still, lazy and unproductive in an effort to make up for spending the first 8 months of the year working my butt off.

Hopes

- Queen of Cups

Interpretation: I will lead with my heart, and continue to trust my intuition when feeling insecure, afraid or unheard.

Dreams

- Hanged Man

Interpretation: I will pause to take stock of my situation when everything seems to be moving too fast. I will lean in, let go and align with the divine will of the cosmos.

Winter 1

- Knight of Wands

Interpretation: I will take inspired action to pursue my dreams with enthusiasm and courage. Leaving some energy for the long haul, I will make my passion work for me.

Winter 2

- The Empress

Interpretation: Prolific creativity will abound as I work to align my mind, body and spirit with the beauty that feeds my soul.

Creativity

- Page of Wands

Interpretation: A creative beginning to a new path that inspires my imagination will ignite.

Career

- The Devil

Interpretation: Delving into shadow work will liberate me from those chains that leave me feeling stuck and unfulfilled. Embrace the darkness so you can heal and reclaim your power.

Money

- The Chariot

Interpretation: I will harness and unite opposing energies to help me find the confidence and determination I need to succeed. With consistency and conviction, I move forward.

Business

- Death/Rebirth

Interpretation: I will let go of what no longer works for me so that I may begin down a new path that will lead me to new adventures that exceed my wildest dreams. Transition and transformation lie ahead.

Spring 1

- The High Priestess

Interpretation: I will channel meditation, introspection and spiritual insight into the answers I seek.

Spring 2

- 7 of Pentacles

Interpretation: I will take the time to reflect on my journey as I wait until the seeds I've recently planted begin to bear fruit. I will practice patience and gratitude as I recognize anything worth pursuing takes time.

Relationships

- 8 of Pentacles

Interpretation: With the loving determination and energetic essence that I put into my work, I become the person I long to be. In short, it is the relationship I have with myself that should be my focus in the coming year.

Love

- 5 of Pentacles

Interpretation: I will change my view on what I think will make me feel safe and secure. Only when that happens will I experience the love I deserve, need and want.

Summer 1

- 7 of Swords

Interpretation: I will be more strategic and resourceful as I move quickly toward my goals. Taking only what I need, I will move past any sense of imposter syndrome while always being honest with myself.

Summer 2

- Ace of Swords

Interpretation: Heightened states of clarity and consciousness will help me move past feeling stuck and stalled. The right "aha" moment or stroke of genius will lead to expansion of my mind and my life.

Travel

- The Tower

Interpretation: Chaos and unexpected change will challenge your beliefs. This is a time to reevaluate, redirect, reestablish and realign.

Explorations

- Page of Cups

Interpretation: I will feel motivated by innovative ideas and dreams that spark my creativity and lead me to unforeseen, yet fortuitous adventures. I will play a little more and give myself permission to be silly every now and then.

Hearth

- Ace of Cups

Interpretation: I will continue to plant the seeds of love and hope, as I forgive myself for past mistakes and find the path to healing.

Home

- 8 of Swords

Interpretation: I will work my way through my emotional lethargy and let go of the old story that is keeping me from the enlightenment I seek. I will see that I have more options than I think.

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My overall thoughts:

I don't know what to expect in the upcoming year, but for some reason, I am both excited and afraid. Perhaps because The World signifies an ending as well as something joyous, and that could represent a host of things.

It could also represent 2 different things (something distressing coming to an end + something beautiful and uplifting altogether) or the exact same/1 thing (that which comes to an end is the uplifting and beautiful thing.)

The uncertainty leaves me nervous and struggling to appreciate the silver lining. But I'm trying to remember that most of the cards for the year right on time or what feels right at the moment.

I hope that makes sense. ☺️

Either way, next year promises to be a doozy.

[galacticpaint]

First Time Foraging

11/04/22

This year was our first year trying out foraging! We started with something easy and safe: acorns!

It's been a really long process, almost 2 months! But mostly because I was very clumsily learning as I went. But I learned! And today I am the proud owner of a solid cup of acorn flour!

Next year I'll have the expertise to make even more!

Finishing this harvesting project was my biggest goal of Samhain. I am so proud of myself! I can't wait to bake some bread tomorrow.

[crookedfxntxsy]

This is definitely late, but Blessed Samhain to those who celebrate!!! I spent my samhain running around in my halloween costume at a local farm and ended up buying a pumpkin! I wasn't sure what to do with it until last night, where i decided to make a spell pumpkin! Then i had the amazing idea of cooking all the parts of the pumpkin once the spell was finished. I made a spell candle and carved an admittedly wonky sigil into the pumpkin, and let the candle sit in the pumpkin for about an hour while it was lit (i cleaned the pumpkin before cooking no worries!). The pumpkin i bought isn't grown for cooking, it has low sugar levels and stringy flesh but i double checked and its definitely still edible! I made pumkin gut bread and a stuffed, roasted pumpkin dinner today, and tomorrow i'll be roasting the seeds :)

[todayinmagicalgirlhistory]

Samhain Ramblings

Happy Samhain!

Of course when you’re a tired college student, it can be a bit hard to actually do anything beyond light celebration/acknowledgement. Or in my case, even remember until half the day is gone but at least there is still daylight out so that has to count for something. This is my favorite holiday so even if I can’t do much, I always try to do something.

I think I’ll do some tarot later tonight and light a candle for the Morrigan once my cats are outside of the room eating and I’m in class.

I might also try my hand at dream work. I’ve always been interested but I’ve never been that good at it but one never tends to get good at something if they don’t continue practicing. I’ve also recently had thoughts about my previous endeavors with dream work and wondering what . When it comes down to it, witchcraft is a trial-and-error practice and I’ve been thinking recently about my previous attempts and failures wondering if there’s. Sadly it’s been so long since then that I’ve forgotten what I did jfndskfn

But I think I’ll try relating dream magic with things in my craft I’m already good. Maybe having that base will help a lot this time. So I’ll be reflecting on my magical skills and then try to incorporate those skills into dream work and see if I get any new and interesting results. Because of that, I’m going to try dream journalingー but there’s no guarantees that will last long or go smoothly.

I have cats that just love to wake me up to let me know that they know dinner is right around the corner like I will somehow forget every morning lol. So if that is going on, then I’m not sure I’ll be able to remember to write what I remember of my dream down if the first thing I’m waking up to are paws poking my eyelids and a cat face over mine. It’ll be an obstacle to overcome until I send the cats back to live with my mom since I’m just keeping them with me temporarily to help her out. 

But besides just writing down my dreams once I’m awake, I think I’ll just overall right my thoughts surrounding dreams and my... dream work experiments (???) down as well. It’ll be an overall interesting time for however long I’m able to keep up with it. I’ll update on the matter in a few months whenever I remember I have this blog lmao.

[thatohiowitch]

Samhain feast, ‘22.

[rootedincuteness]

Dusk has fallen, and it’s starting to get dark. That means the night crew is on duty! The day crew got off easy, only about twelve kiddies. After dark, however, things usually pick up. Kizzle and Stormy are up to the challenge, even though Stormy’s having trouble seeing out from underneath his big, floppy hat. I told him to just take it off, but nope, he’s committed to the costume. Kizzle is determined as well. No sneaking candy, she said. They’re very professional about this. 

🎃 HAPPY HALLOWEEN! 🎃

[crimsonkingart]

Happy Halloween - Happy Samhain - Feliz Halloween!! ❤️🧡💛🤎

[moonandfoxglove]

[michiamojesse]

la natura muore

gli animali vanno in letargo

cose muoiono in noi

e nuove cose nascono in noi

i nostri defunti vengono a farci visita

spiriti vagano per le nostre case

è samhain

[galacticpaint]

Really not helping right now

Well. These are the supplies for my Samhain poem. Perhaps he's just adding his own energy 😂

[heathergorse]

Last minute Samhain

Those pesky pixies are insisting on being included in my Samhain preparations, but they seem to be enjoying themselves so who am I to complain?

Samhain (along with Yule) is simultaneously the most observed and most ignored of all the stops on the wheel of the year. Halloween is a massive commercial entity and cultural touchstone, but that doesn't mean it's the same thing as Samhain. You can celebrate Halloween without celebrating Samhain (and vice versa) or of course you can celebrate both!

What if you want to add some simple ways to mark Samhain to your day, but you don't know much about it? Read on for a couple of ideas...

Samhain is the gaelic languages (remember, gaelic =/= automatically equal celtic; in Welsh 31st October is called Nos Galan Gaeaf and Welsh is an even more ancient language than the gaelic languages) name for the festival that marks the celtic new year.

A central part of the festival was the belief that this time (along with its polar opposite festival, Beltane) the veil between this world and the otherworld was at its thinnest. It was a time to connect with the "good spirits" of ancestors as they were at their closest to us, but equally the "bad spirits" were close too. So, the ancestors were to be honoured and welcomed, the bad spirits were to be scared away and in this part the modern festival of Halloween has its root.

Ancestors would be welcomed around the hearth at the centre of the home with some form of depiction or item that belonged to them in order that they could help those living today. The tradition is still a part of many cultures today and is included in almost all neopagan descriptions of samhain celebrations.

Honouring ancestors then is a large part of Samhain, but what if this means nothing to you? Perhaps you're young and haven't lost anyone close to you yet. Perhaps you're happily exploring neopagan spirituality and all your ancestors were very strongly christian. Perhaps your ancestors were horrible racists, sexists, homophobes, transphobes etc and you don't want that in your life. Perhaps there's even more reasons why connecting to ancestors isn't something that you feel you can engage with or have any enthusiasm for.

So pick your own ancestors.

'Why not? The belief in ancestors is that they have made us who we are today and, with a little thought, it is easy to think of people from the past who have made us who we are today. What about the author of a favourite book? Why not even one of the characters from that book? This is about choosing for yourself, not having the decisions made for you. Just like we can choose our friends but not our families, we can choose to honour those who have helped to make us who we are today. So, if you don't have ancestors you wish to honour then pick the ones you do want to honour. Be grateful for those authors, artists, world-changers and creatives who make you feel good about yourself. Pick a favourite character who taught you to be a better person. Celebrate who you are!

Samhain is also a new year, so its a good opportunity in the year to try to be better. You never have to wait for a specific date to try and improve, but this is as good a line in the sand as any other. Is there anything you want to differently, or perhaps there's something you want to make better. Samhain is a good time to begin that.

Its the time of the year when the rule of the night over the day becomes longer and longer. Samhain is a good time to embrace that and embrace your night self. Step into the Samhain night (if its safe to do so) and feel the difference in all your senses between the night and the day. There's long nights to come yet, so make friends with the night if you can.

(One quick extra - if you've carved a pumpkin lantern don't just throw it away! Its food that can be easily roasted and pureed and can make some great recipes, so take the time to do a quick search for pumpkin recipes - and especially don't leave your pumpkins out on the ground outside as wildlife like hedgehogs can become very ill from eating them.)

However you're planning to spend your Halloween or mark Samhain this year, I wish you a happy and blessed one that is just how you want it to be.

[rootedincuteness]

The day crew is on duty! Fernadette, Halfred, and Mudpie are helping me hand out candy and letting me know when there are kiddies at my door. Mudpie told me he needed to thoroughly inspect the candy, all the way to the bottom of the bowl, but I suspect there are some candy-stealing shenanigans going on... XD

[rootedincuteness]

While the other rootlings and ‘shrooms are out partying and having fun at various social events, these five helpers have volunteered to stay home and help their human hand out candy. We’re going to have a day crew and a night crew on hand over the course of the day, and hopefully with their help, I’ll be able to hand out a lot of candy to happy kids! 🎃  

[rootedincuteness]

🍬🕸️👻🎃 𝓗𝓪𝓹𝓹𝔂 𝓗𝓪𝓵𝓵𝓸𝔀𝓮𝓮𝓷! 🎃👻🕸️🍬

~ 𝐿𝑜𝑣𝑒, 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑅𝑜𝑜𝑡’𝑠 & ‘𝑆ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑚𝑠 𝐺𝑎𝑛𝑔

[thatohiowitch]

Samhain blessings🍂

[galacticpaint]

Haru and Henri's First Samhain - 10/30/2022

We couldn't wait to get started, so we started today. It seemed like the world agreed too because the weather was gorgeous and two turkeys visited our yard! I've never had turkeys visit me at this house.

Our husband unfortunately scared them away by treating them like chickens hehe. But the rest of the wildlife was excited for the seed shower. Squirrels have been playing in the yard all day since.

We decided to wear dramatic makeup today for the holiday. Alwyn Oak on youtube remarked that wearing a costume isn't just to scare away tricksters, but to help the strange feel more at home as it intersects our space this time of year.

And Henri so loves to be strange!

I've spent quite a bit of time outside today. I had to go to the grocery store to buy supplies for the feast on Tuesday night. After that I came home and chose today to dig up all my gladiolus bulbs! I preened the hydrangea while I was out there.

We just got through a surgery and this has been our first major pain free day! It was wonderful.

I cleaned my bulbs up and they're drying now.

AFTER THAT IT WAS MY TURN. SORT OF. HARU STILL VERY MUCH PARTICIPATED IN ALL OF THIS.

ANYWAY. I STARTED MY FIRST POTPOURRI TODAY AS A SPELL FOR OUR HOUSE AND OURSELVES.

A VERY SIMPLE CLASSIC. CINNAMON, VANILLA, APPLE, AND SOME LEMON. A PINCH OF ROSEMARY TOO, AS IT HELPS FIND THE SELF. WE ONLY RECENTLY TOOK THE TIME TO MEET THE SPIRIT OF OUR HOME AND THIS SPELL WAS MEANT TO WELCOME IT TO TELL US ABOUT ITS HISTORY.

While that simmered we also started leaching our acorn harvest! It was very small. This is our first year trying out foraging. I am hoping to bake some bread with these acorns tomorrow.

WHILE WE WERE DOING THAT OUR SISTER CAME BY. SHE BROUGHT OUR CHILDHOOD PET AND WE TOOK A LOVELY AFTERNOON WALK AND CHATTED. SHE HAD TO LEAVE AS QUICK AS SHE CAME FOR HOMEWORK BUT IT WAS NICE TO SEE HER. LOLA DROVE THEM HOME BTW

To wrap up the day we decided to make our mother's chexmix she'd always make this time of year.

2 tbsp worchestersire

2 tsp lemon juice

6-8tbsp melted butter

then garlic salt and onion powder measured with your heart.

most of a box of chex cereal, thin stick pretzels [though they were out today! I had to buy tiny pretzels that I kinda like more], and mixed nuts! Of course any of that is swap out able. But I decided to do what my mother always did ;P

bake it for 45 minutes at 250!

It was so good fresh!

P.S. one of my glads dropped a beautiful wand!