Samhain october 31 - november 1 All Hallows Eve, Hallowmas
Samhain is the third and final harvest festival. It is the death of the god until he is born again at Yule. The pregnant goddess has taken lead now, and the only power of the sun is from the nearly fully grown fetus she carries. It is a day do remember and appreciate our ancestors. It is a time of reflection over the last year, and coming to terms with death
Traditions
Divination,
This is the best time for divination and is also quite appropriate as the new year will begin soon. However, your best practice, from tarot, runes, tea readings, palm reading, or crystal gazing, working on divination is a perfect way to reflect on yourself and to get a hint of what's to come for the next year.
paying respects to ancestors
The veil is thinnest at this time due to the god dying and moving to the spirit world. so to connect with past loved ones you can hold a silent supper, where you make and serve a feast to your ancestors, communicating with them, or visiting their graves and bringing offerings.
Connecting with the spirit world
Fire festival bonfire
Sacrifices
Traditionally it is this day that we sacrifice the farm animals to eat for the coming winter. Because the god represents life, the animals die as he does. In modern times we don't need to do that, so we can hold metaphorical sacrifices by donations of money or unwanted possessions, or donating time, like volunteering at a nursing home. You can even take this time to sacrifice something within you, like sacrificing your anger or giving up an addiction like alcohol cigarettes, or unhealthy foods.
Lighting candles
Since this is also the last fire festival of the year it is also tradition to light a candle for every past loved one. this is to help guide their spirits to you.
Decorations
Skulls, gourds, pumpkins, leaves, straw, fall leaves, acorns...photos of past loved ones, or personal items of ancestors, bones, besom, cauldron, sickle, tarot, candles
Colors
Black green gray orange purple white, silver
Animals
Cat, bat, crow, moth, spider, tarantula raven,
Metal
Silver, iron
Stones
Amber, black obsidian, onyx sandstone, turquoise,.... jet, carnelian, black tourmaline, smoky quartz, pyrite, moonstone, garnet, marble, sandstone, hematite,
