Happy Halloween and Samhain!

It’s indeed a magickal time of the year, rich in lineage and expansive enough to invite you to add your own to it.

However you choose to celebrate this day, it is a special time of year to be conscious of and honor the other side of the veil – the unknown and unseen realms – while tuning into the subtle energies.

I want to share this post from three years ago, which includes a ritual spell of visuals and an inspired channeling I brought through that year, as the message of the words feels extra fitting for the now.

It also shares some ideas on how you might create sacred ritual on this eve, some words about rabbits as familiars to witches and their symbolism, and of course Queen Astrid donning her magickal cosmic witch hat:

Samhain Spells ~ A Cauldron of Metamorphosis

I felt inspired to be a faery nature witch this year.

So I wore my white and black dress with tiny black vines of leaves and black butterflies with yellow spots like eyes, as to me they also mirror kind of a web effect weaving together this transformative energy that is lighting up from the depths and connecting things all together – all of it feeling very reflective of my inner world right now.

And of course topped with my cosmic witchy hat.

Not as fun as dressing up with Astrid, but I know she’s smiling down upon me, as I stand in the same spot she and I used to for our Samhain and Autumn photo shoots.

Samhain is also a time for celebrating the bounty of the Earth and the passing of one phase of life to another.

I will always remember this day as the day my dear, sweet boy, Cosmo, transitioned.

It’s no surprise that he is part of our conversations, silly phrases and love words we like to use in his honor, and that he’s always part of some kind of story we literally make up every single day with him as the star – no joke! Having departed on a time of thinning veils, he made sure we’d never be without him strongly coming through.

I’m grateful to experience his presence, so much so I’ve taken on his persona at times and he giggles through me.

It’s a gift to feel and hear all of our fur babies and cocreative partners that once embodied animal forms by our side.

That, of course, makes me want to share some of the photos Astrid and I took to mark this time of year.

She LOVED wearing all of her hats and crowns and wore them with great pride and honor.

And in honor of the bounty of our Earth Mother passing through her cycles, last week I put everyone to rest in the yards, garden, and on our deck.

I completed all of my Winter prep, which is so important and reflective of the inner work as well being done. I finished that last Wednesday and the next day I planted all of my 205 bulbs to prepare for their Spring 2025 debut.

The bulbs include a variety of tulips, hyacinths, daffodils, crocus, alliums, and calla lilies. It’s always exciting to see what will come up – “The suspense is terrible…I hope it will last” (words of Willy Wonka).

That Wednesday was a full, physical exercise day, as we took advantage of the nice weather to do the big 39 mile bike ride we get in two or three times a year.

We did that in the first part of the day and the late afternoon was the deck and plant cleanup, as well as fixing several drip lines that some little bunny had nibbled through and then shut them down over the weekend for their own Winter’s nap.

We’re looking at 40’s temperatures all this week and most of the next, with nights in the teens and low twenties with snow, even, in the forecast.

In fact, we did actually see snow icing on the mountains above and surrounding us after Sunday night and got some at our elevation Monday night with some more on the way.

It stuck around on the mountain tops and shaded areas, but overall the snow we’ll be seeing now won’t be sticking around quite yet. It’s fun to see and brings on cozy goodness though!

We are actually watching some morning snow fall right now and it’s looking like more headed this way Saturday. An early start to Winter’s kiss.

This week has had a lot of shifts with things, as our last two garden sentinel trees were removed on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday (it’s quite a process), which was a big shift of energy at the side yard that I can see from my office sliding doors I used to share a view through with Astrid.

I took a couple of photos of the process – these are after the first tree was taken down and they worked on the second.

I saved a small collection of stumps they cut from them (about 19 I believe) to use for things around the garden and yard so we can have their energy still with us.

The change feels reflective of the old I’m letting go of to make way for the new – bitter sweet at times, and yet much welcome, necessary, and aligned with purpose.

It will be 7 years on 11/25 that we moved into our home with the fur babies all together. And now, one by one, they and our special two guardian elder trees, have all moved on.

And speaking of putting things to rest, I’ve received strong and clear guidance that there will be a clear end to things for me, upcoming.

Over the next four months I will be shifting things over fully to all of my new focuses.

This will provide ample time to make the transitions and phase things out. Originally, I thought this might take place at the start of the year, but because my actual new cycle doesn’t start until my birthday, I received that 2/26/25 will be the end point.

This makes sense because that birthday will ring in as a “one” year in numerology for me – in simple terms, a fresh new start that shifts me out of a “nine” year of endings.

This is a big journey of change into more of what currently reflects who I really am. And that will involve very specific, limited areas I’ll be pouring my time into solely without the same kind of availability I have made of myself.

What this means is that I will be phasing out all current offerings and slowly transitioning my website to reflect this. So, you will see things disappear, as I have time to work on things.

Everything will go. There will be no exceptions, as I am really needing to fully shift gears and am anchoring that as my personal commitment to my own authenticity and truth.

The four months will also give current clients or any people who want to do some work before I put things to sleep, some time to move through the closure of processes and/or get the support and direction you’ve been wanting.

I know I have been able to resurrect things from the past that I stepped away from for months or years, and recycle them through sometimes in new ways, but this feels different. Of course, elements of what I do and am about will always be a part of me and integrated into things, but I need to move on now.

So, I just wanted to share that so you’ll understand why you will see things starting to disappear, and also to give people plenty of a heads up.

This may, as well, reflect to some of you the same things you’ve been feeling about your own journey and commitments to things you’re feeling called to do or have put on hold and know that the time is now.

Walk the walk. Draw the line.

I discovered a giant osprey nest on a big hike and picnic day we did with friends to celebrate Dave’s birthday weekend.

The hidden, large, empty nest spoke to me both of the big piece of life focuses that is being cleared out while new life sprouts wings, and also of this vast womb that is awaiting my placing in of capsule intentions very carefully cultivated for the next cycle that I will be nourishing.

While out walking in our forest backyard the next day amidst the gorgeous colors rising like flames through the trees, I found an owl’s feather in the middle of my talking about all of this.

Owl feathers always show up while I am speaking of key and profound things, and realizations with great clarity. They are very confirming and supportive of cosmic alignment for me. I also get other instant manifestations when I make clear commitments and that took place when we arrived home and I walked back through the door.

We celebrated Dave’s birthday this weekend, which marks a new cycle for him as well. In fact, he follows my cycles.

So, we have four months of overlap in the same numerological year, then I march on forward into the next. But this one feels extra potent for both of us individually and together.

A LOT of changes being implemented and each of us are integrating these in our own ways and blending our gifts together to support one another through the shifts.

We had a small gathering for his celebratory day and made things simple with ordering our favorite Thai food for the meal and I baked the cake.

It’s a vegan marble bundt cake with chocolate ganache dripped over it and I decorated it with simple fun – a kitty (Dave’s favorite) and a maple leaf for Autumn, but all sitting atop a bunny cake platter.

Weeeee!

As promised, I did have the chance to get together the raw clear, smoky and included quartz bundles for anyone interested in working with the energies of these potent crystals I’ve been discovering this year from Lake Tahoe and the Sierra Nevadas.

I have 13 bundle options available that will arrive in sweet glass holders and mini planters.

You can find them here with information about each bundle, along with the only remaining powerful being from the last release – the incredible crystal skull carved by world renowned Leandro De Souza (I added more photos and info of her, as well as a listing to place a deposit if you know she is yours). It’s exciting to see where she and the bundles will land:

Crystals and Crystal Skulls

Enjoy the Halloween/Samhain and Scorpio New Moon Crystal Release and the powerful energy of this transformative doorway.

Happy New Moon tomorrow!