Hello October 🍁🎃🍂🎃 ▫️Named for: “Octo”, meaning ‘eight’ ▪️Anglo-Saxon: Win-monap ▫️Birthstone: opal, tourmaline ▪️Flower: calendula ▫️October Moon Magick: ▪️Blood Moon ▫️Herbs: ginger, myrrh, allspice, basil, clove ▪️Stones: alexandrite, citrine, lilac kunzite ▫️Scents: pine, patchouli ▪️Colors: dark green, brown, gold ▫️Trees: yew, cypress, maple, oak ▪️Deities: Astarte, Horned God, ▫️Lakshmi, Ishtar ▪️Elements: Air/Water ▫️Astrological Influences for October: Libra: ruled by Venus, projective/masculine, cardinal, air Scorpio: ruled by Mars, receptive/feminine, fixed/water ▫️Pagan Holiday: Samhain, October 31 Samhain (pronounced ‘Sou-wen’) is a celebration that has a more somber side than the revelry of modern Halloween. It is a day of remembrance of your ancestors and for those family members who have passed over. Pagan families may set an extra place at the supper table on this evening, to honor those loved ones who are no longer with them. The veil between the world of the living and the dead is thinnest on this eve, and this night is an excellent time to perform divination, or try to connect with those from the other side. ▪️Herbs: patchouli, sage, heather ▫️Altar Flowers/Herbs: acorns, apples, pumpkins/gourds, dittany, autumn leaves ▪️Feast Foods: pumpkin, squash, nut breads, sweet potatoes, milled drinks (cider, wine), roast meat, root vegetables ▫️Animals: bats, cats, crows, ravens, owls ▪️Incense: cinnamon, cloves, myrrh, patchouli, pine, mugwort, nutmeg ▫️Rituals/Spells: making besoms, divination, spirit contact, crone magick, working with dark energy, spells for new beginnings #october #hereditarywitch #spellboundmagick #spellcasting #spells #spellbound #Witchcraft #witchtips #witches #witchesofinstagram #witch #witchy #magick #pagan https://www.instagram.com/p/BoYq4BkghEG/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=k7httdc2qfnp