by Jessie Cross | Nov 14, 2025 | Winter Solstice (Yule)
As the darkest nights of the year give way to the returning light, Yule (the Winter Solstice) invites us into a sacred threshold. It’s a time of reflection, renewal, and rebirth. Long before the modern holidays, people across Northern Europe gathered around...
by Jessie Cross | Nov 14, 2025 | Winter Solstice (Yule)
The Holiday Energy Storm The holiday season is radiant—candles flickering, kitchens full of warmth, and laughter echoing through the air. But underneath the sparkle, many of us feel stretched thin. The collective energy hums with pressure. Pressure to be cheerful, to...
by Jessie Cross | Nov 13, 2025 | Hearth Magic, Kitchen Witchery, Winter Solstice (Yule)
The Longest Night and the Sacred Hearth As the wheel of the year turns toward its darkest night, we gather around the fire. Or in modern times, often it’s the glowing warmth of our stoves. The Winter Solstice, known as Yule in many pagan and folk traditions,...
by Jessie Cross | Nov 13, 2025 | Winter Solstice (Yule)
The Turning of the Light In the depths of winter, when the sun stands still and the night stretches to its longest reach, the world holds its breath. The Winter Solstice (also known as Yule) marks the ancient turning point of the year. It’s a moment of stillness...
by Jessie Cross | Nov 4, 2025 | The Descent
The Season of Nightfall As the days shorten and the nights stretch long, the world seems to fold inward. It’s the great exhale. The dark season, spanning from Samhain to Yule, is nature’s invitation to dream more deeply. Our waking hours dim, our inner light...
by Jessie Cross | Nov 3, 2025 | Ritual, The Descent, Winter Solstice (Yule)
Practical rituals, mindset shifts, and magical practices to align with the dark half of the year The weeks between Samhain and Yule form a liminal bridge. They’re not quite the end, not quite the beginning. The harvest has been gathered. The veil has thinned....
by Jessie Cross | Nov 3, 2025 | Elemental, The Descent
From the last embers of Samhain to the first fires of Yule, November belongs to the element of Fire. The air in November holds a particular kind of stillness. It’s dense, cool, and faintly scented with woodsmoke. Across much of the Northern Hemisphere, chimneys...
by Jessie Cross | Nov 2, 2025 | Lunar, November: Beaver Moon, The Descent
The Many Names of November’s Full Moon The full moon of November goes by many names. Most commonly, it’s called the Beaver Moon, a name rooted in survival. It harkens back to when Indigenous peoples and early settlers set traps and gathered pelts before the rivers...
by Jessie Cross | Nov 2, 2025 | Grounding, Ritual, The Descent
The Quiet Enchantment of November November is a spell whispered in shades of gray and gold. The last of the leaves tumble down, the air smells of smoke and soil, and the world begins to soften under longer nights. This isn’t a month of grand gestures. It’s a...
by Jessie Cross | Nov 1, 2025 | Full Moon Meanings, Grounding, Lunar, November: Beaver Moon, Shadow Work, The Descent
A Portal for Grief, Shadow Work, Grounding, and Renewal The November Full Moon, known traditionally as the Beaver Moon, rises as a luminous threshold between autumn’s fading warmth and winter’s inward stillness. Spiritually, this moon invites you to slow down, feel...
by Jessie Cross | Nov 1, 2025 | Grounding, Samhain, The Descent
The Morning After the Mystery: Ritual decompression, energy integration, and spiritual aftercare Samhain’s candles have burned low, the offerings are cold, but…you still feel it. The air hums with leftover magic, dreams may feel strange, and your body wants...
by Jessie Cross | Oct 31, 2025 | Samhain
The final harvest has passed. The veil is thin. The air smells of woodsmoke and endings. Samhain (pronounced SOW-in) marks the Celtic New Year. It’s a sacred threshold between what has been and what will be. Traditionally celebrated from sundown on October 31...
by Jessie Cross | Oct 31, 2025 | Samhain, Shadow Work
Samhain is the hinge of the year—the place where one door soft-closes and another opens quietly. Crops are in. The light is thinning. The veil is thin enough to hear what you may have been too busy to notice. This isn’t just an ending. It’s a threshold. In the...
by Jessie Cross | Oct 31, 2025 | Samhain
The Veil Doesn’t Snap Shut at Midnight On November 1, Samhain may have officially passed on the calendar—but energetically, the story isn’t over. The bonfires have dimmed, the candles burned down to wax pools, and yet…something still hums in the air. If you’ve been...
by Jessie Cross | Oct 30, 2025 | Ancestral Work, Kitchen Witchery, Samhain
When the Table Becomes an Altar At Samhain, when the final harvest is gathered and the world tilts toward darkness, the simple act of eating together transforms into something sacred. Across cultures and centuries, people have set places for the dead. A cup of wine...
by Jessie Cross | Oct 28, 2025 | Ancestral Work, Día de los Muertos, Samhain
The Veil Opens Wide: Why Día de los Muertos Is a Portal Every year at the turning of October into November, a hush falls over the earth. The light softens, leaves burn to embers, and the air itself seems to shimmer. It’s thin, transparent, alive with memory....
by Jessie Cross | Oct 28, 2025 | Ancestral Work, Día de los Muertos, Samhain
What Is Día de los Muertos? Each year, between October 31 and November 2, families across Mexico and beyond gather to honor the dead in one of the world’s most beautiful and profound celebrations: Día de los Muertos, or the Day of the Dead. At first glance, outsiders...
by Jessie Cross | Oct 27, 2025 | Samhain, Shadow Work
The Descent Into the Self: Why Samhain Calls Us Inward Samhain has always marked more than the death of summer. It is the soul’s invitation to descend. Into silence, mystery, and the unseen corners of our own psyche. When the harvest is gathered and the fields lie...
