by Jessie Cross | Nov 7, 2025 | Elemental Magic, Kitchen Witchery
Simmer pot recipes to stir intention, scent the season, and shift the energy in your home The house is quiet. A pot bubbles softly on the stove, filling the air with the scent of orange peel, clove, and cedar. Steam curls upward like incense, rising through the...
by Jessie Cross | Nov 6, 2025 | Full Moon Meanings, Lunar
Ritual aftercare, energy reset, and the sacred pause between cycles The Afterglow of a Full Moon When the full moon fades, it leaves more than just shadows behind. Every lunar peak amplifies emotion, memory, and intention, stirring tides both within and around us. The...
by Jessie Cross | Nov 6, 2025 | Lunar, November: Beaver Moon
The Moon of Release and Readiness As the November Full Beaver Moon rises, its pale light casts a mirror over the emotional terrain you’ve been navigating since Samhain. This is the moon of preparation and completion. It’s a time to shore up your inner dam, clear...
by Jessie Cross | Nov 6, 2025 | Lunar, November: Beaver Moon
Learning to Tune into Your Dreams The full moon has always stirred the waters of the subconscious. Ancient peoples called it the “mirror of the night,” reflecting the unseen tides of emotion and memory that move beneath our waking life. During November’s Beaver...
by Jessie Cross | Nov 5, 2025 | Lunar, November: Beaver Moon
The Quiet Power of the Beaver Moon The Beaver Moon, November’s full moon, glows with a quiet kind of power. It’s patient, grounded, and deeply intuitive. Named for the season when beavers finalize their dams before winter, this moon marks a turning point between...
by Jessie Cross | Nov 5, 2025 | Lunar, November: Beaver Moon
The Moon of Building and Letting Go November’s Beaver Moon rises as the rivers begin to freeze and the land grows quiet. Named for the season when beavers complete their lodges and retreat into warmth, this full moon reminds us to do the same. To finish what...
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 Magic, 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 | Lunar, November: Beaver Moon
The Weight of the November Moon Every full moon has a pulse—a frequency that ripples through your emotions and body. But the November Full Moon, traditionally called the Beaver Moon, carries a unique density. It doesn’t shimmer like August’s Sturgeon Moon or spark...
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, 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 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 29, 2025 | Scorpio Season, Shadow Work
The Descent Begins: Scorpio Season and the Power of Shadow Every year, as the veil between worlds thins and the light wanes, the Sun moves into Scorpio. Scorpio is the sign of transformation, mystery, and rebirth. The days grow shorter, the nights stretch longer, and...
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...