Spooky season is here! October is known as the “spooky scary” month. Have you ever wondered why that was?

Many say that it’s due to Halloween being in October. While this true there is more to understand about this time of year. October as always been viewed as “spooky”, it just wasn’t spooky in the way that we view it today, with spirits coming back from the dead to torture the living and witches roaming the streets tricking and harming townsfolk. This thought process came as a result of Christian Colonization starting around the 10^th century when they were attempting to wipe out the sacred rituals such as Samhain.

Autumn is the time of transformation. The bridge between Summer and Winter. During the Autumn Equinox we thank the Sun for the life it brought and all the abundance it created, taking stock of all the achievements, successes, and abundance we received over Spring and Summer. We also honor that the days become shorter, and that Winter is arriving soon, leaving offerings and blessing to the Sun that it may return in the Spring. We give gratitude to the Sun that we are offered the opportunity to slowly transition from the busy goal achieving Summer energies to the Winter Energies of cycles ending and the rest of dreamtime. Autumn also offers us the opportunity to store all that will nourish us during the Winter and release what is no longer nourishing us both physically and emotionally. We are gifted this lesson not only from the plants and trees but the creatures that live in harmony with the Earths cycles.

This Autumn Equinox give yourself permission and grace to simply honor this part of the cycle.

August 1st marks the first days of Autumn. Though the temperatures outside may still have the feeling of Summer, now is the time of the first harvests. There is a shift in energy that occurs in this time. We start to slow down to enjoy the bountiful crops that have been growing through the Summer.

If we watch others around us, we’ll notice that they too are changing from the busy go, go, go, energy of Summer to slowing down to gather with friends and family. Which happens to be the best way to celebrate the energies of the Lughnasadh (loo-nuh-suh) season.