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Samhainn Moon

Moon Samhainn - the beginning of winter.

Modern calendars mark the night on October 31st, but the old way of reckoning would look to the full moon for guidance.

The Cailleach can be heard whirling amongst the branches of trees, blowing the last of the autumn colours away. She is seen in the mists that sweep in from the seas. Hilltops - where she is most at home - are eclipsed by her wild dance. She has imprisoned Bride within Ben Nevis and begins to wash her plaid in the great "speckled cauldron" - Coirebhreacain. It is said that when the Cailleach (Scots - Carlin) has washed her plaid white, the land is covered in snow.

This is a time of endings, of shedding what no longer serves us. It is also the time when the veil thins, a time of journeys to the Otherworld and a time for honouring those who have gone before.