Cover your altar with dark cloths to welcome the darker nights. Use rich, deep colors such as purples, reds, dark...
Cover your altar with dark cloths to welcome the darker nights. Use rich, deep colors such as purples, reds, dark orange, gold and black to reflect the colors of late autumn. Add candles in the same rich colors, white, or silver.
Add skulls, skeletons, headstone rubbings or ghosts to represent the dying of the crops. Include pictures or other items that symbolize your ancestors, or create an ancestor shrine.
You can also cover your Samhain altar with the products of your final harvest. Add a basket of apples, pumpkins, squash, or root vegetables. Fill a cornucopia and add it to your table. If you live in an agricultural area, visit farmer’s markets to gather up straw, sheaves of wheat, corn shucks, and even sickles or other harvest tools.
If you planted an herb garden this year, use seasonally appropriate herbs on your altar, such as rosemary to remember your ancestors, mugwort for divination, or yew branches — commonly associated with mortality.
If you’re considering doing a bit of Samhain divination, as many of us do, add your divination tools to your altar for the season. Add a scrying mirror, your favorite deck of Tarot cards, or a pendulum to use in rituals related to divination at Samhain. If you do any kind of spirit communication work, this is a great time of year to re-consecrate them prior to use and give them a bit of a magical boost.
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