Before pumpkins, jack-o’-lanterns were carved from turnips. Here is where the Irish and Scottish custom comes from, the legend of Stingy Jack, and how to carve a turnip lantern of your own.
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Bind Runes: What They Are, How to Make One, and What to Avoid
A bind rune is two or more runes joined into one figure. Here is where bind runes come from, how to design your own step by step, examples for protection, love, and strength, and the rune shapes hate groups use that you should know before you carve or tattoo one.
Supermoon 2026: What a Supermoon Is and When to See the Next One
A supermoon is a full moon that happens when the Moon is at or near its closest point to Earth. The next supermoons are November 24 and December 23, 2026, and December’s is the closest full moon of the year.
Scorpio Season 2026: Dates, What to Expect, and the Biggest Sky Events
Scorpio season 2026 starts Friday, October 23, at 5:37 AM ET and ends Sunday, November 22, at 2:23 AM ET. Here is what the season is known for, a calendar of its biggest sky events, and a simple New Moon ritual for letting go.
Venus Retrograde 2026: Dates, Shadow Period, and What to Work On
Venus is retrograde from October 3 to November 13, 2026. It starts in Scorpio, backs into Libra on October 25, and overlaps Mercury retrograde for three weeks. Here are the exact dates and times, the shadow period, what the retrograde asks you to look at, and a simple Friday ritual.
Santa Muerte: Who She Is, What Her Colors Mean, and How She Is Honored
Santa Muerte, Our Lady of Holy Death, is a Mexican folk saint who personifies death, and an estimated 12 million people ask her for protection, love, healing, and justice. Here is who she is, where her devotion came from, what her robe colors stand for, how devotees keep her altar, and why the Church opposes her.
Dumb Supper: How to Hold a Silent Supper for the Ancestors at Samhain
A dumb supper is a meal eaten in total silence with an empty place set for the ancestors. Here is where the Samhain tradition comes from, how to hold one, and what to put on the table.
Protection Runes: The Elder Futhark Runes for Protection and How to Use Them
The Elder Futhark protection runes, Algiz first, then Thurisaz, Eihwaz, Tiwaz, and Othala: what each guards against and how to draw, carve, wear, and bind them.
Othala Rune Meaning: Home, Heritage & How to Use It
Othala is the twenty-fourth and final rune of the Elder Futhark, and it closes the whole cycle where every journey eventually returns: home. It is the ancestral land, the inheritance passed down, the belonging that is yours by birth and blood and hearth. After the...
Dagaz Rune Meaning: The Dawn, Breakthrough & How to Use It
Dagaz is the twenty-third rune of the Elder Futhark, and it is the rune of the dawn: the exact moment when night turns to day, when the darkness you have been sitting in tips over into light. After the sealed potential of Ingwaz comes the breakthrough itself, the...
Ingwaz Rune Meaning: The Seed, Potential & How to Use It
Ingwaz is the twenty-second rune of the Elder Futhark, and it is the rune of the seed: potential sealed up in the dark, gathering itself, waiting for the one right moment to burst into growth. After the deep water of Laguz comes this rune of stored energy and...
Laguz Rune Meaning: Water, Intuition, and How to Use It
Laguz is the twenty-first rune of the Elder Futhark, and it is the rune of water: the lake, the sea, the tide, the current that runs beneath the surface of things. After Mannaz turns to the clear light of the mind, Laguz drops below it, into intuition, emotion, dream,...
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