Full moon names: Blood Moon, Harvest Moon, Shedding Moon, Winterfelleth (Winter Coming), Windermanoth (Vintage Month), Falling Leaf Moon,
Ten Colds Moon, Moon of the Changing season.
The late October moon is known as... Blue Moon, Moon of the dead, Hunting
Moon, Ancestor Moon, Hunters Moon. Days to Remember
Oct 7: Sumerian New Year in honour of the goddesses Ishtar and Astarte
Oct: 11-13: Greek 'Thesmophoria' Women only festival in honour of Demeter
and Kore
Oct 12: Roman 'Fortuna Redux' celebration for happy journeys. Birthday of
Aleister Crowley
Oct 13: Jacques de Molay and other French Templars arrested by order of King
Phillip IV 1306
Oct 14: Nepalese and Indian 'Durga Puja' honouring the victory of the Great
Mother Durga over evil
Oct 15: Roman purification of the city
Oct 16: Indian 'Lakshmi Puja' (Diwalii, Festival of Light)
Oct 18: British 'Great Horn Fair' in honour of the Horned God
Oct 21: Slavonic 'Day of Orsel' (Day of Ursula) moon goddess
Oct 22: Mesoptamian 'Day of willows' in honour of Belili or Astarte
Oct 25: Chinese 'Festival of Han Lu' Moon and Harvest goddess. Jacques de
Molay first interrogated after Templar arrest 1306
Oct 26: Egyptian 'Festival of Hathor'. De Molay and 31 other Templars
confess to heresy, all these confessions are later recanted 1306
Oct 28-Nov 2: Egyptian 'Isia' celebrating the search and recovery of Osiris
Oct 29: Iroquois 'Feast of the Dead'
Oct 30: Mexican: 'Angelitos' In memory of the souls of dead children
Oct 31: Celtic 'Samhain' (Celtic Feast of the Dead). Egyptian 'Feast of
Sekhmet and Bast'. Indian 'Festival of Dasehra' celebrating the battle of Rama
and Kali against Ravana the demon.
October Correspondences
(Up to the 26th)
Nature spirits: Frost Faeries, Plant Faeries
Herbs: Pennyroyal, Thyme, Catnip, Uva Ursi, Angelica and Burdock
Colors: Dark Blue-Green
Flowers: Calendula, Marigold and Cosmos
Scents: Strawberry, Apple Blossom and Cherry
Stones: Opal, Tourmaline, Beryl and Turquoise
Trees: Yew, Cypress and Acacia
Animals: Stag, Jackal, Elephant, Ram and Scorpion
Birds: Heron, Crow and Robin
Deities: Ishtar, Astarte, Demeter, Kore, Lakshimi, The Horned God, Belili and Hathor
Power Flow: Inner Cleansing, Karma and Reincarnation, Justice and Balance, Inner Harmony
Oct 27-Nov 1
Nature Spirits: Banshees and other between world messengers
Herbs: Ginger, Hop, Wormwood, Hyssop, Patchouli, Mugwort, Nutmeg and Star Anise
Colors: Black, White and Purple
Flowers: White Lily, Dahlia and Chrysanthemum
Scents: Rosemary, Dragons blood, Liliac, Pine and Wisteria
Stones: Obsidian, Onyx and Apache Tear
Trees: Pine, Cypress, Yew and Elder
Animals: Bat, Wolf, Sow, Dog and Snake
Birds: Owl, Raven and Falcon
Deities: Cybele, Circe, Hel, Nephthys, Cerridwen, The Horned God, Caillech, Freja and
Holda
Power Flow: Release, Remembering, Communion with the Dead, Prophecy, Releasing old
negative emotions and memories