Samhain blessings to everyone

[LiberalEsto]

Wishing you a happy, healthy and enlightening Samhain and new year!

The pagan group I belong to had a wonderful ritual and potluck Dumb Supper honoring our ancestors last evening. reading cards and runes for one another.

A good friend did a reading for me with her Native American spirit animal cards. I drew Lynx, Turtle and Bat spirits, which surprised her very much, given that I've been in a three-year slump of depression and unemployment. She said it looked like I was reclaiming my power and tapping into unused old skills - which is very true.

[FirstLight]

1. awake at 5 am...seeing ghosts too

I wrote this in reply to another thread about setting the place at the table and sharing a meal with the dead as a way of honoring the date... lovely thought, not accepted well in the religious forum, sadly...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=214&topic_id=313263&mesg_id=313321

[OneGrassRoot]

2. Joining in with well wishes....

[I Have A Dream]

3. I *love* that image! nt

[I Have A Dream]

4. Thank you! I join you....

[BlueIris]

5. Lynx, (intuition, divination skill) Turtle (nurturance, self-nurturance) and Bat (inner exploration)

are GREAT cards to be pulling if you're trying to get out of those circumstances. I once saw a bat right before getting a thoroughly cleansing new job. Best of luck!

[LiberalEsto]

6. Thank you, Blue Iris

and a happy Samhain to you