from Baroness Hydrangea

• pull out old pictures, of when you were little, of when your parents were little, of when your grandparents were young
• frame pictures of loved ones who passed away
• have family tell you stories from the past, have friends tell you stories from their families and past
• write down your family tree, look for your roots
• light a candle and leave it out in the night to help lost souls find their way
• leave food offerings out in the night, or set an extra plate at your dinner table
• put up wards against all types of unwanted guests (salt on the window sills, a bag of iron nails near your door, a broom left outside)
• light some incense and cleanse your house and yourself
• sit down with an homemade pumpkin spice something and write in your witchy journal
• carve a pumpkin
• collect fallen leaves
• eat seasonal produce (pumpkin, mushrooms, chestnuts, etc…)
• divinate, if you have no tools it’s the perfect time to start (for lack of tools you can pick up any book ad do bibliomancy, look this up)
• and if you don’t know what to ask when doing divination, ask for an advice that can act as a motto for the incoming year
• pray for ancestors and gone souls
• dance with your shadow, meaning learn to recognize your flaws, learn from them, learn to work around and with them, learn to accept them (if you cannot shed it of course)
• dance with your shadow, meaning learn to see yourself at your worse, get scared of what you could do if completely unleashed in the worse possible way, be thankful for it because this way you can see your light
• put out food and water for small birds and little critters to pass the incoming cold months