 Hello people! I'm Ginny Metherall and I am your fourth generation witch! Today we're looking at my ever popular Almanac series for what a witchcraft you could do on what day and when during the month of November. So this is one of my most popular series and what I like to do is to give you an overview of the trends of witchcraft that flow throughout the month of November and then we'll look at the nitty-gritty days for what witchcraft and you can do and when. So with that said let's start with our general overview. November of course is the start of the new year. It is the beginning of the months of darkness and this starts with the Sauen, the festival that finishes on the 1st of November. The 1st of November is such a well regarded day throughout whatever culture you live in it seems. It is the time when we do look towards the spirit world because November it is known that the spirits are able to communicate with us because the veil between the two realms is at its thinnest. It starts on the 1st of November and essentially goes through until the 30th so it is the whole month of November that is looking at communication with other realms. November is the month of blood and bonfires. We start to fight the encroaching darkness with fire and we have lots of fire festivals in the UK for this not just a great bonfire night on the 5th of November where we celebrate the fact that our government did not get blown up as well as other older pre-christian festivals such as the Ottery St Mary rolling tar barrels and other cultures have things like Diwali and the day of the dead is all about candles and celebrating your ancestors through lighting flames. So November does have a huge tradition of lighting fires whatever they may be this can be as simple as lighting a candle or having a massive bonfire whatever you like to do make sure you light some form of fire. There is a certain amount of preoccupation with death during November not just with communing with the spirits but also with the fact that we remember the dead you know the armistice day on the 11th of November the day of the dead in Mexico people like to honour their ancestors through the month of November. This preoccupation with death is now reflected in the countryside with the leaves falling from the trees and us being left with the bare bones of the earth so it is the time to light those fires and chase away the darkness. November is also the month where the wild hunt starts this runs very deep through the English countryside the wild huntsman is a spectral figure and with the whistling winds sounding like hunting horns he's out at night on his black mare the nightmare with his wishedful hounds baying in front of him the wild huntsman was known as Odin in the north hern the huntsman in the south and wild edrick in the west and everywhere as the old devil himself it is very much a doom laden site you don't want to be going around seeing the wild hunt and his spectral hounds one gruesome tale from around these parts tells how a foolish farmer asked the huntsman what quarry he sought a huntsman threw down this bundle which landed at the farmer's feet and as the farmer opened the bundle he realised it was his own child so don't look out for the wild hunt so that is my overview for november it is a month of bonfires of wild hunts and of us really settling in and welcoming the dark half of the year so with that said let's get on to the nitty gritty day-to-day detail and of course we're going to start as always with the first of november the first november it was known by the christians as hallows mass or hallentide meaning it was the day where people honoured their ancestors and those that departed before them and this of course gives rise to the much more well-known hallowsine and in fact the saun festival only finishes at dusk on the first of november the mexicans as you know calls this the day of the dead and the first and second of november themselves is like a festival for all souls it is a really important part of life to honour the dead when we move through into a new season which is what we do on the first of november so therefore the first and second are the perfect days to honour those who have come before us and why not venerate your ancestors with a beautiful altar and candle it was oft believed that your ancestors and those that you loved and had gone before you would revisit your home on the night of the first of november and so therefore candles were lit and placed in windows and these lights which lit the way for the dead to come in were known as tindles we would also set an extra place at the table to welcome in and honour our loved ones for we do believe that as long as you remember someone they never really die there is however a highland proverb about this particular first of november because it falls on a wednesday and they do say in the highlands of scotland when all saints comes on a wednesday then all men will be afflicted for this year oops what else can i say to them the irish also have a saying about first november which states that all the gods of the world are worshiped on this day so if you have a deity that you like to work with it's quite a good idea to do a bit of worshiping today the third of november is a pretty good day for the astrologers out there because it's the day when Jupiter that massive planet of the solar system is at its brightest and you'll be able to see it just through binoculars it is closest to the earth at this point in or it's in opposition or something i actually don't know but i do know Jupiter does rule a male energy in us but this is the lighter and brighter side of that male energy and will bring you great happiness now if you look up to the sky you know you'll be seeing Jupiter because twinkle twinkle little star and planets nearly glow the fifth of november as everybody in the uk knows is guy forks night it's also a lot of other nights there is tipping over the devil's stone it's shabir in devon which is around the corner from here where they are a bunch of bell ringers who've been ringing out the bells to keep the devil away go into a pub and take some beer and then go to a stone and then push it over with some iron bars and i'm not quite sure why they do this but apparently it brings luck we also have the ottery tar barrels which i have to say is one of the most unbelievable sites that you will ever ever see one of my favorite quotes is actually ottery st mary tar barrels is one of the most alarming sites that you will ever see short of all out war it's very true basically they fill up these great big barrels with tar and paraffin set them alight and then carry them very drunkenly through the streets of ottery everyone is likely to get burnt killed knocked over it's a terrible festival great fun kids love it not so sure that i'm so keen now it is part of this fire festival tradition that we have as long with you know things like bridgewater carnival we are lighting in the year and i have to say it's a lot of fun bonfires and fireworks with hot dogs outside in the cold what's not to like the 7th november which is seven days after saun is the day when you should remove entities from people who have been possessed at halloween i'm not sure why you have to wait seven days for this if it was me i'd remove them immediately you know being something that i do i'm quite keen to get rid of them because you know they don't do very nice things to people however traditionally today is the day when you will have great success at this the 10th of november is also known as old halloween a few centuries ago they decided to change the calendar and we lost x amount of days or gained x demands of days have no idea and therefore the old halloween fell on what is we now would say was the 10th of november it doesn't really work like that because the calendar was just bought in line with the sun of which i believe it still is however a lot of old people did still celebrate old halloween day by divination so they considered this day to be a day for divination perfect for having a tarot card reading or even you practicing it to yourself why not have a go the 11th november is martin mustay but it's also the feast of the god backers otherwise known as Dionysus and it was a bit of a debauched day in times past the new wine from the vines have been pressed by this point and you could start drinking it i imagine and there was quite a lot of debauchery and as a result it was then taken over by the christian church and told to be st martins day or martin mass and then they tried to make it a bit more sober because you can't go around you know having licentious behavior lots of drink and maybe a little wine women and song as they said in those days martin mustay was then turned into the armistice day where we honor the dead now i don't get me wrong i think armistice day is an incredibly important festival that we should look at those who have fallen before us however i do want you to know that it's not traditionally a day for morning it is a day for you know having a little bit too much to drink choose to do with that information what you will i think the 12th of november is this year's remembrance sunday which is of course a day of morning remembrance sunday is always associated with poppies and i wanted to give you an old poppy spell just because it is in keeping with this day so the spell goes as follows soak poppy seeds and wine for 15 days then drink the resulting liquid every day for five days while fasting at the same time you will now be able to make yourself invisible at will i think this will just put you to sleep so everyone you come invisible to you know reality eyes but i don't know i don't know how that works let me know if you try it out or don't because i think you just go to sleep quite a lot the 13th of november is the new moon in scorpio a story does believe that the new moon is a perfect time to make new plans and new pathways for the coming month each new moon is governed by the star sign that it is in at the time and being in scorpio this new moon is all about intensity and sensuality so should you wish to make plans and look at say increasing your knowledge of your partner and yourself in an intimate setting then great to do it this month the 17th and 18th of november is the peak time to look at the leonid shooting stars it is this year that the leonids are thought to be one of the brightest that they're ever going to be for you know our generation at least and so have a look out for them they're going to leave very long trails and very big fireballs are going to come down and what of course do you do when you see a shooting star will you make a wish what else remember your wish magic should always be about yourself and not for others it's an incredibly selfish magic and those sometimes are the best the 18th of november is a bit of a weird day it's traditionally the day to look at your look at my fingernails but look at your fingernails because you can divine a person's character by their fingernails so let's read out what they actually suggest that you should do so if you've got short fingernails you're wicked if you have small fingernails you're greedy or crafty meaning you know foxy crafty not making nice things out of wool crafty if you've got white flecks you're very wealthy and have lots of friends if you've got black marks you're hated by everybody if they are long and smooth you're witty and generous narrow and long you are cruel and fierce and rough and round you're prone to a lot of sexual activity so there we go I have told you your character with fingernail divination on the 22nd the Sun enters Sagittarius now Sagittarians are known as having certain characteristics and I wonder if you can recognize yourself within this so this is told by an old astrology book they shall have mercy on who all they see and they shall seek to travel to unknown lands whereupon they will return with great gains but they will have peril at the age of 22 they shall be of good conscience marry and be better to others than they are to themselves does that sound like you oh Sagittarians out there let me know in the comments below so the 23rd of November is the great American feast of Thanksgiving now I know absolutely nothing about Thanksgiving apart from you know you were celebrating the first harvest or something however I can absolutely guarantee that there'll be loads of traditions that people have and some of them will have pagan origins and so I would love to hear what you do that you think is a bit pagan for a Thanksgiving and let me know in the comments below then I can make a video of it and produce it for all you lovely American followers because I know absolutely nothing about it so inform me please the 26th of November is the day called stir up sunday now this is supposed to be the day where you make the Christmas pudding now this is so pagan it's not true because you start with 13 ingredients which is not a christian number 12 is not 13 you start with your 13 ingredients and you stir them each member of the household must be present when you do so and each stir is done with a wooden spoon you start with the most senior member of the household and he stirs from the east starting with the spoon in the eastern point and stirring clockwise he gets one stir and he can make a wish which will be granted then every member of the household in order of seniority down to the most junior does exactly the same thing and makes a wish and finally any visitors that happen to be passing you fill the pudding with 13 charms which will divine the future situations for varying people in the coming year this is not a christian ritual although the christians very much took over it it is a pagan ritual in order to make a beautiful pudding which you then set alight and burn for the yule festival the 27th of November is the night of the full moon each full moon brings its own full moon energy and has special names associated with it you'll not be surprised to hear that one of the names for november's full moon is the morning moon north americans often call it the beaver moon the freezing river moon or the frost moon because you know winter is coming but i think in the uk especially the anglo-saxons had it as the morning moon again this is a great time to venerate your ancestors so i know for example what my parents who are long deceased would love me to visit their grave and pull them a small top of whiskey under the light of the full moon not a bad way to remember them i think and finally we come to the 30th of november the 30th of november is the last night that the dead will walk the earth until next year the veil between the worlds now thickens and the spirits cannot come through as easily the wild hunt is definitely out on the 30th of november so watch out for that because you don't want doom and gloom coming for the rest of your year and with that said that is my arm and up for november which part do you like the most let me know in the comments below and do you have any particular traditions i really enjoy reading your comments so please do leave me one so if you want to learn how to become a witch come and follow me on patreon there are all sorts of options there for you to take up i particularly recommend joining 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