Samhain is the Irish Gaelic name for the month of November, also known as All Hallows Eve, November Eve or the Third Harvest. It is sacred to the Crone in the Goddess trinity and the Horned God as Lord of Death.
It is the Celtic 'New Years Eve' however some Wiccan traditions see it only as the end of the year, a time for reflection and rest, not the beginning of a new year, that comes at Yule, the Winter Solstice.
Samhain is a time to acknowledge and understand your weaknesses, list these on seperate pieces of paper and burn them individually, ceremonially cleansing the old. Assess and retune yourself, disband traits that you no longer need.
It is believed that is you catch thirteen leaves, one for each full moon in the new year, your year will be filled with joy, abundance and love.
Regarded as a time when the veils between worlds were thinnest, and dead souls were able to cross the barrier seperating the world of the living and the world of the dead. This is one reason why people used to dress up on Halloween, it was believed that if they appeared as demons or goblins, they would be overlooked by the real monsters. Parts of this tradition still continue today, although it has turned into an excuse for children to ask their neighbours for sweets!
Celebrate this festival on October 31 if you are in the Northern Hemisphere, or May 1 in the South.

Colours specific to this holiday are flame red, and black.

Sabbats | Yule | Imbolc | Ostara | Beltane | Litha | Lughnassad | Mabon

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