OCTOBER 2026

The 191st Oktoberfest is held in Munich, Germany this year, 2026 from September 19th - October 4th. 

Owaglt, Hopi Women’s Healing Ceremony traditionally held in October. 

 

1st      Birthday of Issac Bonewits, born 1st Oct 1949, Druid, Magician and Witch. Birthday of Annie Besant, Theosophical Society President, 1847. International Coffee day. World Vegetarian day. Mahatma Ghandi born on this day 1869, Porbandar, India.

2nd      Guiding Spirits/Guardian day, Druidic. Birthday of Timothy Roderick, born 1963, author and modern witch

3rd      Meditrinalia Festival honouring Meditrina the Roman Goddess of Healing. Marawu, Hopi Ritual of Corn fertility.

4th       Sacred to the Greek Corn Goddess, Demeter. World Animal Welfare day.

5th      Festival of the Old Woman, celebrated in Lithuania to honor the Corn Goddess.

6th        Feast of the Virgin Zapopan, Mexican Rain Goddess and patron of storms and lightning.

7th        Feast of Shu-Egyptian. Pallas Athena’s Day. Birthday of Arnold Crowther, Stage Magician and Gardnerian Witch, 1909-1974. World Habitat day.

9th        Sacred to Venus, the Roman Goddess of Love and fertility. Day of Felicitas, Roman Goddess of Happiness.

10th     Start of the Festival of Light in Brazil, to drive away the forces of Darkness and Evil.

11th      Sacred to the Old Lady of the Elder Trees in Germany and Denmark.

12th     Day of Fortuna Redux, Roman Goddess of Travel. Birthday of Aleister Crowley. Edward Alexander Crowley, 12th Oct 1875-1st Dec 1947. British occultist, writer, philosopher and mystic. A member of the Golden Dawn, Ordo Templi Orientis and Argenteum Astrum. He also claimed to be a Freemason.

14th   William Penn, Born 14th Oct 1644-30th July 1718. Founder and Absolute Proprietor of the Province of Pennsylvania. Known as a champion of religious freedom.

15th      Sacred to the Roman God of War, Mars.

16th      World Anaesthesia day celebrated to mark the first successful anaesthesia in 1846. Surgical treatments without pain associated to them.

18th      Sacred to the Celtic Horned God, Herne/Cernunnos. Birthday of Nicholas Culpeper, Astrologer and Herbalist, Born 1616.

20th     Birthday of Selena Fox, born 20th Oct 1949, American Wicca High Priestess, founder of Circle Sanctuary.

21st      Sacred to the Slavic Moon Goddess, Ursala and her Swabian counterpart, Horsel. First publication of the Cauldron newsletter, 1976.

22nd    The Kurama Fire festival, Japan. It honours Yuki-jinja Shrine and its spirits, lighting up the night sky.

26th     De Molay and 31 other Templars confess to heresy in front of clergy, all later recant their confessions, 1306.

27th      National Black Cat Day. Celtic Tree Month of Ivy ends. Birthday of Patricia Crowther, born 1927, Witch and High Priestess. Circle Sanctuary founded in 1974.

28th     Celtic Tree Month of Reed begins. Fall ceremonies honoring Isis begin. Norse Fyribod Festival to honour Winter and bad weather.

29th      MacGregor Mathers issues manifesto naming himself Supreme leader of the Golden Dawn, 1896. Anton Szandor LaVey born Howard Stanton Levey April 11th 1930, died this day in 1997. He was an American author, occultist and musician and founded the Church of Satan and the religion of LaVeyan Satanism.

30th      PACT (Pagan Awareness Coalition for Teens established in Omaha, Nebraska, 2001.

31st     Angelitos, Mexican Dedication of Souls of Lost Children. (The eve) Beltane for the Southern Hemisphere, Samhain/Halloween for the Northern Hemisphere. Covenant of the Goddess founded, 1975. On this day in 1692 Theiss of Kaltenbrunn was convicted of heresy and of being the Werewolf of Livonia. He was sentenced to public flogging of twenty lashes and after his punishment was exiled from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

 

 

THE HARE MOON

The Full Moon in October is usually known as the Hare Moon. Why? One ancient legend says that in the month of Beltane the Hare was seen to be gazing at the full moon. It was believed that the Hare or sometimes said to be Rabbit once lived in the moon and was longingly looking back at this home and that of his family who still lived in the moon. However his moon goes under many names and faces and is also known as the Bright Moon, Dyad Moon, Flower Moon, Leaf Moon, Love Moon and Milk Moon. You will know if a Witch has Hare as their familiar, as the Witch will seem to be darting off in all directions, be very, very nimble and will gaze intently at the full moon closest to Beltane. 

MOON PHASES

4th - LAST QUARTER MOON. Time to clear out anything that hasn´t worked or isn´t needed. Rising at midnight and setting at noon, this Moon is 90-45 degrees behind the Sun. Time to clear out anything that hasn’t worked or isn’t working.

11th - NEW MOON. Start new projects. A time to plan and prepare especially if it is so cold outdoors and one just wants to curl up in front of the fire or heater. Think about what has been and what you would like to change and do in your future. New job, moving house, new relationship or perhaps a new life is coming into the family be it kith, kin, fur or fin. An ideal time to write up notes, fill in your book of shadows, journals and herbal grimoires as we work under the phase of the moon.

19th - FIRST QUARTER MOON. Rising at Noon and setting at Midnight, the Moon is 90-135 degrees ahead of the Sun. Light and dark are in equal balance. Consolidate and give form to projects. Be creative and deal with any challenges that may arise.

26th - FULL MOON. The Earth is between the Sun and Moon. The Moon, rising at sunset and setting at dawn, is 180-135 degrees behind the Sun. The Full Moon is the time to celebrate the complete.

Last Quarter Moon in Cancer

The New Moon is in Libra

First Quarter Moon in Capricorn

The Full Moon is in Taurus

 

APOGEE AND PERIGEE  From timeanddate.com The Moon's orbit around Earth is not a perfect circle, but elliptical, with one side closer to Earth than the other. As a result, the distance between the Moon and Earth varies throughout the month and the year. On average, the distance is about 382,900 kilometers (238,000 miles). The point on the Moon's orbit closest to Earth is called the Perigee and the point farthest away is the Apogee. 

Apogee (Furthest away from the Earth) 17th

Perigee (Closest to the Earth) - 2nd and 29th

 

 

THE OCTOBER STAR SIGNS 

LIBRA -September 23rd – October 23rd. Symbol – The Scales, Element – Air, Planet – Venus, Quality – Cardinal, Personal Creed- I balance, Positive/Masculine Sign. The Scales of justice that weighed the souls of the dead against a feather. Balance and harmony for all.

Some Famous Librans. Augustus, Issac Bonewits, Aleister Crowley, Arnold Crowther, Selena Fox, Mickey Rooney, Paul Simon, Julio Igesias, Michael Douglas, George Gershwin, Olivia Newton-John, Ed Sullivan, Peter Finch, Brigitte Bardot, Jerry Lee Lewis, Truman Capote, Groucho Marx, Walter Matthau, Chubby Checker, Charlton Heston, Bob Geldolf, Susan Sarandon, Bishop Desmond Tutu, Sigourney Weaver, John Lennon, Eleanor Roosevelt, Dwight D Eisenhower, Roger Moore, Oscar Wilde, Evel Knievel, Rita Hayworth, Bela Lugosi.

SCORPIO - October 24th – November 21st. Symbol – The Scorpion, Element – Water, Planet – Pluto, Quality – Fixed, Personal Creed- I create, Negative/Feminine Sign. One of the most psychic signs in the Zodiac, the Scorpion brings with it mystery, strength and passion.

Some of the famous Scorpions. Marie Antoinette, Charles Bronson, Charles Prince of Wales, Christopher Columbus, Patricia Crowther, Marie Curie, Leonardo DiCaprio, Edward III, Bill Gates, Whoopie Goldberg, John Gotti, Edmond Halley, Robert F Kennedy, Anne Hathaway, Henry IV, Charles Manson, Joni Mitchell, Pablo Picasso, Joaquin Phoenix, Sylvia Plath, Gordon Ramsey, Julia Roberts, Will Rogers, Theodore Roosevelt, Winona Ryder, Bram Stoker and Vlad the Impaler.

CELTIC LUNAR TREE

The Celtic Tree calendar is based on thirteen lunar divisions. Each division has a sacred tree assigned to it that were said to have been chosen by ancient Druids. The trees rich in history and folk lore have many magickal energies associated to them. Please note that the Celtic Tree calendar was written from the Northern Hemisphere.   .