Why is Halloween celebrated? An astrological outlook.

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Can we say there is an astrological significance to Halloween? Of course!

Untitled, by Zdzisław Beksiński
First of all, it's all to do with the Scorpio Season and its themes: power, rebirth, death and darkness. Scorpio can definitely be defined as the Zodiac Sign of the dark corners of human nature, concerning our fears that can deeply probe our psyche. So it makes sense that this celebration feels extra witchy, malevolent and spooky.

To fully understand how the Zodiac and astrology fit into it all, we have to consider the annual marker and date of Halloween ( or better, All Hallows’ Eve): October 31st.

This is the evening before All Hallows’ Day, a.k.a All Saints’ or Hallowmas: November 1st, while the following day is All Souls’ Day, November 2nd.

In astrology, a date is never just a date. It is actually a degree of the Zodiac, in this case between 8º and 10º Scorpio. When the sun is around these degrees of any of the Fixed Signs (Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, and Aquarius), we take into account their positioning between the equinox and solstice.

These are known as cross-quarter days, and were the days when the ancient ceremonies called "Four Lunar Fire Festival" were celebrated.                                                                                                      
                                                                 These are:
Premonition, by Henryk Weyssenhoff

 ☆Beltane (May Eve) – 9º Taurus – May 1st 
 ☆ Lughnasadh (Lammas) – 9º Leo – August 1st 
 ☆ Samhain (Hallowe’en) – 9º Scorpio – October  31st-  November 2nd
 ☆Imbolc (Candlemas) – 13º Aquarius – February 
    2nd-  7th




Historically, All Hallow’s Eve or Samhain (pronounced Sow’-en) was an ancient Celtic festival and the eve of the Spiritual New Year. It is still celebrated in many different cultures, in different ways.

From an astrological perspective, we can make note of the Fixed quality of Scorpio and the other signs under this Modality, Taurus, Leo, and Aquarius, and we can acknowledge that Scorpio has a strong resonance with death and darkness.

There are some traditional customs associted with this time. For example, Sacred Bonfires – a tool for purification – were lit during all four fire festivals, to ensure fertility, good luck, and in the case of Samhain the defiance of winter, and its inevitable darkness and cold… In some places, this fire is known as “The Halloween Bleeze“, and it is lit in the center of a round trench, symbolic of the sun, to drive away bad fortune and evil as winter draws in.

Despite bonfires burning bright, Halloween is seen as a time of darkness, which is in stark contrast to the opposite side of the wheel and the festival of light and fertility, Beltane. This celebration occurs during Taurus Season. 

Have a Happy Halloween you all! ❤

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Comments

  1. John's AstrologyOctober 25, 2021 at 10:33 PM

    Thank you for your research and sharing this post with us. I really liked the story and the meaning behind it; it does make sense to me (it is definitely much better than today’s version of everything is reduced to chocolate and candies – at least in North America).

    I also liked the technicality part as much as the belief behind it. Interestingly enough that most of those celebrated dates are located in the first Decan of the sign. The fire part of the story reminded me of another celebration that happens to be quite ancient as well (this is also associated with St. George), which is celebrated on May 5-6, for the arrival of spring.

    During that celebration, they make a fire built by old belongings and bushes that participants jump over that fire 3 times to ward off all illness and diseases all year long. Of course, there are other rituals to that celebration as well. Here is the link, for anyone interested in:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C4%B1d%C4%B1rellez

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    1. Ebla AstrologyOctober 26, 2021 at 10:42 AM

      Thanks to you, I checked the link and was really worth it! So thanks a lot for attaching it:)

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