Samhain Night: The Magic of the Wish

Samhain Night: The Magic of the Wish (pronounced “Sow-in”)

​On this sacred Samhain night, I drew a single card — Wish — from the Earthly Souls & Spirits Oracle by Sarah Foss Robinson and Terry Foss.
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The words that followed came through as a message for this day — a quiet reflection to honor our ancestors and the wishes that bridge the seen and unseen.
I share it with love, from my heart to yours.

These are the words that came through:

Samhain Night: The Magic of the Wish
(pronounced “Sow-in”)

Tonight, the world holds its breath.
Between one heartbeat and the next, the veil shimmers --
and the living and the dead walk closer than ever before.
The air hums with candle flame and memory,
with the scent of smoke, apples,
and something ancient stirring in the dark.

The card that revealed itself for this sacred night is Wish --was meant to rise now,
guided by Spirit,
carried through the cards by those who once walked beside us.

In its image, a witch sits beneath a raven-lit sky,
the moon cradled softly in her hands.
She does not clutch it — she listens.
She trusts.
She knows that magic is not found in demand,
but in surrender.
The ravens, black-winged and watchful,
circle like keepers of old promises,
reminding us that every wish spoken into the dark
finds its way home.

So tonight, whisper your wish into the candlelight.
Let it drift through the smoke and shadow,
past the pumpkins glowing like sentinels on the porch,
into the waiting arms of your ancestors.
Speak it not with trepidation,
but with a deep inner knowing that they hear you.
They always have.

An invitation to wish with your ancestors-

As gentle as a kiss from my lips to you,
as soft as the wind that kisses me back,
may my wish be heard by you.
And in the stillness,
and in the darkness,
and in the silence of this eve,
may it be shaped into light
by the quiet magic that connects us through all time.

Where love never ends,
wishes become spells of remembrance and light.

From my heart to yours --
may you feel the presence of those who love you,
in this night and in all nights to come.
Where love never ends.
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— Jennifer Belanger, Intuitive Practitioner

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