It helps to be willing to release our emotional and mental attachments to how we believe events in life “should or should not” be or how we as humans “should or should not be”. Accept What IS

Here’s to another transformative month as we co-create a new world experience both personally and collectively.

Chiron in Aries Healing the Wounds of Injustice 

The Next Jaguar Days Oct 3, the day Venus Stations Retrograde and Oct 23 the day retrograde Venus conjuncts the Sun. WOW. The Mayans see Jaguar medicine as being connected to the source of all Earth Magic. The spirit of the Jaguar was/is called upon by the Maya – to assist humanity’s spiritual and earthly journey with integrity and gratitude. According to the Mayan Calendar – Jaguar Days are especially useful for communing with – and giving thanks to – nature.

Jaguar represents the path of the spiritual warrior, symbolizing quiet power, courage, and the ability to navigate the shadows and the unknown. In indigenous traditions throughout Mesoamerica and the Amazon—including Maya, Quechua, and Shipibo cultures—the jaguar (otorongo or balam) is deeply revered as a guardian of spirit realms and a master of transformation.

Jaguar is a gatekeeper, walking between worlds as a bridge between the physical and invisible realms, guiding those who feel lost in transition, offering the courage to walk through the unknown. True power does not need to shout or boast. Like the apex predator that moves silently through the jungle, jaguar energy is efficient, confident, and grounded in self-assurance.

Oct 31 Now known as Halloween. This HolyDay is also known as  All Hallows Eve and was referred to as Samhain (pronounced sow’wen) by the Celtis marking their seasonal New Year at  a time when the veil between the living and the dead was thinnest – when the dead could visit the living and the living could connect with those who had died. It was a time to honor the dead and the final harvest of the season.
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An older tradition to support this time was to dress up in costume (or some form of disguise) and go door to door offering prayers for the dead in exchange for food. That tradition has evolved into what we have today with  kids dressing up in costumes and “trick or treating” for candy. This time of year is when pumpkins are ripe and a tradition of pumpkin carving has evolved along with haunted houses, watching scary movies, hayrides and finding our way through mazes.
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The Cross Quarter time reminds us of the importance of slowing down, becoming more still and going within to glean guidance about the coming year.

Nov 1 is All Saints’ Day, All Hallows Day or Hallowmas. This is a Christian holiday that evolved as a way to insert itself over and replace the “pagan” holiday of honoring the dead. It was designed to call attention to and honor all known and unknown saints and martyrs. On this day the faithful would go to church, offer prays to the known saints, light candles, and bring flowers to graves of the deceased.

Nov 2 All Souls’ Day  is the third holiday in Chrisitan Hallowtide or Allhallowtide triduum (three day religious observance) to honor the dead. In order to more successfully replace the Day of the Dead holidays that existed in various cultures the Christian Church realized they needed a day that honored the dead that may still be in transition to heaven. The subtle difference is All Saints’ Day prayers are aimed at those who are sure to already be in heaven. All Souls’ Day prayers are for those who are still finding their way to the heavenly realms.

Oct 31 – Nov 2 Dia de los Muertos is a three-day Mexican holiday to celebrate and honor the souls of the dead. On the evening of October 31 preparation begins. November 1 is dedicated to Dia de los Inocentes, the infants and children who have died. November 2 is known as Dia de los Muertos meaning it is the dedicated day of the dead. Originally held in August over 2000 years ago the date was moved to November as colonization and Christianization began taking over so these holidays would coincide with Hallowtide.
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Traditional observance includes offerings of food and drink at gravesites, lighting candles, creating ofrendas to welcome and honor the deceased, making sugar skulls, sweet breads, and other treats to share with family and visiting spirits. Bright Orange Marigolds with a strong fragance believed to attact the spirits of the dead, are placed on ofrendas (offerings placed on altars) in parks, on doorsteps and graves.

A procession or parade in Mexico City and Tucson, Arizona (known as All Souls Procession) and other places is a relatively new tradition. Processioners dress in colorful clothes with sugar skull face paint carry pictures of deceased relatives energizing the rememberance of the lives of those who have died.

The Moon passing these stars is reminding me of a Priestess ceremony I co-facilitated back in June of 1999 at a standing stone circle in New Mexico. I kept hearing Star, Stone, Snake. When I shared this with my co-facilitator she immediately came up with…

Star and Stone – Snake and Bone!

Back then I had spread my mother’s ashes at that Stone Circle  in September of 1998. I was so surprised to find bits of her bone around the stones some months later.

The Stone Circle is a great place to connect with the night sky featuring dark skies and numerous stars.

Plus, we had been given a snake skin to offer to the stones for our ceremony so all the elements were present.

The Stars and Stones remind of us our connection with Earth and Sky. Ancient Standing Stone Circles were built to track solar, lunar and other celestial cycles.

These Stone Circles serve as reminders of the natural cycles of Earth and Sky, as well as portals to the starry realms that are so intimately linked to who we are and where we originate.

The Stars carry specific codes of information that are available to inspire and guides us when we are willing to receive them. The Stars carry fire energy linked with spirit, the stones carry feminine energy linked with the Earth.

Snakes also carry fire energy as they connect closely with the Earth. Bones of course carry earth energy.

The Snake and Bone aspects remind of us the genetic encoding we carry within our bodies.

The entwined snakes on the caduceus (modern medical symbol and also depicted with many important mythic beings such as Hermes and Thoth) is a symbolic representation of human DNA.

Snakes or serpents are also potent symbols of creative life force energy, sometimes feared and other times revered.

Our bones carry this genetic coding, and is the part of the human body that remains the longest after death. Even those who are cremated have bits and pieces of bones in their cremation ashes.

The stones are viewed by many as the bones of the Earth, holding her form in many ways, especially noticeable when found in Stone Circles.

The bones anchor the form of the human body while living, when bones are discovered centuries later they help tell the stories of how people lived in the past.

Most ancient cultures honored the bones of their ancestors, somehow knowing their importance beyond what we remember today.

In 2025 and 2026 there has been tremendous planetary activity within the Sacred Hoop of Stars where the Moon is located until it exits the hoop on October 4, 2026 as it exits passing by Castor and Pollux and catching up to Mars and Jupiter October 5.

More on the Sacred Hoop of Stars https://cayelincastell.com/the-sacred-hoop-of-stars/

We are made of the Stars – Star Stuff

We are made of the Earth – Stone and Bone

We are made of Pure Life Force Energy

The Kundalini Serpent – Snake

We are:

Star and Stone

Snake and Bone

More here https://cayelincastell.com/star-and-stone-snake-and-bone/