If you are looking to do magical works in the month of November, here are a few correspondences to strengthen and fire up your workings:
November’s Zodiac signs include Scorpio and Sagittarius. It’s birthstone is topaz and it’s birthflower is chrysanthemum. Lucky numbers for the month include 2 and 11.
When working with color in November, consider using black, gray, sea-green, purple, white or yellow.
If you are looking for stones to work with this month, consider amber, amethyst, citrine, tiger’s eye, Apache tear or topaz. Carry one or more on your person, use them in a monthly magic mojo bag, or set them out this month on a window sill to charge throughout the month. Choose one or more to research and add to your book of shadows.
November’s animals include the bat, beaver, deer, dog, falcon, goose, hawk, owl, raven, the white stag, and the wolf. To incorporate these animals, add a statue or photo of your choice of animal to your altar or read about how them can be used as totem animals. Mythical creatures for the month are comprised of banshees, maenads, unicorns and subterranean faeries
The best plants to work with during November consist of apple, chrysanthemum, ginger, hops, ginger, mugwort, nutmeg, oak, pine and/or rosemary. Keep a small pot of one on your altar, add one or more to your monthly mojo bag, research them, plan recipes around them or make an infusion of them to add to your cleaning water.
Goddesses associated with November are Baba Yaga, Bast, Cailleach, Cerridwen, Diana, Freya, Hekate and Kali. Gods include Crom Cruach, Cernunnos, and Osiris. Bring deities into your monthly observances by adding their image to your altar, researching them, or leaving foods that are sacred to them on your outside altar or sacred space.
November’s full moon, which appears on Thursday, November 10, goes by many different names:
- Apple Moon (Appalachian)
- Ancestor Moon
- Beaver Moon (Colonial America)
- Larder Moon (Stregheria)
- Moon of the Dead
- Mourning Moon (Neo-Paganism)
- True Moon
- White Moon (Chinese)
Use November’s full moon energy for banishing negative thoughts, domestic magic, healing, love, fertility, protecting children, transformation and working with your ancestors.
Month-long observances that take place in November include Native American Heritage Month, Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month, National Novel Writing Month, Diabetes Month, Lung Cancer Awareness, Pomegranate Month and Movember.
This article was originally posted at Confessions of a Pagan Soccer Mom. It is copyright to the author and may not be reprinted, reposted or copied in part or in it's entirety without express written permission.
Sources:
The Pagan Book of Days by Nigel Pennick
The Farmers’ Almanac 2011
The Spellcaster’s Reference by Eileen Holland
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