27/04/2026
Do you celebrate Samhain in October, April, or not at all? 🍂
This Friday marks Samhain in the Southern Hemisphere, which can feel a bit backwards if most of what you see online and on TV is based on Northern Hemisphere seasons.
Halloween is still 31 October culturally, but seasonally, Samhain belongs to the end of harvest, the turning inward, remembrance, ancestors, and the beginning of the darker half of the year. Down here, that lines up more naturally with late April and early May.
I know everyone connects with these things differently. Some people follow the old wheel, some flip it for the Southern Hemisphere, some blend both, and some just enjoy the seasonal symbolism without attaching a belief system to it. All valid. No pitchforks required.
I wrote a blog post last October about Southern Hemisphere sabbats and moon names, and why our seasons deserve their own rhythm.
You can read it here:
https://witchoils.com/2025/10/05/southern-hemisphere-sabbats-moon-names/
I’d love to know how you approach it: do you follow the Northern Hemisphere dates, the Southern Hemisphere seasonal wheel, or something completely your own? 🌙
Be true to the land you walk upon. Honour her seasons. Listen to her cycles.