Samhain love spells

The idea of Samhain being a time of love spells might seem strange to us nowadays. After all, who wants to flirt with a stranger with your dear departed grandma looking on? It seems, though, that Grandma might help you pick right. Back in the old days, fire festivals were premiere social occasions that played an important role in matchmaking. Hence, most of the divinations of the season concerned discovering the identity of a future spouse. We live longer and so our priorities surrounding love are different now; some of us seek life companionship, others a friend for a season. Samhain, because of its between-the-words nature, best suits spells for enduring love and friendship.


A Love Uncrossing Spell

If you feel like your love life carries some curse or karmic burden, try this to lift it. It may not replace the basic need for therapy or for learning new ways to think about emotional connection, but it is a great way to set the intention of trying to be different with love in the new year.

Gather a purple or black candle, a heatproof plate or bowl, blank paper, a marker, rue oil or a pinch of olive oil with rue stirred in, a nail or pencil, and one of your own hairs.

Set the plate in the center of your sacred space. Draw a figure eight on the piece of paper. Mark five plus marks inside the figure on both sides, for a total of ten marks. Carve your own name on the candle and run oil on it from the end to the wick. Place your hair on top of the seal and the candle over top. Light the candle. As it burns, chant seven times:

Samhain day to Samhain night,
take away my own heart's blight.
Free my heart from seals and blocks;
the world of love now unlocks!

Allow the candle to burn for seven minutes a day. When gone, carry the seal in a pocket or in your wallet.