Halloween

Well; A good time when to cast a spell is, when the full moon is in the sky and visible, when you are calm and relaxed, when you can focus on your desire (spell), light some scented candles or incense sticks to lighten your mind and air. Almost perfect conditions for spell casting.

While the full moon is a traditional time for rituals, spells can be cast anytime and anywhere. The best time depends on the practitioner, when, as mentioned above, one is able to be relaxed and focused. Uninterrupted privacy is also a consideration.

A Bit More Information

The moon is an important factor in when to cast spells.

- Spells of increase, and gain should be cast in the waxing moon -from new moon to full moon.

- Spells and Rituals of completion and thanks for gains, are best set at the full moon.

- Spells of decrease, and lessening are best in the waning moon -from full moon to new moon.

- Spells and rituals of beginnings, plantings and inception are best at the new moon.

- Dark moon rituals and spells are usually for self-discovery.

The house the moon is in also determines the workings you can or should do.

Moon in Ares

Battles, combat, conflict, consecration of altar, consecration of swords, ego, energy, energy work, greens, health, heroism, impatience, knives, making trouble, naiveté, new ventures, pioneering, quick results, rescuing people in trouble, restlessness, sarcasm, sharp things, surgery, vitality, war, warriors, weapons, working, on/with magical weapons.

Moon in Taurus (the strongest)

The arts, binding, business, conservation, contacting Deity, dance, endurance, essence of earth, ethics, farming, fertility, Gaia, greed, love, music, patience, physical love, planting, possessions, prosperity, security, self-esteem, sensuality, sex, silence, values, wealth.

Moon in Gemini

Bisexual issues, buying, cars, commerce, communication, computers, consecration of cards, consecration of pictures, consecration of tools, consecration of wands, contacting Deity, dual nature, field trips, friends, gay issues, gossip, ideas, innuendos, intelligence, learning, long distance communication, memory, movement, neighbours, networking, selling, short trips, siblings, sleight of hand, teaching, thievery, telephones, trans-gender issues, transportation, travel, words.

Moon in Cancer (very strong)

Archetypes, buying a home, children, consecration of altars, consecration of chalices, contacting Deity, cooking, divination, eating, establishing a coven-stead, family, finding a home, food, health, helping with problems, home, initiation, keeping secrets, listening to others, looking into the past, mothers, past lives, planting, psychic abilities, raising food crops, real estate, security, starting a tradition, traditions, weather work.

Moon in Leo

Aristocracy, awards, celebrations, children , creativity, dating, fun, gambling, games, giving, investment, kings, leisure work, love, naming a child, parties, play, queens, receiving, recognition, romance, royalty, self-expression, selling a home for profit, speculation, vacation, warmth.

Moon in Virgo

Analysis, business, bureaucracy, consecration of pentacles, consecration of tools, co-workers, crafts, detail work, evocation, food, healing, herbs, herb-lore, logic, low magic, medicine, military, needs of the community, nutrition, obligations, organising, plastic arts, police, relationships, relatives, science, tools, trade, vitamins, wellness, work, the workplace, working with others.

Moon in Libra

Accountants, aid to others, balance, beauty, contracts, dating, debate, diplomacy, discussion, etiquette, justice, lawyers, laziness, legal matters, love, lovers, loyalty, manners, marriage, mentoring, negotiations, partnerships, peace, politeness, pottery, relationships, romance, scrying, socialising, team building, tyranny over the weak, war.

Moon in Scorpio (weakest)

Banishing, consecration of athames, consecration of tools, contacting the dead, contacting other planes, crisis, death, developing psychic talents, divination, emotional truths, energy work, extremes, exorcism, fighters, finding lost items, forging a group identity, hidden talents, hypnotism, initiation, integrity, intensity, keeping secrets, law, mastery, merging with others, morality, morals, noble motivations, purging, purification through suffering, rebirth, regeneration, renewal, research, ritual experience, uncovering hidden things, warriors, will power, work (magical), work with two people.

Moon in Sagittarius (weak)

Ability to perceive right from wrong, accessing Akashic records, big business, business, contacting Deity, contacting higher planes, divination, dreams, dream work, education, eternal optimism, ethics, faith, fame, fun, generosity, good luck, high mysteries, higher learning, judges, language, law, learning, legal matters, long journeys, mind expansion, monopolies, parties, philosophy, publishers, publishing, resilience, serendipity, starting a tradition, teaching, thoughts about the future, wild abandon.

Moon in Capricorn

Achievement, advancement, big business, business, career, clocks, conscience, Crone, degrees, employers, government, hard work, honours, inherited traits, jobs, long term results, mountains, presidents, professions, profound wisdom, promotion, the public eye, reputation, responsibility, respect, rocks, ruthlessness, social climbing, social standing, statesmen, stones, time, traveling long distances, world leaders.

Moon in Aquarius

Acquaintances, anarchy, aspirations, astrology, authority, bettering the human condition, causes, circumstances beyond your control, clubs, covens, coven work, energy, energy work, fairness, founding a coven, freedom, friends, future, genius, honesty, hope, idealism, legislative bodies, logic, making the world a better place, meeting new people, non-emotional judgment, objective judgment, organisations, reason, social awareness, social upheaval, surprises, trustworthiness, Utopia, work with a coven.

Moon in Pisces

Alcohol, aloneness, bad luck, banality, banishing, brews, charity, chemicals, cleansing, confinement, conquering fear, criminals, divine madness, downtrodden, drawing out poison, dregs, elixirs, endings, examining the hidden aspects of yourself, escapism, facing the past, faith, fear, hidden enemies, high hidden things, high magic, humanitarian concerns, hypnotism, karma, listening to the still small voice, mediumship, merging with Deity, orphans, past lives, possession, potions, prisoners, prisons, psychic healing, reincarnation, secrets, secret societies, spirituality, the unfortunate, vulnerability, welfare, work with incense, work with oils.

History.com has the story:

The practice of carving Jack o Lanterns originated from an Irish myth about a man nicknamed "Stingy Jack." According to the story, Stingy Jack invited the Devil to have a drink with him. True to his name, Stingy Jack didn't want to pay for his drink, so he convinced the Devil to turn himself into a coin that Jack could use to buy their drinks. Once the Devil did so, Jack decided to keep the money and put it into his pocket next to a silver cross, which prevented the Devil from changing back into his original form. Jack eventually freed the Devil, under the condition that he would not bother Jack for one year and that, should Jack die, he would not claim his soul. The next year, Jack again tricked the Devil into climbing into a tree to pick a piece of fruit. While he was up in the tree, Jack carved a sign of the cross into the tree's bark so that the Devil could not come down until the Devil promised Jack not to bother him for ten more years.

Soon after, Jack died. As the legend goes, God would not allow such an unsavory figure into heaven. The Devil, upset by the trick Jack had played on him and keeping his word not to claim his soul, would not allow Jack into hell. He sent Jack off into the dark night with only a burning coal to light his way. Jack put the coal into a carved-out turnip and has been roaming the Earth with ever since. The Irish began to refer to this ghostly figure as "Jack of the Lantern," and then, simply "Jack O'Lantern."

In Ireland and Scotland, people began to make their own versions of Jack's lanterns by carving scary faces into turnips or potatoes and placing them into windows or near doors to frighten away Stingy Jack and other wandering evil spirits. In England, large beets are used. Immigrants from these countries brought the jack o'lantern tradition with them when they came to the United States. They soon found that pumpkins, a fruit native to America, make perfect jack o'lanterns.

First, you cut a dome off the top of the pumpkin. Then you scoop out all of the inside filling. Poke your knife where you want to start and then cut out the shapes. Then either put in a candle to light on Halloween or cut a hole in the back and poke the wire of a electrical candle and keep on all the time. If you have a timer to attack to turn on at night even better.