★🎃彡ʙʟᴀᴄᴋ ᴀɴᴅ ᴏʀᴀɴɢᴇ彡🎃★ The traditional color palette of Halloween! Ever wonder why it’s customary to decorate with these colors for Halloween and for Samhain? Together they create powerful symbolism that is rooted in both witchcraft and pagan practices, legend, and lore, and filled with mystery and magick. When utilized together in your practice, this blend of colors can provide the inspiration, protection, and support that is needed for acts of divination and spirit communication often performed by witches as the veil between worlds thins as we enter into colder, darker days. Black is the sacred color of pagan gods and goddesses that are associated with the Underworld. This color (often utilized in candles, crystals, and black salt), possesses the ability to cleanse negative energy and provide psychic protection. Orange evokes the spirit of autumn and represents the harvest which is linked to three sabbats of the Wheel of the Year—Lughnasadh, Mabon, and Samhain. In color magick, orange is associated with health, luck, courage, and mental focus as well as the breaking down of barriers (which is most useful this time of year as the veil between worlds parts). Burn black and orange candles together to illuminate the darkness of the season and welcome the spirits of the dead as the veil grows thin as mist.