October
October’s medicine is an invitation to establish a sense of balance and order in our inner workings that support us in finding our rhythm in the phase of expansion we are in now.
Re-Balancing the Scales
October is the month where the Earth really settles into the season of Autumn with colour bursts of yellow, orange, red and purple. It is also as season of the first storms and rapid change with release and decay of what no longer serves us, as we turn toward our inner lives and tend our creative fires.
The month opens with a soft invitation to weave new habits and thought systems into our lives, with true peace and effortless beauty as the end result.
The energies of October support us in reclaiming a new sense of balance—in our relationship with ourselves, with others, and with the world around us.The inward processing of emotions, relationships, and our soul’s journey that began back in September culminates in October, when we are invited to finally release past beliefs and value systems, that don’t serve us in our future paths.
Astrologically, we are now on the other side of autumn’s eclipse season, which brought both a full moon and a solar eclipse, initiating our next six-month cycle of growth—individually as well as collectively.
Guided by Libra, the balancer of the scales, October invites us to seek harmony—not only in our outer relationships, but also within ourselves. True to Libra’s nature, we are invited to master a fine balancing act—sorting and synthesizing the positives and negatives, the dark and the light. Balance will be required to realise future visions, along with commitment and effort.
At this time, teachings around relationships remind us that our human connections are not meant to drain us. Libra is the reminder—and the mirror—of this truth. Old belief systems about having to work to be worthy of love, or endlessly invest to build something worthwhile, are outdated stories—fantasies of an old paradigm—that need to go.
This month is especially supportive for finding balance in our relationship with the world around us, as we can succeed in setting clearer boundaries, balancing give and take, and truly believing that “no” is a complete sentence. We don’t need to explain ourselves all the time. Asserting our needs in a healthy way is not only the key to our survival, but also to our well-being—mentally, physically, and spiritually.
Ultimately, Libra teaches us that true balance is not about perfection, but about flow: giving and receiving in equal measure, standing firm in our values while staying open to the perspectives of others. Under Libra’s influence, we are reminded that beauty arises when opposites meet in respect, and that balance is created when we honour both the light and the shadow in equal measure.
Throughout the month, it can feel like the past wrestles with the future. Emotions tied to lack, or to the imbalance of unmet or ignored needs, may feel enormously magnified and tender—creating a crisis of sudden awareness, where blind spots are revealed.
Shaped by an at times turbulent flow, the energy of this month can be truly transformative. Try to find ways to stay grounded and balanced. Without grounding, it’s easy to spin out and lose yourself in drama, scatter, and confusion. Remember—you are in the driver’s seat on this ride, in all areas of your life.
However, this little wrestling comes with a gift: later in the month, we are supported in breaking free of any limiting beliefs about what we can and cannot do. Around this time, it’s time to grab a pen, connect with your creative fire, and re-write the manuscript of your own hero’s or heroine’s journey–with you as the lead character.
Harvesting Your Energy
October is a wonderful month to begin tending your personal fire and to set up a framework for how you want to act on it through the rest of autumn and into early winter. At this time, your personal fire is best guided by the impulses of your genius - your perfect matrix of your soul, psyche, and instinct, helping you achieve balance and resolution. Forget about rigid to-do lists or goals—simply follow the small hunches or signs from your soul that point to practices that will lift you up at this time, before deciding on anything else.
This is a highly creative time, and a good connection with the Earth is crucial. It’s a month to make changes and to fine-tune your relationship with your health. Find inspiration by paying attention to how nature supports you in this time of harvest: how the Earth nourishes you, how water replenishes you, how fire transforms the old while igniting your creative source, and how air moves energy with every breath.
Throughout the month, work towards releasing habits and self-beliefs that no longer serve your physical, mental, or emotional well-being. It may sound like a tough discipline, but this month you can make it into a joyful little game of pleasure—honouring your body by listening to its needs and finding delight in supporting your beautiful vessel of life in the best way possible.
Couple this playful approach with the intention for higher havingness and deeper deserveability. You are worth everything good in life. This includes making choices to stay in your own lane, away from toxic environments, and out of other people’s drama. Remember—you cannot take on energy that is not yours. If you do, the consequence may be that nothing is truly resolved, and instead you end up drained and exhausted by the energy leak it creates within you.
One of my favourite grounding practices in Autumn: Forest bathing
Honouring Endings: The Sacred Pause of Samhain
At the end of the month, we arrive at Samhain, a liminal time that honours endings and the cycles of life. It invites us to pause, reflect on what has passed, and release anything that no longer serves us—old habits, beliefs, or relationships—so we can make space for the seeds of new beginnings.
In the stillness of this threshold, we can connect with our own inner wisdom, celebrate our personal growth over the past months, and step forward with clarity and intention for the last months of the year.
This time of year can feel quite brutal, as the dark has now settled upon our lives and the energies of loss, death, and decay are present while we celebrate festivals such as Samhain and Día de los Muertos.
Around this time of the year, storms may come in to sweep the leaves and our inner floors with a reminder that we cannot go back. It might feel as if we are not ready to let go - but the truth is - we are.
But first, we must seek counsel with past ghosts: make up to make friends with any haunting past by telling them they where they belong. By trying to find a resolution somewhere, someday—so we can step forward for ourselves rather than lashing out at others as placeholder for any lost dreams, opportunities or grief we might hold onto. Whatever change you find yourself in this month, always make it about you, not them.
When your mind gets lost, let your heart lead the way. Let it be your own flame first, tend to the warming ember of your inner fire, before you become a beacon for others.
Goddess Teaching: A Time to write your Hero(ine)’s Story
After the clearing comes the truth. And the truth is, you don’t need anyone else to start living your dreams, right now, today. Perhaps you want to share them with someone—and that’s completely fine.
October reminds us that our human relationships are not the only path to fulfilment and liberation. Your relationships are the friction—and the polish—that shape you into the sparkling diamond you already are deep inside. Too many of us (especially women) have been raised by parents or society to believe we need a man or partner to be complete, and that we must become people-pleasing personas in order to be accepted and tolerated.
October is a great time to sit down before the clean page, and start writing or drawing your new story. Or listen to a story that wants to be written. And the new stories speak of abundant Goddesses who bring love and beauty to the world and are valued for their innate qualities, carried simply by their design.
The Goddess does not “invest” in partnership, friendship, community, or any other relation through pleasing or submission—she simply overflows with beauty and grace to the delight of all that surrounds her.
The feminine principles are awakening for a new paradigm on Earth, and chances are, you are one of the Goddesses - or Gods - meant to shine your light here, right now.
Your relationships should not take away from who you are, but add nourishment, energy and abundance to your being.
This month, take note, take stock, assert yourself—and course-correct when needed.
When in doubt, take a time-out.
In fact, schedule your time out -right now.
If you have not heard me say this before, this is what SEMINE Journal is all about: Actively planning time-outs for your soul and body to speak to you, to give you the little clues, and breadcrumbs for your next best steps to your next chapter.
Listen to your heart.
It knows the way.
October Blessings,
Sidsel Solmer Eriksen, Founding Editor
October Practices
Ground yourself.
After a hectic Summer Season and the threshold time of September, October calls for grounding practices: Somatic practices like yoga, meditation, journaling, forestbathing, or simply spending time in nature – aything that allows the nervous system to settle down into calm mode. October is the time to immerse yourself in the sensuality and serenity of changing hues and falling leaves as a live painting that deepens your sense of beauty and connection to the land. October has the potential to be an incredibly grounding chapter for anchoring ourselves into the here and now as we practice the art of letting go.
Practice Trust
The weeks after the Autumn Eclipse can feel a bit like an empty ground. After an intense period of revelations and insights, it may seem as though nothing—or very little—is happening in our lives. Yet this is as it should be. The post-eclipse phase is a sacred space for synthesising and integrating any findings or visions that came through during the Eclipse portal. It is a time to finally settle into the rhythm of the Autumn season, as we prepare our inner grounds, trusting the timing of our life’s unfolding.
Trust is best cultivated through silence and slowness; it is when we pause and listen that we can follow our intuition and the intelligence of the heart in making decisions. Strengthening your trust muscles now will be of great importance later in the autumn, when the energy picks up again. Then you will recognise the fruit of your practice now: that when the mind is confused, the heart knows the way.
Let your dead leaves drop
The astrological eclipses of autumn bring change. And with change comes the need to release. Just as the leaves fall in this season, consider what you are ready to let go of in your own life. By releasing attachments, grudges, or old patterns, you create space for new insights and growth.
On a deeper level we can also learn from nature, where survival is often based on the art of discarding - also know as abscission
This time of year is the season of housekeeping within our inner homes, where we prepare for a new cycle by releasing old leaves—trusting that they have served their purpose and are now free to fly away with the autumn winds.