How I prepare for the Dark Months

I have been asked by my Patrons and Youtube Members to talk about how I prepare for the Dark Months ahead, so here we go!

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Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
03:01 - Midsummer
04:00 - Late summer
05:28 - Early to mid fall
08:34 - Fall equinox
09:39 - Other

[animemenga]

ok that particular shirt with the style that the current head wrap is in gives total badass pirate lady! talk about empowerment!

[fegaroskonh]

Can i just say you're one of the most underrated creators ?!?? Cause wtf??? You're so amazing??? Can't understand how more people aren't watching your videos. Love you 🤟🏼

[johnmorel]

I live in Arizona, and I totally plan on using some of these tips in reverse. The summer is here, our oppressive in their heat and their brightness. I’ve given myself seasonal depression in the past by closing all the blinds and staying inside to avoid the heat all day. The indigenous people of the area called summer the death season.

[anna-romanini]

Hello, nice to meet you! I feel so thankful for having got this video suggested on my feed. I am an italian person that recently moved here in northen Germany. This means I am about to live my first northen european winter experience, Im scared and excited simoultaneously ngl haha I too work with local plants and entities so it feels like somehow I'm starting all over again. This winter will be nicely dense of research. Thank you so much for your content :)

[what_a_wonderful_witch]

can I say I LOVE how much you've experimented with your look over the past few years??? 🥰

[Kristen-vj]

I also mourn the summer. Great tips, thanks!

[LillianBirchleaf]

I like to get cosy in the kitchen in the dark months. I live in Tennessee and I can relate to you saying we don't get much snow. We just get cold rains here. So I like to make breads and fall vegetables like squash and roasted meats I resonate with you on slowing down in the dark days. That I think is only natural for this time of year. So enjoy your hot tea or autumn drink and may I wish you all the blessings of autumn.

[Youtubefloss]

Yea… love your videos, just subscribed and I do feel that fall and winter is an invitation to stay inside, meditate, learn new things and I really try to reflect. Sometimes we forgot everything we had done, learn and accomplish. The dark months are a good
Time To do all that.

[animemenga]

i like taking advantage of snow/winter magic since it's only a short time as well

[trixjoyce]

Where I live we have distinct seasons and the colder months are quite snow-heavy. I live near the polar circle so winter is usually snowy etc. I just have to admit though, that I like the darkness around me this time of the year. I'm not a summer girlie. I'm more comfortable during the autumn and winter seasons. And because my country never gets dark during summer we have midnight sun sometimes even, and the nights are bright regardless, I have difficulty sleeping and getting proper sleep when it's summertime here. So I tend to feel better when Fall says hi :) I know many people where I live hate the cold. But I like it and I like darkness. I'm just weird xD

[CosmicCritter]

I loved this video! I find it interesting you're a little bit opposite of how I like to go out or stay inside. Living in Texas and hating the heat of the summertime I find myself doing most of my research chilling inside by a fan on the beanbag chair, picking up a nice book, or reading some articles to educate myself a little more on different practices I'd like to implement in my craft. Then in the fall/winter months when it's cooling off outside and not too miserable to go foraging I personally find it more enjoyable to explore the woods during those months. But it gets very eree and you can really feel a different atmosphere in the forest during winter time. Doesn't feel nearly as "welcoming" I think? So on those particular days I won't forage just because it doesn't feel like I'm "allowed" to if that makes sense? So I find myself doing way more protection practices than anything. Funny how different those of us do things based on location and climate.

[glampopsammi]

You are so cool, and this was so helpful to me. I prepare for winter by buying candles and extra light sources as well as cbd oil and a tangerine incense difuser. Also, oranges to make juice and hot yoga help with SAD. 🍂🎃

[zbraal]

We have the same weather here in western Washington state: chilly, wet and dark. I love candles in the winter for light and a sense of warmth. Also love woodsy incense and meditating about a warm, sunny place 😎 Great video!

[kayleighanne]

Love your outfit today, you look like a badass pirate ❤

[iona]

this is soso helpful thank you so much i get a bit of seasonal depression too so having some witchy advice to prepare is so good !! 🖤

[HelenSeraphina]

I love your vibe! ❤ This is my favorite time of year, lots of interesting energy!🧡 -thanks so much for sharing your positivity and expertise with all of us!🍂

[kizzyuzui]

We have similar weather here in Kentucky, although it does snow in the winter (less and less as climate changes :( ), so there is less nature spirit communication and work for me. I also dedicate more time towards research, planning out future workings, and specifically I dedicate a LOT more time to ancestor work. Even though it’s cold I try to visit and leave graveyard offerings a bit more often, and just sit and talk (many of my personal ancestors are buried in our old historical neighborhood graveyard) <333

[asphodeline]

I'm in a big city and don't see angelica growing wild. I grew some in my small garden, but it doesnt like the conditions as it's too dry there for it to thrive. There are a surprising amount of foraging opportunities around my area, though. For example magwort is easy.

[rosslambda]

as a pagan i pray to kernunnos for the seasonals and festives with beer too odinn and whiskey in summer libations to all gods and goddesses in equal attention of candles incense and offerings of wheat and whiskey and baenirs padiri orationes with care for runes in prayers

[Dolly_the_Witch]

I grew up in Alaska and it he dark was horrible for me. I was so depressed and anxious.

Thankfully I live somewhere with more clean seasons and less sun loss.

I do love autumn so much, I love honoring and connecting with spirits that I can’t during the rest of the year.