The Spiritual Guide to October: Crystals, Sound, and Seasonal Energy Practices
October is one of the most powerful months of the year for ritual and reflection. The air shifts, the veil between worlds feels thinner, and both our bodies and spirits begin preparing for the slower seasons ahead. Spiritually, this time has long been seen as a gateway for shadow work, ancestor connection, and calling in abundance to sustain us through the colder months.
As the founder of Deva Moon Academy, I’ve always been passionate about helping others align with both the science and the spirit of healing. This season invites us to pause, ground, and engage in practices that not only restore balance but also connect us to the cycles of nature. Below, I’m sharing four of my favorite October rituals, tools you can explore to release heaviness, open your energy, and invite prosperity into your life.
Blood Moon Ritual: Harnessing Shadow Energy
The Blood Moon, often linked to lunar eclipses in October, is a potent reminder of our shadows. These moments invite us to look inward, release old patterns, and transmute what no longer serves us.
What you’ll need:
Crystals: Black Tourmaline, Obsidian, or Smoky Quartz for grounding and protection
Sound therapy tool: A tuning fork in a deep frequency such as 136.10 Hz for anchoring
Journal + pen
How to practice:
Find a quiet space under the moonlight or in your sacred corner.
Hold your chosen crystal in your hand.
Strike your tuning fork and place it near your chest, letting the vibration move through you.
Ask yourself:
What am I ready to transmute?
What shadows am I no longer afraid to face?
What heaviness am I willing to release?
Journal your reflections honestly, then close by thanking yourself for the courage to face what’s been hidden.
This ritual is about transforming darkness into wisdom, allowing shadow to become teacher instead of burden.
Crystal Cauldron Meditation
The Hunter’s Moon in October carries themes of harvest, preparation, and illumination. A beautiful way to connect with this energy is through a “crystal cauldron” meditation.
What you’ll need:
A bowl of water
Crystals such as Amethyst, Clear Quartz, and Citrine
How to practice:
Place your crystals into the bowl of water, imagining them infusing the water with their frequency.
Hold your hands above the bowl and speak your intentions into it, clarity, abundance, peace, or protection.
Sit quietly in meditation, visualizing these intentions flowing through your life with ease.
When finished, offer the water back to the earth as a grounding practice.
This ritual is a reminder that intention shapes energy. By charging water with crystalline frequencies and lunar energy, you symbolically “drink in” the future you’re manifesting.
Samhain Sound Journey
Samhain (pronounced “sow-in”) falls on October 31st and is often called the Celtic New Year. It is a sacred time when the veil between worlds is thinnest, making it ideal for honoring ancestors, receiving guidance, and connecting to Spirit.
What you’ll need:
A quiet, protected space with candles or sacred herbs
Sound healing instruments such as bowls, tuning forks, or crystal chimes
How to practice:
Begin by cleansing your space with sage, palo santo, or another sacred herb.
Light candles to create a warm and protective atmosphere.
Begin your sound journey, letting the vibrations of bowls or tuning forks open your field.
Call in your ancestors or guides with gratitude, asking for protection and wisdom.
Rest in meditation, allowing sound to carry you through this sacred portal.
This practice is a powerful way to feel held by lineage, supported by unseen realms, and renewed for the cycles to come.
Bonus Ritual: Sage & Cinnamon Protocol for Abundance
One of my favorite October practices is a prosperity ritual designed to keep energy flowing in both home and business spaces. Sage clears what is stagnant, cinnamon calls in warmth and abundance, and incense sustains that movement.
What you’ll need:
Sage (or another cleansing herb)
Ground cinnamon
Cinnamon incense
A fireproof dish
How to practice:
Prepare: Take three deep breaths to ground. Speak the intention: “I release what is heavy and stagnant, and I call in warmth, prosperity, and abundance.”
Sage Cleanse: Smudge your front entrance and any doorways, affirming: “Only blessings and abundance may enter here.”
Cinnamon Blessing:
Blow cinnamon outward at your front door so prosperity flows inward.
Sprinkle or blow cinnamon at each workspace or treatment door while saying: “This space is blessed with warmth, prosperity, and joy.”
Sprinkle lightly over your desk or altar.
Cinnamon Incense: Light an incense stick and let it symbolize warmth for the body, movement for business, and vibrancy for the season. Affirm: “As this incense burns, so too does my business stay vibrant, warm, and prosperous.”
Closing: Place your hands over your heart and whisper: “This space is clear, this space is blessed, abundance flows and remains.”
✨ This prosperity ritual isn’t limited only to the 1st of the month, that’s simply when many people like to do it because the start of a new cycle carries symbolic “fresh start” energy.
You can absolutely repeat it throughout the month whenever you feel:
the energy in your home or business is becoming stagnant,
you’ve had heavy or draining interactions,
you want to “re-open” flow for clients, opportunities, or money,
or you simply want to align with seasonal abundance energy.
Think of the 1st of the month as a collective anchor date, many practitioners do it then, so the collective intention amplifies the energy. But it’s equally powerful to practice weekly, bi-weekly, or even spontaneously when your intuition tells you the space needs a reset. Simple, powerful, and deeply aligned with autumn energy, this is a ritual you can always return to when you want to refresh and call prosperity back into flow.
Closing: Aligning Spirit with the Seasons
October invites us into the mystery, to honor the cycles of light and dark, release what no longer serves, and welcome abundance with clarity. These rituals are reminders that spirituality doesn’t always need to be grand or complicated. It can live in a bowl of water, the strike of a tuning fork, the sound of a singing bowl, or a sprinkle of cinnamon at your front door.
When we align with the rhythms of nature, we remember that healing is cyclical, not linear. Each season carries wisdom. October’s wisdom is simple yet profound: shed, ground, connect, and call in the abundance that sustains your spirit.
✨ May these practices guide you into a month of balance, protection, and renewal.
