Here at the tail end of October, we speak of how this is the time of year when the veil between the worlds is at its thinnest.

But I learned something today.

There’s a calendar called the Coligny calendar that some witchy folks use.

A bronze tablet outlining the Coligny was found in France about 125 years ago, but it is believed the calendar was used roughly 2000 years ago. It’s a lunisolar calendar using a five year cycle of 12 months with 29 or 30 days. Every two and a half years, it added a 13th month in order to align with the solar year.

Those who use it now interpret it as saying that veil is thinnest near the second new moon after the autumn equinox. This year, that new moon is November 20, nearly three weeks after Halloween. With all due respect to those who abide by that calendar and the more widely used ones, I see this as free rein to carry on with our Halloween festivities just a bit longer.

There’s so much ground we haven’t covered, so many Octobery things we’ve skipped over that it only makes sense to just add three weeks.