Halloween’s Transformational Sacred Costuming:

How Your Halloween Costume Can Help You Re-Imagine Yourself

Meredyth Masterson
12 min readOct 24, 2023

I’m going to take a little break from the cards today to offer my thoughts on how Halloween can be a catalyst for self-exploration.

For me, Halloween costumes have always been a source of joy. As a kiddo, I broke my arm on the afternoon of October 31st. I remember going straight from the ER to put on my costume (conveniently a mummy!) and then trick-or-treating. At age 12, I promised myself I would never miss a year of dressing up, and I never have! For others, I know that choosing a Halloween costume can be a source of stress and anxiety. If that’s you, I’d like to help. Halloween can be an opportunity to practice some transformational magic- even if you decide not to dress up!

Halloween is a Transformative Saturnalia

Halloween is the day that the jester rules the castle. We can permission the forbidden and nothing is taboo.

On Halloween, children become superheroes, hobos, princesses, and goblins. Adults become political figure spoofs, villains, and “sexy” versions of…

--

--

Meredyth Masterson

I write about tarot, life, and I offer Moon manifestation rituals from a joy-informed perspective