As we start a new year, it is common practice to set goals for ourselves.
New Year’s Eve manifestation practices can help you connect with your strong witch side, reflect on the past year, and process the lessons you’ve learned, even though resolutions don’t usually last past the first week of January.
Even though New Year’s Eve is usually a time to celebrate at whatever last-minute bash you’ve planned, it’s also a great opportunity to relax, think about how much you’ve grown in the past year, and harness the powerful ~new beginning vibes~ to fuel your goals for 2024. Also, before you go out for a night of socializing and celebration with friends, an intention-setting ritual is the ideal thing to do by yourself.
Always make sure you have a holy place to perform the ritual in before you begin. If you already have an altar and ritual space prepared, that’s wonderful. If not, find a peaceful, secluded spot where you can concentrate without distractions and finish the ritual in peace. Before beginning the ritual, clear your energy and the area around you. This can be done in a variety of ways; some people find it helpful to burn sage or Palo Santo smudge sticks, while others find that placing bowls of cleansing salt in the ritual space helps. Finally, if your faith is rooted in nature, you might wish to invoke the elements and dedicate the corners, or perform another ancient pre-ritual ritual, before you commence.
No matter if you want to spend all night with your coven on December 31 or just want to set the mood for your New Year’s Eve celebrations, these spells will help you cast your wishes into the cosmos in a most magical way.
Elemental Wiccan New Year’s Intention Spell
The astrological new year is the Spring Equinox, while the Witches’ New Year is Samhain (Halloween). This spell, inspired by Wiccan Spells’ New Year’s ritual, can also be used to celebrate January 1.
What you’ll need: One black candle, one quartz crystal, a chalice and water, your choice of incense, a small jar, paper, and pen.
What to do: Write down your top personal goals, intentions, and energies for the year to start the ritual. Allow time to clear your mind so your intuition can guide you to your soul desires. Follow excitement!
Let’s honor the four elements that guide us each year. Start by lighting your incense stick or cone to honor air.
Say, “With air I cleanse the past / To prepare for a prosperous new year.”
Imagine that the incense smoke lifts any obstacles to your goals, making you feel light and mobile.
Time to summon fire. Lighting the black candle is believed to transform negativity, banish evil, and boost strength.
Say: “With fire I ignite the future / To prepare for a prosperous new year”.
Picture the candle burning and turning the past year’s struggles into growth and learning. Keep the candle burning throughout the ritual.
Continue by the water. Pour water into your chalice or other meaningful cup, glass, or receptacle.
Hold the chalice and repeat, “With water I vitalize the future / To prepare for a prosperous new year,” holding it.
Consider your intentions while holding the cup of water to your heart. Imagine your intentions filling the glass and infusing every water molecule. Drink chalice water slowly.
Take the paper with your New Year’s resolutions. Wrap the paper around your quartz crystal (quartz is believed to amplify energies). This ritual honors earth, the final element.
With crystal in hand, say, “With earth I manifest my wishes / To welcome a prosperous new year.”
Place it in the jar on your altar or other safe place at home.
As the ritual concludes, say this incantation:
“God and Goddess, Mother and Father / I give my thanks for all that I have/ As I honor the elements my intentions are clear / As I enter a prosperous new year / For the highest good / So be it / Thank you!”
After the ritual, meditate and reflect on your intentions.
Prosperity Charm Ritual
Creating a talisman to bring luck and fortune into 2024 is essential. Let’s work a little magic to make this year the best for professionals and entrepreneurs seeking prosperity, financial freedom, and business success. Mackenzie Sage Wright’s lovely New Year’s Eve abundance ritual on Exemplore inspired this spell.
What you’ll need: One gold or golden-colored coin, one square of green or brown cloth, one ribbon, a small bowl of cinnamon, and four seeds of your choice.
What to do: If possible, start this ritual in the daylight on December 31 to infuse your new charm with the sun’s life-giving energy. After the ball drops at midnight, charge.
Lay out your fabric outdoors and imagine it as a lush, fertile, earthy foundation like soil or grass for your intentions to grow. Place a pile of ground cinnamon (which symbolizes the Sun, fire, and action) in the center of your cloth.
Now hold your seeds. These seeds symbolize your intentions and their possibilities in this ritual. Start thinking about the four seeds you will be planting this year to ensure financial success: financial planning, wise investments/savings, being frugal, and working hard. Close your eyes, hold them in your palm, and imagine working hard, succeeding, and reaching your goals in the coming year. Now “plant” the seeds in the cinnamon pile atop the fabric.
Place your gold coin, which symbolizes luck and fortune, on the cinnamon and seeds. The coin ‘seals’ your intentions. Gold symbolizes your success potential. Finally, gather the fabric’s outer edges in the center and tie them tightly with your ribbon to make a pouch. Keep your 2024 prosperity charm!
Next, use your magic and intentions to charge your talisman. Energy builds as December 31 approaches midnight; keep your charm close. Hold your charm in your dominant hand and extend your non-dominant hand as if receiving something during the countdown. As the countdown begins, imagine your hand as a giant electromagnet you turned on. Imagine millions of people’s energy gathering into your hand throughout the countdown. Hold your hands together at midnight, visualizing your intentions infused with NYE’s energy. So you have a fully charged prosperity charm for the year.
The bag is potent, so don’t carry it for a while. Hang it or put it on a shelf in your home or office. After a few months, you can carry it in your purse or pocket all year.
Negativity-Cleansing Bath Ritual
Baths are usually used to cleanse our bodies and relax our minds, but they can also cleanse and soothe our spirits. This quick and simple negativity-cleansing bath ritual will help you start the New Year fresh, positive, and baggage-free.
What you’ll need: One white candle, Epsom salt for baths, and sage or frankincense essential oil.
What to do: Start this ritual by cleaning your bathtub and taking a quick shower. Taking a shower before bathing may seem counterintuitive, but this bath symbolizes cleansing your spirit, so you want to feel clean. When ready, fill your bath with warm water and stir in a cup of Epsom salt.
Add a few drops of sage or frankincense essential oils to your bathwater. Sage can eliminate negativity due to its cleansing properties. Frankincense is spiritual and grounding, perfect for self-discovery and goal-setting.
Enter the bath after drawing it. Relax in the cleansing salt water and inhale the healing oils, then let your mind wander to the year’s highs and lows. Enjoy happy memories and grow from negative ones.
As you finish this mental reflection, consider what’s next and what energy you’re attracting. Light the white candle for purity, new beginnings, and path clarity. Stay in the tub as long as you like.
Imagine your past struggles, baggage, fears, and negative beliefs in the water behind you as you exit the bath. Stay by the bath and watch the water drain as you dry off. Imagine draining out the negativity of the past year and emerging cleansed and ready for change and fresh starts.
Happy manifesting!
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