Closing the Year
I am readying myself to close the year tonight and then at midnight, open the New Year. I have prepared a small altar as, since our move, I do not have all my belongings yet. This little space, such as it is, without my usual tools, will certainly do. It feels good.
My offering and libation, my cloth and thread to bind the old, my scissors and stones, take me back to my earliest days of practice. Maybe that is my lesson, a return to a more simple way of life and devotion. I have had to shed a great deal, still processing everything, but I am ready to begin again.
Hekate, Persephone, Demeter, and Kwan Yin, are represented with Emily Balivet’s Mystic Sisters Oracle cards. They have gotten me through many things over the years, and continue holding me, guiding me, healing me.
I will burn a black candle to banish what I leave behind, a white candle to welcome the new, and a red candle to strengthen and enrich.
May you leave behind what is needed for your own growth and welcome the new with purpose and wisdom. Blessings dark and deep!
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