These 12 Days Are the Most Important Ones for 2021
By: Anne Haack
Tags: Mindset, Creativity, Personal Development, 2021, Wellbeing

2020 was a tough year. It was a year of growth for some (for me for sure), but also a year of loss and despair for others (also for me). Above all, 2020 felt like a year that was out of control and there was little to hold on to since everything kept shifting so quickly.

To enter 2021 with renewed energy and a fresh mindset is crucial, and it´s important to reflect on the good, as well as the bad of 2020 to be clear where we are heading in 2021.

Ancient rituals can have a powerful influence on our subconscious mind, supporting us in attracting more of what we want, and leaving behind all that we don´t want.

Write Down Your Yes and No

Today is the Winter Solstice, December 21, 2020, an auspicious day to draw a line between the old and the new. It turns out to be a majorly important astrological event that aligns the planet Jupiter (wisdom, and knowledge) with the planet Saturn (spirituality) in a way, that has not happened in 800 years.

The solstice also activates solar flares of the sun to come closer to the earth, which figuratively can be seen as a way to ‘enlighten’ us to our own patterns, our light as well as our shadow.

I´m following a lot of other spiritual teachers and the recurring theme for Winter Solstice 2020 is this: Write down a list of all the things you are ready to let go of, and another list with all the things you are ready to invite into your life.

Clarity brings manifestation. Written clarity brings miracles.

This can be anything from:

No More list

putting others first

heavy work

procrastination

toxic relationships

processed foods

overworking

to

Hell Yes list

more free time

healthy diet

better Sex

more travel

clients that feel uplifting and inspiring

flow states and instant manifestation

joy at work, in relationships, and in life

The clearer you are on your No More and your Hell Yes in all aspects of your life, the easier it is for your subconscious mind to figure out ways to bring that into your life.

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These 12 Days are Important to Detox and Go Within

In the pagan tradition in Europe, the 12 days from the conception of Christ (December 25th) to the Epiphany (January 6st), are auspicious days seen as the foundation for the coming year.

Whatever you feel, think and dream on these days, will be influencing the corresponding months of the coming year.

This tradition is also widely known in Shamanic circles in which I trained and seen as a personal oracle for the year ahead. The first day of the twelve days, December 25th stands for the 1st month of the year — January. The second day, December 26st stands for the 2nd month of the year — February, and so on and so forth.

It´s said that in the twelve days no work should be done, a mild fast observed and the focus should shift from the outer world to the inner world.

In Christianity, these days are referred to as the 12 Days of Christmas, with a slightly different meaning.

How to Harness the Power of the 12 Most Important Days?

To harness the power of the twelve days, start by sitting down in meditation to reflect on what you truly wish for in the coming year. Focus on your personal life, your career, your feelings, your friendships, your family life, your environment, your home, your hobbies and your dreams and see which twelve most important wishes remain, after reflecting on these areas in your life.

Then write them down on a piece of paper, and cut each wish separately into a small piece of paper. Fold the wishes individually, so that you don´t see what´s written on the paper anymore, and put them in a bowl or jar. If you want to take your spiritual practice a step further, you can also use incense and bless the wishes in the jar by smudging them with incense, cleansing them from 2020.

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As Each Day Unfolds, Each Month of 2021 Unfolds

When December 25 starts, you take a journal and with closed eyes pull your first wish out of the jar. That´s your wish for January. Stick it into your journal on one page and leave the rest of the page free, to write down your thoughts, important events and dreams from that day.

Make sure that you feel the best you can every day and take care of your mental, emotional, spiritual and physical well-being during the twelve days.

On December 26, you take the second wish out of that jar with closed eyes and stick it on the next page in your journal. Again, pay attention to what happens throughout the day, what you dreamt in that night and how you felt.

On December 27 you continue, as in the steps before and take note of everything that happens during the day and the night. And so on, until January 5th.

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Manifestating Your 2021

Once completed, put your journal aside and only open it in the beginning of each month to see what`s ahead. If you don´t take it too seriously, you can also open it at the end of the month and see how your wish became reality.

Most people are extremely surprised to see, how simple scripting practices like this around an auspicious time of the year and have such a strong effect. But magic is simple and the programming of the subconscious mind is well.

I hope you enjoy this ritual and enter a blessed and wholesome year 2021!

And remember: Today is Solstice, December 21st, the foundational step to the 12 days starting on December 25th. The perfect day to make your “No more of 2020” and “Hell Yes list of 2021”!