The Twelfthtide
Time to turn your attention inwardly. Become still. Consciously reflect upon and thank the old year and mindfully begin the new one.
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12thtide
Time to turn your attention inwardly. Become still. Consciously reflect upon and thank the old year and mindfully begin the new one.
🌖✨
Why celebrating the Twelfthtide?
Every year you resolve to experience the Christmas season consciously and mindfully? But for as long as you can remember, you repeatedly end up being overwhelmed by stress, hectic schedules, and a never-ending to-do list? And time and again, instead of reflection, chaos, commercialism, the end-of-year work deadlines, and thoughts about “How can I manage to do right to all family friends and work this year?” take center stage? BRAVO!
do it differently this year!
It’s not about canceling Christmas and spending the holidays alone at home, burning incense 🙂 It’s about experiencing and shaping our time more consciously and mindfully. Take moments to shift your attention from the outside world to your inner self and become still. And if it is only 30 minutes each day. for a short period as 12 days/ nights.
During these 12 days, consciously take a moment for yourself each day: light a candle, make yourself some tea, take a bath, smudge your home, practice yoga, write in your journal book, pick an oracle card…
Important is: Do something that makes you happy. Do it at your own pace. Do it mindfully and consciously.
When are the Twelfthtide and what makes this time so special?
The “Twelve Days of Christmas” (Twelfthtide) begin on the night of December 24th/25th and end on the night of January 5th/6th.
Their origin lies in the difference between the lunar year (354 days) and the solar year (365 days), which is why this time is considered magical and outside of normal time. During this period, the gateway between the worlds seems to stand wide open, the laws of nature are suspended, and the veils between the worlds thin. It is the ideal time for rituals, reflection, and manifestation. For 12 days and nights, we turn our attention inward, becoming still. We can consciously reflect on and let go of the past year; thus, we can prepare for the coming year, manifest our wishes and visions, and lay the foundation for the new year.
How to celebrate the 12 Nights of Christmas?
🌿 💨 🔥 Smudging. Ideally with local herbs like mugwort, sage, juniper (but also with tropical woods like palo santo) and resins. Cleanse your home to dispel negative energies and invite positive ones. You can walk through all the rooms with a smudging bowl, distribute the smoke (for example, with a feather), and then air your home well to send the bad out.
✨🌌💫 Interpreting dreams. During the Twelfthtide period you might be dreaming more intensely, or you remember your dreams more often than usually (could be due to stressrelief while being off work). Try paying attention to your dreams during this period; they can contain messages for the coming months. Keep your (Twelve Days of Christmas) journal by your bed – this way you can scribble down notes about your dream before you’re fully awake and the memory of the dream fades.
📖 🖋️ 🙏 Letting go and reflect. Use this time to reflect on the past year. Tidy up emotionally and mentally. Bring 2025 to a close in order to prepare for the new year.
🔖 ✍️ 🔥 The Ritual of the 13th Wishes. One of the most known rituals for navigating the “Twelve Days of Christmas” is the Wish Ritual. Prepare yourself by writing 13 wishes on separate slips of paper, fold them, and keep all 13 wishes in a bowl or small bag. Do this as preparation until December 24th. Starting on the night of the 24th/25th, draw one slip of paper from your bowl/bag each evening and burn it unopened. In this way, you release your wish to the universe. You open the 13th slip of paper at the end of the Twelve Days of Christmas – this wish will be your personal mission for the new year.
questions for
winter solstice
- What did I learn this year?
- Which news have been already announced?
- What do I wish for the new year?
- What has been good in 2025?
- What am I ready to leave behind?
- What do I wanna achieve in the upcoming year?
- What desires reside deep inside of me?