One more year comes to an end! And surely, it feels like yesterday that we were toasting its start.
Has it been a good year? What do you expect for the next one?
It doesn’t matter if this has been a year to forget, or the best year of your life. The hope that the best is yet to come is what moves us to keep going. To help make this the case, there are many year-end rituals going around.
It is that, since always, it was believed that the change of the year was a good milestone to renew energy and attract love, happiness, and prosperity.
These are 13 rituals that you can do on the last night of the year to ensure 365 days of happiness.
1. Throw water
Fill a glass with water, and throw it from the house towards the street. This symbolizes expelling tears from your life and with them, sorrows.
2. Exchange a garment
If you are in a relationship and want to strengthen the relationship, exchange an item of clothing with that person at twelve o’clock. It is a symbol of union.
3. Dancing outdoors
This action, especially if you dance around a tree, is believed to bring you luck and prosperity in the new year. Many civilizations have performed dancing rituals, so it’s believe it or burst… And it’s also fun!
4. Open doors and windows
At the time of striking twelve, open all the doors and windows in the house. With that action, you are giving the old year room to leave, and you are welcoming the new one.
5. A lot of ado (and not a few nuts)
In many cultures, noise is considered to drive away evil spirits. For this reason, nothing better than, at the stroke of 12, making a lot, but a lot of noise, to ward off the bad and also to celebrate. You can clap, shout, stomp, whatever you want.
6. Chair or ladder
If you want a year full of promotions and progress, this ritual is for you. When midnight arrives, all you have to do is stand on a chair or climb a ladder. Assured success!
7. Eat 12 grapes
This is perhaps one of the best-known New Year rituals. You must eat 12 grapes when twelve o’clock arrives (one per “chime”, representing each of the months of the year).
This way you ensure 12 months of entire prosperity.
8. Take the suitcase for a walk
You like to travel? Do you want a year with a lot of movement? Then you must take the suitcase for a walk. Maybe the neighbors see you as crazy, but what does it matter? The important thing is to travel.
At 12, put some garment in the suitcase, and go out with it to the street. If you dare, go around the block. You will attract all the trips you want into your life.
9. Lights on
Receiving the year with all the lights in the house on is a symbol to attract prosperity to the coming year.
10. Currency
If what you hope for this coming year is to improve your personal finances, this is the ritual for you (apart from the fact that it is very simple). You just have to receive the twelve chimes with a coin in your shoe.
If you want, you can keep that coin later as a lucky charm.
11. Sweep Out
To eliminate all the “dirt” of this year from your life, and receive the new one with the best energy, this is the best and simplest ritual.
All you have to do is sweep the floors of your house out at the stroke of twelve. Eliminate all the bad and let in the good!
12. Light candles
Candles have the power to attract different energies. According to what you want for this year, it will be the color of the candle that you should light.
Blues, peace; yellow, abundance; red, passion; green, health; white, clarity and orange, intelligence.
13. Sparkling wine
The bubbles that the sparkling wine makes when serving it represent happiness in the coming year.
So now you know, after all the previous rituals… To toast a new year!
Have a happy new year