The 21 Days of Yule
Welcome, witches! The 21 Days of Yule is not another holiday to-do list. It’s an invitation to slow down, turn inward, and weave magic into the darkest days of the year. There is no pressure to do every single one. Pick and choose what calls to you. Let this be your sacred anchor in the seasonal rush.
The Daily Prompts
Here is a day-by-day breakdown. Feel free to adapt the order and specifics to fit your voice and tradition!
Day 1: Welcome the Darkness
Prompt: Tonight, light a single black, dark blue, or purple candle. Sit in the darkness for 5 minutes. Acknowledge and welcome the fertile, silent power of the dark. What can it teach you?
Day 2: Cleansing Smoke
Prompt: Use a seasonal incense (cedar, pine, frankincense) to smudge your home. As you do, visualize washing away any stagnant energy from the past year.
Day 3: Waters of Release
Prompt: Take a ritual bath or shower. Add a handful of sea salt or a few drops of rosemary essential oil to the water. As you soak, imagine all stress and negativity flowing down the drain.
Day 4: Full Moon in Cold – Charge Your Tools
Prompt: Place your favorite crystals, tarot deck, or jewelry under the light of the last Full Moon of the year. Ask it to cleanse and charge them with intuitive power.
Day 5: Declutter a Single Space
Prompt: Physically cleanse a small, cluttered area (a junk drawer, a shelf). As you clear the physical space, set the intention to create mental space for new growth.
Day 6: Divination for the Year’s End
Prompt: Pull a single tarot/oracle card or scry with a dark bowl of water. Ask: “What final lesson is the year 2024 offering me before it ends?”
Day 7: Gratitude for the Shadows
Prompt: List 3 difficult experiences from this past year. For each, find one small gift, strength, or lesson it gave you. Thank them for their role in your growth.
Day 8: Create a Simmer Pot
Prompt: Fill a pot with water and add seasonal items: orange slices, cinnamon sticks, cloves, and pine needles. Let it simmer on your stove, filling your home with a protective and cozy atmosphere.
Day 9: Craft a Yule Wish Paper
Prompt: Write your wishes, hopes, and dreams for the coming year on a small piece of paper using a colored pen. Fold it and place it on your altar (to be burned later).
Day 10: Witch’s Kitchen – Peaceful Tea
Prompt: Brew a cup of tea. As the water boils, whisper intentions of peace over it. Add chamomile, lavender, or a pinch of nutmeg. Drink mindfully.
Day 11: Enchant Your Decor
Prompt: As you hang a decoration (a wreath, a string of lights, etc.), hold it and whisper a blessing for your home: “May this bring light/protection/joy to all within.”
Day 12: Craft Witch’s Bells
Prompt: Tie three bells to a red or green ribbon. Hang them on your front door to ring in good energy and ring out the negative.
Day 13: Shadow Work Prompt
Prompt: In your journal, answer: “What habit, thought, or fear is holding me back that I am ready to release into the winter dark?”
Day 14: A Spell for Quiet Nights
Prompt: Before bed, anoint a blue candle with lavender oil. Light it and say: “With this flame, I banish worry and fear. My mind is still, my rest is deep, and my dreams are clear.”
Day 15: Forage for Your Altar
Prompt: Go for a walk and find a natural offering for your Yule altar—a pinecone, a bare branch, a beautiful stone. Place it with gratitude.
Day 16: Sun Incense
Prompt: Create a simple “sun” incense blend by mixing dried orange peel, a cinnamon stick, and a pinch of rosemary. Burn it to invite solar energy back into your life.
Day 17: Bless the Hearth
Prompt: If you have a fireplace, light it with intention. If not, light your stove’s burner for a moment or gather around many candles. Offer a silent thanks for the warmth that sustains you.
Day 18: Craft a Solar Charm
Prompt: Create a simple sun-wheel (a Brigid’s Cross) from straws, pipe cleaners, or rushes, or charge a piece of citrine or carnelian in the sun as a charm to carry the returning light.
Day 19: Feast of the Family
Prompt: Prepare or share a meal with loved ones (found family or blood family). Before eating, hold hands and share one thing you appreciate about each person.
Day 20: Solstice Eve – Dreaming the New Sun
Prompt: Place a bay leaf under your pillow tonight. Ask your dreams to show you a vision of your path in the coming year of light.
Day 21: YULE – The Longest Night & The Returning Sun
Prompt: The Main Ritual.
At Dawn or Dusk: Light a candle in the darkness.
Read: A poem or prayer honoring the sun.
Action: Burn your “Yule Wish Paper” from Day 9 in the flame of your Yule log or a candle, releasing your intentions to the universe.
Feast: Share a special meal and toast to the returning light.
✨ Journey Complete!
Congratulations on finishing the 21 Days of Yule! Whether you followed every step or created your own rhythm, you’ve done powerful work this season. You’ve honored the dark, welcomed the light, and strengthened your magical muscles.
Keep the magic alive: Revisit your favorite prompts, continue a simple daily candle ritual, and carry this mindful energy into the new year.
Thank you for being part of this magical experiment! Blessed Yule & a bright new cycle to you.
🎉 A Tiny Celebration Ritual:
Light a candle tonight—any candle. Hold your hands over your heart and say aloud: “I honor the work I have done. I welcome the light I have nurtured.” Blow out the candle, and with the smoke, release any pressure to be “perfect.” You are enough, exactly as you are.
