12/22/2025
Beloved witch,
Tomorrow, the longest night arrives.
The Winter Solstice. Yule. The moment when darkness holds its deepest breath... and then, slowly, the light begins its return.
And with it begins something ancient and sacred:
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ง๐๐ฒ๐น๐๐ฒ ๐ก๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฌ๐๐น๐ฒ.
From the Solstice (December 21st) through New Year's Day (January 1st), we walk through liminal time. The veil is thin. The spirits are close. Dreams carry messages. What you do during these twelve nights echoes through the twelve months ahead.
๐ฆ๐ผ ๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐น๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป:
May your fires burn bright through the longest night.
May you release what no longer serves with grace and finality.
May you welcome the returning sun with open hands and hopeful heart.
May the darkness teach you its wisdom before the light returns.
May your home be protected, your spirit be renewed, and your magick be powerful.
May you remember: you are part of an ancient lineage of people who kept the flame alive, who honored the wheel's turning, who survived the dark and celebrated the light.
๐๐น๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฌ๐๐น๐ฒ, ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น ๐๐๐ฟ๐ป๐. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ป ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฟ๐ป๐. ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐.
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๐ก๐ผ๐, ๐น๐ฒ๐'๐ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ต๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฒ๐น๐๐ฒ ๐ป๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐.
In the old traditions, people burned massive Yule logs that would smolder for all twelve days. They kept fires going continuously. They left elaborate offerings. They followed intricate customs passed down through generations.
And I love that. I respect that deeply.
But here's what I'm tired of:
๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐บ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ ๐ง.
Like, seriously... are you going to drag a full-sized oak log into your apartment and keep it burning for twelve days?
No? Then you're already adapting the tradition.
Are you going to slaughter a boar for your feast?
Keep a bonfire going all night in your suburban backyard?
Wake at 4am every single morning for elaborate dawn rituals?
๐ข๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ ๐ป๐ผ๐. ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ ๐ป๐ผ๐.
And... alas, that's not disrespectful. I call it evolution.
The spirit of the tradition matters more than rigid adherence to practices that no longer fit our lives.
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ถ๐:
โจ Honoring the turning of the wheel in whatever way feels true to you
โจ Marking the return of the light with intention and reverence
โจ Working with the liminal energy of these twelve nights
โจ Staying connected to the season, the cycles, the magick
So yes, you can light one candle instead of a bonfire.
Yes, you can do a five-minute ritual instead of an all-night vigil.
Yes, you can adapt, blend, modernize... and still be practicing ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น magick.
The ancestors understood adaptation, and they'd want you to survive and thrive.
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๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฑ, ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ง๐๐ฒ๐น๐๐ฒ ๐ก๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐:
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๐๐ผ set intentions for the year ahead... each night can represent a month
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๐๐ผ pay attention to your dreams... they're especially prophetic now
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๐๐ผ keep your home spiritually clean and protected (the veil is thin)
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๐๐ผ light candles, burn incense, keep some kind of flame going when you can
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๐๐ผ leave small offerings if you work with spirits or deities
โ ๐๐ผ๐ป'๐ do major banishing work (save that for after the twelve nights)
โ ๐๐ผ๐ป'๐ start big new projects until after January 1st (liminal time is for dreaming and planning, not launching)
โ ๐๐ผ๐ป'๐ ignore omens, signs, or synchronicities.... they're messages
โ ๐๐ผ๐ป'๐ let your practice become a source of stress or guilt
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Tomorrow, the sun begins its return.
The light is coming back, beloved.
And you... you beautiful, resilient, adapting witch... you're going to walk through these twelve nights with intention, with magick, with your own unique practice.
And not because you're doing it "right."
But because you're doing it yours.
๐๐น๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฌ๐๐น๐ฒ. ๐ช๐ฒ๐น๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ง๐๐ฒ๐น๐๐ฒ ๐ก๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐.
Let's make this sacred.
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Luv,
~ Baba
