Your 13-Wish Candle Ritual
There are times of the year when we long for stillness. Moments when we feel: Something wants to come into order within us. Something is allowed to go. And something new wants to grow.
For me, the days before and between Christmas and New Year are such threshold times. They invite us to honor the past year, listen inward, and rediscover our own orientation.
Candlelight has accompanied me in this for many years. It makes my time out visible: I light a candle and give myself attention.
A Light as an Invitation to Pause
While your candle burns, you may write, meditate, sing, or simply become still.
Perhaps you would like to explore a question today:
What needs my attention right now?
It doesn't have to be a big answer. A sincere sentence, a feeling, or a quiet breath can be enough for this moment.
A small "To-Be" list can accompany you: How do I want to be? More patient, braver, more loving toward myself? Your word can be a reminder without becoming the next task.
The Days Before Christmas: Honoring the Past
I use the time before the winter solstice for my year in review. What carried me? What was difficult? What do I want to keep – and what do I no longer want to take with me?
My days-before-Christmas candles are bright on top and dark on the bottom. For me, they symbolize the path into the dark season and one's own inner world.
It is not about quickly resolving everything difficult. Some topics need time. A ritual can help you look at them consciously and find a first step.
The Days Between Christmas and New Year: Giving Space to the New
My days-between-Christmas-and-New-Year candles are dark on top and bright on the bottom. Their color sequence represents the path out of the darkness and back into the light.
During this time, I turn my gaze to what is allowed to grow: wishes, values, and possibilities for the coming year.
What do I really wish for? What is close to my heart? And where can I make a difference myself?
The 13-Wish Ritual: Trust and Personal Action
In my guide, you prepare 13 folded wish slips. During the twelve ritual nights, you symbolically hand over one wish, unread, to the fire each night.
One slip remains.
You open this thirteenth wish at the end. It accompanies you as an invitation to take action yourself: What first step can you take? What support do you need for this?
For me, this is the special connection of this ritual: Giving trust and at the same time perceiving your own possibilities.
Of course, you may also take action for the other wishes. The last slip simply places a special emphasis.
Your 13 Hour Candles as Companions
My 13 hour candles give your ritual time a visible framework: twelve lights for your twelve evenings and one more light for the conclusion with your remaining wish.
You can use them for the wish ritual or create your own sequence for reflection and letting go. The important thing is that the design suits you and your everyday life.
Place each candle securely in a suitable holder on a non-flammable surface. Never leave them unattended. Burn wish slips exclusively in a suitable fireproof container at a safe distance from flammable objects.
Would You Like to Deepen Your Ritual?
In my Booklet for the Days Before Christmas and the Days Between Christmas and New Year, you will find the complete step-by-step guide to the 13-Wish Ritual, deepening reflection questions, and suggestions for your journey through the threshold time.
You can get the bundled PDF for €10 in my shop.
→ Discover the Days Between Christmas and New Year Booklet for your personal ritual time.
If you would like matching candles, you can also find my 12+1 Threshold Time Candles in the shop. They are an invitation to consciously give yourself time – also outside the days between Christmas and New Year.
Wishing you a beautiful glow,
Your Dinah
Candlemaker and Free Wax Artist
Grundfarm Wachskunst · Weidenberg
If you are ready to walk your inner path more consciously:
Your 13 Threshold Time Candles are an invitation.
A daily ritual that carries you across a threshold:
From the old to the new.
From shadow into light.
From restlessness into clarity.
Here you can order your 12+1 Threshold Time Set and begin your ritual.
Wishing you a beautiful glow, your Dinah, Candlemaker and Wax Artist from Grundfarm Wachskunst, Weidenberg.
