For the one who had to become their own light.

What you need

• A glass jar of water
• A small white candle
• Paper and pencil
• A pinch of salt
• A bay leaf
• Matches

How to do it

1. Make a circle of salt around the candle.
2. Light the candle. Breathe slowly three times.
3. Write three things you carried this far this year.
4. Write one word on the bay leaf: what you're ready to harvest.
5. Read your list out loud. Say thank you after each line.
6. Leave the jar and the leaf on a windowsill under the moon.
7. Blow out the candle. In the morning, water a plant with the moon water.

Never leave a flame unattended.

What you need

• One candle per ancestor
• A photo or a name written on paper
• A small plate of bread or fruit
• A cup of water
• A sprig of rosemary

How to do it

1. Set a quiet table near a window with the photos or names.
2. Place the plate and the cup of water in front of them.
3. Light one candle for each person, saying their full name.
4. Hold the rosemary and share one memory of each of them.
5. Sit with the candles for a few minutes. Listen.
6. Say "thank you, you're not forgotten." Blow out the candles one by one.
7. In the morning, return the food to the earth.

Never leave a flame unattended.

What you need

• A dark candle (any candle works)
• Paper and pencil
• A small pot of soil
• A stone that fits in your hand

How to do it

1. Light the candle in a dark room. Hold the stone and breathe.
2. Write the fear you've been hiding from, in one honest sentence.
3. Read it once. Don't argue with it.
4. Fold the paper toward you three times.
5. Bury it in the soil and place the stone on top.
6. Say: "I see you. I don't need to carry you."
7. Blow out the candle. Leave the stone until the next full moon.

What you need

• An alarm before dawn
• A warm blanket
• A red candle
• Paper and pen

How to do it

1. Wake an hour before sunrise. Face the eastern sky.
2. Find two bright "stars" close together: Jupiter and the reddish Mars.
3. Light the candle and warm your hands.
4. Write one bold thing you've been afraid to ask for.
5. Read it out loud to the two planets.
6. Keep the paper with you for nine days.
7. Put the flame out completely before you go back inside.

What you need

• A bowl of salt
• A stone or crystal from your home
• A bowl of water
• A cloth for the floor
• Bare feet

How to do it

1. Stand barefoot on the earth, or on the cloth by a moonlit window.
2. Press your palms to the ground. Breathe slowly ten times.
3. Hold the stone and name what you want to protect.
4. Touch water to your forehead, your heart and your hands.
5. Draw a line of salt across your front door.
6. Set the stone by the door.
7. Sweep the salt outside in the morning.

What you need

• A candle
• Paper and pencil

How to do it

1. Write down what is ending, in one honest sentence.
2. Hold the paper to your chest and breathe it out, slowly.
3. Light the candle, read it once, and let the flame take it. Then blow it out.

Burn paper only over a fireproof bowl. Never leave a flame unattended.