{"id":1199,"date":"2025-11-25T10:52:50","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T15:52:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jorgebanet.com\/puce\/?p=1199"},"modified":"2025-11-27T10:28:44","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T15:28:44","slug":"new-year-rituals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jorgebanet.com\/puce\/en\/new-year-rituals\/","title":{"rendered":"New Year Ritual&#8217;s"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jorgebanet.com\/puce\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Tres-rituales-para-empezar-el-ano-nuevo-1.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"958\" height=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/jorgebanet.com\/puce\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Tres-rituales-para-empezar-el-ano-nuevo-1.jpg\" alt=\"A photograph where you can see sparkler fireworks, three glasses of sparkling wine, a bottle of ros\u00e9 sparkling wine, some candles, and halved oranges.\" class=\"wp-image-1063\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jorgebanet.com\/puce\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Tres-rituales-para-empezar-el-ano-nuevo-1.jpg 958w, https:\/\/jorgebanet.com\/puce\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Tres-rituales-para-empezar-el-ano-nuevo-1-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jorgebanet.com\/puce\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Tres-rituales-para-empezar-el-ano-nuevo-1-768x478.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 958px) 100vw, 958px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ready to start the new year 2026 on the right foot? If so, you might be interested in doing one or more New Year\u2019s rituals. Among the most popular New Year\u2019s rituals we find: eating 12 grapes (making a wish for each one with the sound of the chimes), cleaning the house and sweeping (toward the outside to remove bad energies), running a block with a suitcase (to attract travel), taking a bath with bitter herbs followed by one with sweet herbs (to start the year with renewed energy), among others. Have you ever wondered why we like performing these rituals, which in some cases can even be considered pagan? In my personal opinion, the reasons vary: for some it\u2019s the desire to change our reality, the hope of finding love or attracting good fortune; for others it stems from family traditions, and in many cases from belief in manifestation and in the elemental or spiritual magic associated with these rituals. Who among us hasn\u2019t heard from our parents that it\u2019s good to eat lentils during New Year\u2019s dinner, or hasn\u2019t been asked to wear yellow underwear to attract good fortune? All of this is closely linked to New Year\u2019s rituals. Below, we will look at 4 of them, which you can put into practice this upcoming December 30th and 31st, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jorgebanet.com\/puce\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/rituales-de-ano-nuevo-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"694\" src=\"https:\/\/jorgebanet.com\/puce\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/rituales-de-ano-nuevo-3.jpg\" alt=\"A night-time photograph showing a diverse group of people (men and women) watching fireworks.\" class=\"wp-image-1097\" style=\"width:461px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jorgebanet.com\/puce\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/rituales-de-ano-nuevo-3.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/jorgebanet.com\/puce\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/rituales-de-ano-nuevo-3-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jorgebanet.com\/puce\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/rituales-de-ano-nuevo-3-768x533.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Color Ritual:<\/strong> This ritual is related to the clothes you choose to wear on New Year\u2019s Eve. It is recommended to use colors that align with what you want to attract in the coming year. It is connected to the symbolic representation colors have in magic. If you want to attract good health, green is ideal, as it also represents youth. On the other hand, if you want to attract romantic love, this is associated with pink, while red is linked to passion. If this new year you want to attract financial abundance, your color should be yellow, which is also associated with joy and cheerfulness. Meanwhile, those knowledgeable in magical traditions always recommend avoiding colors like black and gray during this time, as they are associated with negative energies, mourning, or sadness.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Letter Ritual:<\/strong> This ritual has both a psychological and a magical perspective. In it, you must write a letter on a piece of paper where you express everything negative from this year 2025\u2014everything that hurt you and that you wish to leave behind. Then, thank the universe and ask the fire to take away the negative and transmute it into prosperity, joy, and positivity for this new year. Finally, burn the paper in fire, mentally and energetically releasing all these negative matters.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Money Ritual:<\/strong> For this ritual, you must place 7 coins and a 20-dollar bill (or more, if possible) in your right shoe. The idea behind this ritual is to start the year by taking your first step with this foot, thereby attracting wealth and abundance into your life. This ritual is connected to manifestation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Grapes Ritual:<\/strong> This ritual involves eating 12 grapes (they can be green, red, or a mix of both) right at the final countdown to midnight, or if you prefer, after the 12 chimes. With each grape you eat, you must make a new wish or desire for each month of the upcoming year 2026.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jorgebanet.com\/puce\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/art-469-637555-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"392\" height=\"192\" src=\"https:\/\/jorgebanet.com\/puce\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/art-469-637555-1.jpg\" alt=\"A purple-colored image showing a zodiac wheel, stars, purple lights, and the numbers 2026 written on it.\" class=\"wp-image-1070\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jorgebanet.com\/puce\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/art-469-637555-1.jpg 392w, https:\/\/jorgebanet.com\/puce\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/art-469-637555-1-300x147.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 392px) 100vw, 392px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Below I\u2019m attaching a page where you can find more <a href=\"https:\/\/spanishlanguagejourney.com\/new-years-eve-rituals-latinamerica\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New Year\u2019s rituals<\/a> that you might like. Here I attach a definition about the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_Year\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_Year\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New Year<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTo finish, I\u2019d like to ask you that, as a New Year\u2019s resolution, we pledge to take better care of the environment \u2014 since <a href=\"https:\/\/jorgebanet.com\/puce\/en\/global-warming\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1212\">climate change <\/a>is something very concerning that is happening, and it\u2019s in our hands to try to reduce it. And if possible, support the author of the book <em><a href=\"https:\/\/jorgebanet.com\/puce\/en\/a-normal-person\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1222\">\u201cPersona normal\u201d<\/a><\/em>, who is a constant activist promoting climate-change action.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ready to start the new year 2026 on the right foot? If so, you might be interested in doing one or more New Year\u2019s rituals. Among the most popular New Year\u2019s rituals we find: eating 12 grapes (making a wish for each one with the sound of the chimes), cleaning the house and sweeping (toward [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":1160,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[224],"tags":[1157,1154,1160,1163,1166,1169,1172,1175],"class_list":["post-1199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-personal-pages","tag-12-grapes-en","tag-2026-en","tag-celebration-en","tag-december-31-en","tag-good-luck-rituals-en","tag-new-year-en","tag-prosperity-en","tag-rituals-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jorgebanet.com\/puce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jorgebanet.com\/puce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jorgebanet.com\/puce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jorgebanet.com\/puce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jorgebanet.com\/puce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1199"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/jorgebanet.com\/puce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2184,"href":"https:\/\/jorgebanet.com\/puce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1199\/revisions\/2184"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jorgebanet.com\/puce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jorgebanet.com\/puce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jorgebanet.com\/puce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jorgebanet.com\/puce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}