Hello 2026

New Year's doesn't mean much to me.  Never did. 

When I was younger I was the "on-the-spectrum" nerd who didn't get invited to many parties.  So I was usually home and in bed when the more popular young people were carousing.  

Now that I am older, being home and in bed is where I want to be anyway.  And I actually do get invited to the occasional party these days, but I politely declined.   

I don't drink much these days.  My partner and I took some edibles . We watched a dumb movie.  We listened to some music. And then I went to bed. Yay New Years.

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My spiritual goals for this year are as follows:  

Brigid: 

• I try to honor Brigid with simple rites everyday.  I don't see that changing.  Of course, I do a little extra on Imbolc in February.
• I may or may not take a few blacksmithing classes in honor of Brigid if I have the energy, time, and money. 
• I sometimes use Ogham for divination with Brigid.  I would like to become more proficient with their use. 

Odin:

• Odin is honored once a week and especially at important holidays like Yule.   I don't feel the need to increase my frequency of devotions. 
• I do feel the need to increase my intensity.  I used to work runic magic; maybe I will do so again.

Hecate: 

• I have committed to doing both a new moon and full moon ritual to Hecate through 2026.  I have never been a "follow the lunar energy" type person before, so I am honestly struggling with this.  But I feel it is necessary to properly honor the goddess.   

Ritual Template to Hecate

1. Preparation: make sure altar is set up and correct materials are handy
2. Purification: get a shower first, or at least wash hands and say a quick prayer
3. Invocation:  Light candle(s). Pray to Hecate using her epithets and mythological allusions
4. 1st offering: light incense
5. Building energy:  play hymn to Hecate,  casual meditation, more prayers and invocations
6. 2nd offering: pour libation to Hecate
7. 1st working: energy working
8. 2nd working: spellcraft
9. 3rd working: divination
10. closing prayer, extinguish candles

Energy work and spellcraft to be tailored to different phases of the moon.   

• Dark Moon is about chthonic energy, connections to the dead and underworld, banishing
• Full Moon is about celestial energy, connections to the wider world, manifesting