The 12 rough nights
The rough nights - also called the holy 12 nights - are the nights between Christmas and Three Kings.This time is about retiring, introspecting, saying goodbye to the old year...
Attunement
The rough nights, the 12 holy nights between Christmas or winter solstice and Epiphany, have always been considered a holy time. The 12 days/nights symbolize the twelve months of the new year.
They each predict the events in the associated month,
That is why they are also called “lot nights” (lots = to predict).
There are several approaches. Below we present the version that worked for us.
It should inspire you to find your own version.
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Take a large piece of paper and mark it on one side e.g. E.g. with a ☹️.
Spontaneously write what on the piece of paper you want to let go of before the new year begins. Write down everything you can think of. Old thoughts, beliefs, situations, feelings, just everything you want to leave behind in the old year.
You give this note to the spiritual world as an offering on the first rough night.
take your time. When you feel like you`ve written it all down, fold the sheets of paper as small as possible.
Place in a fireproof bowl along with purifying herbs or resins (e.g. myrrh, sage).
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ALTERNATIVE
You can burn the notes with the things you want to leave in the old year
between 21.12. - 24.12.22 (as described in Day 1).
Now take 13 small pieces of paper and mark them on one side, e.g. E.g. with a 😊.
Write a wish for the coming year on each piece of paper. Write down everything that comes to mind spontaneously, everything you want to have or achieve in the new year. Put them all in a bowl or in a nice box.
On each of the smoking nights, you take one of your wish lists out of the bowl/box, connect with your inner self and open the note.
Which wish did you draw? Which wish will come true first?
Think about your wish and what it will be like when the wish has become a reality andfeelhow happy the new situation, the gift will make you.
(Decide for yourself whether you give one wish per night or all together in the last night to the spiritual world).
Let`s go!
Preparation - wishes
From 12/21/2022 - 12/24/2022
1. Rauhnacht (25.12.)
Say goodbye to the old
Month: January; Element: Earth; Energy: Feminine
The first Rauhnacht is about looking back and getting rid of old ideas, beliefs, thoughts and the inner evil spirits to separate.
Meditation Guide:Go to your favorite place, breathe in and out deeply and slowly calm down. Then imagine that you take in positive energy with every inhale and with every exhale imagine that you let go of the old. Try to visualize what you want to let go of as precisely as possible.
Ritual:For the first Rauhnacht we have three rituals for you:
1. House cleaning:Go through the house with the broom and sweep it properly. But this time do it quietly and also symbolically; if you like, you can say the mantra loudly or quietly: “Luck comes in, bad luck goes out.”, or something similar.
2. Burn the notes of the legacy: Accompany the smoke with your desires to let go of the past. With this you hand over the old thoughts, situations, beliefs, feelings of the spirit world.
3. Send first wish:Take a piece of paper out of the bowl with your wishes for the coming year. Decide for yourself whether to look at it before folding it into a small boat and launching it into a lake or river. Follow the little ship with your eyes and thoughts of your wishes for the coming year. Alternatively, put it back in the nice box and keep it to send them all together to the universe later.
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2. Rauhnacht (26.12.)
Become still
Month: February; element: air; Energy: Male
In the second Rauhnacht become still and listen to your inner voice. Let your ideas run free.
Meditation Guide: Go to your favorite place, take a deep breath and relax. With each inhale, try to listen for answers or images to arise from within you.
Ritual:Practice a ritual of conscious silence, for example eating together in silence. That can be a special experience.
Send second wish: w.o.
3. Rauhnacht (27.12.)
Become open
Month: March; element: water; Energy: Feminine
The third Rauhnacht is about making you aware of your connection to other people and accepting them. You are not only you, you are also the others, everything is ONE. Open yourself to their messages.
Meditation Guide:Go to your favorite place, take a deep breath and relax. Think of the people who share your world with you. Think about your background, your parents and grandparents. which properties here given to you?
Ritual:Create an ancestral table with pictures or symbols of your relatives. Perhaps you can also use symbols to represent what they gave you to take with you. Don`t rate!
Send third wish: w.o.
incense blend:3 parts juniper berries, 1 part juniper tips, 1 part incense
4. Rauhnacht (28.12.)
Trust the inner world
Month: April; Element: Fire; Energy: Male
In the fourth Rauhnacht you can get even closer to your wishes and make them come true. It`s about not only listening to your inner voice, but also trusting it and accepting what it says.
Meditation Guide:Go to your favorite place, take a deep breath and relax. Try to consciously pay attention to the impulses that arise from within you. let her.
Ritual:Create a vision board. Search old newspapers and catalogs for images that match your desires. Cut them out and glue them onto a large piece of paper as a collage and hang it up where it is clearly visible.
Send fourth wish: w.o.
5. Rauhnacht (29.12.)
Appreciate the body
The month of May; Element: Earth; Energy: Feminine
The fifth Rauhnacht is about conscious enjoyment and doing something good for your soul and body.
Meditation Guide:Go to your favorite place, take a deep breath and relax. Go through your body with your imagination. Start at the bottom of the feet. What do you notice? At what point does it tweak, which images/feelings appear where? Which parts of your body require your special attention?
Ritual:Cook yourself something particularly delicious today and consciously enjoy every bite.
Send fifth wish: w.o.
incense blend:incense
6. Rauhnacht (30.12.)
Healing relationships
Month June; element: air; Energy: Male
The 6th Rauhnacht stands for relationships with other people. It`s the night to forgive and forgive, the night to heal relationships.
Meditation Guide:Go to your favorite place, take a deep breath and relax. Think of people with whom your relationship is not healthy and try to have a conversation with them. What does it take for them to forgive you? What does it take for you to forgive them?
Ritual:Select people with whom you have an unhealthy relationship and write them a letter. When you are finished, then decide for yourself whether you actually want to send it off or whether you will hand it over to the spiritual world by burning it. The spiritual world then takes over the healing of the relationship.
Send sixth wish: w.o.
incense blend:2 parts whiter sage, 1 part Fighter, 1 part pine resin
7. Rauhnacht (31.12.)
Embrace the feelings
Month july; element: water; Energy: Feminine
New Years Eve is about how you deal with your feelings. How do you perceive your feelings?
Meditation Guide:Go to your favorite place, take a deep breath and relax. think about your feelings Let them rise and enter into dialogue with them. What do you need?
Ritual:Take a walk in the woods. Find things that symbolize your most important feelings.
Send seventh wish: w.o.
8. Rauhnacht (1.1.)
make decisions
Month August; Element: Fire; Energy: Male
The New Year`s Eve is about putting your visions and ideas into action. What would you like to tackle or implement in the new year?
Meditation Guide:Go to your favorite place, take a deep breath and relax. Think of your ideas and wishes for the coming year. Where are you at the end of next year? Then what is different? What has come true?
Ritual:If you want, ask the card readers and take a look into the new year. In this way you include the spiritual world in your decisions for the coming year.
Send eighth wish: w.o.
9. Rauhnacht (2.1.)
Arrange goals
Month September; Element: Earth; Energy: Feminine
In the ninth Rauhnacht review and examine the impulses from the past few nights. Is it really what you want to implement that makes you happy?
Meditation Guide:Go to your favorite place, take a deep breath and relax. Think about your goals for the coming year.
Ritual:Take your notes from the past few nights and your vision board and use them to derive realistic goals for the coming year.
Send ninth wish: w.o.
10. Rauhnacht (3.1.)
Become mindful
Month: October; element: air; Energy: Male
The tenth Rauhnacht is dedicated to mindfulness of beautiful things.
Think about the things you have already (achieved) and be mindful of everything you find.
Meditation Guide:Go to your favorite place, take a deep breath and relax. Be in the here and now. What do you perceive? What are you feeling?
Ritual:Listen to music consciously and mindfully.
Send cents request: w.o.
incense blend:2 parts camphor, 1 part incense, 1 part juniper tips
11. Rauhnacht (4.1.)
To be thankful
Month: November; element: water; Energy: Feminine
The rough night before last is the time to be thankful for the things you realized last night.
Meditation Guide:Go to your favorite place, take a deep breath and relax. Think of all the things you can be thankful for and practice gratitude.
Ritual:Make a list of things you are thankful for TODAY (about 20 things).
Send eleventh wish: w.o.
incense blend: incense
12. Rauhnacht (5.1.)
Become the light
Month: December; Element: Fire; Energy: Male
The last Rauhnacht is about the meaning behind everything and about using the knowledge of the last few nights for your growth.
Meditation Guide:Go to your favorite place, take a deep breath and relax. Imagine a great bright light enveloping you. Then, when you see yourself in the light, become that light yourself.
Ritual:Surround yourself with lots of candles. Answer the question what the insights of the last few nights have been for you.
Send Twelfth Wish: w.o
incense blend: incense
Now we have reached the end of the rough nights and (depending on) have one more wish left, namely the 13th.
This wish is the wish that of yourself to be accomplished in the coming year!
PS: The most important thing of all is: your state of mind and not how you organize your rough nights.
How much do you wish for what you wish for, how do you feel when you think about the fulfillment of your wishes? How big is your trust in life and in God?
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information:This article is aimed at people who are looking for inspiration, information and instructions about the rough nights. The content presented is based on my personal experience/opinion and my current level of knowledge and makes no claim to completeness, correctness, topicality or general validity. You decide at any time what suits you and what you want to accept.
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