just in case
ARIES:
“You are fire, your red candle cannot be missing. On December 31, select that item of clothing that reminds you of something negative, rip it up and throw it away. Write on paper the seemingly negative thing that happened to you in 2019. Light a bonfire and burn it. Just as the paper becomes ashes, your problems will disappear. Take a bath of red flowers, perfume, jobo leaves, almonds and water. For luck, carry a diamond or white quartz. Dress in red and gold. Declare that the changes that occur in 2020 are positive and will lead you to live a future full of peace, love and prosperity.”
WALTERMERCADO
If you are Latinx or if you have a Latinx friend, I can almost be sure you that you know who Walter Mercado is. And so do your friend and their aunts and their grandma. Walter passed away this year but his legacy will live, damnit! That's partially why I'm doing this post. I am not really religious (barf) but I love, love, love! reading and learning about traditions and things people do during a specific holiday or time of the year. And that quote up there is what Walter would have liked me to do during the New Year's. Yep, I'm an Aries. But you suspected that, didn't you?
So, during this New Year's I decided that even though I am not going full-on Walter (those capes, though!) I am going to wear something with red in it (I just can't with gold, so I'll pass) I am going to light a red candle (have those around) and I am going to write down the most negative thing that happened to me last year and I'm going to burn the paper. So there. That's going to be my ritual for the New Year. They say you have to put it out there for the universe to listen, don't they?
If you want to read more about things people do during New Year's hurry to REMEZCLA and choose one! I'm obsessed with wearing all white and with the grapes!! I may try those too!
So good luck and have fun!
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we are going to need every ounce of strength we have to get thru 2020.
ReplyDeleteTrue! Goddess, it’s been quite the year.
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It couldn’t hurt to cover your bases. I have no year end rituals, other than hoping I survive another year. But I do wish you and all of your followers all the best of health, happiness and peace in the coming year! That’s something I think we can all use.
ReplyDeleteAww thnx bae. We Can all absolutely use some peace in 2020.
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Best wishes all!
ReplyDeleteThanks! Same to you.
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ReplyDeleteHi, I realized that you don't follow my blog, as I do with yours. Why?
ReplyDeleteI do! Last I checked I was in your follower list.
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I like your idea of releasing the negativity. Maybe Carlos and I should do the same ...start the new yearfree from that old shiz.
ReplyDeleteDo it! No matter what we do: eating grapes, wearing white, running around the block with a suitcase... getting rid of the year’s weight is kind of our sweet revenge 😎
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I don't know why you and I are not married.
ReplyDeleteI read Walter's predictions every year to find out what horrors await me in the coming new year. 2020, according to his last, will be harrowing, with so many retrogrades to sidestep and dread, I might as well start walking and driving in reverse. Should I survive 2020, I've no idea what to do following, given these were his last predictions before passing. Perhaps Walter knew something we don't and decided to skip town before shit hit the fan. I better go up to my ancestor altar and start praying. Happy New Year.
Oh Walter. I’d marry you in a heartbeat. Can you imagine the fun?
DeleteAnd you know honoring the ancestors is always a good backup plan! Planets in retrograde are no joke!
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Not religious myself. Most of the rituals are pagan in origin, anyway. We follow one ritual for New Year: At the stroke of midnight, we make sure we are holding money in our hands. Monetary denomination doesn't matter; $1, $5, $10, whatever. It is supposed to ensure you will have enough to live on. It is not to get rich. No. That would be inviting chaos. We've done this for many years now and, despite any disasters or emergencies, we have always had the financial means to cover it.
ReplyDeleteNow,if only there were a ritual to guarantee we get rid of the evil things to have penetrated our government.....
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DeleteI should try that! I think it’s the perfect balance of ritual and positivity. And I think I live all these gestures and wishes BECAUSE they’re obviously pagan. Yes!
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If it helps you...ill wear red underwear too. Strength in numbers right?
ReplyDeleteYes!
DeleteOh, I saw how you look in red underwear, dear. Definitely a positive outlook!
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I have a red thong. I can't remember who left it here?
ReplyDeleteoh Jimmy.
DeleteYou know nobody can keep track of their thongs. Especially red!
And if you’re an Aries, red is our color!
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I have no idea who Walter Mercado is, but he's a snappy dresser.
ReplyDeleteOmg yes.
DeleteLiberace, eat your heart out!
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Here in PA Dutch country we eat pork and sauerkraut. They also say opening your windows at midnight lets all the bad out. I'll be sleeping.
ReplyDeleteAnd I do both of those Dave! Course the fresh air helps with hang overs that will most surely happen.
DeleteThat sounds tasty!
DeleteAnd opening windows may clear our heads and also wake us up!
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