Solar Return Birthday Ritual
Your birthday is your personal new year - when the sun returns to its position at your birth. This ritual harnesses that powerful solar energy for the year ahead.
Rituals are most effective when aligned with timing and personal cycles.
celebrationritualbeginner30-45 minutes
Purpose
Celebrates your birthday solar return with magical intention for the year ahead
Optimal Timing
Moon Phase:
Time of Day:any
Ingredients
Gold or yellow candle1
Solar return
Birthday candlesYour age
Traditional birthday magic
Sunstone or citrine1
Solar energy stone
Paper1
Year ahead intentions
Tools Needed
- Birthday cake or cupcake
- Journal
Preparation Steps
- 1Reflect on year past
- 2Set intentions for year ahead
Ritual Steps
- 1Light gold candle saying: I celebrate my solar return
- 2Light age-number of candles on cake
- 3Hold solar stone and review the past year - successes and lessons
- 4Write intentions for the year ahead
- 5Say: I have circled the sun [age] times. I am wiser. I am stronger. This new year brings [your intentions].
- 6Make a wish and blow out candles
- 7Eat cake to seal the magic
- 8Keep solar stone close all year
Correspondences
Safety & Ethics
- •Birthdays are powerful personal magic
- •Set intentions rather than just wishes
- •Celebrate yourself!
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