Three Witchy Rituals for Spring

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Spring is by far my favorite season. Everything feels fresh and new, from garden beds filling up with seedlings to sparkling clean houses from deep spring scrubs. It makes me feel like anything is possible, and my rituals reflect that feeling of wonder and new beginning. 

These three rituals can be done anytime during the spring season. They are built specifically for this season, taking into account the theme of the season as well as what is available to us for use during this time. There are rituals I perform daily no matter what the season, but I believe living a seasonal life isn’t just eating seasonal food, but allowing yourself to fall into the rhythms and rituals of each distinct season. It helps us ground us in the present, and connects us back to Mother Earth.

1. The Abundance Egg

This ritual is best done towards the beginning of the season. It brings a physical manifestation of your hopes and dreams for the coming year, allowing you to not only set those dreams in motion, but also watch them grow. Literally.

You will need:

An egg

A permanent marker

Incense, sage, palo santo, or cleansing smoke of your choice

Either a garden bed or a pot and potting soil

A plant of your choice (Make sure if you are using a pot that the plant is the correct size for the pot)

Instructions:

Take a moment to center yourself, breathing deep. When you feel ready, light your incense or smudge stick, and cleanse yourself, your egg, and your pot if you are using one.

Once cleansed, use the marker to write your dreams and ambitions for the coming year. Many witches consider spring the beginning of the year as we focus on the wheel of the year rather than the calendar year. Add goals you wish to accomplish, things you want to manifest, relationships you want to develop. There is no wrong way, this is personal to you.

When you are finished writing on the egg, sit with it for a while, envisioning those dreams as your reality. Then bury the egg in the garden bed or place it in your pot. Plant the plant you chose over the top of the egg, and watch through the season as it grows.

2. Make a magical floor wash.

Spring is synonymous with cleaning, but along with the actual cleaning of our homes, it is the perfect season to cleanse the home’s energy too. In fact, blending magic and housework is a time honored tradition amongst witches. This floor wash utilizes the energetic properties of herbs to revitalize your home’s energy, put up magical protections, and also leave your floors sparkling clean. 

You will need:

Fresh rosemary sprigs

Fresh mint sprigs

Fresh sage leaves

The peel of one lemon

A cinnamon stick

2 cups of white vinegar

½ cup of baking soda

A tablespoon of castile soap

1 gallon of hot water

Instructions:

Cleanse and thank the herbs for the work they are going to do for you. Place them in your mop bucket (or kitchen sink, as I tend to do) along with the soap, water, and baking soda. Mix clockwise. Slowly add the vinegar. It shouldn’t react violently with the baking soda since the water has diluted it.

Mop any hard floors with this solution to invite in new energy, peace, protection, and prosperity. You could also add some of the solution to a spray bottle to wipe down exterior doors, windowsills, etc. 

3. Take a cleansing spring bath.

There is nothing so cleansing and grounding as invoking all four elements at one time, and this bath is meant to be a ritual experience that does just that. Make sure your family knows not to disturb you barring an emergency, and sink into the feeling of spring.

You will need:

One lemon, sliced

1 tsp lavender buds

1 tsp crushed, dried mint, or fresh mint sprigs

A handful of fresh or dried rose petals

1 tsp dried chamomile flowers

½ cup Epsom salt

½ cup pink Himalayan salt

Incense in scent of your choice (I especially like rose for this)

Palo santo or sage

Three white candles

One green candle

Drain catch or tea bag to hold the dried herbs

Instructions:

Begin by cleansing your bathroom space with the smoke cleanser of your choice. If you are using a tea bag to hold your dried herbs, place them inside, with respect and gratitude. Begin running your bath, calling on Water as you do. Thank Water for her gift of life, to you and to the planet as whole.

As the water runs, pour in the salt, calling on Earth. Thank Earth for her grounding presence, and her support of all the life that resides upon her.

Light the three white candles, calling on Fire. Thank Fire for her warmth, her passion, and the light she gives us all.

Finally, light your incense, calling on Air. Thank Air for the gift of movement, blowing out what is stagnant so that new energy may take its place.

Place all your herbs into the bath and slip in the water, soaking up the energy of the elements that surrounds you. Spend at least twenty minutes simply soaking it all in, breathing deeply, and centering yourself.

When you feel ready, focus your thoughts on your own growth. Just as the Earth is growing all kinds of new life around you, you are constantly growing and changing as well. Settle on one area you want to grow more in and focus on what that growth will look like. Light the green candle and meditate on the flame as you imagine how you will grow and what that will look like.

Make sure that when you are done, you dismiss each element with thanks for their time and gifts to your ritual. Scoop any plant matter out of your bath before draining the tub, and bury the used herbs in the garden.

Spring is the perfect time to refresh our spaces, our hearts, and our energy. Enjoy these rituals as an exercise in grounding and centering, refreshing your energy and your spirit.