🌿 Ritual Steps:

1. Prepare Your Sacred Space
Dim the lights.

Light the white candle and place it beside your tarot spread.

Light incense if you wish, letting the smoke curl around the cards, blessing them.

Place the bowl of water nearby.

Speak aloud (or silently):
“I prepare this space between the worlds, where endings are honored and new beginnings are born.”

2. Acknowledge the Reading
Gaze at the cards you have pulled — especially if they are Tower, Death, or The Fool reversed.

Place your hand over your heart and whisper or think:
“I honor the message of transformation. I trust the wisdom of the unseen currents of life.”

3. Release the Old
Take your paper and pen.

Write freely about what you are ready to let go of — fears, attachments, outdated versions of yourself.
Examples:
“I release my fear of failure.”
“I surrender the need for control.”
“I release my resistance to change.”

Fold the paper into a small square.

Hold the paper in your hands and say:
“These burdens are acknowledged. They are real. And now, they are ready to be set free.”

4. Water Offering
Gently place the folded paper into the bowl of water, allowing it to soak.
(If the paper dissolves slowly, that’s even more symbolic — transformation takes time.)

As you do, visualize the old energies dissolving into the water.

Say aloud:
“As water receives, so too does life. As water cleanses, so too do I renew.”

5. Sealing Protection
Take your stone/crystal in your hands.

Hold it over your heart or the candle flame (safely), and imagine it absorbing light — the pure energy of rebirth.

Visualize a shield of luminous energy surrounding you.

Whisper or affirm:
“I am safe. I am guided. I am reborn into my highest path.”

6. Sacred Blessing
Take the herb sprig and lightly brush it over your forehead, heart, and both palms.

Bless yourself with:
“I awaken to the new dawn. I walk forward with clarity, courage, and grace.”

7. Closing the Ritual
Blow out the candle with gratitude.

Dispose of the water by pouring it onto the earth (if possible) or into running water like a stream or sink — imagining it carrying the old away forever.

Keep the stone or crystal with you for the next few days as a talisman of strength and renewal.

🌟 Closing Reflection
Sit for a few minutes in stillness.
Imagine a bright new path stretching before you — not all steps visible, but glowing with promise.

You may end with a simple mantra:
“I trust the unfolding. I am the storm and the calm after. I rise anew.”