Day 23 - Great Release Program 2025 by Silver RavenWolf

DAY 23 — Landing Zones, The Jingle Bell Relay, Good Fortune Soap, and More!

Theme - Landing Zones, because the next stretch of the season brings more movement, more people, more packages, more coats, more snacks, more everything, and clutter loves high-traffic weeks the way cats love warm laundry.

Reward - 10 Stars

Magickal Moment - Madame SeesAll calls the Little Boogers into the Great Hall with a soft laugh and the delightful tinkle of jingle bells that sounds like clean air. She tells them that the busiest weeks don’t need stricter rules, they need smarter flow. She declares today a Landing Day!  There is much chatter as the Little Boogers discuss choosing safe places for incoming things to land, coats, bags, mail, gifts, party food, the little items that drift into piles when life gets loud.

Main Release - Create one clear landing zone, or refresh the one you already have, so the season can move through your home without taking it over. Choose a spot by the entryway, or the kitchen, or both, and keep it simple. Coats get a hook, shoes get a spot, mail gets a tray, gifts get one basket, and nothing gets permission to spread like ivy. The release part is this, let go of the habit of dropping things “for now” in places that become stress later. This isn’t a personality flaw, it’s a pattern, and patterns can be rewritten.

15-minute Quick Task - This is a game called The Jingle Bell Relay, and the bell is the baton. Use a real jingle bell, an ornament bell, or anything that makes a cheerful jingle. Set a timer for fifteen minutes and do three rounds of five minutes each. Round one begins at your entry landing zone, ring the bell once to start, clear just enough space so it becomes usable, then ring the bell twice and set it there as a marker that the zone is claimed. Round two, pick up the bell and carry it to the kitchen like a relay baton, ring once, clear one small surface that will actually be used this week, then ring twice and set the bell on that cleared spot. Round three, pick up the bell and do a quick sweep for floaters, the random items that drift away from where they belong, and each time you return an item to its true home, give the bell a small shake as a tiny victory signal. When the timer ends, stop, because the win is a functional system, not a museum.

Booger Boost - The ten Little Boogers line up like tiny airport staff and declare you the official Director of Arrivals. One Booger rings the bell and announces that all clutter must proceed to its designated gate, which is ridiculous and also strangely motivating. Madame SeesAll gives you a single approving nod that feels like a blessing, because you didn’t just tidy, you built something that will protect your peace all week.

Weekly check-in

This is a good day to adjust expectations. If your weekly goal is too big for party-week reality, shrink it on purpose. Choose one small action you can repeat daily without resentment. Consistency is the goal, everything else is just noise in a fancy hat.

Astro Snapshot - December 23, 2025 carries Aquarius Moon energy, which favors smart systems, lighter handling, and quick resets that keep life moving. The Sun is in Capricorn, supporting practical structure and follow-through, and this combination is perfect for building a simple landing zone that actually stays functional through a busy week. If the mood gets dreamy or scattered later, bring it back to basics - clear place, clear plan, clear yes, clear no.

The Unexpected - Holiday week has a special talent for tossing “unexpecteds” into the room like it owns the place, illness, accidents, weather mess, sudden expenses, bruised feelings, old family dramas that crawl out of the attic wearing a Santa hat. First, don’t shame yourself for wobbling, your nervous system is not a machine, it’s a living thing responding to real stress. Mentally, come back to the simplest truth, handle what is in front of you, not what you fear might happen next, choose the next right step, then the next, and let “good enough” be a kindness, not a failure. Magickally, work small and steady, cleanse your hands with cool water and intention, light one candle and name what you are calling in, calm, protection, clarity, and what you are releasing, panic, resentment, spiraling thoughts, then picture a soft boundary of light around you that only allows in what supports your wellbeing. If you can, do one practical act as the anchor of the spell, a phone call, a glass of water, a nap, a cleared counter, a packed bag, because real-world action is how your magic takes root. Remember, you don’t have to win the holiday, you just have to move through it with as much compassion for yourself as you offer everyone else.

Financial “unexpecteds” deserve their own candle, because money stress has a way of turning the whole nervous system into a siren. If something hits, an emergency bill, a car issue, a gift budget that suddenly feels impossible, pause before you panic-spend or panic-avoid. Get the facts in plain language, what is due, when, what is truly required, what can be delayed, negotiated, returned, or replaced with something simpler. Then make one stabilizing move, even if it’s small, a call to ask for an extension, a payment plan, a note to yourself that says “no more spending today,” a quick audit of what you already have so you stop buying duplicates out of stress. Magickally, work for clarity and wise choices, light a candle and say, may I be guided to the most practical solution, may I be protected from fear-driven decisions, may help arrive through the right channels, then follow through in the mundane world, because this is one of those places where magic and practicality must hold hands.

Here’s a simple, practical empowerment spell for soap that’s meant to wash away the weight of financial burden, so you can move with clearer head, steadier nerves, and better choices.

Hold the bar of soap, or the bottle, in both hands. If using a soap bottle, you can always add blessed crystals or gemstones in the bottle.  Close your eyes and take three slow breaths. Imagine the soap filling with clean, bright light, like a tiny lantern made for your hands. If you like, touch the soap to a pinch of salt and then wipe it clean, as a symbolic “reset.”

Say:

By water’s gift and cleansing foam,

I call my power back to home.

Wash from mind the fear and strain,

Release the guilt, release the chain.

Let panic leave, let clarity stay,

Guide wise my choices day by day.

Open roads bring money through,

With steady hands and vision true.

As I am clean, my path is cleared,

My money mind is calm, not feared.

As is spoken, so is done,

Good Fortune comes with harm to none.

Then use the soap the next time you wash your hands. As the lather builds, picture it lifting heaviness off you, the burden loosening, your thoughts un-knotting, your next step becoming obvious. Rinse and say softly, “Clear, steady, capable.  Stable, sure, strong.”  You can also murmur words that come to mind if they better suit your situation.  If you want to make it even stronger, repeat the quick rinse-line every time you wash for the next three days, because repetition is how this kind of working really takes root.

Money Charm Melt-and-Pour Soap, Aloe Glycerin Base

Ingredients

One pound aloe glycerin melt-and-pour soap base, clear or lightly tinted

One teaspoon liquid Vitamin B, cosmetic grade liquid panthenol, Vitamin B5

One to two teaspoons dried basil, crumbled fine

One to two teaspoons dried mint, spearmint or peppermint, crumbled fine

Optional scent, up to 0.3 ounces per pound total, sweet orange with a touch of patchouli works beautifully

One clean penny/coin wrapped in a bit of cellophane, see charm note below

Rubbing alcohol in a spray bottle, for removing bubbles

Important charm note, penny/coin safety

A real penny inside a “use on skin” soap can discolor the bar and may irritate sensitive skin if the metal contacts moisture over time. The safest method is to wrap the penny so it never touches the soap, then the penny is a charm to remove and keep. Use a small piece of biodegradable cellophane, shrink wrap, or a tiny sealed bag.  You can also set the penny at the bottom of the mold (which will be the top of the soap) and then fill the mold.  After one hand washing with the initial spell, remove the penny and carry it with you.

Directions

Cut the aloe glycerin base into cubes and melt gently in short microwave bursts of 10 seconds each, stirring inbetween, until just melted. Let it cool for a minute so it is hot but not scorching, then stir in the liquid Vitamin B. Add the basil and mint, keeping the herb pieces small so the bar feels comfortable on skin. Add fragrance if desired. Pour a thin layer into your mold, spritz bubbles with alcohol, and let it set just enough to support the charm. Place the wrapped penny into the soap, then pour the remaining soap over it. Spritz again, let harden fully, unmold, and wrap the bars tightly so they do not sweat.

Note, dried herbs can naturally discolor melt-and-pour soap over time, you may see faint browning or speckling as the botanicals infuse, this is normal and it does not harm the soap or make it unsafe to use.

Untangle Me

And here’s the other truth about holiday chaos.  Drum roll.,, it’s often not one single thing that sends us into a spin, it’s the clumping. A sniffle turns into a cancelled plan, which turns into a missed deadline, which turns into a family member’s mood, which turns into an unexpected expense, and suddenly your brain is acting like the sky is falling when what’s really happening is a pile-up of small and medium stresses landing at the same time. Ker-Boom!  Sometimes there is one major stressor at the center, grief, a serious health issue, a job problem, a strained relationship, and when that big weight is present, everything else hits harder, because your reserves are already being spent. Even if you can let the little stuff go, your brain goes right back to the big problem, circling the drain with your blood and guts.  Torturing you.  Again.  And Again.  When that happens, the mind tries to solve everything at once, and that’s where the spiral starts. The fix is to un-clump those emotions and events on purpose, name the pieces, the big one and the smaller ones, then choose one thread you can address right now and let the rest wait their turn.  Speaking aloud can help you release. “I separate what is tangled, I deal with one thread at a time,” because clarity is a spell in itself, and once the pile-up becomes a list, it stops feeling like a monster.

Spell for Untangling Seasonal Stress

What you need - A length of ribbon, yarn, or string - about a foot long, a small bowl of water, a pinch of salt, and one candle, any color.

Light the candle and set the bowl beside it. Hold the string and tie three loose knots in it. With each knot, name one stressor out loud, keep it plain and honest, time pressure, money worry, family tension, grief, health, whatever is real.  Stretch the string between both hands…taunt.  Run the string over your whole body about 1 inch from the skin, making scraping motions.  You are removing debris from the aura.  The knots are catching the problems you mentioned.   

Dip your fingertips in the salted water and touch the first knot. Breathe in slowly and say:

Knots of season, loosen, unwind,

Separate the threads that boggle my mind.

Now untie that knot, slowly. Do the same with the second and third knots, one at a time, not all at once, because that is the lesson.

When the string is smooth again, hold it over the candle flame’s warmth, not in the flame, and say:

What was tangled now is clear,

Step by step, I steer, I steer.

One thing first, then one thing more,

Peace returns to my inner door.

By calm, by sense, by steady light,

I choose my way, I choose what’s right.

So is spoken, so is done,

Clear and free, with harm to none.

Let the ribbon or string fall to your altar from about a 1 foot drop.  Take a picture of the pattern it makes.  Burn the string outdoors and scatter the ashes.  Let the candle burn to completion and throw the cold end into the trash.  Pour the water outside or down the drain while you imagine the stress leaving in clean streams.

If you want a tiny daily version, just touch the bow and say, “Unknot, unwind, one thread at a time.”

Later, review the photo you took and contemplate the shape of what you see.

Today’s Reward

Give yourself a small “coming home” reward. Make it cozy and real. A warm drink, a candle near the entryway, a favorite song while you admire that cleared surface, or five quiet minutes where you enjoy the simple pleasure of knowing exactly where things go. You earned your 10 Stars.  And give yourself 5 extra! You deserve it!

Peace with the Gods

Peace with Nature

Peace Within

Silver!