7 First of the Month Rituals to Attract Abundance & Prosperity

It's the first of the month - Here are 7 rituals to attract abundance and prosperity for the new month.

As we begin a new month, I’d like to share some uplifting rituals I use to release old, stagnant energy and attract prosperity, abundance, love, and healing.

As a proactive and mostly-organized person, I have benefitted significantly from physically and mentally preparing for each new month and, as of 2024, the new year. I’m a Type-A, Leo sun and Virgo rising with anxiety, so it brings me some comfort to know what’s coming and how I can better direct my energy towards success and abundance.

The beginning of the month is the perfect time to clear out the old to make space for the new. As someone who’s experienced a lot of anxiety and low moods, I’ve found it helpful to redirect my thoughts onto new possibilities and what’s ahead and to release the past or what has gone wrong. We control our lives, but it’s easy to feel stagnant when you don’t know how to align your mind, body, and soul with your desires and intentions. That’s why I wanted to share these 7 methods with you that follow these five steps:

1. Cleansing

2. Protecting

3. Attracting

4. Manifesting

5. Meditating

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Cleansing Your Energy, Body, and Physical Space

You want to cleanse your body, mind, and space FIRST so that negative energies aren’t trapped with you and in your home when you protect your space in the next step.

1. Cleanse space: Perfect time to do laundry, clean dishes, take out the trash, vacuum/mop floors, organize, minimize, wipe down, and dust!

2. Cleanse your body: Many cultures regard water as cleansing and salt as protective; I suggest taking a salt bath or shower while visualizing the water, washing away any impurities and negative energies. Repeat positive affirmations and manifestations such as, “I release all negative energy and blockages placed upon me.” and “May this salt water cleanse my energy and remove any blockages from my path towards abundance.”

   Source: InspiringTouch

Feel free to create your own affirmations, as the power behind the words lies within your belief. So always say it like you mean it!

Cleanse the energy: Open your windows to encourage the negative energy to flow out of your space, then say a prayer or ask your spiritual guides to assist in purifying your space. Now it’s time to burn your chosen herbs, smudge sticks, or incense.

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Some Herbs and Botanicals to Use & Their Purpose

Source: Sentient Creations

• White Sage: Clear, cleanse, protect

• Desert Sage: Purification, protection, positivity, mental clarity, and healing

• Blue Sage: Soothing, cleansing, healing

• Palo Santo ("Holy Wood"): Healing, stress relief, promotes clarity, raises vibrations

• Rosemary: Healing, protection against physical illness and negative energy/spirits

• Juniper: Purification, protection, abundance

• Cinnamon: Energizing, motivational, healing

• Rose: Love, compassion, open heart healing

• Bay Leaves: Psychic power, healing, divination, success, abundance

How to Smudge: According to Hyssop Beauty Apothecary

"After choosing your smudge stick, you'll want to light the end. It will begin to smolder while releasing its cleansing smoke. You'll want to keep your lighter in one hand, because you will need to re-light your smudge stick several times during a smudge ceremony to keep the smoke going. It's also helpful to carry a little fireproof dish to catch any burnt embers.

Begin by gently (and slowly) waving the smudge stick with the smoky end towards your body with intention. Circle around your personal space starting at the feet and working your way up, and then back down.

You are now ready to walk around your space with your lit smudge stick. State your intention clearly and focus on it. Gently wave your smudge stick around your space, paying particular attention to nooks and corners. Relight your smudge stick as necessary. Use either a feather or your hand to help direct the smoke to where you want it to go.

You may simply focus on your intention, or you may say a blessing, a prayer, or a mantra, as your smudge your space. Envision a bright white light enveloping your space."

Attracting Abundance and Prosperity

Sources: healingtouch47 and latha_jay on TikTok

4. Protect your space: Sprinkle salt outside the doorway or into the left palm and blow outwards from inside to protect you and your home from blockages and negative energy.

5. Attract abundance: Blowing cinnamon from the right palm ( or placing a cinnamon stick above the door for pet safety or because of mess) into the home through the front door to attract abundance, positivity, and high vibrations.

*You want to leave both the cinnamon and salt on the floor for 24 hours before cleaning them up

Don’t forget to say your affirmations here as well!

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Manifesting and Affirmations

6. You can write down your monthly intentions and affirmations in the present “I am” form to align your thoughts and emotions with your desires. This is based on the Law of Attraction because “like attracts like.”

I like to write my list on a piece of paper and fold it toward myself three times, as folding the paper toward you attracts its positive intentions towards you.

Likewise, I like to write down anything I want to release from the previous month on a separate sheet of paper and fold it away from me three times to push the negative energies away.

Source: inspiringtouch on Tiktok

Meditations

7. Meditate with a grateful mindset. I focus on gratitude to attract more positive energy into my life. You can focus on what you were grateful for in the previous month and your life overall.

I then visualize the positive energy I want to attract as a bright white light surrounding me or beaming down from above; I visualize myself accomplishing all of my goals as if they’ve already happened and thank God and the universe for aligning me with my manifestations. I also enjoy playing frequency music to align my vibrations with that of my manifestations.

I hope these rituals bring you peace, healing, love, and abundance throughout this beautiful month. Happy February and Black History Month!