Yule altar tour 2021

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Altar tour! Here’s my setup for Yule 🌲🍊

1 - Fresh ivy (I’ve been finding ivy in a few beauty rituals I want to try)
2 - Offerings
3 - Labradorite (for strengthening intuition & creativity)
4 - Obsidian (for removing negativity from @thehazelwitch)
5 - Hag stone (from Duck, NC)
6 - Cauldron (for loose incense)
7 - My Empress card from @obscuragifts
8 - Chalice 🍷
9 - Goddess (Mary)
10 - Obsidian tower
11 - Lemurian quartz tower (for healing and spiritual connection)
12 - Red candles (for energy and love)
13 - My sun candle (for the return of the sun/days getting longer)🌞
14 - Besom from @darling__spring🧹
15 - Leftover branch from my Halloween altar
16 - Fresh pine (for protection and prosperity)🌲
17 - Christmas spiders (see my last post for information and directions for how to make your own)
18 - Citrus (also sun symbols)🍊
19 - Cranberries in my mortar and pestle (I think I’m using them in a simmer pot)
20 - Spoon for loose incense
21 - Offerings (ancestor)
22 - Pinecones and acorns (protection and beauty)
23 - Gold chime candle for success🌟
24 - Cast iron bird and feathers for carrying messages (basically my altar’s post office)
25 - Wooden cross (gift from Jerusalem)
26 - My grandmother’s cameo locket with a picture of my grandfather inside
27 - White elephant for gentleness and grace🐘
28 - My Yule ladder (see my third post back from more info, as it’s filled with its own correspondences—this is my power source)
29 - Light blue chime candle for peace and devotion