New Year's Eve: Time to put aside old worries...

New Year's Eve is not just about noisy celebrations, it is above all your moment.

The time when the old year is winding down and you are handed the blank slate of your life. It is an opportunity to take a breath and step forward with ease and confidence.

Remember the story Pope Sylvester I. He too went through difficult times, had to hide in the silence of the forests – hence his name „silva“, meaning forest. However, it was in that silence and patience that he found the strength that later worked miracles.

whose name in Latin evokes the peace of a forest, shows us, even after centuries, that after every difficult period comes a time for a new breath. This wise pope, who, according to legend, miraculously cured Emperor Constantine of leprosy, turned hopelessness into a new beginning and laid the foundations of today's Vatican.

It is an ideal opportunity for inner cleansing, when we can "close" old worries with respect for traditions and open a new chapter of our lives with confidence. As the protector of home and good harvest, New Year's Eve reminds us that with a clean slate and gratitude in our hearts, we can step into the new year with ease and confidence.

. And that's exactly the kind of power you have within you - the ability to heal your days and build something beautiful for yourself.

Allow yourself to leave everything that weighs you down in the past. Traditional customs are wonderfully wise in this regard:

• Sweep away the old shadows: Just as "sweepers" once symbolically cleaned the stoves so that the home would flourish, so sweep away all sorrow from your heart.
• Purity as a gift: Take the time to do a general cleaning of not only your home, but especially your mind. Entering the new year with a clean slate and free of debt is the best start.
• Self-care: New Year's Eve has always been a day of inner and outer cleansing. You deserve to welcome the new year in the best version of yourself.

They say the last night of the year is magical and whatever you sincerely wish for will come true. Keep this night for your dreams.

• For luck and abundance: Treat yourself to a traditional stew with horseradish and apples at midnight - for strength and joy.
• Wisdom of the ancestors: Give up on old superstitions - take a break from doing laundry and leave the poultry to others so that your luck doesn't fly away, but instead settles firmly with you.
• Money: One should carry more money for luck and wealth in the new year.
• Peace of mind: Avoid arguments and anger, because how you experience the first moments of the new year will be how your entire next year will be. Yes, that's the classic - LIKE ON THE NEW YEAR, SO FOR THE WHOLE YEAR!

Today is not just the end of the calendar year. Today, space opens up for you for new joys, harvests and abundance, over which Saint Silvester holds a protective hand. And by the way, the last night of the year is supposedly magical. If you wish for something, it will come true❣

As it's been all water and mud all year, gold won't come to mind on New Year's Eve

On New Year's Eve, if the winds blow and the sun shines in the morning, we can't hope for good wine.

On New Year's Eve, the Pope will already be lying down with snow

On New Year's Eve, if the south wind blows, it heralds a favorable year; the west wind brings the most fish, the north winter and Christmas, the east wind promises an abundance of fruits, the northeast signifies unhappiness.

Milky Way clear in December, next year's harvest will be beautiful

Precisely because this saint is the patron saint of animals, let's try to approach the celebrations with more consideration and kindness this year. While we rejoice in the colors in the sky, fireworks are often fatal for our pets with their sensitive hearing and for wild birds that cannot see at night and panic at the noise and hit obstacles. Let's be the ones who spread peace instead of noise this year, and celebrate the arrival of the new year responsibly, with respect for all living things, what surrounds us.

Witches call it magic; believers call it prayer,