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Weekly Altar Prompts
A Free Year of Rites of Passage
Every Sunday, a new invitation arrives—guiding you through the seasons with your altar as witness.
THE INVITATION
The Altar Marks Time With You
For as long as humans have walked this earth, we have marked the turning of seasons with sacred attention. We've watched light return after the longest night. We've planted seeds in spring soil. We've offered gratitude at harvest. We've honored our dead when the veil grows thin.
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This is the oldest human rhythm—and your altar can hold it with you.
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These 52 weekly prompts follow the rites of passage inherent in every year: the descent into winter's rest, the emergence of spring's new life, the fullness of summer's radiance, and the release of autumn's holy letting go.
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Each Sunday, a new invitation appears. Not a task to complete—a doorway to walk through.
HOW TO USE THESE PROMPTS
This Is Not Learning. This Is Remembering.
There is no wrong way to tend your altar. You might:
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Read the prompt on Sunday and let it guide your altar tending for the week
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Journal in response before approaching your sacred space
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Take a single action—adding, removing, or rearranging one object
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Simply sit with your altar in candlelight and let the words settle into your body
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Some weeks will call you deeply. Others will pass gently. Trust the rhythm of your own attention.
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Subscribe to the calendar below to receive prompts directly in your phone or calendar app—a quiet reminder each Sunday that your altar is waiting.
The Year at a Glance
Click any Sunday to read that week's full prompt. Subscribe using the "+ Google Calendar" button to receive prompts in your own calendar.
HOW TO USE THESE PROMPTS
This Is Not Learning. This Is Remembering.
WINTER: THE DESCENT
December 21 – March 19
The season of darkness, rest, death, dormancy, the underworld, dreaming, gestation, waiting. Your altar becomes minimal, holding light in darkness.
This is the rite of passage into stillness.
SPRING: THE EMERGENCE
March 20 – June 20
Beginning, emergence, first light after darkness, potential, growth, youth, hope. Fresh flowers appear, seeds are blessed, new life pushes through dark soil.
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This is the rite of passage into becoming.
SUMMER: THE FULLNESS
June 21 – September 21
Fullness, abundance, peak energy, light at its longest, fruition, celebration, heat. Your altar overflows with harvest, with color, with the fruits of your labor.
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This is the rite of passage into radiance.
AUTUMN: THE RELEASE
September 22 – December 20
Endings, completion, wisdom of age, approaching darkness. The leaves fall, the ancestors draw near, and we learn the sacred art of letting go.
This is the rite of passage into rest.
Go Deeper: Sacred Pathways
These weekly prompts are a gift—a way to begin tending sacred space in rhythm with the year.
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If you're ready to go deeper—to learn the anthropology and neuroscience of why altars work, to build your practice from the ground up, to join a community of altar keepers—I invite you to explore Altar as Anchor, my comprehensive self-paced course on the ancient art of altar creation.
