Lunar calendar of meditation for December 2024, 1 – 14
December 1, 2024 Sunday
1 lunar day
Symbol: Candle
Meditations: Visualization, planning for the upcoming lunar month, candlelight concentration, purification with fire.
This day is favorable for fire purifications, mostly when the Moon is in Air Sign. All fears and obsessions will be burnt. Sit by the open fire or concentrate on a candle flame for about 10-15 minutes. When time is up, slowly close your eyes and relax for another 5 minutes. Afterward, you may start planning for the upcoming lunar month.
During the 1st lunar day the Third Eye (an area between eyebrows) is active.
December 2, 2024 Monday
3 lunar day
Symbol: Leopard
Meditations: Martial arts and weapons.
The energy of this day helps you to realize the strains in your body, aroused as a result of insult, anger, impatience or other negative emotions. This is a day for purification of the astral body. Relaxation is favorable today. Training: Body relaxation. Prepare for meditation and, once prepared, lay down. Concentrate on your breath, move your attention to the right toes, observe this region and relax it. Slowly move your attention up the leg until your buttock. If you feel any strain, try to figure out, what kind of emotion “lives” there, let your breath travel through this spot and relax it. With your breathing, release all the old, accumulated energy. Next move your attention to the left toes and repeat the practice. Then continue to practice the same way with right arm, left arm, loins, back, stomach, chest, head, and give extra attention to the face. Try to relax the whole body, enjoy its lightness and freedom of strain.
During the 3d lunar day the Vishuddha chakra is active (throat).
December 3, 2024 Tuesday
4 lunar day
Symbol: Tree of Knowledge
Meditations: Chanting mantras, prayers and sacred sounds.
Interaction with nature is advisable. You may chant mantras for all your three bodies: mental, astral and physical. Be extra careful with your words. Training: Going outdoors: Walk in the park for a while and try to take in all the life energy: plants, birds, animals; feel the fresh breeze, see the beauty of the sky and clouds. Accumulate the natural energy by breathing in its beauty and freshness. If possible, sit by a campfire and feel its power. Secure this uniting with a prayer, mantra or your favorite song. “AUM” singing is favorable today.
During the 4th lunar day the Vishuddha chakra is active (throat).
December 4, 2024 Wednesday
5 lunar day
Symbol: Unicorn
Meditations: Meditation while eating.
Both planning for the future and working with the past. Keep maximum attention while eating, chew slowly and carefully. When choosing what to eat, let your emotions be your guide. Choose foods, which, according to your feeling, will bring positive outcomes to any particular part of your body. Be careful with the amount of food. During meals observe and release any strain and bad emotions. If you realize that you have too strong an emotional affection with a particular food, then be extra conscientious.
During the 5th lunar day the Ajna chakra (the Third Eye) is active.
December 5, 2024 Thursday
6 lunar day
Symbol: Crane
Meditations: Breathing exercises, mental body purification, sound therapy.
Today you can easily tune into the signs which life shares with you. Enjoy the harmony of Nature. Pay more attention to the sound of the wind, the rustling of the leaves and birds singing; smell the scent of summer flowers or the freshness of a winter morning. If it’s raining, breath the ozone. Use this day to find your best source of natural energy, that will be your meditation. Let inside of your room as much fresh air as possible and breathe this prana, filled with purity.
During the 6th lunar day, the emotional center is active (spot between the throat and chest).
December 6, 2024 Friday
7 lunar day
Symbol: Wind rose
Meditations: Breathing exercises, being mindful of words.
It’s better to speak as little as possible today, say only the important things, do not chatter. Be careful with your choice of words and intonation. On this day one’s words may be easily fulfilled; so choose affirmation, prayer or mantra to work with. Training: Tuning into self-affirmation. Choose the right place and time for effective work with your mantra, prayer or self-affirmation. Sit in a calm and peaceful place, close your eyes and gradually slow your breath. As your breath becomes deeper, the body relaxes and the mind clears. Imagine yourself in outer space, flying without boundaries in the emptiness. The body melts away. As you achieve lightness, feel Eternal Love and start to give yourself positive reinforcement. For example: “I’m healthy, wealthy and happy. Everyone loves me and I love everyone. I can achieve the purpose in view”. To double the effect, all mantras, prayers or affirmations should be pronounced aloud. Mantras of prosperity are especially favorable on this day (for example, mantra devoted to Lakshmi).
During the 7th lunar day the Vishuddha chakra is active.
December 7, 2024 Saturday
8 lunar day
Symbol: Phoenix
Meditations: Fire, chemical reactions.
Training: Purification with fire. If possible, sit by a woodfire in the evening. Prepare yourself for complete interaction with the fire, concentrating on the flames and slipping into its energy field. Close your eyes and imagine yourself in the center of the fire. Feel how it burns out all your negative emotions and clears your energy channels. When you feel it’s enough, imagine yourself stepping out of the fire and deeply breathe in the clear fresh air. Your channels are now filled with pure new energy, your aura is light and transparent. Realize that your aura and body have just experienced some new chemical reactions, which renewed your life. Give thanks to the fire for your purification. If making wood-fire is impossible, practice the same meditation with candles. Training: Cleaning the home with fire. Clean your house with a candle by walking clockwise three times around. Chant a prayer or mantra. After cleaning you may use pleasing incense to create a new space.
During the 8th lunar day the Muladhara chakra is active
December 8, 2024 Sunday
9 lunar day
Symbol: Bat
Meditations: White light, mental purification, forgiveness, formation of astral protection, breaking curses.
The 9th lunar day is one of the most complicated, so abstain from meditation and visualization practices. Try not to fall for any provocations. Training: Tuning into the white light. If you choose not to meditate this day, use the below-mentioned practices on the other suitable days. During the morning meditation imagine white light and observe it for some time. When you calm down, open your eyes and do your usual activities. Wherever you are today, use every possibility to visualize the white light and concentrate on its quietness. In the evening clean your home with incense, bells or a singing bowl.
During the 9th lunar day the Anahata chakra and chest are active.
December 9, 2024 Monday
10 lunar day
Symbol: Fountain
Meditations: Working with your family line.
Meeting with family. This day is favorable for working with the family line. You may have dinner with your relatives or appeal to ancestors during your meditation. Each family line has certain ancestors, who help and protect you; ask for their wisdom. Training: Getting help from ancestors. Prepare for meditation. Calm down, imagine your family line standing behind you (your parents first and then further into the past). At the very beginning you will see strong and powerful people; turn to them, greet them kindly and wait for their actions. They smile to you, sending a flow of love, peace, joy, wisdom and welfare. See how this flux of energy penetrates through all your family line and reaches you and your family. Feel the power of this energy and store it in your field. You are under their safe protection. Forward this energy to all living family members, let it fill them. Look to those, who have passed away and fill them with the wisdom of the eldest. See how all negative energy is melting away and doesn’t influence you or your family. This pure light of your ancestors highlights your future, feel confidence and protection. Fix the achieved state of your mind and then slowly open your eyes.
During the 10th lunar day the Svadhisthana chakra is active.
December 10, 2024 Tuesday
11 lunar day
Symbol: Kundalini
Meditations: Fire, concentrate on your internal body processes.
Today is a good day for ascesis and solitude. Try to devote this day to meditation, fasting, clearing the mind. If you can’t be alone, just remember that all processes which you start should be finished, unless you are fasting. Especially make sure to accomplish all cleaning procedures. It is good to meditate and work with all chakras rising up the Kundalini. Internal fire and latent energy are awaken.
During the 11th lunar day the Kundalini and bottom of the spine are active.
December 11, 2024 Wednesday
12 lunar day
Symbol: Heart
Meditations: Water, heart.
Try to find a place near the water (river, sea, lake, fountain). If the water is calm, imagine your emotions are calming down, merge with this tranquility, imagine yourself as the water. When ripples occur and fade, observe how your emotions fade as well, and how you are filling with peace. Accept the wisdom, which water brings you today. If you are near the river, hear the answers from the running water and release all anxiety. If there’s no water around you, simply listen to recorded sounds of water. Lay down, relax, picture yourself on a beach, listening to the sounds of the sea. The sea calms you, the water carrying away all the troubles, sadness and worry. You are falling deep into your essence and you receive peace, calm and harmony. Sunlight fills your body, you’re starting to shine and swell with happiness. Holding this feeling, slowly come back to the present moment, open your eyes and stretch your body. Also, it’s favorable to perform meditation for the heart. The heart is not only a center of love and feelings, but has healing features as well.
During the12th lunar day the Anahata chakra and heart are active.
December 12, 2024 Thursday
13 lunar day
Symbol: Wheel
Meditations: Wheel, swastika (clockwise).
The 13th lunar day is the day of energy renewal and cleansing of old mental blockages. You may notice, that some situations are repeated in your life. To change these patterns and renew your life, you may run the “Renewal Wheel” today.
During the 13th lunar day the Hara chakra (two fingers below omphalos) and pancreas are active.
December 13, 2024 Friday
14 lunar day
Symbol: Two pipes
Meditations: Chanting mantras and sacred sounds.
Meditate on “OM” and “AUM” sounds. Try to sing it by yourself, or you may use a recording. This day is favorable for starting any cycle of mantras or 40-days practices. On the 14th lunar day the Moon gets to its maximum power, so women have the best chance to perform rejuvenation procedures.
During the 14th lunar day the Manipura chakra is active.
December 14, 2024 Saturday
15 lunar day
Symbol: Fiery serpent
Meditations: Silence, emptiness, placidity.
The Moon is in its maximum power. The best meditation for this day is silence. Either early in the morning or in the evening time, sit in a comfortable pose and listen to the silence of your mind. Try to stop your thoughts, so they won’t disturb you anymore. Your thoughts are like clouds, flying by the clear sky of your mind. Try to keep this balanced feeling as long as possible and don’t strain your body. Rejuvenation procedures are favorable today; ideal places for them are natural bodies of water, where you can swim along the moonlight.
During the 15th lunar day the Anahata chakra and chest are active.