Spiritual and emotional cleanse for Narak Chaturdashi 2024: Discover your zodiac’s ritual for a fresh start this Diwali

Before Diwali, Narak Chaturdashi—also known as Choti Diwali—is an ideal time to both physically and spiritually cleanse. Today is a day to clean, toss negativity, and get ready for the brightness and positivity of Diwali.
Practices of cleansing—including rituals, meditation, and mental exercises—have neurobiological as well as psychological effects. Neurologically, they lower cortisol, stimulate dopamine and serotonin, therefore promoting calm and resilience, and activate the parasympathetic nervous system.
Calming the amygdala—which interprets anxiety and fear—results in a grounded, calm mood. Psychologically, cleaning helps people to release emotions, so enabling them to let go of negativity and creating mental room for clarity. It creates good customs that give self-care comfort and organization. Cleaning symbolically marks a fresh start, thereby enhancing motivation, self-image, introspection, which promotes self-connection and emotional resilience and personal development.

This Narak Chaturdashi 2024, let us dive into specially curated cleansing ritual for each zodiac sign:

Aries
Passionate and fiery sign Aries gains from a cleansing ritual that corresponds with its dynamic energy. Using a red Mars candle, design a purification ceremony. Lighting the candle and holding a piece of sandalwood will help you to calm your active energy. Close your eyes and see the candle burning any residual annoyance or bad feeling. To release negativity and energize the body and mind, take a bath including few drops of clove or rosemary essential oil. To increase your vitality, wrap yourself in a soft red or orange fabric.
Taurus
Grounded and earth-centered, Taurus excels on traditions inspired by the surroundings. Use a green tea leaf and sea salt bath to cleanse and revitalize. Green tea with Venus resonance relaxes and cleans. Imagine mental or emotional baggage washing into the sea while you swim. After showering, spend time seated on your heart chakra with a green jade or rose quartz crystal. Imagine being surrounded with green light, which brings peace and balance. Wear calm green or pink later to reflect Venus’s tranquilly.
Gemini
Lighthearted and fast-witted, they purify by mental force and discourse. Linked with Mercury, smoke a lavender or eucalyptus incense stick for mental clarity? See the smoke rising from your negative ideas engulfing them. As you journal whatever you wish to share, let your words come naturally. To represent release, lastly close the journal pages in a blue or yellow envelope. Imagine for a few minutes a gentle breeze clearing your mind for meditation. Yellow or light blue clothes helps one be more mentally clear.
Cancer
Discerning Water calmed cancer. Using basil or mint water, both connected to the Moon’s soothing, cleansing energy, set up a ritual. To help weight loss, gently sprinkle infused water on your hands and face. Rinse and picture a silver or light blue light cleansing your heart. Then gently release any emotions by sitting with moonstone or clear quartz. Wear white or delicate silver to carry emotional rejuvenation and lunar peace.
Leo
Sun ruled Leo thrives in warm, light-oriented ceremonies. Lighting a gold or orange candle, arrange marigold petals or flowers around it to represent bravery and vitality. Imagine the candlelight illumination and the way your doubts and worries are banished. Purification is enhanced by a warm bath including frankincense or rosemary essential oil. As you immerse, see bad energy breaking up in the water. Cover yourself with gold or orange cloth after bathing to carry the Sun’s energizing power and approach Diwali’s splendor with a purified spirit.
Virgo
Virgos are grounded and pragmatic. Virgo finds peace in an organized purifying process. A basic herbal bath using sage and rosemary, herbs connected to Mercury, cleanses body and mind. See bathing as a means of visualizing mental and physical cleansing. Lavender oil a few drops on your wrists and behind your ears will help you focus and calm yourself. Set aside a place in your house for your routine. Wearing earthy green or neutral colors will then help to anchor this clarity and focus.
Libra
Libra can cleanse by a beauty and serenity ritual; she is looking for harmony and balance. Make a bath or basin of water with rose petals and some jasmine oil, Venus-aligned symbols of love and peace. Sit quietly and see this water soaking any emotional toxins or imbalance. Nearby keep rose quartz or another stone to increase forgiveness and self-compassion. After the rite, wear soft pink or light blue to represent Venusian love, harmony, and peace. On Diwali, scents and flowers can lift your mood.
Scorpio
One passionate and transforming sign that gains from a deep cleansing process is Scorpio. To symbolize Pluto’s energy, light a black or dark purple candle; then, pour some drops of patchouli or myrrh oil into a small basin of water. Pass a smokey quartz crystal across the flame of the candle and into the water to see negative emotions released. Imagine this jewel swallowing any last weight as you soak. Wear black or dark red then to represent release and regeneration.
Sagittarius
Independence and open environments provide the hopeful Sagittarius purification power. Imagine each step of your walking meditation moving uncertainty and negativity away. Then go outside for one. Clear your room after burning a sage or cedar incense stick to symbolize Jupiter’s vast vitality. Imagine a blue or purple glow surrounding you that provides insight and motivation. Wear purple or sky blue to welcome Jupiter’s hope and enter Diwali open heart and clear head.
Capricorn
Grounded sign, the Capricorn finds empowerment in regulated routines. Show Saturn’s tenacity and stability with a little obsidian or onyx rock or crystal. Hold it and picture it soaking in worries and negative impulses. Over night, leave this stone in the sun or moonlight to purify. Bathe with vetiver or cypress oil to ground Saturn with scent. Wearing black or dark green can help you to represent emotional release and stability.
Aquarius
Independent sign Aquarius gains from rites encouraging mental clarity and detachment. Aligning your ruling planets Saturn and Uranus, light a sandalwood or peppermint incense stick. See the smoke clearing your consciousness. To create a cleaning spray to revitalize and clear energy, mix water with a few drops of lemon oil. Finish the ceremony with a little meditation visualizing a blue or purple light. Wear electric blue or silver to represent wisdom and clarity in greeting Diwali’s transformative light.
Pisces
Dreamy Pisces thrives on water-based rites that complement their spiritual core. To increase Neptune’s awareness, toss few drops of lavender or eucalyptus oil into a warm bath. See your negative emotions washing away to leave you rejuvenated. Meditate with an amethyst crystal to help you to relax your heart and mind and see a lavender light. Wear lavender or sea green as Diwali draws near to represent the cleansing, peaceful force of water and welcome optimism.
This article is written by, Sidhharrth S Kumaar, Registered Pharmacist, Astro Numerologist, Life & Relationship Coach, Vaastu Expert, Energy Healer, Music Therapist, and Founder, NumroVani.