New Year Home Cleansing Checklist (Plus a Simple Cord Cutting Ritual)
The final days of the year are the perfect time for a New Year home cleansing a practical, spiritual reset to clear stagnant energy, cut cords that no longer serve you, and make room for fresh blessings.
At Third Eye , we love keeping this kind of spiritual house cleansing simple, grounded, and doable because real magick is the kind you can actually live.
Why do a New Year home cleansing?
An end-of-year cleanse helps you:
Clear out clutter and stagnant energy
Reset your home’s threshold (front door) so only aligned energy enters
Release emotional weight from the year behind you
Welcome the new year with intention, protection, and clarity
New Year’s Day tradition: Why we don’t do laundry
There’s an old tradition that says: don’t do laundry on New Year’s Day because you can wash away your blessings.
The “don’t do laundry on New Year’s Day” superstition is rooted in older New Year cleansing traditions that encourage people to finish cleaning before the new year begins, then avoid washing or sweeping on New Year’s Day so you don’t symbolically wash away good luck and incoming blessings. Variations of this belief show up across cultures (including Chinese/Lunar New Year customs) and in Southern/Appalachian folklore, but the core message is the same: start the year by protecting your prosperity, not rinsing it out.
Whether you follow it as folklore or simply as a reminder to slow down, we love the meaning behind it: do your clearing before the new year arrives, then let New Year’s Day be soft.
New Year home cleansing checklist (step-by-step)
If you’re wondering how to cleanse your home for the new year, here’s the exact checklist we use to clear energy and reset the space.
1) Cleanse your front door (threshold cleansing ritual)
Your front door is your home’s energetic boundary -the place where energy enters, where protection begins, and where intentions are set.
Wipe the inside of the door from top to bottom.
Then wipe the outside of the door from top to bottom.
Use paper towels or a fresh rag you haven’t used before (so you’re not reintroducing old energy).
As you wipe, speak a simple blessing like:
Only what is aligned may enter. Only what is loving may remain.
2) Mop the floors to neutralize negative energy
Floors hold a lot of energy -everything gets tracked in, emotionally and spiritually.
For an end-of-year reset, we love a mix that feels both practical and energetically supportive:
Saltpeter - used in folk practices for neutralizing heavy/negative energy
Pine-Sol -for that unmistakable “clean slate” feeling
As you mop, imagine you’re not just cleaning, you’re clearing.
3) Cleanse altar spaces with Florida Water
Altars hold devotion, prayer, offerings, and intention -they deserve special care during a New Year spiritual cleansing ritual.
Wipe down altar surfaces with Florida Water
Refresh offerings as needed
Take a moment to thank your guides, ancestors, and deities for walking with you.
4) Remove what drains blessings (clutter clearing)
Sometimes the biggest energetic drain isn’t negative energy it’s clutter that holds old stories.
Here are a few things we’re mindful of clearing because they can quietly drain your space:
Dirty dishes left sitting (stagnation builds fast)
Clothes you haven’t worn in a long time
Items you haven’t used (especially if they carry guilt, grief, or I should energy)
You don’t have to purge your whole life. Even releasing one bag, one drawer, one pile can shift the energy.
Simple cord cutting ritual for the new year
If you’re doing cord cutting for the new year, remember: this isn’t about anger -it’s about freedom.
Write down what you’re releasing:
a pattern
a fear
a relationship dynamic
a version of yourself you’ve outgrown
2. Take three slow breaths.
3. Say:
I release what is no longer mine to carry. I call my energy back, cleansed and whole.
A mindfulness potion: Choose the right energy for the new year
This is the part where we get really honest: energy follows attention.
So here’s a powerful question to sit with:
Which team do you choose this year ? the righteous or the chaotic?
Not righteous as in perfect, and not chaotic as in bad but as in:
Righteous energy: aligned, intentional, devoted, steady, protective of your peace
Chaotic energy: reactive, scattered, self-abandoning, overcommitted, pulled by everyone else’s needs
No shame either way just awareness. Because awareness is where your power comes back.
Write the vision down (and make it achievable)
Write down your vision for the year ahead, then ask:
What does this version of me do on an average day?
What does she say yes to?
What does she stop tolerating?
Then choose one achievable goal that supports that vision -something real, measurable, and kind to your nervous system.
When your vision is clear, it becomes a compass. Let it mandate your actions in small, steady steps.
Gratitude for 2025 (and holding space for grief)
Before we step into a new year, we want to say this clearly: thank you.
Thank you for shopping small. Thank you for trusting us with your healing. Thank you for showing up for our classes, markets, readings, spell bar moments, and the everyday magick that happens when community gathers.
And thank you for helping us make 2025 a year we’ll never forget -including the honor of winning Gold in the Tampa Bay Times Best of the Best. We’re still in awe, and we truly couldn’t have done it without this community.
2025 held so much beauty and it also held deep grief. This year, Shay experienced the loss of her mother, and your support has meant more than words can hold.
If you’ve ever offered a kind word, a prayer, a hug, a purchase, a share, a vote, or simply your presence please know it mattered.
Stepping into the new year together
If you’re local, come tell us what you’re welcoming in. If you’re far, stay close we’ll be sharing rituals, teachings, restocks, and community moments all year.
From our hearts to yours:
May your home be clear. May your spirit be protected. May your blessings stay with you.
With Love and Gratitude
- Lady Shay & The Third Eye Family
