We’re welcoming in the month of January with our ritual report, sharing key dates to work with cacao during this threshold into a new cycle.
January often arrives with pressure to move quickly, to decide, to resolve. Yet this moment asks for something softer. 2026 opens as a Universal Year 1 in numerology, signaling new beginnings, initiation, and long-term vision, not through force, but through clarity and presence.
This is not a reset that requires perfection or urgency. It is an invitation to let the previous cycle finish integrating while gently orienting toward what wants to emerge next.
Keep reading to explore January’s most meaningful ritual moments and how cacao can support you as this new cycle begins, in its own time.
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✨ January Ritual Report ✨
Jan 1 | New Year’s Day
Jan 3 | Full Moon in Cancer
Jan 18 | New Moon in Capricorn
Jan 19 | Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Jan 20 | Aquarius Season Begins
Jan 31 | National Hot Chocolate Day
January 1 | New Year’s Day
New Year’s Day marks a symbolic threshold, but in a Universal Year 1, it carries added significance. This year invites beginnings that are intentional and spacious, not rushed or performative. It is less about immediate action and more about orientation, listening, and allowing clarity to form.
Ritual Idea: Prepare a cup of cacao and sit quietly before writing anything down. Ask yourself what kind of cycle you are stepping into, rather than what you want to accomplish. Let one word or feeling rise and place it somewhere visible for the month ahead.
Recommended Cacao: Boundless Belize - expansive and heart-opening, supporting visioning and gentle initiation without pressure.
January 3 | Full Moon in Cancer
This Full Moon illuminates themes of home, emotional safety, nourishment, and belonging. Cancer reminds us that true momentum begins with feeling supported and resourced from within. This moon offers an opportunity to release emotional residue from the past cycle and tend to what helps you feel grounded and held.
Ritual Idea: With your cacao, reflect on what helped you feel safe and supported over the past year, and what feels complete. Write down what you are ready to release emotionally, then offer gratitude for what has sustained you.
Recommended Cacao: Tantric Rose Blossom - soft, soothing, and heart-centered, supporting emotional release and gentle self-nourishment.
January 18 | New Moon in Capricorn
This New Moon marks a powerful point of initiation within the month. It offers a clean slate for intentions that align with your values, community, and future vision. This is an ideal moment to plant seeds that are meant to grow steadily over time.
Ritual Idea: With your cacao, write down one intention that reflects the kind of world or life you want to participate in creating. Keep it simple and sincere. Place it under your cup of cacao or candle as a symbolic seed.
Recommended Cacao: Boundless Belize -expansive and uplifting, supporting future-oriented visioning and aligned beginnings.
January 19 | Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Martin Luther King Jr. Day invites reflection on integrity, service, and collective responsibility. This is a day to contemplate how our personal values translate into lived action, and how care for ourselves connects to care for the wider world.
Ritual Idea: Sip cacao while reflecting on one value that feels essential to carry into this new cycle. Consider how this value can be embodied through small, consistent actions in your daily life.
Recommended Cacao: Thriving Tanzania - grounding and steady, supporting reflection on purpose, service, and long-term impact.
January 20 | Aquarius Season Begins
As the Sun moves into Aquarius, attention shifts toward vision, innovation, and collective thinking. Aquarius season encourages us to look beyond old structures and imagine new ways of being, while staying rooted in humanity and heart.
Ritual Idea: Prepare cacao and reflect on where you feel called to think differently this year. Rather than forcing solutions, allow curiosity and openness to guide your reflections.
Recommended Cacao: Mystical Mushroom - earthy and stabilizing, supporting clear thinking while keeping the nervous system grounded.
January 31 | National Hot Chocolate Day
This day invites warmth, pleasure, and playfulness, while also offering a moment to pause in gratitude for cacao itself. It reminds us that ritual does not always need to be serious to be meaningful, and that honoring cacao can live easily alongside comfort and enjoyment. Especially in the heart of winter, nourishment can be both reverent and simple.
Ritual Idea: Prepare cacao in a way that feels indulgent and comforting. Share it with someone you love or savor it slowly on your own, letting enjoyment be the intention.
Recommended Cacao: Oaxacan Spice - warming and rich, inviting comfort, joy, and embodied presence.
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January Invocation: Beginning Gently ✨
A new cycle does not arrive all at once.
It unfolds quietly, as what has been slowly completes
and the body finds its way back to center.
This year opens a doorway to beginning again,
not through urgency or control,
but through presence, listening, and trust.
We are not asked to have everything decided.
We are invited to rest where we are,
to let the past settle fully,
and to allow the next chapter to take shape in its own time.
With each cup of cacao, may you soften your grip.
May clarity arrive through patience rather than pressure.
May new beginnings root themselves gently,
supported by nourishment, rhythm, and care.
This is a new cycle.
It does not need to be rushed.
It only asks to be met.
