House Blessing
Bring Positive Energy & Magic Into Your Home
A house blessing is an ancient, magical tradition that invites positive energy and magic into your home.
I was doing some web surfing on the subject of “house blessings” and came across an article written by Jayme Barrett {feng shui expert and author of “Feng Shui Your Life”} entitled how to perform a simple house blessing. Below I’m thrilled to share Jayme’s lovely article and house blessing prayer supplemented with a few of my personal magical recommendations!
Your home is an extension of your body and spirit… so as you give to your home, you give to yourself.
It is essential to realize that your living space reflects and affects your inner life, thoughts and your personal vibration… and those “things” create your life experience. So, if you bless your home and bestow it with an abundance of love and positive thought, it becomes a gracious container in which you can manifest more beauty, divine grace and abundance into your life!
What energies would you call in and activate your space with during a House Blessing?
Well, some examples would be:
- Love
- Harmony
- Health
- Happiness
- Prosperity
- Abundance
- Healing
Think about it… can you ever REALLY have too much good into your life? I think NOT! What I know for sure is that you simply cannot overdose on good vibes![bctt tweet=”Check out this simple House #Blessing that brings in positive energy and #magic into your home!”]
It’s especially powerful to do a house blessing after cleaning rooms and performing a Sacred House Cleaning Ritual. So I recommend strongly that you FIRST do a sacred cleaning and clear out any negative or stuck energy before you energize or activate the space.
Blessing your house is simply activating it with prayers and positive intentions. You can do a house blessing before you officially move into a new space or when you want to bless a space you already inhabit in a new, purposeful way. For example, you may do a house blessing when a new spouse moves in or a baby comes into your life. You can also do one after you clear clutter, organize and want to invite fresh energy into your home.
Timing & Directional Suggestions Regarding These Rituals:
- The time of day is one of the many considerations I take into account, as well as the direction I face. The sun rises in the east, and many cultures pray in the morning facing the east, so I face East. If you’re not sure which way is East in your home, download a free compass app for your phone – easy –peasy, it will come in handy for other magical workings too!
- Symbolically and magically the early morning hours is a time of new beginnings. Morning is also the time when the light greets us via the Sun, so I always try and perform a House Blessing Ritual early in the morning.
- Twilight or dusk is a time for letting go, a time to shift from your busy day into a more restful state. It’s magically a time of completion, ending the cycle of the day and all that the day held for you and your beloveds. So I always do a Sacred House Cleaning Ritual (a deep cleaning and de-cluttering) the day before I perform a House Blessing Ritual. Be sure to time your day and end the Sacred Cleaning Ritual by dusk.
You can perform a house blessing by yourself or with family and friends. The more positive intentions you activate, the better. If you invite positive, like-minded friends and family to participate, you might ask them to bring a special prayer, poem, or ritual to share; further magnifying the positive energy. Below are five steps to perform a group house blessing ritual… and by the way, this ritual can be done solo too! This ritual is best done in the morning, at the start of a new day as I mentioned above. Some beautiful additions to your House Blessing Ritual could be: Gemstones such as rose quartz or amethyst and pink and/or white flowers. The more visually beautiful and symbolic, the better so lay it on thick Sister – and be sure to use your intuition to guide you!
Here Are The 5 Simple House Blessing Steps:
- Set a sacred feeling by playing music that connects you to Source energy, burn your favorite incense or diffuse your favorite essential oils. Then ask everyone to stand in a circle.
- Welcome and thank your friends and family for being a part of this special and sacred occasion.
- Light a pink or white candle (pink corresponds and signifies the energy of love and kindness and white corresponds to purity, divinity and peace – white is also an all purpose color for magical workings) and pass it to each person moving in a clockwise direction from you, who then will share a blessing, affirmation or positive intention for you, your beloveds and your new home.
- At this point you can begin to walk into different areas or rooms in the home stating (out loud) your specific intentions and affirmations for each room as a way of consecrating it for an intended purpose.
- When the house blessing comes to an end, place the candle in the center of your home to burn it until it burns down or goes out naturally. Open all East windows and doors to invite the life-giving energy of the rising sun into your home. Leave them open for as long as you feel is necessary!
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The most important thing is that it feels “right” to you. Your intention and feeling (emotions) is what fuels your personal magic. There are many house blessing prayers floating around on the internet, so feel free to research one that feels right for you and your family. Below is a prayer that I use and suggest to my clients. Feel free to edit it to make it more your own.
“Great Spirit (God, Goddess, Divine, Universal Energy, Supreme One, etc), in lighting this candle we (I) summon love, harmony, peace, and prosperity into this home. May we be blessed with good health, happiness, success, laughter and abundance. May this home be a sacred dwelling for my beloveds, our children (if applicable) and me. May those who visit feel peace, light heartedness and love. We (I) decree that this home is now shielded from harm, illness, negativity or misfortune. Thank you, thank you, thank you for bringing divine light, love and energy into our hearts, rooms, and endeavors. With tremendous gratitude, we thank you for your blessings. In full faith, with harm to none, and the greatest good for all. So it is!”
Renewing The Blessing:
The ritual above is designed to set up your new home as a safe and loving place for you and your family. It is a good idea to have a time of year – either the anniversary of your move, or sometime in the spring – when you rededicate and renew your protections and blessings. Spring is a time of rebirth and renewal so I suggest repeating this House Blessing every spring. Concentrate on having the home continue as a place of safety, joy, and abundance for you and your family.
I’d love to hear your comments or suggestions for a House Blessing! Wishing you much happiness, health, love, prosperity and abundance! And so it is…
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I really enjoyed the wording of the prayer that you shared. It was quite lovely. I appreciate that you share the prayer with the intention of bringing in any personal spiritual belief. Everyone really had their own unique connection and it’s nice to see that openly appreciated. I personally use white sage to bless my home but I do like the idea of a candle as well. Thank you for such an inspirational post! 🙂
You are most welcome Bonnie! Adding sacred layers (candles, stones, aromatherapy, music, etc.) to any ritual magnifies it’s power. Wishing you many blessings, be sure to come back and visit Goddess Lifestyle Plan again soon.
I recently had some upgrades completed in my home including new carpet, new flooring and a new front door. We did a beautiful house cleansing to release anything no longer serving us but have not done a house blessing! Thank you for the reminder and inspiration!
I love the idea of affirming what each room will be used for. My office is very peaceful, with a lovely view. Sometimes it is a bit too relaxing. I will try this and affirm that this will be my room of flow and inspirational ideas. Thank you, lovely post.
Hi Kama! You are so welcome. An idea for your office… have you tried diffusing peppermint or rosemary essential oil? That will give you some ENERGY!!!
Hi Lisa! I loved this post, and I love the words you used for the blessing. I also like to use sage, either a smudging stick, or sage essential oil diluted and lightly sprayed around the house. We’ve recently moved and did our own little cleansing and blessing. I like to do it around Imbolc time too, kind of like a spring cleaning ritual. Glad to have found your lovely site on Spiritual Badass! BB Andrea
Blessed Be Andrea and welcome to my world!
This sounds so wonderful and magical! Love the blessing prayer. I am in the habit of clearing my home monthly, would that be too often to also do a blessing?
Great question Autumn. Here’s what I think… you can never have too much high vibration and good feelings. Monthly clearing and blessing of your living (and working) space is fabulous, go for it!
This is a lovely ritual. I have done several house blessings and we usually combine the cleansing and the blessing. I love the prayer you shared. I know so many people who are moving this fall so I shared this on Twitter.
Thank you!
Thank you Tina, I really appreciate you sharing my article around. I’m loving that so many people will create good vibes in their new homes. The thought of it tickles me pink!
Thanks Lisa, great information here. Looking forward to connecting with you during the blog challenge!
Thank you Karen!
Thank You, Lisa for this post! It is so perfect for me. I feel the need of a house cleaning & blessing. Next month is going to be the anniversary of our move here, so that can be a great time + I like the idea to do it when spring comes too. That actually will be in March, exactly 6 months later, so 2times a year! 🙂
Special note to the tender rose picture You have included at the beginning of the article: I love it and just looking at it is giving me a sense of peace and power. Thanks
Love,
Silvia xo
Hi Silvia! I’m so happy that my article and photo served your higher good and gave you a sense of peace and power. Thank you for commenting!
I bless every home I move into, and then regularly do refresher blessings with a clearing of the energies. Over time, our homes build up so much energy, good and bad, that it gets muddied, and as a psychic reader, clear energy is essential to me!
Great point Gwynne, thank you for sharing the importance of having a cleared space (especially for psychic readers). It makes perfect sense!
Cool!! Thanks Lisa!! I try to “clear” my home when the energy is rough… but I never knew about magical blessings!1 As my new home is built, I’ll be thinking about this a lot!! I may need you to teach me personally how to bring the best energy as the builders are doing there thing!!
My pleasure Kelly – call on my anytime my friend! xo
I can’t wait to do this for my son as we move him into his new home at college and help him feel comfortable, abundant and surrounded in his own new space! Thank you Thank you for sharing the blessing.
You are most welcome Cena, thank you for commenting!
It is a wonderful article I never came a cross. If it was not for facebook
Thank you and Thank you Facebook!
What to do about offsetting rodents that are in the walls? I do have professionals setting traps but would like to protect the house from this negative energy. Thanks for your help
Put a protective bubble around the interior walls of your home.
Need a blessing for my granddaughter who is trying to turn her life around in order to better her lift and those of her children . I plan to give her this site so that she can have a starting point . Thank you so much. Be safe and Blessed.
You are most welcome – sending your granddaughter virtual love and support!
That is the suitable blog for anyone who needs to find out about this topic. You realize a lot its virtually onerous to argue with you (not that I really would need…HaHa). You undoubtedly put a new spin on a subject thats been written about for years. Nice stuff, just nice!
Thanks!
Thank you 4helping me bless my new house be4 entering making it safe & easy without disturbing my new neighbors.
Hi Lisa,
Happened to bump into this article and find it really inspiring. Am planning to move into my new home in fact it is the first one whereby I will be living in alone.
Do you have any advise on :
1. choosing the date and time
2. cleansing and blessing ritual