Reclaiming the Holidays: The Oracle Deck, Solstice Rituals & Why We Need 13 Sacred Nights with Lara J. Day

Dani sits down withLara J. Day, creator of the13 Sacred Nights Oracle, to explore the ritual’s Steiner-influenced origins, the homemade deck that became a published offering, and the uncanny clarity that emerges when we track the 13 nights that bridge solstice and the new year. Dani + Lara dig into the real-deal roots of the holiday season — beneath the consumptive chaos — along with the expanded new edition, Lara’s courses and meditations, and the synchronicities that show up when we slow down enough to actually listen. A grounded, magical invitation to reclaim winter as a time of reflection, renewal, and connection.

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Show notes:

• 13 Sacred Nights Oracle deck

• Origin story: making the first deck for her daughter

•Early years: handmade decks, Sharpie labels, kitchen-table production

•How the practice works (13 nights→12 months + the whole year)

•Journaling prompts + daily ritual structure

•Synchronicities that appear when tracking the nights

•How the practice evolved over years

•Accessibility: making ritual simple, doable, and non-performative

•How the deck became a community practice

•Publishing journey: self-published→picked up by Beyond Words

•Why Beyond Words said yes / what changed in the new edition

•What’s inside the new edition (added content, guidance, refinements)

•How to use the deck if you’re new to ritual

•Guided offerings: courses, live groups, meditations

•Lara’s personal December practice + how she prepares

•Solstice timing and why it matters

•Seasonal cycles and ancient winter traditions

•Holiday history: pagan roots, cultural shifts, meaning loss

•Reclaiming ritual from commercial holiday culture

•Raising her daughter with ritual / homeschooling context

•How the practice interacts with the collective field

•Her healing work: clinical QiGong + neurogenic tremor integration

•Remote + in-person work (Central Coast)

•Website + where to find the deck and offerings

Keywords/tags:#13SacredNights, #OracleDeck, #HolidayRevolution, #RitualPractice, #SolsticeMagic, #LaraJDay, #QiGong, #Synchronicity, #SeasonalRituals, #WinterSolstice