Keep Pomegranate Seeds in Your Wallet to Wish for Prosperity / 🇧🇷 Brazil

At the turn of the year, a pomegranate opens to reveal more seeds than you can count at a glance. In a Brazilian New Year custom, some of those seeds go from the table to the wallet. Their abundance makes them a fitting symbol for a wish about money or a well-stocked household. Think of something particular that you want to be able to provide or share during the year. It might be a meal for friends, an evening course or a bit of room in the budget for a family outing. The envelope in the wallet keeps the wish close to a place where you make everyday choices.

1. Wash the fruit and open it on a stable surface. Separate a few arils for the wish and put the rest into a bowl to eat or share.
2. Take a few clean seeds from the arils and let them dry completely before putting them in a small paper envelope. You can set the envelope beside the fruit until the seeds are ready.
3. Choose a short wish for prosperity and put the envelope in an inside pocket of the wallet. You can write the wish on the outside if you want to remember your exact words.
4. When you notice it later, think of one practical step you can take towards the wish. Leave the little packet where it can be found without getting in the way.

Pomegranate is among the foods associated with the Brazilian New Year table. Its many seeds carry a visual association with abundance. The wallet custom joins that image to an object that travels beyond the meal. It has a different rhythm from simply sharing a bowl of fruit: a few seeds are put aside and carried into ordinary days. There are versions that count a specific number, but the memorable link is between the pomegranate, the wallet and the wish for prosperity. When you open the fruit, the large number of arils is visible all at once. When you next open the wallet, the small envelope can bring back the moment you decided what abundance would mean for you.