Needed:
Black candle (represents the Goddess)
Orange candle (represents the God)
Black votive candle
White votive candle
Cauldron

Place the black candle to the top left on altar, and the orange candle to the top right on altar. Place the black votive candle in the cauldron, positioned on floor in front of the altar. Cast the circle.

"Now is a time of change. Now we leave the light and enter the darkness.
There is no end and no beginning.
All is a continuous turning, a spiraling dance that goes and returns, yet moves ever on.
In that turning, Samhain marks the end of summer and the beginning of winter:
A time to celebrate; a time to honor the God as He starts His journey
Down the tunnel of darkness that bears the light of the Lady at its end."

Light the black Goddess candle. Light the orange God candle and say:

"Dread Lord of Shadows, God of Life, and the Giver of Life -
Yet is the knowledge of You the knowledge of Death.
On this night, the Lord of the Hunt,
The Lord of the Sun passes into darkness.
The wheel ever turns,
And I wait for that time when the Sun will once more be born of the Moon.
As this candle represents the Lord of the Sun,
So does its blowing out represent the passing of the Lord of the Sun."

Having said this, extinguish the God candle. Bow your head and close your eyes. Stay silent for a minute or two. Proceed by lighting the cauldron candle, saying:

"Dark Mother, Your cauldron is a well of death and rebirth.
Dark Father, Your sword both annihilates and protects.
Hear me now as the past year slowly dies, only to be reborn again.
Today, the last of the Harvests is complete.
This symbolic harvest is of my thought-seeds,
Planted and nurtured throughout this past year.
May the good come to pass and the bane be cast aside.
With Your divine guidance and protection,
I step into the New Year.
May I have good health, prosperity, and happiness."

With the flame of the black cauldron candle, light the white candle. Snuff the black cauldron candle and place the white candle into the cauldron. Say:

"As the new year is born, I am reborn
With new hopes and dreams.
Guide me in the future as in the past.
Give me strength and courage,
Knowledge and fulfillment.
Assist me to achieve my goals."

Stare into the white cauldron candle's flame and think of the goals you wish to set for the upcoming year. When done, say:

"Every beginning has an ending,
And every ending is a new beginning.
In Life is Death, and in Death is Life.
Guide me and protect me,
Most wise Crone,
Lord of the Underworld,
Tonight and throughout the coming year.
Blessed Be!"

Meditation.
Cakes and Ale.
Close the circle.

Leave the white pillar candle burning.