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Winter Solstice

The word ‘solstice’ comes from the latin meaning ‘standing of the sun’.

From the Winter Solstice, the shortest day and the the longest night, to the Summer Solstice the sun’s influence is waxing, and reaches it’s peak at the Summer Solstice, which is the longest day and shortest night.

The Winter Solstice occurs each year on the 21st or 22nd December.

It offers you a time to reflect, and look back on all you have achieved. And the opportunity to look forward and see where you are heading for the next half of the cycle.

From the Winter Solstice the light begins to increase, and this brings with it the opportunity to focus on your own outward expression too. How do you shine your own light out into the world, through your own expression of your identity?

This is a festival of rebirth, a time to celebrate the return of the Sun.

The Winter Solstice is also known as Yule.

Up until this point, the Earth’s energies, as well as our own, have been focused inwards, with very little outward signs of growth. Everything had slowed down.

It’s been a time to experience ourselves, and time to nurture and restore ourselves as we assimilate all of our experiences.

As with the Earth, the seeds within us, our hopes and dreams have been nurtured and protected.

The Winter Solstice turns in the wheel, and the Sun’s active cycle begins once more. With the return of the Sun’s energy, the seeds within the earth, and seeds within yourself, begin to grow and expand once more.

You bring the assimilation of your experiences, the lessons learned, and the wisdom of your inner journey, forward with you as you begin to consciously create your life.