WINTER SOLSTICE Blessings
Artist: Mickie Mueller
Winter Solstice – the Standing Still Sun
(lasts for 3-4 days)
As
I mentioned in a previous post, the Winter Moons are inviting us to slow down
and go inwards to reflect. Trees and
plants slow down and go inwards in order to conserve energy for new growth in
the Spring, and we would do well to follow their example.
The
Winter Moons invite us to reflect on all that has gone before over the past
year and give us time to plan for the new year approaching.
Venus
retrograde in Capricorn also pulls our energy inwards as we think about our
relationships, how and whether we want them to last and putting structures into
place to make that happen. The Grand
Cross presses upon us urging us to think about what we spend our love, energy
and time on. And, as mentioned in my
previous post, keep your Inner Bullsh*t detector switched on at all times (this
is not just regarding individuals in your personal circle but also on the world
stage, don’t get sucked into media hype etc).
And
now sacred Solstice is upon us, I absolutely love the way that mythic
astrologer, Steve Nelson, describes it:
“All
that’s new gets seeded true as the Sun comes to its magic zero point. The
Druids call this day the Festival of Liberation and the Day Out of Time. It’s a
time to celebrate and invoke the return of the Light, our Light, to recreate
our world.”
The
Winter Solstice is about stillness, (not easily available at this crazy time of
year) and we need to make space for this stillness over the next 2-3 days. This
allows us to receive the full energies available to us over Solstice and also
recharges our spiritual batteries.
Allow yourself some stillness.
Here
is a personal ritual that I have done for many years:
WINTER SOLSTICE RITUAL
Create
a Sacred Space where you won’t be disturbed.
You
will need a candle, a pen and paper (or journal), some water and/or a glass of
mead or wine.
Ensure
that you are warm enough and sitting comfortably.
Light
a candle and dedicate it to the Ancestors and Spirits of the Solstice.
Take
some deep breaths to centre yourself whilst focusing on the candle flame.
Write
your Gratitude List for all that occurred over the past year (the good and the
bad). Take your time.
Then
write another list asking yourself:
What
did I achieve?
What
did I really enjoy?
What
was new?
What
was fun?
Take
time to celebrate your achievements and all that you did accomplish. Raise your glass of mead/wine in a toast to
yourself and take a sip.
Do
another toast giving thanks for all those who crossed your path and enabled you
to enjoy all of this over the past year.
People
never take time to celebrate and integrate; they are always rushing ahead to
the next thing. Stop, celebrate
yourself and take time to integrate all that has occurred before taking any new
steps forward.
Also
take time to see how far you have come, by remembering who and where you were
at the start of 2013 and who you have become and where you are by the start of
2014.
Raise
your glass to toast yourself and the Solstice.
Remain
as long as you want to.
When
are you are ready to leave, before you blow the candle out, think of who or
what/where you would like to send the light out to – then blow it out.
“She would rather light
candles than curse the darkness
and her glow has warmed
the world.”
~ Adlai E. Stevenson
Solstice
is the time for bringing the Holly and Ivy into your home to ward off evil
spirits that roam at this time of year.
Sing,
dance, ring all the bells you have in the house, and raise the vibration.
Light
your candles and fill your home with light and your love.
Celebrate
with those you love and give thanks to Grandfather Sun for the return of his
light.
Solstice
invites us to reflect on any darkness that we may have experienced over the
past year and to let it go, to not drag it into the New Year with us and
instead to turn to the light, hold our faces up to the light, allow light to
fill every part of us.
Welcome
back Grandfather Sun!
Sacred
Solstice Blessings to y’all!
Elly
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