Winter Solstice 2019

The Winter Solstice has been a sacred time for eons. The Neolithic people built Earth mound temples to honor the returning light from the darkness. They honored the sacred home of Earth, within the sacred dance of Sun and Moon and Earth. In the domed temples they built, of massive granite blocks of stone, on the solstice, they stood in the inner chamber as the sunlight of the new day like a vibrating serpent, undulated its way into the long narrow passageway, to fertilize the dark chamber with the return of light.

We find ourselves during this wintertime, in a time of cultural and political polarization, a time of great transition, between Ages, in a battle for the soul of humanity. Now is the potent time to align with our Earth, this temple in which we live, to the greater starry expanse of mystery and beauty. Now is the time to ritualize together and attune to the growing light into greater consciousness. For that consciousness is the bridge that will span the chasm we now attempt to cross.

This is a very special Solstice, followed as it is on Christmas day with a New Moon Solar Eclipse (Not visible here in USA). Then on December 27^th, the Sun conjoins Jupiter at 6 degrees Capricorn. We can think of this time as a 3 point seeding time, allowing the energy to build and resonate through our being and Earth. The time we take to slow down, enter meditative states, and reflect on what we are attuning with and committed to, will resonate through our cells, into the collective, and into Earth. Just as we take a mantra 3 times, so this 3 fold seeding can enhance our consciousness, which is, in its pure form, light, love, and intelligent awareness. Now we can open the door to the heart chamber of our sacred temple, resonating ourselves within this mantra of returning light from the darkness, with a deep awareness of the field of mystery, beauty, and penetrating interrelatedness in which we live. This is the foundation for our transformation.

The 3-fold event of this turn of the year marks the vital importance of this year and decade ahead. Capricorn was considered the most sacred of signs by the ancient peoples, precisely because of the return of the light. Let us reclaim this Earth sign back from the patriarchal description and once again imbue it with the depth and integrity it possesses. This is the sign that is anchored in the deep seas and moves to the highest mountaintop, moving from the deepest darkness to the dawning light. These symbols instruct us to understand the potential within this sign. Capricorn possesses the ability to sense within the rich depth and yin darkness of the soul, of our true deep selves, and bring forward our vision and gift. In so doing we gain the wisdom of great who we are and our purpose. Capricorn carries the discipline of our commitment and intention to become conscious and take up our gift, allowing the truth of the heart to shine through our expressions, interactions, and our consciousness.