Tag: Solstice

Solstice Greetings

Velvety magic at the winter solstice. Light of the Sun swallowed, we spend a long night of darkness, but there is comfort in the night’s embrace. Even in these modern times, we can turn out the electric lights and gather round the fire, letting the dark cushion our backs. We are in a womb with walls woven of stories and histories, feelings and ideas, memories and dreams. We bind together in this Capricorn time, through our traditions — invented and evolving — and this year, the Full Moon on Christmas Day, will bind more tightly ties of blood or emotion. This is a tribal time. […]

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Solstice

The darkest night of the year is almost upon us. The nadir, the bottom, the grave, the tomb — and the womb. We are sliding gently into this zero hour, lighting our candles and fireworks to keep away the creeping shadows. Christmas is a beautiful celebration, and a deep understanding, of the light within darkness. There is no greater light than a new life. Much of our Christmas — the tree, the reindeer, the candles, the Yule log — was imported from Germany and Scandinavia. And many of their Christmas traditions have their origins in the not very distant pagan past. One such […]

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Surprise! It’s Off the Cuff time again!

    How time flies…here we are again, at the solstice.  I should have known by the way the incessant light and heat is pounding my brain and my windows each day, harrowing for this lover of winter.  (Where is my iced coffee?  Can I put up the air conditioner high enough to replicate December?)  Time […]

Astrology of Now: Solstice

Yuli Yulievich Klever — Winter AfternoonIt’s just after four in the afternoon and night already. Daylight went in a blinking here in the deep of theyear.Tomorrow the Sun moves into Capricorn, Saturn’s sign; the sign of responsibility, of the fath…

Venus Retrograde And The Winter Solstice

      On December 21st, the Sun enters Capricorn and kicks off the Winter Solstice. The longest night sums up Capricorn’s essence; work for the long-term, even if the current potential is at its lowest ebb. After the Winter ……

The Solstice Accelerant: December 21st

December 21st is special. Because the world is going to end? No. Because there will be a collective awakening? That would be nice, but probably not. Other astrologers have done an excellent job of exploring the possibilities of this day. If you&#82…