Today (21 December) is the Winter Solstice. The shortest day and the longest night, where the sun sometimes appears to hang still in the sky.

Time for a sacred pause… to look back on the year gone by, and begin to look forward to a new season. 😌

Astrologically we are now entering ‘winter’ and a period of deep hibernation, but many see this time as mid-winter, so it depends which calendar you follow.

The Winter Solstice ❄️ is sacred across many cultures and throughout history. Traditionally, this was seen as a highly significant, spiritual and mystical day. I’m not a huge fan of Christmas 🎅🏽 but I love Winter Solstice and so today, is my special day of celebration! 🎄

Many of our ancestors would have celebrated too, with dancing, feasting and the lighting of fires 🔥 to welcome back the sunlight after those long weeks of darkness, and they would say ‘we have turned the year’. ⭕️

So today, if you glimpse the sun, ☀️ take a moment to reflect on your year gone by, and give gratitude 🙏for its guiding light.

We are moving forward, let’s turn the year!

This is a good time to:

🔸look back over your year, all that’s happened, all you have achieved, all you learned.

🔸hang a wreath on your front door to represent the beginning of a new cycle and the turning of the seasons.

🔸light a candle,🕯️gaze at the flame, breathe, take a sacred moment of quiet and stillness.

Celebrate this magical season… ❄️✨