Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Rite of the Winter Solstice (December 22nd)
            As the sun moves into the sign of Capricorn in the Northern Hemisphere, the winter season begins. The energies of the planet now work to bring the etheric and astral; non-physical energies of humanity and the into alignment with the physical.
The energies of the winter solstice and those of all festivals celebrated at this time of years are connected to humanity’s life of healing, new birth and creativity, this season deepens the life feeling which flows to us through the astral. It can release opportunity to bring peace to the soul and new birth in inner potentials.
This is the time of year in which the Inner Light is kindles in spite of outer darkness and this it is a powerful time for revelation through dreams and meditation. It is a time to go within and free ourselves from separateness.
The spiritual forces of Nature affecting us at this time of year bring opportunities for healing and the expansion of consciousness for those who open more fully to it. It is a time that opens perceptions of what till must come upon us in the growth process. It opens a vision of what we still must face within ourselves if we are to give birth to the higher.
This is actually a time for withdrawal from outer activities so that we can give birth to the light within our own darkness. The universal rhythms converging upon us are keyed to enable anyone who is seeking to awaken to their interior gifts and light.
This is a time when doors open to approach the angelic hierarchy more easily. It is a time in which the universal energies facilitate illumination, forgiving and forgetting petty resentment and great wrongs, and it is a time for new initiation.
—Andrews, Ted: Nature Speak, Signs, Omens & Messages in Nature