Dark light, hail!
Guardian of clarity, opener of abyss.
Abundant gifts keep coming,
A winter miracle, the snow falls.
May our hearts be filled with joy,
Open the guest door wide,
Wisdom awakens in abundance,
Warming the core of our being.
Katherine MatthewsCeltic Spirituality: Daily Prayers and Blessings
rightRing the bells of joy and blessings! Now we gather together like our ancestors to celebrate one of the happiest days of the year.
This is the moment of fulfillment of the promise, the blessing of a new beginning. As our intention says, when we ignite the Advent Sun Chakra, us They are the messengers of dawn and the light messengers of hope. We have summoned the irrepressible dawn of healing, grace, and rebirth. (More information about tonight’s ceremony below).
this winter solstice It is the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere.
The precise moment of the 2023 summer solstice will arrive on the East Coast of the United States tonight (December 21, 10:27 pm) or tomorrow (December 22, 2019, 03:27 GMT).
At this time, the sun will enter the constellation Capricorn (Calculated based on tropical astrology). Winter begins when the sun reaches the 270° point on the zodiac wheel. This begins a return to the 0° point, reaching this point at the vernal equinox.
winter solstice, also known as Christmas, christmas eve or Christmas blots, winter ritual, midwinterand the Druid’s Assen, Scotland, marking the longest night of the year. After a pause – the word “solstice” comes from the Latin word meaning “the sun stands still” – the days will begin to grow longer and the hours of darkness will decrease.We may not notice it for a while, but through ImborkSix weeks from now, it will all be obvious and all the more reason to celebrate.
By the way, best wishes to all my friends living below the equator!you are celebrating your summer solstice This happy day! happy liter for you!
Ancient Power Days Around the World
this might be this The most universal and oldest known holy day for all mankind. Written records from 4,000 years ago describe rituals performed in Mesopotamia to celebrate the end of darkness. There are even older ancient structures around the world designed to commemorate the position of the sun on this day.
For example, she blueNewgrange, also known as Newgrange in English, is a beautiful Neolithic site in Ireland. This is a large round stone structure estimated to be 5,200 years old. It is centuries older than Stonehenge and older than the Egyptian pyramids.
It was built to shine a beam of sunlight deep into its central chamber at dawn on the winter solstice. Around 235,000 people visit Newgrange and its neighboring Knowth and Dowth cemeteries each year.
Similar shafts appear during the winter solstice on the remote Neolithic mounds of Meshowe in the Orkney Islands of northern Scotland, where blessings are offered annually to the beloved dead.
In fact, hundreds of other prehistoric structures around the world are oriented to the solstices and equinoxes.field Archaeoastronomy Research such sacred sites in the Americas, Asia, Indonesia, and the Middle East.
Recent research on medieval Great Zimbabwe (also known as “African Stonehenge”) in sub-Saharan Africa suggests a similar purpose. One of the most famous such sites in North America is Sun Dagger in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, which was built a thousand years ago by the ancient people of the Hopi tribe. hisasinomwhose descendants are today’s Puebloans.
In most parts of Asia, this celebration is called “Dongzh”.According to the late astrologer Jon Kane, in Japan this is that. “Around the world,” he writes, “billions of people mark the summer solstice, the turning point of the sun, in vastly different ways.
“Relevant gods and festivals include Bayway (Scandinavia), Chalmers (Pakistan), combustion (Mali), Junkanu (West Africa (Western Africa), Brumaria (Greece), Lucia (Scandinavia), midwinter (Celtic Nations), Modranote (Germany), Rozanica (Russia), saba chelai (Iran), winter night (Kurdish), Soyal (Hopi Indians), Our Tripanthu (southern Chile) and Zimasvitki (Latvia). “
Some people even speculated HanukkahThe Jewish Festival of Lights was originally also the Winter Solstice Festival. Christmas and saturnalia Absolutely.and Christmas still!
Pagans and witches around the world celebrate the Winter Solstice Sabbath, as do countless rural and indigenous peoples who rely on the rhythms of the seasons.
On the longest night of the year, on the approach of winter, we celebrate divine rebirth Son of the Sunthis Oak Kingthis giver of life.
The last candle of our Solstice Sun Wheel
Tonight at dusk, or if you prefer, at the summer solstice, we will fully our The magical workings of the sun wheel, unless you’re celebrating Christmas.If so, you will light (or relight) your last candle on Sunday the 24th, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day sky.
But for tonight’s candlelight, please gather with all those near and dear to you, including all us —thousands of other participants in this ceremony around the world. If you wish, you can also invite your beloved dead, as the sun’s pause is a sacred moment of power – the veil between worlds opens.
This is the void, the stillness of the sun, the space between breaths, where the magic happens. Enter this dark mystery with your shining candle and your own glorious spirit.
Again summoning the guardians and elements of East/Wind, South/Fire, West/Water and North/Earth. Or, if you assign other meanings to the four outer candles, of course, call upon those energies.
It’s finally time to announce the finals center candle, which would represent the spirit, ether, cauldron, or mystery. Or you may want it to simply represent concentration, love, rebirth, or hope.
light a flame center and appeal all Your sacred being, the most sacred being that you offer.
Whatever the uncertain future holds, with our light, our prayers, and our intentions, we are united in love.
please remember this
As dark as our world may be right now, Grandmother Gaia She teaches us the eternal truth: Day after day, bit by bit, no matter how tightly despair bites at our heels, no matter how fierce the approaching storms of winter, the Light does not die.
Watch now and hold fast. Because we, as women, men, and spiritual families, have woven a powerful alliance into the promise of this light. On this night we are given an ancient reminder of life’s insurmountable triumph.
Even our friends in the Southern Hemisphere help support this powerful global prayer and magic.let us be together all Welcome to son of light.
Tonight, tell me your heart’s greatest wish.Remember, this is most That magical moment when a wish comes true Do come true.as you said, so it Will finished.
Our candles burn brightly now, illuminating hope for the days ahead. Let the shadows and mourning begin to fade now, in tune with the oldest rhythms of earthly wisdom.
The circle is complete and the center is ablaze. Divine birth is here! All existence celebrates this miracle.
Ring the bells of joy and blessings!
The darkness turns and is about to disappear.
On this night, we delivered on our promise.
Now open the Dawn Gate.
Ring in your summer solstice bells!
Write everything you want to say goodbye to forever on paper and throw it into your roaring fireplace along with your last year’s Christmas greenery.
Get outside and shout, drum, light a bonfire, make offerings and thank your loved ones!
make happy and rejoice! Happy New Year’s Day has begun.
We span the world, across time and space, united with each other, with love Herself.
thank you all On this very special 19th anniversary of the Global Sun Wreath Ceremony, they share your magic, good energy, and loving prayers in our ceremony.
Mark your shiny new calendars for 2024 – our big calendar 20th anniversary Will begin on Sunday, November 24th, Goddess Willing.
willing host and Miss Bringing you renewal, joy and joy!
It should be praised!