I wanted to wish you a Blessed Mother Night tonight as we are in the DEEPEST DARKEST currents of the Dark of the Sun right now. The night before the Winter Solstice is the night the Great Mother goes into labor to birth/rebirth the Sun- which is why we call it Mother Night. The Christmas song ‘Silent Night, Holy Night’ is a song for Mother Night- as it is out of the deepest peace and silence of the end of a previous Solar Cycle that the new one is born/reborn. (In the Christmas tradition this song is seen as connected to Christmas eve December 24th- the night before Jesus’ birth)
Tomorrow early morning at 4:20am EST the Sun moves into Capricorn and comes to the stillest point in his orbital path. He will no longer move any lower in the sky at solar noon and appears to come to a standstill for 3 days. From December 21st through December 24th the Sun stands still at the southern declination of 23 degrees 26 minutes and then starts to move by 1 minute on December 24th and then by 2 minutes on December 25th. With technology we can see this but with the naked eye it is imperceptible.
This portal of December 21st through December 24th is a time to stand still ourselves. It is a time to pause, retreat, reflect and take time to go within. It is a time to be silent and to be still like the Great Mother and her son the Sun. Of course in this modern day and age this is typically a time filled with parties, gatherings, travel, shopping and more! Nature tells us to pause and be still, but contemporary culture says to do the opposite.
If you can find some time to anchor into stillness and silence in the coming days I highly recommend it. This is one of the holiest times of the year- but it could pass you by if you busy yourself so much that you miss out on the magic that only gets tapped when you turn your attention inward.
For those of you in the Southern Hemisphere- this is the moment of Summer Solstice. Both Solstices are standstill moments- but the Summer Solstice is the standstill point of the Highest Light of the Sun. If the Winter Solstice is the moment of rebirth in the darkness, Summer Solstice is the moment of Union with the Highest Light. I conceive of the first half of the Solar Cycle from Winter Solstice to Summer Solstice as the part of the cycle that is about ascension and reaching for the Highest Light. And from Summer Solstice to Winter Solstice it is about descension and embodiment- bringing that Light all the way down and in. The Solar Cycle mirrors our own journeys of birth, death and rebirth, ascension and descension, enlightenment and embodiment.
My Solar Gate Call for the Solstice is up. It includes teaching on the Solstices (mainly focused on Winter as I live in the Northern Hemisphere but I do touch on Summer for those in the Southern Hemisphere), Sacred Places & Deities to tune into at this time, the major Astrology for the season to come until Imbolc 2025, offerings for ritual, ceremony, shadow work and reflection, and then the call closes with a Guided Meditation into Stillness and Silence. You can tune into it here- https://divineharmony.com/solar-gate-calls
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I will have 2025 Astrology Content coming soon! There will be a public 2025 Year Ahead Forecast plus membership-access Yearly Horoscopes for the 12 Signs giving an overview of the major events incoming in 2025. The 2025 Year Ahead will be a public Livestream event on YouTube. I will announce more about it via my newsletter here so stay tuned!
May you feel the grace and love of the Great Mother carry you in these deep and holy times.
Blessings…
~Harmony