WINTER SOLSTICE

The winter solstice occurs when the Earth, in its elliptical and cyclical motion around the Sun, is at the farthest point of one of its terrestrial hemispheres in relation to the Great Father Star Sun.
During this time the length of the solar day is minimal, resulting in the longest nights of the year.
This is how the terrestrial and celestial phenomenon that gives rise to the seasonal climate change called WINTER occurs.

It is a time of darkness, and the dry, cold earth seems unwilling to support human labor. The earth has borne its fruits; the harvests have been the reward for labor and hard work, while the warmth and rain have allowed for the building of sustenance.

During the winter, it is necessary to conserve food and energy by experiencing moments of introspection, recapitulation, reflection, contemplation, and any meditative action that accompanies us to embrace the physical body, preserving and safeguarding warmth with profound gratitude to Life for all it has given us.

Time for offerings, for "payments," for "dispatches," which are still the main customs of indigenous communities.

Go through this period by accompanying the Mother in deep communion, and holding on to our core of closest relationships, as She rests and energetically rebuilds herself to be born again when the movement brings the Father Sun back and life is renewed again and again.

It is best to navigate this moment of stillness by flowing and honoring the cycle of Death and Rebirth, making room for the Sacred in our winter days.

In many cultures around the world, the winter solstice, celebrated on December 21st in the northern hemisphere and June 21st in the southern hemisphere, is celebrated and ritualized as “The New Year” because after sowing, cultivation, harvests, drought with its shedding of leaves and the seeds that returned to the earth in waiting… The light of the sun returns every day bringing warmth, color, new energy and flourishing to Life.