Winter Solstice (21st June) is the shortest day of the year. Darkness is at it’s peak, and a natural response is to be feeling the pull IN – to rest and reflect, but here in the southern hemisphere our winter days are more like an English spring time, so it can feel a little disorienting for those of us with a strong connection to the motherland.
Less sunshine can trigger symptoms of depression, but the darkness has purpose, and what that means for us will depend upon the stories we are telling ourselves. For me, I have an appreciation for the bright blessed day, and the dark sacred night because they both have an important purpose.
This time of year is celebrated as a turning point, as we gradually gain more light. An energetic reset, cosmic alignment, renewal of the human spirit, and a time to honour the sacred darkness and our shadow self.
As a witchy woo woo woman – shadow work is an essential part of my practice. If we don’t confront our own biases, fears, and subconscious desires, then our conscious intention will clash with unresolved feelings, which can then have an influence on an outcome.
Present tense intention is the core of our craft – the tools we use and the rituals we perform are just physical anchors to focus energy. Clear and conscious intention is how we aim that focus.
Giving direction to the magick 🏹✨️
This Solstice I’m not yearning to reconnect with a part of me that feels missing because I am complete.
I’m focused on my creative craft ✨️✍️
As I acknowledge the process of letting go during Autumn, releasing what no longer serves my highest good, I’m grounding my energy during Winter. To strengthen the roots for my growth, and nurturing the seeds of my intention.
That I’m planting for Spring 🌱
Aligning with the rhythms of Nature makes me feel a deeper connection to the Divine Mother, and Sacred Feminine energy invites me IN – to collective wounds we bury, and truths we don’t want to see because as women, we intuitively know – we heal by feeling it.
An awareness of the Sacred Feminine also makes me conscious of the Divine Father, and Sacred Masculine energy brings me into full presence. Holding the vision of my purpose with a fierce protection, so I can live my best life.
✨️To CONNECT with my higher self
✨️To BALANCE energies within me
✨️To ALIGN with my soul purpose
✨️To be a fuller expression of SELF
✨️To share my healing journey
Integrating ALL of who we are isn’t about becoming better, fixed or perfect. It’s living our authentic truth, more present in the moments. Responding to our challenges, instead of reacting from the lens of disconnection, polarities of imbalance, masks of social conditioning, and the splits of our personality.
Some say we are the universe becoming aware of itself, because some believe (my SELF incuded) that human consciousness isn’t just a biological experience – it’s another language we are learning to understand and speak.
Energy 🌀 Vibration ✨️ Frequency 〰️
A shift in perspective that challenges how we experience EVERYTHING, including our understanding of relationship. There’s always a reason for falling in love, and the energetic resonance with another soul teaches us important lessons. Love is never wrong, but the expression of love can go wrong.
As women we often over ride our truth, doubt our intuitive guidance, ignore bodily signals, disregard symptoms, compromise our self, and neglect our needs. Betraying and abandoning ourselves to serve other peoples needs, or to maintain their sense of comfort, especially in the name of love.
How often do we …
✨️Say YES when we want to say NO
✨️Bite our tongues to keep the peace
✨️Avoid conflict to maintain harmony
✨️Stay where it doesn’t feel good for us
✨️Fail to maintain our boundaries
✨️Be who others want or need us to be
It isn’t about who is right or wrong because failing is part of the learning experience. It isn’t about fixing broken people because we are all flawed – but we DO need to acknowledge why the Divine Feminine doesn’t feel safe, so we can let go of the patterns that hurt us.
Regardless of our gender, the Divine Masculine needs to take accountability for his choices, and this will have a profound influence on our intimate relationships, and create change in a governing patriarchal system.
Honour the darkness (unconscious) within you as a sacred space for inner transformation, and nurture the inner flame of radical self-love and compassion within your own heart. Each passing day will bring in more light (awareness) that will renew your spirit and illuminate the path.
Solstice blessings and so mote it BE ✨️
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