WINTER week 6
CELEBRATING the season… IMBOLC
Following the ancient ways… the way of the ancestors,
the yearly cycle is made up of varying degrees of light.
During half the year, the daylight hours are longer than the dark hours.
During the other half, the night prevails.
Modern living has disrupted and changed the attunement and deeper connection to these cycles, for many.
One way we keep ourselves connected and more in balance with the seasonal cycles is to celebrate the seasonal shifts.
These times of worship have endured and their power remains,
even though more modern religious crusades tried to absorb and eradicate them.
This harkens to their truth, their power and
to the protection and enhancement Mother Nature and her earth spirits bring.
THE WHEEL OF THE YEAR
The natural year is divided into eight segments
celebrated by 4 fertility festivals and 4 harvest festivals.
They are represented by “The Wheel of the Year”
The wheel and its divisions represent perfect balance.
Half of the wheel represents the dark – winter solstice
and half represents the light – summer solstice.
The solstices are the highest and lowest points on the wheel.
The equinoxes are to either side.
The solstices and the equinoxes are the quarters.
The four festivals that alternate with them
– Imbolc, Beltane, Lammas (Lughnasa), Samhain
are the cross quarters.
For me, THE WINTER SOLSTICE,
enhanced by the Yule celebrations,
has always been my “new year” starting point.
The longest night of the year
is followed by the day light hours beginning to lengthen once again.
The conception of light is celebrated.
As we go into these inner reflections of winter’s symbolic death,
the deep, spiritual work with the shadow self begins,
preparing for the rebirth and renewal of spring.
Next comes IMBOLC {Candlemas}
on February 2nd, and
where we are this week, winter week 6.
Bringing an energy of QUICKENING and CLEARING,
IMBOLC is the halfway marker between the first days of winter and spring.
Suddenly the days are noticeably longer, and
the first breaths of spring seem to arise.
THIS WEEK,
seek to bring yourself in tune with The Wheel.
Celebrate the season and your personal connection.
Look to tradition and established ritual
and/ or create your own.
Consider what these times mean to you and
how stopping to celebrate and engage in this way enhances your life.
Look to the quarter season and its celebration to
reaffirm your ancient, sacred self and your deep ancestral connections.
Seek to integrate
the inward and outward,
peace and strength,
earth and sky
wheels within wheels
the spiral journey of spirit and soul…
As above, so below
As within, So without
As the universe, and the earth
so the soul
Blessed be!
~ Jill ♥
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