It's into Winter we go

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At 10:03am EST on December 21st Winter Solstice 2025 brought with it so much joy, beauty and possibility.  Firstly for those who may not know, the Winter Solstice is essentially the longest night and shortest day of the year.  On a more soulful level it represents the coming of the Winter Season and all the gifts that it will bring to us.  It also stands as another line of demarcation for us in our lunar year as we are leaving the Autumn and ushering in a new time of hibernation, snow (in some parts of the Northern Hemisphere), and stillness unlike any other time during the year. The often dreaded and barren season of winter has so much to offer if we know where and how to look to see the gifts it virtually lays at our feet.

We once again get a chance to change, redo, atone, change paths, and veer towards where we are truly supposed to be.  Choose wisely your works this solstice for all dreams and desires will be with you for this entire season, whether you may want them to or not.

Be sure in your own way to celebrate the coming of Winter,  whether it is alone or with someone or some group, do not let another natural spiritual occurrence pass you by without stopping to acknowledge, give gratitude and draw the gifts it has for you.  Below I provide a few elements to have around, be moved to bring this new season in the way you need to for only you truly know how to make that happen.  Notice these elements are awfully familiar, might be just an inkling of what we do for the Christian Christmas holiday celebration, LOL!

Below are some of the domains to focus on during this Winter Solstice, feel free to expand, contract or contort any of these to fit what you desire or need.

Winter Solstice Elements

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Wreaths (live)

Candles

Wood Logs

Bells

Evergreen Trees

Winter Totem - Weasel

Meaning - Stealth

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Be a keen observer

Hidden resources are to be seen and known

Use my gifts for the good of All

Give assistance in quiet and discreet ways

Winter Concept - Silence

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Connect to Ancestors

Deepen spiritual Renewal & Love

Strengthen Family Bonds & Rituals

Accept Joy & Fun

Attune to Nature's Cycles

---Andrea