Winter Solstice 2021

The past two years have been, without doubt, the most challenging time of our lives. The unprecedented difficulties that we have all faced have taken their toll on our bodies, minds, and spirits. Winter solstice is the perfect opportunity to say farewell to 2021 and bring in fresh, new energy with a renewed focus on moving forward in life.

We will use our time together to symbolically move out of the physical darkness of winter, and the psychological darkness of a world in crisis. Using the light of our candles as a metaphor, we will burst forth with renewed vigour for 2022, with light in our hearts and love in our souls.

Winter Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere takes place on Tuesday 21st December at 3.58pm. This is the point when the sun is at its most southerly position. On this day, the sun rises later and sets earlier than any other day of the year. It hangs low and weak in the sky during the brief daylight hours, barely rising above the treeline. Daytime shadows are at their longest.

This is the time of the shortest day, and the longest night of the year. A time for resting. For renewing. For retreating. A time for celebration also, welcoming the return of the light as the sun makes it’s way back northwards and we start the journey back towards summer.