The solstice is tonight at 11:54pm.
I’ve always talked about Solstice which happens twice a year – June 21 and December 21. The reason we have solstice is because the Earth is titled on its axis by 23.5 degrees and revolves around the sun in an elliptical orbit. This means that each hemisphere experiences half a year titled toward the sun (long summer day) and half the year, away from it (long winter night). Thus, today is the first day of summer for the northern hemisphere which includes us since we are above the equator.
Solar gateway
Many cultures celebrate the solstice with rituals. Barbara Biziou, ritual expert and author of The Joy of Ritual said, “Spiritually, the summer solstice is a time when Cancer, the nurturing feminine energy, is entering the world and the season of harvest begins. Therefore, it’s a great time for love and sexuality.” And as we have it today, June has become the most auspicious time to get married.
In yoga, this marks the beginning of Dakshinayana, the six-month period when the sun travels southward.
Sadhguru tells us that this is “significant in the life of anyone who is doing any kind of yoga. In this phase, your relationship with the planet is very different than what it is in the northern run. Particularly for those of us who are living in the northern hemisphere, it is very significant that the sun is now moving south and the planet is moving in an anticlockwise direction. These together produce a certain impact on the human physiology. All the practices we do have been structured keeping this aspect in mind.”
It is said that all yoga practices connected with the Sun are powerful on Summer Solstice, and it is the most powerful day of the year to connect and meditate. While the energy is high, it is also a good time to fast. As advised by Yogi Bhajan, “The Summer Solstice is one day when the sun is at its ecstasy and the power of prana is the maximum so that you can be enriched with that vital primal force so that your destiny can be rewritten.”
Ascension Activator Meg Benedicte calls solstice events as Gateway Openings. She said “During these Gateway openings, the plasma-photon Light infusion lifts us into a higher threshold – it can feel like being pushed to the next level, bursting into a new orientation,” She said, “…Due to reduced geomagnetism at certain locations around the globe, there exist ancient sites attracting, storing, and generating higher ascension frequencies. Ancient civilizations treated these sites as temple structures, sacred places to pray, meditate, time-travel and perform alchemy.. The powerful waves of crystallized diamond Light streaming from the Great Central Sun are infusing ‘awakening’ consciousness into these sacred sites and ley lines.”
As you can see, ancient cultures and Yogis understood the importance of these gateways.
Do take some time out to attune to this celestial flow to re-calibrate your own frequency to the higher frequencies at this time to heal physical, mental, emotional and spiritual issues. Let me end by quoting Alex Myss: “This solstice brings with it an intense vibrational energy wave, and is also the closure of the previous vibrational wave, which began on the winter solstice, December 21st. This brings to an end many events and challenges we have been going through, particularly ones which we’ve now finally learned lessons from and are ready to leave behind. This day can be seen as a transitional rebirthing, or a “reset stage” where we release our hold on the old and open and prepare ourselves for the next six months ahead, leading to the winter solstice.”
Happy Solstice!
In loving service,
Rosan
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