The Magickal Pen

The Gift of the Winter Solstice
aka. Yule
Welcome to 19 Days!

DAY ONE we begin our journey moving towards the Winter Solstice and increasing light. take a look at one of the ways the Winter Solstice is celebrated. There are many ways that this Sabbat is celebrated, some steeped in lore and tradition and others using the astronomical gifts of the Solstice energy as point of focus and enlivening. Let the adventure begin….

For most of us the turning of the Greater Wheel to the Winter Solstice (Yule) is one of welcoming the return of the Light of renewal and strength, the promise of increasingly longer hours of daylight and anticipation of warmer weather and a more outer world focused time. This change is subtle in physical form as this is also when the cold of the Winter (Northern Hemisphere) will remain for a few months…