Today, the sun reigns supreme
as it reaches the apogee of its transit. It is at its zenith; at its highest in
the sky. The symbolism of the solstice is interesting, in that it does not
coincide with the character of the season in which it occurs. That is to say,
while the solstice inaugurates the Summer season, it also represents the
descendant phase of the light. Today has more hours of sunlight than any other
day of the year. Henceforth, however, the hours of sunlight will diminish.
For this reason, the Summer
and Winter Solstice were represented in ancient Greco-Roman religion and
mythology as gates, through which transitional time passes. Janus, the
two-faced god of beginnings and transitions, thence also of gates, doors,
doorways, endings and time, symbolized this liminal time of the solstice.
We, too, can look both
backward and forward: back on the ascendent phase of the light, which began
last December; forward, to see the seeds that we have planted growing during
these summer months. I wish you the radiance of this day to light your
consciousness throughout your earthly journey. Blessings of the Light upon you!
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