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🌲🌞🌲 YULE AND THE WINTER SOLSTICE: A TIMELESS CELEBRATION🌲🌞🌲
Yule is a midwinter festival rooted in ancient pagan traditions, particularly those of the Norse, Germanic, and Celtic peoples. It centres around the Winter Solstice, the longest night and shortest day of the year—typically around December 21st in the Northern Hemisphere.
🌌 The Winter Solstice
Marks the rebirth of the sun: after this night, daylight begins to grow longer.
Symbolizes hope, renewal, and the return of light.
Celebrated with fire, candles, and evergreens to honour life enduring through darkness.
🔥 Yule Traditions
Yule log: Originally, a whole tree slowly burned over 12 days; or a new log to light the Yule hearth fire, now often a decorated log or cake. It is celebrated on the 22/23rd December.
Evergreens: Holly, ivy, mistletoe, and fir trees represent eternal life and protection.
Feasting and merriment: A time of gathering, storytelling, and honouring ancestors.
Wassailing: Singing and toasting to health and good fortune.
🌕 Spiritual and Symbolic Themes
The Horned God (or Oak King) is reborn, bringing vitality back to the land.
The Triple Goddess (Maiden, Mother, Crone) in her mother guise gives birth to the Sun Child.
A liminal time for reflection, divination, and setting intentions for the new solar cycle.
Yule is both a celebration of survival through the dark and a welcoming of the light to come.
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