Solstice

A solstice is an event which occurs when the Sun reaches its most northerly or southerly point relative to the celestial equator on the celestial sphere. Two solstices occur annually, around June 21 and December 21.

Each solstice shows us that we can choose. We cannot stop the winter or the summer from coming. We cannot stop the spring or the fall or make them other than they are. They are gifts from the Universe that we cannot refuse. But we can choose what we will contribute to Life when each arrives.

See also:

Equinox

Quotes

• The winter solstice has always been special to me as a barren darkness that gives birth to a verdant future beyond imagination, a time of pain and withdrawal that produces something joyfully inconceivable, like a monarch butterfly masterfully extracting itself from the confines of its cocoon, bursting forth into unexpected glory.
  • Gary Zukav, in "Solstice Joy" (29 April 2021), Seat of the Soul

• Each solstice shows us that we can choose. We cannot stop the winter or the summer from coming. We cannot stop the spring or the fall or make them other than they are. They are gifts from the Universe that we cannot refuse. But we can choose what we will contribute to Life when each arrives.
  • Gary Zukav in "Solstice Joy" (29 April 2021), Seat of the Soul