SOLSTICE – Sun enters Capricorn
– December 21, 2024 (09:20 GMT)
The Sun enters Capricorn on December 21st. This heralds the Solstice, the change in season when the Sun ‘stands still’ in the sky, the literal meaning of sol-stice (Sun – stands still).
The Solstice is one of the four markers of the zodiac, when we reach the shortest day and longest night or longest day and shortest night, depending where you live. Here in the UK, the days will soon be growing longer and the nights shorter.
One of my favourite quotes about the Solstice states, “something in us needs to know that at the end of the longest night there will be light”. This seems especially poignant at this time of year.
The Solstice heralds a beginning as it welcomes in a new season. Make sure to honour the Solstice and light a fire or burn candles. This tradition is in honour of the heat and warmth of the Sun which brings us vitality, energy and life. Honour the Solstice through meditation, journalling or completing the year that’s gone.
The Sun in Capricorn makes us think of work, duty and responsibility. Yet, Capricorn is the shaman with hidden depths, who finds fulfilment and meaning by being alone, not lonely. You might want to stride up a mountain this week, take yourself off somewhere quiet or sit in silence.
Where It Falls
Read your Sun sign/Ascendant sign below to see which area of your horoscope is under the cosmic spotlight as the Sun enters Capricorn:
- Capricorn – personal goals and self-image
- Aquarius – solitude and inner work
- Pisces – friends and wider society
- Aries – career and status
- Taurus – education and beliefs
- Gemini – joint finances and taboo issues
- Cancer – love and relationships
- Leo – work and health
- Virgo – what you give birth to i.e. kids, romance, creative project
- Libra – home and family
- Scorpio – community and ideas
- Sagittarius – money and values
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