nicnevyn

Tomorrow the 22nd of December at 06:08 GMT is the winter solstice. I’m not really a Solstice person, my observance is normally limited to a brief recognition of the date before I go about my daily business. Being a liminal person generally the equinoxes far better suit my personal needs and praxis.

But this year I am tempted to make a little more of this particular celebration. This year has been a year of swinging wildly between extremes both magically and mundanely and particularly since just before Samhain this year. Perhaps the Lord of Misrule decided to pay me an early visit, or more likely it is just indicative of the extensive deconstruction and changes of perspective as to the important things, that has occurred in my life in the last year, that has had my ego flailing wildly in uncertainty, after all, the average person fears change.

However in the last fortnight, basically since the dark of the moon, I feel the path towards equilibrium is being re-established; funny though isn’t it, when you go through a time of profound change or development, when you look back at what you thought was balanced, it was far from the truth, ah well they do say hindsight is 20/20 and I suspect whoever “they” are; are totally correct.

Anyway, perhaps part of achieveing equilibrium is understanding that liminal times are not the only times, that if balance has to be achieved then one must factor in the extremes into the equation. Perhaps it is time to do more than just cock a wink at the sun on the solstices after all.