Sunday, December 21st New Moon in Capricorn ~ this is the first day of winter aka winter solstice. It is the final mark of the four seasons and the darkest day of the year. This is supercharged time because it is with the New Moon in Capricorn and Uranus ends its retrograde period. Uranus Direct Sun enters Capricorn Moon Trine Jupiter VOC begins Sunday, Dec 21 4:24 pm VOC ends Monday, Dec 22 2:26 pm Capricorn Holidays, festivals, celebrations & days to remember for all faiths & beliefs around the world 12/21 to 1/9: Hopi & Zuni Soyala New Year Festival of purification and renewal. Homes are cleaned, fires doused, and personal restraint is observed. 12/21: Shakyamuni Buddha Day - Day Tibetan Buddhists meditate on the Buddhas teachings and strive to fulfill the Precepts. The Buddha taught that each person is responsible for ending his/her own suffering. (See Shakyamuni Mantra) (a/k/a Siddhartha Buddha Day) (30th Tibetan day, UT New Moon day) 12/21 (6:03 p.m. EST: Winter Solstice/Solar New Year - Marks the beginning of Winter and the shortest day and longest night of the year; celebration of the darkness with dancing near the hearth fire. (See a Winter meditation and prayer.) (a/k/a Old European turning-of-the-season day, Neo-Pagan turning-of-the-season day, Wiccan turning-of-the-season day, Winter Sabbat) 12/21 to 12/22: Old European Festival of Evergreen Trees; merged into International Arbor Day. Celebrated by planting trees and hanging wreaths (symbols of eternal life. 12/21 to 12/25: Old Romano-Egyptian festival of Goddess Isis giving birth to God Horus. (Roman calendar) carlamary.net
Posted on: Sun, 21 Dec 2014 11:41:48 +0000
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