SOLSTICE – Sun enters Cancer
June 21, 2026 (09:24 GMT+1)
Solstice Level
This weekend is the Solstice when the Sun strikes into Cancer, one of many cardinal star indicators, on June 21. The Solstice and Equinox factors are 4 important markers in western astrology because the zodiac is aligned with these 4 factors within the astrological calendar.
They’re the foundations and cornerstones of western astrology and correspond to the Sun’s transfer into every of the 4 cardinal indicators, Aries, Cancer, Libra & Capricorn.
Sun Standing Nonetheless
This week’s Solstice is the mid-level within the 12 months which brings a change of season. Within the northern hemisphere, this coincides with the longest day of the 12 months and the official begin of summer season. Within the southern hemisphere, it’s reversed with the shortest day of the 12 months because the nights develop longer.
Solstice means ‘solar (sol) standing nonetheless’ i.e. the Sun is at its highest or lowest level earlier than it adjustments into a brand new season.
Historically, the Solstice is the time of the 12 months to honour the Sun. Many traditions embody constructing bonfires as hearth and warmth are related with the Sun. You could possibly have a hearth pit or gentle candles if the solar’s not blazing down wherever you might be.
In our endlessly, celestially revolving world, the solstice beckons for a second of stillness and reflection. Its etymology – from the Latin sol (solar) and sistere (to face nonetheless) – signifies that just about miraculous level of transition, sandwiched between cycles of motion.
Wanting from earth, the Sun has reached its most northerly or southerly tour relative to the celestial equator after which, after “standing nonetheless”, reverses course.
It’s the longest day, the triumph of the solar, a celebration of midsummer and a marker that the steadiness of day and evening will start to shift. For a fleeting second your complete 12 months is on maintain, a second of flux and suspense.
Solstice Rituals
- Use this second within the 12 months to cease and deeply join with your self and the universe. You would possibly plan a dawn stroll or sit in contemplation because the solar units.
- Maybe, you need to discover a while within the day to be quiet and take heed to your interior voice. You could possibly cease on the actual second of the Solstice – see date/time above.
- You would possibly write in a journal, discover what you’re grateful for and what your intentions are shifting into this subsequent three month chapter between the Solstice and the Equinox on September 23.
- We’re nearly on the midway level within the 12 months. Subsequently, you can mirror on how far you’ve are available 2026 and what you need shifting ahead within the second half of the 12 months.
Historic Occasions
The summer season solstice has all the time been an necessary occasion to honour the Sun and have fun the midpoint of the 12 months. In in the present day’s much less rural world, for many individuals that historic reference to the cycle of nature has been misplaced. But our fascination with the solstice stays curiously undimmed, as if deeply embedded in our ancestral reminiscence.
There’s something so hopeful in regards to the Solstice. The traditional custom of honouring the Sun connects us to the distant previous and the comforting repetition of the Sun’s motion is a reliable anchor in our lives day in, time out.
Dawn represents the symbolism of the promise of a brand new day, a brand new daybreak. The standard of the second when the solar rises and the sunshine returns brings with it hope and a sense of peace that the darkish hours are behind you.
Many historic cultures honoured the Sun and constructed temples in alignment with the Sun’s passage by means of the sky. One of the well-known is Stonehenge the place tons of of individuals will collect once more to welcome this awe-inspiring sight.
The Sun By no means Says
How will you honour the Sun? Right here’s one in every of my favorite poems by Hafiz, a reminder to be eternally grateful for the celebrities, the Sun, Moon and planets as they tirelessly and ceaselessly proceed their dance with our earth.
The Sun By no means Says
Even in spite of everything this time
The solar by no means says to the earth,
“You owe Me.”
Look what occurs with
A love like that,
It lights the Complete Sky.
Hafiz
Could you may have a blessed & enlightening Solstice expertise.
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