Today, new meanings, new understanding, and new hope are born. After yesterday’s “and the wisdom to tell one from the other,” there is a desire to exhale—and inhale again. To stop endlessly digging into ourselves, searching for meanings, and trying to figure out what is right and what is wrong. To stop fighting with ourselves and with the world—and simply live. And the Magical Door opens this possibility for us.
Today stirs old wounds. Despite the pre-holiday mood—or perhaps because of it—we more often feel a longing for past moments, people, and hopes that were once dear to our hearts. As we take stock now, we look back not only on the passing year, but—due to a large karmic shift—on the decade as a whole, and especially its last three years, which have been leading us toward this main Door.
Through Mother Night to the Birth of the Sun — passing through the longest night of the year, we finally rise from the depths of the dark season and celebrate the newborn Light! The energies of these days are bright and fiery, opening hearts, awakening hope, and sweeping us up in a wave of almost primal joy. This is a time of new beginnings and new systems, ripening in the
What a beauty! Here we are, finally riding the wonderful Yule wave, as if our magical genie simply couldn’t wait any longer to burst out of the lamp. He didn’t quite make it through the last couple of days—but honestly, that only works in our favor. According to legends, genies can be rather tricky creatures, and in the days leading up to Yule it’s wise to be especially careful with