Experience the profound spiritual meaning of Winter Solstice on Explore Deeply. The energy of winter is that of going within. It's the fruitful darkness and silence out of which our soul's yearnings and new inspirations can eventually emerge. Awaken your purpose with insightful reflections and transformative wisdom.

The changing seasons are key points in the cycle of life in nature, and within this cycle many ancient cultures perceived a powerful deeper message for humanity.

Summer is a time to engage more deeply in our connection to Earth; and cultivate and strengthen our connection to the divine energies all around us. In living with gratitude and understanding that reciprocity and respect for all that is given to us is, is the way to live as if all life is ceremony. In using only what we need, and doing what we can to live in balance and harmony with the cycles of the planet, we strengthen and nourish the bond we consummated a birth with the great parent who sustains us all.

Beltane, whose past and present significance is deeply steeped in ritual rites of sexuality and fertility, celebrates the height of spring, and the coming of summer, the earth has warmed, and May 1st is astrologically the end of darkness in the sun cycle, when we gain more and more light each day.

There’s a power that lives in the space ‘between,’ that subtle instant when something ends, and what follows next hasn’t yet begun. This is a beautiful and necessary space for growth. In the spaces in between, all possibilities exist, and none have been chosen.