Sun in Capricorn I — Asklepios
Dec. 20th, 2022 06:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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The Sun reaches the Solstice point at 4:48 pm Eastern time on 21 December 2022 — the start of Capricorn, and the decan called "The Headless Body." These days have been associated with feasting and celebration in Greece, Egypt, Mesopotamia, the Mediterranean, and Europe for at least seven thousand years, if not longer — and in all that time, the theme of light coming into the dark has been a common motif, whether it takes the form of a child of hope born in troubled times; or a victorious hunter returning from a battle with wild beasts, and his baby sister unharmed on his shoulder. Even a light lasting beyond its appointed hour is cause for praise.
Of course, we all assign very different meanings to how light appears in the darkness; sometimes it's a mark of commonality, and sometimes and promise of uniqueness. How will you make merry in this season? And what will you do in the shadows that still stretch across the world, while you are not visible to others?
