All About The Winter Solstice
We are moving toward a New Moon on Friday, and the energy building this week feels like the quiet before a necessary exhale. This New Moon in Sagittarius carries a release tone even though it marks a beginning. The emotional body is tender, the psychic field is active, and Saturn and Neptune are still pressing against the Sun, the Moon, and Venus. This means you may feel the need to let go in order to breathe. You may feel the urge to loosen your grip on something that has been weighing on your chest. You may feel ready to set something down even if you do not yet know what will rise in its place.
Capricorn season begins on the 21st, the same day as the Winter Solstice, and this shift brings some more energetic weight. Capricorn season is often associated with celebration, family, and the forward momentum of the year’s end. But this one begins with a heaviness that asks you to be honest about what you cannot carry into the new cycle. You may feel reflective. You may feel slow. You may feel the pull toward truth over performance. Let this be the mood. It is not a setback! This is the clearing space that opens the door to a steadier, wiser way of moving forward.
The Winter Solstice marks the longest night of the year. It is the annual moment where darkness reaches its peak before the light returns. In spiritual terms, the Winter Solstice is the hinge between what must end and what must begin. It is a threshold, a liminal doorway. It is not a moment of force whatsoever. It is a moment of recognition, a quiet turning, a pause before the returning light. Oh, but it sure can feel heavy sometimes, I know. For this reason, your ritual will work best when it is soft, slow, and intentional.
So here is your ritual, and you can do it anytime from Friday through Sunday, or even as late as the 22nd, when the Sun settles into Capricorn. And remember, this window is gentle and forgiving. It is designed to support you, not overwhelm you.
The Release and Manifestation Writing Ritual:
- Set aside a quiet space where you can be with your own thoughts without disruption. Bring only paper and something to write with. Nothing else is needed because the ritual is in the writing.
- Start by taking a moment to notice how you feel. Do not analyze it. Do not fix it. Simply acknowledge the emotional landscape of your own body. This creates the internal honesty required for release.
- On one page, write down everything you are ready to release. Let it pour out without editing. Write down the roles that no longer fit you. Write the expectations you have been carrying for others. Write the fears that keep looping. Write any disappointment you have been pretending not to feel. Write the stories that have reached their final chapter. Allow your hand to move faster than your mind.
- When you feel complete, read it once without judgment. Then write one sentence at the bottom: “I let go of what no longer supports who I am becoming.” That sentence closes the door on the past without drama or performance, and it anchors the release.
- Turn to a fresh page. This is where manifestation begins friend. Write down what you want to call in, but write it from the perspective of the future you. Write about what is already unfolding. Write about the version of you who has the clarity, the peace, the support, the stability, the love, the expansion, or the opportunity you are seeking. Do not write goals, just write wonderful states of being. The point is not to declare desires, but to claim the emotional and energetic posture that aligns with them.
- When this feels complete, write a second sentence: “I allow what strengthens me to find me.” This is your permission slip to receive without force.
- Fold the pages together and put them somewhere you will not see daily. The work is done. Nothing needs to be burned or buried. The shift happens internally and not theatrically, and the ritual ends the moment you stop writing. If you feel the pull to burn this on the next Full Moon, you certainly can however.
Gentle Ways To Celebrate The Winter Solstice:
Spend a few minutes in complete silence to honor the stillness of the longest night.
Take a slow walk outside and notice what is dormant and what is enduring.
Write a letter to your future self and seal it for next December.
Rearrange one small corner of your home to welcome fresh energy.
Spend intentional time with someone who makes you feel grounded and understood.
Let yourself sleep deeply without guilt and without alarms.
Make space for reflection without trying to solve anything.
Cook something warm and simple, not as a performance but as nourishment.
Let yourself dream about what you want without turning it into a plan.
Sit with the truth of where you are and recognize it as a beginning, not an ending.
Mantras:
I let what is ending fall away and I welcome what is returning to me.
I honor the stillness and allow clarity to rise in its own time.
I move into this next chapter with a lighter heart and a stronger sense of self.
As you move toward the Winter Solstice and step into Capricorn season, let these days be slower than you think they should be. Capricorn begins with weight this year, not pressure to perform but pressure to be honest. You are clearing the final pieces of a story you no longer need to carry.
And remember that Capricorn will rebuild you, but it always begins by asking you to stand still long enough to recognize what has been asking to change. The Winter Solstice will open a quiet doorway into that recognition. It is the turning point between who you have been and who you are now ready to become. And what that is, will be beautiful.
