To prepare for the winter solstice, focus on creating a cozy atmosphere, reflecting on the past year, and setting intentions for the coming season.

The winter solstice marks the beginning of astronomical winter. It is the shortest day and the longest night of the year.

But this is no reason to hibernate. This time is favorable for gratefully letting go of the past and choosing where to move forward.

You will learn how to celebrate this day from this material.

The Winter Solstice is one of the 4 key points of the year.

In 2025, it falls on December 21.

Solstices are a point of transition and lay the foundation for what will unfold in your life over the following 6 months.

The winter solstice is a time for gratitude and letting go.

Spiritual sources on the energy of December and the winter solstice

Lauren Gorgo: The Solstice Sealing Point: Transmutation → into Transformation

December opened with a literal explosion — thanks to the X2 class solar flare on December 1, which set the energetic tone for the coming month.

This powerful, predetermined surge of intelligence from the Solar Logos prepared the field for the Solstice — for the rebirth and descent of the Christ light — the planetary starting point of the Divine Masculine architecture on Earth, which accelerates the era of embodiment for those attuned to actualizing full avatar consciousness.

As the era of embodiment takes root, the dynamics of ascension are now inverting: the movement shifts from ascending to descending, from vertical (alignment) to horizontal (expression), facilitating the transition from “becoming” to “creating”… from “remembering” to “embodying”… from ascension to descent.

This means that when the pioneers enter the new universal year ONE… through the gate 1:1:1… very little of the old architecture will remain untouched, allowing a new structure to be established for the birth of the Ascended Earth and the society of the New Human.

This shift will gradually transform virtually every aspect of planetary life — and it begins right now… through this key Sacred Season, when the Birth of Christ descends to Earth in embodied form.

From now on, only those aligned with the New Earth template will consciously participate in its gifts — and yet the entire planet, and all who live on it, will benefit from the vibrational responses of this new year event.

For those already connected to the New Earth flow, this is a time of reorienting life from the Source Field — into the field of matter, as our focus decisively shifts from Heaven to Earth for the phase of materialization.

Learn what signs accompany the onset of the solstice and equinox.

Celia Fenn: “Rebirth” of the Sun and Light on Earth

The solstice is the moment when the Sun changes its elliptical trajectory, and the seasons shift to winter in the north and summer in the south. Therefore, the solstice is always associated with the “rebirth” of the Sun and Light on Earth.

This is a very sacred moment, as the rebirth of Light marks the completion and beginning of the continuous cycles of life and evolution on Earth. It is a promise of eternal life!

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The practices suggested below will help you attune to the energies that this day brings and spend it beneficially.

Practices for the Winter Solstice

1. Greet the Sun

Sunrise on this day will occur at 8:58 AM (Moscow). Starting from this day, the daylight hours will increase.

Try to meet the dawn, greet the new Sun. Congratulate it on its birth, thank it for its warmth and the blessings it provides.

2. Let Go of the Past, What Has Outlived Its Purpose

Determine what you are ready to release from your life, what it is time to part with.

For some, this may be people with whom you no longer have any connection, old grievances that only drain your life force, negative mindsets that block the path to your new life.

Light a candle and declare your intention that you are burning away everything that has outlived its purpose.
Ask the Sun to burn away all blocks in your body where negative emotions are stuck.

Go through a meditation that will help you identify what is no longer acceptable in your life.

You will draw a different vision of those areas that do not satisfy you, in order to gently restructure everything anew.

3. Accept and forgive yourself

Use the following tools to accept shadow aspects, forgive yourself, and free up space in your heart for love:

  1. Affirmations for chakras on self-acceptance and trust in the world. By repeating these positive statements for 5 minutes a day, you will learn to accept yourself and treat all your manifestations with love.
  2. A series of articles “How to Learn to Accept”. It contains the best practices for accepting yourself, others, and circumstances.
  3. Meditation Temple of Forgiveness. You will feel the vibrations of forgiving yourself and others, and also balance the polarity of masculine and feminine energy within yourself.
  4. Online course “Dance with the Shadow 4.0”. In just 5 days, you will learn to identify shadow aspects and integrate them, gaining tools for working with the inner child.

4. Express gratitude to life

The best prayer is gratitude. If you want to receive something, learn to be grateful for what you already have.

The winter solstice and the end of the year are a good reason to start practicing gratitude if you are not doing so already.

Think about what you can be grateful for in life, the universe, yourself, loved ones, friends, and even ill-wishers.

See also The Practice of Gratitude

5. Tune into a new beginning

From this day, a new Sun is reborn, and with it all living things. Use this time to lay the foundation of a new reality.

Just as the Sun will gain strength each day and the daylight will increase, so will your intentions gain strength and physical form.

To launch an intention into the universe, we suggest going through the fire spiral.

Celebrate this day with us! Live broadcast December 21 at 1:00 PM Moscow time on the Keys of Mastery pages across all social networks. Join us!

Try to be mindful on this day. Stay in harmony with yourself and nature!
Based on the original Russian article from Keys of Mastery (kluchimasterstva.ru), published since 2010.