Four of Wands – Two of Swords – Two of Wands rev.
Passion – Diplomacy – Doubt
Card of the day: Two of Swords
Time:
September 23 to October 2.
5:20 PM to 6 PM.
“Diplomacy is the art of letting someone else have your way.”
Sir David Frost
– What should you focus on today?
– Is there any room for negotiation?
Between passion and doubt, the middle of the road is negotiating.
The Winter Solstice, according to the Gregorian Calendar, occurs in London, England, United Kingdom: Sunday, 21 December 2025, at 15:03 GMT.
The Winter Solstice, occurring around 21st December in the Northern Hemisphere, marks the shortest day and longest night of the year. Astronomically, it takes place when the Earth’s axial tilt is farthest from the Sun, positioning the Sun at its lowest elevation in the sky at noon. This event signals the rebirth of light, as daylight hours begin to increase gradually after this point, an annual turning point recognised by civilisations for thousands of years.
Beyond its scientific significance, the winter solstice has long held mystical and symbolic meanings. For many ancient cultures, it represented death and rebirth, a descent into darkness followed by the return of the Sun. This cycle was frequently interpreted as a spiritual metaphor for personal renewal and transformation. The solstice was regarded as a liminal time, a threshold between worlds, when the veil between the material and the spiritual grew thin, allowing for divination, meditation, and communion with unseen forces.
The customs and traditions surrounding the winter solstice are rich and varied. In ancient Rome, Saturnalia was celebrated in honour of the god Saturn with feasts, gift-giving, and a temporary reversal of social norms. In Northern Europe, Yule celebrated the Sun’s return with bonfires, evergreens, and rituals invoking protection and fertility. Today’s Christmas and New Year customs, including the Yule log and decorative lights, echo these older solstice celebrations.
However, the most fascinating aspect of the Winter Solstice is the parallel between Osiris and Jesus and how these myths were distorted and reinterpreted.
Osiris was originally a god of fertility, agriculture, and the afterlife. He ruled as a wise and just king of Egypt, teaching the people about agriculture, law, and civilisation. His story is largely known through later sources like Plutarch’s “Isis and Osiris”, as Egyptian religious texts rarely provide a complete narrative.
According to the myth, Osiris’s brother, Set (or Seth), a god of chaos, storms, and disorder, grew jealous of Osiris’s power and popularity. Set plotted against him by crafting a beautifully decorated wooden sarcophagus, which he secretly constructed to match Osiris’s exact measurements. During a banquet, Set offered the chest to anyone who could fit inside. When Osiris lay down in it, Set and his accomplices sealed the lid shut and threw the chest into the Nile.
The sarcophagus floated down the river and eventually came to rest in a tamarisk tree in Byblos, modern-day Lebanon. Osiris’s wife, Isis, went on a long and perilous journey to find his body. She hoped to bring back his body to Egypt and resurrect him.
However, Set discovered the body first, chopped it into 14 or 42 pieces, according to other sources, and scattered them across Egypt. Isis searched tirelessly, finding and reassembling all the parts except one: Osiris’s phallus, which a fish had eaten.
Isis fashioned a new phallus using Magick, and with her divine powers, she brought Osiris back to life long enough to conceive a son, Horus.
After this miraculous conception, Osiris did not return to rule the living but became the lord of the underworld.
The story of Osiris’ birth, death, and resurrection was the most popular myth of ancient Egypt, forming the cornerstone of the Egyptian faith for over 3,000 years.
Osiris’s death, his murder, dismemberment, and descent into the underworld reflect the descent into darkness, serving as a metaphor for the fading power of the sun and the waning of life in nature. His resurrection, particularly through the birth of Horus, the solar child, mirrors the return of the sun after the solstice.
However, Christianity celebrates Jesus’ birth at the Winter Solstice and his resurrection at the Spring Equinox, mixing things up and offsetting the ancient tradition.
Although most of these ancient teachings are currently publicly available, many people still fail to distinguish between the actual esoteric teachings and the altered versions intended to mislead them.
You cannot be enlightened and liberated as long as you continue to live by artificially created matrixes and guided by false teachings and traditions.
Have a blessed Winter Solstice, and happy holidays!
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