Wednesday 21 June in the southern hemisphere marks one of our annual turning points, the winter solstice, which is the shortest day and the longest night of the calendar year.  The term solstice comes from the Latin “sol” meaning the sun and “sistere” meaning to stand and at the winter solstice the Sun does seem to stand still very low in the sky for a period of 3 days. The ancients honoured the Sun as a life giving force and worked in harmony with nature and the seasons.  During the winter months as the crops became dormant and life seemed … Continue reading →