Winter Solstice marks the end of the declining days of the year, even though for many of us it is only the start of winter. Cold it may be, and grey and bleak across the landscape, but the days are growing longer, and nights, shorter once again, changing just as fast as autumn days brought us to the longest night. Everything the world presents us is or can be a metaphor, reminding us of something true on higher levels: the particular revealing the unversal. It's one of the ways the Universe (or... Sign in to see full entry.