Oracle for Winter Solstice
Some may call this time winter solstice and others may call it the beginning of Yule.
Either way it is a wonderful time to reflect on gratitudes, feel death to make way for rebirth, partake in large feasts, and welcome the darkest day of the year — remembering that light is coming.
I found a lot of in-depth history on the solstice here. Check it out if you’re interested in learning more about it.
3 card draw for the solstice.
I’m using a new deck, The Literary Witches Oracle, I got while on vacation in Detroit from a cute little book and yarn shop, Yarn Nerds Yarn Shop.
I usually use tarot cards, but I’ve had some fun trying out different oracle cards lately.
First card-what you will leave behind.
Second card-what the coming light will bring you.
Choose a first card, then a second before going further. While choosing go with your first instinct. Warning, do not scroll past the next photo until you have chosen your two cards.
Find your cards and read the interpretations below.
Top left card, Skull
If you chose this card as the thing you will leave behind, you are leaving behind grief.
If you chose this card as what the coming light will bring you, you are gaining transitions.
Top middle card, Snail
If you chose this card as the thing you will leave behind, you are leaving behind fragility.
If you chose this card as what the coming light will bring you, you are gaining leisure.
Top right card, Spider
If you chose this card as the thing you will leave behind, you are leaving behind planning.
If you chose this card as what the coming light will bring you, you are gaining focus.
Bottom left card, Audre Lorde
If you chose this card as the thing you will leave behind, you are leaving behind silence.
If you chose this card as what the coming light will bring you, you are gaining justice.
Bottom middle card, Mirabai
If you chose this card as the thing you will leave behind, you are leaving behind conformity.
If you chose this card as what the coming light will bring you, you are gaining devotion.
Bottom right card, Virginia Woolf
If you chose this card as the thing you will leave behind, you are leaving behind limitations.
If you chose this card as what the coming light will bring you, you are gaining vision.
Thank you for reading!
Leave a comment and let me know what you are leaving behind and what is being brought to you.
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The scarf used for laying the cards is from Joanna Martine Woolfolk. It was made to “celebrate your strengths, creativity, and abundant heart — and to remind you that you embody the unique power of your astrological sign.” Joanna passed away in 2013. She is the author of the book The Only Astrology Book You’ll Ever Need.
