Summer Solstice 2020!

How I am feeling today: cosmically cool

What I am listening to today: Disco Volador – The Orielles

What I am reading today: Esoteric Empathy: A Magickal & Metaphysical Guide to Emotional Sensitivity (Raven Digitalis)

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We have arrived at the 2020 Summer Solstice for the northern hemisphere. It will happen in a little less than twelve hours and I couldn’t be feeling better. Now I am not usually one to be terribly invested in “woo woo” stuff like astrology or new age stuff, but even I have to admit this is an interesting moment cosmically. Today is the solstice, tomorrow is an annular solar eclipse, and Mercury is currently in retrograde. Tomorrow is also a good friend’s one year anniversary where I served as the best man, so revolutions, cycles, and patterns are all buzzing on my mind this morning.

Putting aside whatever you religious or spiritual beliefs may be, this is a time for serious contemplation in our world and I feel it overwhelmingly. From social media, to friends and family, to the news, we all seem to be in this great transitional period. Historically, when major events like these occurred it wasn’t uncommon for those going through it to look up at the night sky and wonder if there was any great purpose behind these “trials”. There are of course scientific reasons behind the happenings of the past six months, but even so, why not let it also be an opportunity for introspection? Why not let it be a call to radical empathy? Why not use it as reason for opening instead of closing (figuratively, I mean. Please stay inside and keep your doors closed)? I don’t really care if that sounds naive or blindly optimistic because the truth of the matter is that this transformation of our daily lives is more than significant, it’s unprecedented. And yes, that makes it terrifying, but it also means that we haven’t been here before and we have a choice in how to respond to it. And that is also more than significant.

P.S. As you may have noticed above, as well, I am reading a book concerned with magik and mysticism this week, and honestly I am loving it. It is nice to not do a close critical reading of text, and just sit with a book and the author’s voice and let it steep inside your mind. Okay, that’s it. Happy solstice! Go drink mead and eat sweet breads, and make love or something.