Druid Winter Solstice Greeting

A winter solstice blessing. Others see the light belonging to the star constellation known as the great bear or the plough arthur or art being gaelic for bear. Drum banging druids join thousands marking winter solstice at stonehenge around 5000 people gathered at stonehenge in wiltshire to mark the winter solstice on sunday morning.

May you have a warm heart open hands a creative mind.

Druid winter solstice greeting. The celtic people knew the importance of the solstice. May you laugh richly and deeply. Winter solstice alban arthan some druid orders believe this means the light of the hero king arthur pendragon who is symbolically reborn as the sun child the mabon at the time of the solstice. Consider as you recite this devotional inspired by celtic myth and folklore what your family has put asideboth material goods and things on the spiritual plane.

Midwinter in the druid tradition is called alban arthan welshbrythonic for the light of the bear. And may you soar with the knowing. May you circle and celebrate may you change and grow may that which is waiting to be unlocked be freed. It was important to put aside staple foods for the coming months because it would be long before anything fresh grew again.

This is the more traditional time of celebration. May you experience inspiration and brilliance clarity and focus. The druid network explains the day is important as the festival of midwinter begins with the ceremonies of the winter solstice the shortest day of the year and the longest night when the power. So although druids dont celebrate christmas the winter rites are held on and around the same days.