After the Solstice – the Energy of Cancer

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The Summer Solstice and the Energy of Cancer

by Debbie Peluso

“HRAM-HRIM-HROOM-HRUM-HRAIM-HRAUM-HRAHA,” one of the many chants, rituals, dances and traditions we hear and see during the longest day of the year – the Summer Solstice. This is the Bija mantra for the Sun, the light of light, which is our awareness and our expression. It brings forth the life-giving power that comes from the Sun, and it is our life force.

The Summer Solstice is the time when Earth is at its most incline towards the Sun. The Northern Hemisphere tilts towards the Sun reaching for its life-sustaining nourishment of warmth and light as all creation celebrates and bows in its honor. It is a reminder that without this star, all life as we know it would not exist. It is to be revered and honored for its power and magnificence.

From the days of our ancient ancestors to today, this day has been marked with great celebration throughout the world. There are numerous cultural rituals honoring the Sun. Thousands flock to Stonehenge every year on the Summer Solstice to watch its rise and set. In reality, it is neither rising nor setting, but just our illusion as the Earth rotates and completes its daily dance with the Sun. Others build bonfires and spend the day in prayer bowing to what many consider a god – Ra.

Ancient Egyptians worshipped Ra, the Sun god, creator of all things. They believed in the morning when Ra appeared in the East for the sunrise when he rode in a boat named Madjet, which means “becoming strong.” In the evening when he rode into the West for the sunset, the name changed to Semektet, which means “becoming weak,” thus dying and being replaced by the mystical light of the Moon to shine upon the world. Interesting since the Sun, astrologically speaking, represents our external expression, and the Moon represents the embodiment of our internal emotions.

It can be said that the Summer Solstice is a day that truly unifies us as humans living on this incredible planet that is the result of such an intelligent design. It is a day when we celebrate the life-giving energy and abundance of the Sun as we see the crops that were harvested multiply. We pay reverence to its vitality, light and warmth. We dance and sing. We feel alive. Mother Earth is producing and we rejoice!

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