The Holy Merge: Yule and Christmas at the Turning of the Year.

Tonight, December 24th 2025, is the celebration of Christmas Eve. At this sacred turning

of the year, we arrive at a meeting point shaped by centuries of prayer, ritual, and remembrance.

Yule and Christmas, though born from different traditions, now rest together in the same

season, woven into a single holy passage where darkness gives way to light, and devotion

learns to take new forms.

Yule is one of the oldest seasonal rites known to humanity, rooted in the Winter Solstice and observed across Northern Europe long before recorded history. Celebrated around December 20th to 23rd, Yule honored the longest night of the year and the rebirth of the Sun. Fires were

lit, evergreen branches brought indoors, and the Yule log burned as a symbol of protection, continuity, and life returning from the depths of winter. This was not a celebration of excess,

but of endurance, faith, and trust in unseen renewal.

Yule warms the hearth where ancient light is remembered, a promise carried through the longest night. Christmas answers with tender birth and quiet grace, love returning to the world made new.

Yule carries the wisdom of the earth itself. It is a festival born from watching the sky, the trees,

the animals, and the long arc of the Sun. In Yule, the sacred is not distant or abstract, it lives in

the land. The evergreen branches symbolize life that does not surrender to winter, the candles honor the returning light, and the gathering around the hearth reminds us that survival has

always depended on community, ritual, and shared warmth. Yule teaches reverence for cycles, patience with darkness, and trust in slow renewal.

Centuries later, Christmas emerged within the Christian tradition as the celebration of the

birth of Ascended Master Lord Jesus Christ, observed on December 25th. While the historical

date of his birth remains unknown, the timing itself carries profound symbolism. Lord Jesus

arrives as light born into darkness, consciousness incarnated through humility, compassion,

and love. Over time, the Christian celebration absorbed many of the solstice customs, greenery, candles, feasting, and sacred gathering, creating a bridge between ancient earth wisdom and spiritual revelation.

Christmas carries a devotion centered in the heart. It speaks of love made flesh, of divinity choosing closeness rather than distance. The Christ story invites mercy, forgiveness, and

service, reminding us that light arrives through compassion and tenderness. Christmas transforms the cosmic promise of renewal into an intimate act, asking each soul to become

a vessel for compassion and presence.

In this way, Yule and Christmas did not replace one another, they merged. One honors the

turning of nature, the other the awakening of the heart. Together, they tell a single story, that

light is never absent, even at its quietest point, and that love is renewed not through conquest,

but through care.

Within this holy window, Venus also crosses an important threshold. On December 24th, Christmas Eve, Venus enters Capricorn, joining the Sun and Mars already there. Venus in

Capricorn expresses love through responsibility, loyalty, and devotion. This is affection that

shows up, that protects, that builds slowly and intentionally. It mirrors the deeper meaning

of both Yule and Christmas, love made real through presence, commitment, and endurance.

As Venus transitions from Sagittarius into Capricorn, she also forms a square to Neptune in Pisces. This aspect softens the heart and stirs longing, memory, and spiritual sensitivity. It can heighten idealism and tenderness, while also asking for discernment. Under this sky, we are invited to ground our dreams, to love with clarity as well as compassion, and to release illusions that

cannot support us. Faith becomes something lived, not imagined.

Yule reminds us that life continues beneath the snow. Christmas reminds us that love incarnates through the human heart. Venus in Capricorn teaches us how to honor both, by choosing devotion over fantasy, and care over escape. In this union of traditions and stars, the season becomes

a quiet altar where old wisdom and new light kneel together.

May devotion move through you as both warmth and strength, and let the light you carry be

lived through patience, truth, and love.

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Much love to all, Valentina.