Yule occurs on the Winter Solstice December 21 or 22. This is the time of year when the sun is at its lowest point in the sky (Northern Hemisphere). The sun will only rise higher and higher in the sky from this point onward. The sun's light is growing as each day passes after this one, this holiday is celebrated as the birth of the sun. This also marks the beginning of Winter.
The waning (diminishing) sun is overtaken by the waxing (increasing) sun, thus the days become longer after the victory of The Oak King over his twin The Holly King. It is at Yule that the Goddess gives birth to the sun. In this aspect, the God represents hope in the coming cold of Winter it the is promise that spring lies ahead.
Yule is a time when we do Rituals and celebrate the increasing daylight, to renew, and to see the world through the eyes of a child. Spells done at Yule tend to raise our spirits, and bring harmony, peace, and joy. During Yule we see the wisdom of past experience begin to glimmer. The experiences we yielded over the harvest season of the times gone past begin to be reborn as wisdom, new light, to guide us further down the Paths we have chosen. Most of the customs, lore, symbols, and rituals associated with "Christmas" actually are linked to Winter Solstice celebrations of ancient Pagan cultures.
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