Days of the solstice and equinox: numbers, dates, what is different, how many are there in a year, what folk festivals at that time? Processes and phenomena on the day of the autumnal equinox and the winter solstice: how to use to harmonize your life?

The significance of the days of the solstice and equinox in the ancestors of the Slavs. Traditions, rites, conspiracies for these days.

Children are like their parents not only in appearance, but also in their lifestyle. So we, the descendants of the Slavs, even unconsciously feel the importance of those or other dates, we perform mini-rituals, utter conspiracy words.

No matter how technical progress does not lead us away from nature and its processes, genetic memory works on the days of solstices and equinoxes.

We feel the need to communicate with trees, plants, birds and animals, ponds, mountains.

Until now, in 100% pure form rites of ancestors and the significance of these holidays have not reached. History was copied many times, artificial traditions were layered, the ages changed each other.

And yet, we collect the bits of knowledge from the traditions of the peoples of the world, noting their commonness and intelligence.

Continuing the theme of the equinoxes and solstices, let us delve into their ritual component today.

What is the difference between the days of the solstice and the days of the equinox?

a voluminous picture of the sun and the month - the personification of a change of day and night with equinoxes and solstices

There are several differences: the

• is the time of the year. Solstices we observe in diametrically opposite natural conditions - in winter and in summer. While the equinoxes under milder climatic conditions - in spring and autumn,
• the duration of day and night. During the equinoxes they are the same. At the solstices - essentially differ,
• by the position of the sun above the horizon. At solstices, it occupies either the highest or the lowest point. In the equinoxes, the sun is located in the middle between them,
• by the thermal activity of the sun's rays. During periods of the equinoxes, a hot planet evenly disperses them for the hemisphere into which it moves. At the solstices we fix either a maximum or a minimum of solar heat,
• the position of the sun at the zenith. With solstices, we see it in the tropics at 23.5 ° north or south latitude. With equinoxes, the sun is strictly observed by the inhabitants of the equatorial region of our planet.

What is the summer and winter solstice?

collage from a photo about the solstices of the sun and their celebration

Depending on the year, the dates of the solstices are slightly shifted.

And also take into account your geographical location. The most common dates and times are the Greenwich Mean Time. Therefore, for your locality, consider yourself a correct date. If the coordinates of your city east of Greenwich, take away the clock. If to the west - add.

Take into account the hemisphere of the planet before the date of this or that solstice:

• in the northern - in June summer, in December winter
• in the south - on the contrary

For the northern hemisphere solstice:

• summer falls on 20/21 June
• winter - 21/22 December

What is the date of the spring and autumn equinox?

collage of drawings and photos devoted to the equinoxes and their celebration

All the nuances listed in the section above are relevant for determining the date of the equinoxes in a particular year. Therefore in the northern hemisphere of the planet they are marked:

• spring - March 20/21
• autumn - September 22/23

Solstice and equinox days: what do they mean in the opinion of our ancestors of the Slavs?

glorious in national clothes meets the sunrise during the summer solstice

Our ancestors had deep and harmonious knowledge, they knew how to live in harmony with nature, living beings, the cosmos. It is interesting that modern scientists, astronomers, weather forecasters realize only scanty shares of 1% of those knowledge.

• Days of solstices and equinoxes are not only cosmic relations of two planets. These phenomena have a deeper sacral meaning.
• The vernal equinox marked the arrival of a new harvest year for the Slavs and the time to enter the field. Winter retreated before the warmth of the spring sun.

In the days of the equinox, the Slavs especially revered the ancestors who left the world of Navi. It was believed that these days they fly to descendants in the bodies of birds. Because the latter must have fed enough.

• There was another belief with birds. On the day of the spring equinox they arrived from the south, but larks were especially revered. They are the messengers of spring. Each hostess attracted them, baking sweet cookies in the form of birds. And the children climbed trees, other high places, sang songs and ate these cookies.
• Eaten whole baked lark, except for the head. It was given to mothers or crushed by birds.

The vernal equinox day was valuable for programming your destiny for good. Especially people with fire signs of the zodiac.

The vernal equinox consisted of 2 days:

• of Vesta, the goddess of spring
• Maslenitsa

Mistresses attracted sunlight through baking pancakes, biscuits with the corresponding signs of a roast luminary.

In the evening, everyone should sacrifice a straw doll in a sacrificial fire, which was surely mentioned for the health and well-being of the whole family. Then they jumped through a special fire to cleanse the body and soul from accumulated diseases.

Slavs are assembled in the morning for the celebration of the summer solstice, drawing

The summer solstice is still celebrated in a number of countries. Our ancestors celebrated the birthday of Perun, one of the most formidable gods. He personified the summer sun in the form of a mature man.

Until that date, it was necessary to plant and plant all field crops to maximize them. After the summer solstice, their growth stopped. Plants developed from those stocks of valuable substances that they had accumulated.

Slavs on the summer solstice:

• were looking for a blossoming fern
• they were letting wreaths for fortune-telling about marriage
• they were collecting herbs for medicinal purposes
• revered the sun with round dances, songs, the launch of a burning wheel from the mountain

a rowan branch before gathering for decorating a house for the autumn equinox

Autumn equinox especiallywas revered by the Slavs mainly as a harvest festival and thanks to nature and the gods for it. Our ancestors knew that the life force of plants turns into seeds and fruits.

On this day:

• celebrated the end of agricultural work,
• threshed grain, especially from the first sheaf. From him they baked a loaf, which they ate on the same day,
• collected mushrooms,
• burned the dry grass,
• unmarried girls guessed at the condemned,
• weddings were played. It was believed that the young family would live happily if they combined their fates with a girl on the day of the autumnal equinox,
• baked a loaf of human growth that the whole village ate during the holiday,
• jumped over the fire to purify the soul from the dark and evil,
• was adornedhouses with rowan branches. They protected from the forces of evil and darkness until the spring of all family members,
• sacrificed to the gods a straw bird. She personified the departure of their ancestors to Iri until spring.

bright sun on the winter solstice

The winter solstice has a contradictory glory. On the one hand - the joy of starting the addition of the length of the day after it, of fortune-telling and merry folk festivals, on the other - superstitions and fear associated with the longest night of the year.

Our ancestors treated the winter solstice as a time when everything in nature slows down and stops for a moment before starting a new cycle. And in order not to get stuck during the stop, they burned fires all night and stayed awake until dawn. So the Slavs helped the young sun to gain strength and conquer the darkness.

According to legend, the glorious god Perun on this day freed all the ancestors of the Slavs from the heat when they defeated the beast of Scepter in a fair fight. Therefore, the veneration of ancestors is an obligatory action on the day of the winter solstice.

3 days before and 12 after the winter solstice were considered by our ancestors blissful time for:

• physical healing
• spiritual development
• harmonization of life in all areas
• building intentions for next year for myself, family and people

They celebrated the New Year, tying him withthe beginning of the processes of awakening nature and all the best in man.

What national holidays are celebrated at this time?

girls start wreaths at Kupala - on the day of the summer solstice

On the days of solstices and equinoxes, the Slavs celebrated a lot of holidays. The last lasted not one day, but the whole week, had their names, for example, Rusal, Kolyadki.

On the autumnal equinox there were such holidays:

• of the harvest, or Radogoshch, or Ovsene
• Fyokla-Zarevnitsa
• Razbinkinas of the name day of the
• For the winter solstice:
  • Karachun
  • birthday Kolyada, Kolyaden
  • Solstice
  • Christmas tree

  vernal equinox:

  • Magpies
  • Redridge, or Maslenitsa
  • day Vesta, the goddess of spring
  • Great day

  And for the summer solstice:

  • Bathed
  • birth of the god Horsa / Perun
  • Rusalai

  Processes andphenomena on the day of the autumnal equinox and the winter solstice: how to use to harmonize your life?

  A change of seasons - winter for spring, drawing

  A person does not close himself and his family, he is a particle of the planet and the cosmos. Therefore, it is especially sensitive to any changes in them.

  The winter solstice is characterized by a number of phenomena:

  • the sun occupies a place on the equator of the galaxy and is transmitted to our planet by powerful energy flows from there,
  • it reaches the constellation of Aquarius. This sign is especially revered by both ancestors and contemporaries. It embodies the craving for knowledge, progress and development, the
  • is periodically a parade of planets. Depending on its composition, their energies are directed at us, connected together in a powerful stream.

  Harmonize their lives during the winter solstice with the help of:

  • physical and mental cleansing practices and
  • meditation procedures pronunciation special mantras and prayers
  • recording desires and intentions for the coming year
  • manufacturing amulets for themselves, family, home
  • participation in mass celebrations incircle of like-minded people outdoors
  • getting rid of all unnecessary things, objects, emotions, words and habits

  Autumn equinox awakens in a person:

  • gratitude to the earth andNature for a bountiful harvest
  • processes that lead to balance internal and external life
  • preparation for the period of cold weather
  • need to make preparations for the winter, adjusted for the period of spiritual development

  beneficial because on the day of the autumn equinox following classes:

  • utter thanksgiving prayers, mantras to the gods, nature and ancestors,
  • clean the physical space of the house and body, thin its shells,
  • light candles,
  • guess at the marriage, if you are not there yet,
  • participate in mass walks of like-minded people in nature. For women, it is especially beneficial to stay near the reservoir,
  • arrange natural amulets in and around the house.

  12 days after the solstice: what wishes can be thought of?

  girl makes wishes after the day of the solstice

  People do not know how to live without desires. And it is better to guess them at the right time, which are the days of solstices, especially the winter solstices. It is closer to the New Year, which is familiar to us, and therefore contributes to summing up the results of the lived months and building new intentions for the next. That is, 12 days after the winter solstice symbolize 12 months of the year.

  You should know that in addition to recording your dreams, watch yourself:

  • thoughts and experiences
  • words
  • actions and behavior
  • events in your life and family / friends

  Make sure until the day of the winter solstice clean up the housing and blockages of your soul from all obsolete,unnecessary. Thank all people, events for lessons and leave in the past. After this, proceed to the formation of desires.

  All of the above will make up the pattern, dynamics, fullness of your next year by months. Interestingly, the 10th day of planning falls on January 1.So think about whether you need October, which will fall out of life next year after a merry New Year's feast.

  beautiful handmade bouquet with candles - housing decoration on the winter solstice day

  Let's note a number of important moments when making wishes and dreams after the day of the winter solstice.

  • Concentrate on your true desires, not imposed by society. Eliminate the material "Wishlist".
  • Formulate dreams correctly. Not just in the style of "I want", but for what, that the realization of this will give me for the development of personality / soul.

  Some examples:

  • to get a car to spend more time with family / parents / grandparents,
  • to visit specific holy places of India / Russia, pray there about their relatives / friends,
  • to visit Bali, go barefoot arounda specific sacred place,
  • read such and such scriptures in order to understand something,
  • to harmonize their lives, saying goodbye to such harmful habits,
  • to develop femininity through oriental dancing, handicraftLiem,
  • write a book about something that could be helpful in such a people.

  If you have not done this before, read the books of well-known authors who understand the topic. Their practical advice will help launch your imagination and mind.

  Rituals and conspiracies in the equinox and solstice

  the girl holds a ritual to attract love and utters the necessary conspiracy on the night of the winter solstice

  The winter solstice period is perhaps the most mystical from the point of view of making wishes and saying goodbye to obsolete things / situations. We offer several rituals.

  Ritual with a sheet of paper:

  • divide it in half,
  • in one part write everything you want to part with, in the second - what to draw into your life,
  • go out, tear off the part of the sheet where you indicated the list for parting. Rip it into small pieces and develop it in the wind,
  • attach the second part of the sheet to the mirror, in which every morning, see
  • for the next 12 days in the morning and evening read aloud such a plot:
    "The rainbow day blossoms, in happiness the door opens to me. What I want - everything I get, I let my love into life. "

  Pray for the welfare of the entire planet and every living being. Below is the text:

  the text of the prayer for mankind and the planet on the day of the winter solstice.

  . Also spend the ritual on welfare, attraction of monetary energy:

  • put 9 coins on a tray
  • light candles
  • say the words
    "From this day the day comes, raining on my money. With sunlight, let the wealth come! »
  • decorate the Christmas tree with red toys and golden tinsel
  • during the pronunciation of the words of the conspiracy the pink candle should burn.

  Create amulets from the interlacing of threads. The more nodules performed in a creative mood, the more good and well-being will enter your life.

  autumn equinox - cornucopia for those who harmonize their lives

  Although the autumnal equinox is the starting point for increasing the duration of the night, our ancestors performed a series of rituals to harmonize life, and conspired. For example:

  • for marriage. The girl should have washed before the dawn of the day following the autumn equinox. Then it is exactly until the next fall will zasvatan,
  • for the house wove talismans from wheat ears, potassium, rowan, pine branches. Connected with a red thread and hung above the front door until the next autumn equinox,
  • cleans up the space of the house and life. It was conducted by burning out obsolete things / objects.

  And the plots say:

  texts of plots on the day of the autumn equinox

  The vernal equinox bears the power of rebirth and faith in the light forces. Therefore, the rituals on:

  • will be relevant to attracting the welfare of
  • farewell to the past - emotions, events, people
  • cherished desire

  Below in the picture description of some:

  rites and conspiracies for the vernal equinox

  On the summer solstice, the sun has the maximum healing power. Therefore, the rituals are beneficial on:

  • health promotion related to the gathering of grasses
  • protecting oneself with the help of self-made amulets and amulets
  • attracting love and its strengthening if you are already married
  • getting hints about future events in life, for example, with the help of fortune telling
  • cleansing all thin bodies. Perform it in the evening, jumping over the fire

  Below in the pictures a few examples of rituals and conspiracies during the summer solstice.

  some rituals and plots on the day of the summer solstice

  Our ancestors were extremely cautious in words and thoughts. They weighed what they were about to say, for the benefit of the addressee. Therefore, be careful when performing rites with conspiracies. Follow the principle of "do no harm".

  So, we got to know each of the days of the equinox and solstice, their meaning, strength and content. We learned to make wishes, to perform rites correctly.

  Open your heart. Feel them the importance and significance of events in these important days of the year. Learn to love nature and people!

  Video: the power of life. Summer Solstice Practices