Solstice Full Info

The Annual

Winter Solstice Ceremony 2025

‘Anchoring the Divine Feminine’

Sunday December 21, from 12:30 – 3:00 pm

At America’s Stonehenge, NH

Facilitated by Katja Esser

Solstice moment Sunday December 21 at 10.05 am. Sunrise 7:10 am, Sunset 4:14 pm

There is some preparation involved that takes some introspection that you want to be aware of and work with in the weeks leading up to this ceremony, see the instructions below on ‘What to prepare for and bring’. This is an outdoor event.

Winter has arrived, as the earth has been blanketed in her fluffy garment and the first deep arctic breath howls over her. December fifth is the beginning of mid-winter which in Europe gets celebrated as St Nicolas and will last till January the sixth, celebrated as Epiphany of which the solstice at its center is the turning point. The movement of the sun is slowing down as the days barely get shorter anymore of which the sunset has already reached its earliest sunset, time which brings us to the darkest time of the year. We enter womb time, dream time. Solstice, sun-stand-still, this is the moment when the sun appears to stand still for about 8 days. Christmas, the celebration of the returning light, is the day that the sun will make its first move to the North again and the days gradually get longer. In the moment of deepest darkness the seed of light is born. The solstice is preceded on the 19th with the dark of the moon when 3I/Atlas passes closest to the earth. The void, black holes, being in the dark, in the emptiness, and stillness are the energies present right now and we are encouraged to tap into these as we prepare for this huge portal of birth where we move from separation into union, where we begin to remember who we truly are, and when the divine feminine is being restored to her full expression. Since the March Equinox, with the ending of the Kali Yuga, the age of forgetting, we have been in the womb for 9 months, dismantling and purging the old and dreaming the new.

The Earth is going through its own birthing and cleansing process. There will be more volcanic eruptions and seismic activities as all is being re-calibrated. We have to remember that our soul is eternal. This is the moment to look at our attachments and the ways we have suppressed our own divine feminine, intuitive abilities, creativity, and imagination. She lives in all of us. We look at our patterns and habits that are still in the way of knowing our true self. We are at the end of a 9 year (adding the numbers of 2025) which is considered the number of completion and endings. What are you not bringing into the new year, into the future you are dreaming. What losses of the old ways need to be grieved and acknowledged. We are supported by 3I/Atlas bringing with it a wave of love, energies, minerals, and elements to upgrade, renew, and heal our planet. We will be greatly expanding this process by focusing on what is happening in our environment that shows this change in awareness, that display acts of love, and compassion. This is the first wave of expanding light and love that comes into this planet with 3I/Atlas. In the next four years several more waves give us opportunities to shift our consciousness in a big way.

According to the Dagara people of West Africa, we are coming to the end of this earth year in which a lot of form has been dismantling. It has been a womb time. We are now moving into a water year supporting the energies of the divine feminine to be expressed. Bringing a gentleness, more love, clarity, feeling, and flow. It will be a good counter point as in February we enter the year of the fire horse and a lot of planets move into fire. It will be interesting how that plays out as we move through rapid changes.

The Intention:

All the pieces of this particular time were present in the shell divination I did. There was a triangle between the divine feminine, emerging from the deep muddy water and half buried under big open shells, the divine masculine in fire pointing to our ancient ancestral and galactic roots, and the doll in resistance to its own essential self with at the center in earth the relationship ring on top of a feather, showing the divine union/marriage, an awakening and setting us free from the oppression of our divine feminine nature that is going to be anchored upon earth. The medicine ring in nature was right next to it with a healing bone on top, restoring our relationship with spirit and our intuitive abilities. But a jumble of shells mostly down and big, were between the doll and the rings indicating that there are still patterns, behaviors, and a plate too full that stand in the way of realizing this union within ourselves. The nature stone and our higher self were in the midst to remind us of our divine nature and essential self. The deep water stone in the middle of it was here to help dissolve the things that stand in the way. The ring in the center symbolized the portal we are going through as well and the image of the vesica piscis comes to mind. In mineral we remember to speak with clarity and insights from higher guidance. There were many parts to this divination that hinted to paying attention to our dreams for their trans-formative abilities, to dream big for our future, the wave of love emerging from the realm of water, and the remembering who we truly are anchored in mineral and expressed through nature.

What to gather, create at home, and bring to our ceremonial time together

– Please, read carefully through these instructions, we are in winter time and we will not have the warm hands to fuss with this on sight.

– Please, get a natural de-composable string ( twine, hemp, cotton, or yarn) about a yard long. Make individual knots for each pattern, behavior, attachment, or thing that is in the way of us remembering who we truly are or that feels complete and we do not want to bring that into our future dream, and that we are ready to release.

– Please, create a circle from a flexible life branch that creates a diameter of 8 inches, Please, stay as close to this dimension as you can as it has to work with everybody’s circle. You may go gradually along the wood to gently flex it on the inside of the bend holding your thumbs underneath it to support the wood so it does not snap, breaking the stiffness just a little bit so it becomes bendable. If the wood is stiffer you can soak it in warm water to make it more bendable. If you have the right length of wood you can just have it stay in its form without needing to tie it. The thicker the wood on the bottom the harder it is to bend and it will not make a nice circle. Find the right thickness so it will be able to bend. The more you can curve the wood around it the more even the circle becomes.

– Please, create a second string of about 1 ½ yard for all the ways you recognize where you suppressed your own divine feminine energy. Aspects of the divine feminine are feeling, intuition, creativity, imagination, nurturing, healing, wisdom, receptivity, empathy, compassion, nature, cycles of life and death, midwifing, sensuality, connectivity, restoration, fluidity, spiritual connection, introspection, and a deep connection with the earth, water, and the moon, to just mention a few aspects of the parts that express our feminine nature. Make knots for all these individual aspects of suppression. Once complete, wrap this around the wooden circle with the intention how you like to see these parts coming into balance in your life. You may want to keep a journal to write these insights down. Leave about 8 inch of the string on both ends dangling as you come around the circle and tie a knot to keep it in place. We need that extra piece of string so things can be tied to it. You can make your string longer if you need to as long as you leave the two 8 inch pieces on the end.

– Please, make a star shape out of a paper plate or stiff paper about 6 inches maximum dimension that is natural and de-composable. We are star beings here to birth into our galactic consciousness. Write or draw your future you have been dreaming as you enter into a much greater expression of your self. Puncture two small holes about an inch apart into the center so a string can be pulled through it.

– Please, bring a blanket and a pad/chair to sit on. We need the blanket for ritual purpose.

– Please, bring a candle in a cup/holder so it does not drip over your hand and can stand up and not fall over.

– Please, bring a rose

– Please, bring your drums, bells or sound makers.

– Please, bring nourishing non-gmo finger food to share for after the ceremony or a warm beverage with cups and take care of your own water to drink.

#af2812;”>– Please, dress warmly, have good warm foot ware and gloves. We have only a chimenea for warmth. It is easier to shed clothes if needed. Remember the temperatures drop at the end. Participants that get cold will focus on staying warm and not on the ceremony and that is a loss.

– Please, share this information and bring a friend.

Katja Esser guides you through this very participatory ritual. In the spirit of co-creation and our own evolution, the ceremony grows to new heights when you bring your items and participation to it. The ceremonies go deeper each year as they are built on each previous one. The unfolding of the ceremony creates the sacred space, in which we give more meaning to the details of the ceremony. What you bring creates the magnificence of this ceremony as each contribution makes up the whole. Please, make sure to do your best to bring your items and do not let the not fulfilling of these items deter you from coming. Some may bring some extra. Come early if you still need time to work on your items or want to help in the set up.

Location and cost:

America’s Stonehenge are privately owned but is open to the public and is in operation under the dedicated care of the Stone family. The entry fee is $18.00 for adults and tickets can be purchased on site as well as their online store: https://stonehengeusa.square.site/. There is an additional suggested donation of $8, cash or check, if you can or more at the ritual site to support this ceremonial work. Make sure you leave enough time less than 10 min. based on your ability to walk to the ‘Landing’ so we can start the ceremony on time which is crucial in winter time. Ask at the visitor center to direct you to this location. Physical address is 105 Haverhill Road, Salem, New Hampshire 03079

Who to contact:

Please, kindly respond if you plan to attend, contact Katja on Facebook or better through email: katjacreates@ritualexpressions.com I do not own a cell phone nor would I respond to responses after 9 am on the day of the event. Just to know that there is always room. I need to have a sense of numbers of people coming so I can adjust the ceremony to the number of people that are present and I can notify you if there are last minute unexpected changes in weather or other. You can find more info on Katja by exploring this website. This info is also posted on Facebook and at America’s Stonehenge website Stonehengeusa.com.

Filming and Photographing:

I am asking participants not to film or photograph during ceremony. It is fine before and after the ceremony but not during the ceremony. Some things belong to the world of spirit. In case of snowy or freezing conditions the ceremony will be held on zoom in the evening.