12/18/2025
"As the moon guides me, I embody
the knowing that Nature’s cycles are
my cycles, ancient and intricately
woven into the pattern of all that is."
With each day, we are growing closer to the Winter Solstice here in the Northern Hemisphere. Each solstice is a Cosmic Stillpoint* and Mother Earth’s way of showing us how to be in harmony with the season.
In winter, we stand still and turn inward. It is her way of showing us how to turn away from the crazy, outward movement of our human culture, as we slip gently into that inward place of reflection and self-care so that we may rest, rejuvenate and dream what comes next. It is her way of telling us to turn to Nature as she so beautifully mirrors this wisdom.
As we deepen into the coming Winter Solstice in Capricorn on Saturday, December 21, Vision Weaver speaks.
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On the longest night of the year,
as seeds sleep deep within
the dark moist Mother,
out of the void I step.
Mirroring the essence of the moon,
symbol of my own birth, death and rebirth,
millennia of lunations course through me
as I quietly step fully and completely
into my visceral raw power
and cosmic sovereignty.
Marked by the forest,
my very skin the bark of the
Hallowed Yew, Hemlock and Oak,
I send my roots deep and wide.
As the moon guides me, I embody
the knowing that Nature’s cycles are
my cycles, ancient and intricately
woven into the pattern of all that is.
With golden antlers that reach toward the
stars connecting me to ancient wisdom,
I am a woman who does not fear death,
a woman who goes willing into the depths
submitting to the alchemy of the void.
Death and birth both portals to
my next incarnation.
Light and Dark my alchemy.
The Flower of Life holding the seeds
of all that is yet to come.
Each taking, each giving
whatever I need.
Each time reborn stronger,
I am the Virgin Huntress.
A Woman Unto Herself.
Complete.
Wise.
Sovereign.
Still.
Created from wet, moist, verdant earth
as the Sun enters Capricorn,
I am Daughter of both the
Above and Below.
I AM the Without and Within.
In this time when the Sun stands still
and all outward movement slows, the
quiet, gentle presence of the moon
turns me inward toward the Stillpoint**.
As a hallowed rebirthing comes calling
on this Winter Solstice Eve,
I weave the visions of morning’s light.
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Vision Weaver, Art and Words © Arlene Bailey 2025
*Stillpoint – a term used in different healing modalities to reflect that place where the central nervous system shifts from its usual state of alertness to one of calmness. This allows the natural rhythm that is always occurring within the craniosacral (our above as below) system to ease into a therapeutic standstill.
Note: The original Vision Weaver (writing and art) was birthed on the 2018 potent Full Moon in Cancer opposite the Winter Solstice Capricorn Sun, hence the Full Moon in the art. That was very much MY birthing as I am a Capricorn Sun and a Cancer Full Moon and Vision Weaver my gift!
