It’s time to light the fire, make some hot cocoa, and snuggle with someone close while watching the perfect winter movie because the longest night of the year is here. The winter solstice occurs on Wednesday, December 21, 2023.
The winter solstice coincides with the start of the Capricorn season, which means the sun will be shifting into this cardinal, earth sign right as winter officially begins. As a Saturn-ruled zodiac sign, Capricorn is about setting and achieving goals requiring immense discipline and structure. The pragmatic nature of this season will allow each sign to not only set realistic goals but to work toward achieving them – without distractions. Capricorn season is ensuring your discipline will ultimately pay off!
For the winter solstice, the best crystals to work with are red, orange, and yellow crystals that connect you to solar and fire energy. Sit with them in meditation, create a crystal grid, speak your intentions into them, or wear them on your body.
Here at Bee’s Knees Beauty, these are our favorite winter crystals.
Red Garnet: An excellent stone for igniting your passion. Red garnet stimulates and activates the base chakra, promoting safety and security. It stirs up sensual and creative energy in the body, encouraging you to make your own spark this solstice season! Garnet is the birthstone of Capricorn.
Carnelian: This crystal is believed to help activate your sacral chakra, promoting passion, creativity, and self-expression. Carnelian is a fertility crystal, so it brings fertility and abundance into your life, which makes it perfect to work with during the winter solstice, a holiday that celebrates the planting of new seeds, new ideas, new beginnings, and the growth of new life that is to come.
Citrine: This crystal stimulates the solar plexus, promoting presence and joy, and soothing any stress around finances. If you want to attract abundance and prosperity in the year ahead, citrine is the perfect crystal to work with.
As we say farewell to the beautiful fall leaves and the adventures of the Sagittarius season, the spiritual meaning of the 2023 winter solstice will be about preparing for a very ambitious 2024, so get ready!
