On Christmas a white candle is placed in the center.
Lit at midnight (the Midnight Sun, the Holy Child, the Son is born) & lit each day ’til Three Kings Day, January 6th.
Advent begins today, tonight. We light our first candle.

The Jewish Menorah – 8 candled candle holder.
Simultaneously, nearby is the Menorah – the 8 candled candelabra, celebrating Hanukkah, Jewish celebration of Light.
A miracle celebration – one day’s oil for lighting the Temple lamps lasting for 8 days. Thus 8 candles lit on the menorah.
Hanukkah begins Dec. 14, at sunset & lasts for 8 days.
Hanukkah ends on Monday, Dec. 22nd.
Winter Solstice is Sunday, December 21st.
Advent, Hanukkah & Winter Solstice blending together.
For a greater light.

And so, today.
Advent is on my mind today.
And seeking to know & share the deeper meaning of Advent. What does it signify esoterically, on inner levels?
We see with our eyes the making of the wreath& the lighting of the candles, but what is the deeper reality?

Today, Sunday, November 30.
The last day of November.
Today is the first day of Advent, which is Latin for something is about to happen, to appear, something’s coming.
Which is Winter Solstice, the new light for the new year.
And the celebrations of this new light – Hanukkah & Christmas.
The heavens proclaim the news & humanity celebrates.
When there is darkness, we light lamps.
When there is light from the Sun we stand under it.
When the stars shine in the night sky there is wonder & awe
at the beauty of our world. Heaven & Earth together.

The preparations made for the Winter Solstice are deeply esoteric. Whereas Hanukkah is historical (Jewish temple, in the Aries Age), Advent practices are present day teachings (Pisces Age). Preparing for the Aquarian era/Age.

What is being prepared during the 4 weeks of Advent & why?
In our Earth Period, the Aryans (us, the Thinkers) are to prepare our entire body through purification (physical, emotional, mental) so that our aura is filed with the Temple Light.
The forces (fires in the body) are to be lifted up to the heart, to the throat, to the head – the pineal & pituitary (where the M & F forces unite equally. And rest in the 3rd Venticle – the manger, where the Holy Child (lighted field, like a star) rests (glows).

The head, with its thousand petalled lotus is the celestial realm within each of us. This is our Shamballa – the Holy Land within each of us.

Light emanates from the Third Ventricle (our Christmas star) * ot alchemicalizes our body, offering us the gift of becoming a radiant body of light.
The alchemical forces shine in our etheric body, our desire body is purified (a vehicle now for pure love), and our mind is spiritualized.
We are able to “put on the golden wedding garment.”
And approach the manger (the Soul).

This is the Path of the Christ(ian) Mysteries, the last teachings given to humanity during the Piscean Age.

What does it mean?
We learn to follow the glorious star of our own higher nature (the Soul), which guides us along the path to Jerusalem (City of Peace – the heart) & to Bethlehem (Holy Bread – the head, spiritual knowledge).

This Advent state of purification & preparation is completed on the Holy Night of Winter Solstice (when the new light for the new year begins).
We become the Wise Men (filed with gifts for humanity).
We become the shepherds who hear the angels calling us.
We follow them to the stable where the manger is where the Holy Child is resting.

We are also the star.
A triangle of light. We finally understand Winter Solstice & Christmas.
We therefore begin to prepare for that event today.

This is the secret to Advent, the four weeks, Winter Solstice.
Deeply esoteric, hidden & occult.
Only for those who are seeking to know.
And now we know….love, Risa

The astrology today – Sagittarius (4, 5, 6) Sun (2) – the pilgrimage, the seeking, the Journey.
Aries (1/7) moon (4) – initiating the new path of discovery with the new information presented here.

Venus (5) in Scorpio (4) trines Neptune (6) in Pisces (2/6) – the resource of knowledge given to us that is hidden & we value this knowledge & apply it. It is knowledge from the Sagittarius teachers from realms often unseen & unheard of.

Venus enters Sagittarius this afternoon –
We learn the truth (Ray 5, Venus) from our Sagittarius Teachers, Lords of Knowledge. And so we prepare. love, Risa