“Winter is a teacher of vulnerability.”This year a raw and unbridled winter has descended on America. All over the world, celebrations of light dot the winter darkness like stars. In the Chinese conception of time, the winter solstice is the apex of yin energy and the destructive forces of fall and winter, said Jonathan Pettit, assistant professor of Chinese religions at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. “The winter solstice marks the point in time where the generative and creative powers of our universe start to return and grow again,” he said. Each year the winter solstice comes with the promise that the next day will be brighter.

Source: New York Times December 20, 2020 07:52 UTC