[Seasons: Winter X]
Winter is the darkest season. The sun spends less time in the sky, traveling a lower and therefore shorter arc above the horizon. It rises later and sets later, making days shorter and colder. The opposite is true for the winter moon. Its arc is higher and it stays in the sky longer than in the summer. It is literally brighter at night in the “dead” of winter than in the “height" of summer. For all its darkness, winter has its bright spots.
Spiritual clarity often happens in the middle of life’s winters. Like the moon, insights often hit us when the warmth and glow of living seem to have disappeared. Often our ego shines like the the summer sun; sometimes our capabilities and self-confidence light our entire path. When life feels well lit, illuminating truth is often muddled or missed altogether.
(Aurorus Borealis only occurs in the winter. Consider it a spiritual metaphor.)
