| Eponalia: 18 Dec. in the Roman Calendar |
Epona on the shadow paths as dwindling daylight fades to longest nights before and after Solstice. These are the paths of transformation, of renewal |
| Solstice = ‘Still Sun’ |
as light shifts slowly from the stillness; Epona opens the way along the paths to another cycle of time, another year |
| Day length hardly moves at solstices, | for light to grow, for green leaves to burst from buds on every bough, from seeds yet to break through sodden soil and spring |
| but changes quickly at equinoxes. | brightly into life again – Bidden out of the dark below by the light of the risen sun. |
Rigantona 