I hope you are well amidst the times we live in.
"Happy Now Here" to you!

I have had people ask me about my phrasing "Happy Now Here" and why I use that instead of "Happy New Year".

Have you noticed that our New Year’s Eve celebration (and “New Year’s Day”) has no connection to anything astronomical, yet is collectively agreed upon by most humans around the world as the turning of the “New Year”?

New Year's Eve & New Years Day both get their power solely from everyone who has consciously or unconsciously agreed to it being so. We make it powerful by agreeing that it is a threshold (which it isn't in any astronomical way other than us saying it is so). Pretty awesome, huh? Just shows you how powerful we are when we decide on something together.

Anyways, there are people who synchronize their New Year to their Lunar Calendar (Jewish, Muslim & Chinese) which changes every year as the Lunar Cycles drift throughout the Solar Year. There are others who synchronize their New Year with the Winter Solstice or Spring Equinox (on the Northern Hemisphere).

I personally have celebrated the Winter Solstice (Northern Hemisphere) as my New Year’s Eve. It is aligned with a cycle connecting our Earth with Our Local Star, the Sun. This feels more real and significant to me. My body physically feels linked to this happening in our Solar System.

I was contemplating why December 31st/January 1st is disconnected from the Solstice, and then I remembered during my studies with the Calendar Change Movement, that it was Pope Gregory the 13th who had changed the formerly known Julian Calendar (adjusted by Julius Caesar), to what we now call the Gregorian calendar, to fix an issue that had caused the calendar days to drift. The most surreal part of implementing the new calendar came in October 1582, when 10 days were dropped from the calendar, ergo… December 21st became December 31st. Pretty fascinating stuff.

Anyways, wishing everyone a Happy Now Here, however you choose to celebrate this time of year and hope you are navigating these times with as much grace as possible.

All Love,
Cornflower