SUMMER SOLSTICE ( GESHI ZAZENKAI 夏至 )

During the summer solstice, Geshi, the northern hemisphere is most tilted toward the sun, causing the sun to be at its highest point in the sky and thus leading to the longest day of the solar year.

This cosmic event invites us to reflect in silence on eternal transience, the constant flow of energy, and the ebb and flow of light and darkness. Eastern philosophy represents this natural flow through yin and yang energies, which are particularly noticeable during the changing seasons. Just as we could sense the rise of yang energy from the vernal equinox to the summer solstice, which awakened nature and the lifeblood, so after the summer solstice we can sense the waning of yang and the resurgence of yin energy. Thus, Geshi is like a threshold, heralding the gradual replacement of one energy with another, the transition from light to darkness, and offering a unique…