It is the longest night of the year. In the sky of black (with a hint of red) only a single star is visible shining above a single Yule tree standing on a hill in the centre. Below the tree a mother has just given birth to a child.

Yule is a time of promise. In the Pagan story of Yule we are told that it is the time of the birth of the Sun God. This is the divine child of promise, a child of hope, also known as the divine Sun of Righteousness. Our sacred writings also refer to an awaited child, called the "sun of righteousness" or the "sun of justice".

Thus a sun appears above the child in the Yule card illustration.

We ask whether the fulfillment of the Yule story may be seen in the historical birth of this divine child of promise?

To one side three astrologers are standing. One points to the star, another towards the mother and child while the third kneels to present gifts.

This image tells us that there were people in those times from other spiritual traditions who looked to the sky for divine signs, and believing it to be such a sign, followed a star to the find the child and see the fulfillment of this divine promise. Yule is thus a time of promise: the beginning of the keeping of the promise of the divine child.