Şeb-i Arus
17 December 2026 — In the turning of the stars, every soul finds its way to the Beloved.
Şeb-i Arus is a Persian expression, established in Turkish, meaning “wedding night.” It is the name that followers of Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi give to 17 December, the anniversary of his death in Konya in 1273. For the Mevlevis, death is not an ending but the soul’s union with its Creator, so the day is marked with reverence and light rather than sorrow. Every December, Konya hosts sema ceremonies, a ritual in which semazens in white garments whirl in prayerful contemplation to the sound of music. The white robe is said to symbolise a shroud, the tall hat a tombstone, and the turning recalls the movement of celestial bodies around the Sun. The Mevlevi sema ceremony is inscribed on UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The date follows the Gregorian calendar and falls on 17 December each year. On this night the sky is a fitting invitation to remember Rumi’s poetry and the idea that everything in the universe turns in harmony.
Flying across the sky: An ethereal, bluish-silver star figure made of luminous dots and thin lines, like a constellation, slowly turning in place with arms open, one palm raised and one lowered
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