21 this year; winter solstice is one of the four cardinal ingresses and is extremely significant as it marks the re-birth of the light, the time when the Sun begins to increase in light after the shortest day and longest night.
Winter Solstice
Two years ago, my Dad -- my first love and a soul mate -- died in early June, and then my sister had a child on Winter Solstice. That ... Read More
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Winter Solstice - this indicates the closing of the yearlong cycle. Ponder what has passed, reflecting on the major events in your life, and project your thoughts into the future.
Winter Solstice, Newgrange
The Solstices
Rob Tillett, one of the founders of Astrology on the Web, discusses the Solstices, which, along with the Equinoxes, mark the four great arms of the Cardinal Cross in the tropical year.
The Winter Solstice (the shortest day) occurs on 21 December 2004 at 12h 41m GMT as the sun enters the zodiac sign of Capricorn.
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Signs Ascendant Planets Nodes Houses Glyphs Elements Qualities Aspects Systems ...
Since winter solstice is relatively lifeless, it symbolises all that is changeless, formless, concealed, potential.
Now at the winter solstice 1996 Mercury and Pluto were in semisquare. Their midpoint was squared by Mars, a planet often denoting trauma. Since this configuration had worldwide significance, interested parties would seek to localise it.
Yule, or the winter solstice, when we celebrate the birth of the Sun God to Mother Earth and Father Time, was borrowed for the birthday of the Christian Jesus. Most Christian scholars agree that Jesus was actually born in the spring.
December 23 (Winter solstice) - January 20
January 15 - February 12
January 19 - February 16 ...
Yule - The winter solstice and the shortest day of the year, Yule is when the goddess gives birth to the god. This is also the Norse New Year.
The position of winter solstice sun within 3 degrees of the Galactic Center in the year 2012 A.D. (a 'once-in-a-precessional-cycle' event) may provide the eschatological end point of the theory of time known as Time Wave Zero.
30 Stars from Birs-Nimroud "at least as old as 3,000 BC" written in Babylonian cuneiform and copied from an even older tablet, starts with the Urn of Aquarius and ends with the Sea-Goat, an order that dates it to the time when the winter solstice, ...
In other words, it equates to the Winter Solstice in December that relates to (in tropical western astrology) the sun's entrance into Capricorn; the peak of immersion into, or manifestation of, ...
December 2012 is notable because the winter solstice will be harmonizing with the galactic center at that time, which falls in 6 degrees of Sagittarius in a zodiacal constellation known as Mula.
From its low point at the winter solstice š, the light force waxes through the vernal equinox ' to its maximum at the summer solstice ".
Meanwhile, Pluto is in the neighborhood of the winter solstice degree (the topic for another newsletter), and Mars lines up directly across from it on 9/21, 1/2 and 3/7, ...
And the Sun's declination will continue to increase in south declination until it reaches 0 Capricorn, December 21, and the winter solstice. 0 degrees of Cancer and Capricorn are called the Solstice Points.
During their age, the winter solstice occurred within Capricorn. On this date, many cultures of the ancient world would perform elaborate rituals and carry out sacrifices.
At both Vernal and Spring Equinox, the SUN is at 0 Declination, at Winter Solstice, the Sun is at 23 degrees 26 minutes North, or conjunct the Tropic of Cancer.
the Greeks celebrated it at the Winter Solstice, as did the Romans with a festival dedicated to Saturn - the Saturnalia.
The ecliptic circle on the rete is offset so it just touches the Tropic of Capricorn at the summer solstice and touches the Tropic of Cancer at the winter solstice.
Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanza, Yule Tide, Winter Solstice, New Year, whatever. It is that time of year when we can use all of the help that we can get.
(hence Tropic of Cancer) now takes place when the Sun is between Taurus and Gemini; at the Autumnal Equinox, marking the beginning of Libra, the Sun is aligned with the stars between the constellations of Leo and Virgo, and at the Winter Solstice, ...
The Chinese New Year begins on the second or third new moon after the Winter Solstice. Each new year comes under the influence of an animal in the Chinese zodiac. Here is a list of these animals and the years they rule.
The highest north declination of the Sun is 23 degrees 27 minutes, which it attains at the summer solstice the 21st of June, and at the winter solstice on the 21st of December it is in the corresponding degree, ...
antiscia : A degree and its antiscion are equidistant from a particular reference point such as the MC-IC or summer-winter solstice axis and are called antiscia.
aphelion : The point in a planet's orbit that is most distant from the Sun.
time when the Sun is at its greatest northern or southern declination. Summer solstice 0 degrees Cancer, Winter solstice at 0 degrees Capricorn
Square
An aspect of 90 degrees ...
Solstice: The sun appears to stand still at the summer solstice marked by 0 degrees Cancer and then again at the winter solstice marked by 0 degrees Capricorn. The solstices mark the beginning of summer and winter.
antiscia From the Greek, literally shadows on the other side, opposite shadows; mirror or reflection points. A degree and its antiscion are equidistant from a particular reference point such as the MC-IC or summer-winter solstice axis.
The longest day of the occurs at summer solstice (first day of summer) as the Sun moves at its slowest rate; the winter solstice marks the shortest day of the year as the Sun reaches its fastest rate of travel.
The Winter Solstice takes place when the Sun enters Capricorn just prior to Christmas and the night hours are at their maximum. Note that each modality, mode or triplicity has a zodiacal sign from each quadruplicity or element.
phase represents the very beginning of the planting cycle, when the seed sends forth it's tender shoot while still underground. This is a tentative moment, with the outcome still very much in doubt. This phase also corresponds to the Winter Solstice ...
The darkest time of the year is the Winter Solstice, which correlates with the New Moon and Midnight.
k.a. Heliogabalus, incorporated the Sun into his name, and Aurelian established Deus Sol Invictus, the Unconquered Sun, as Rome's supreme deity with a feast day on the winter solstice, 25 December.[15] ...
might take less than 2 hours to do the same; because northern latitudes like Toronto's are tilted away from the narrow band the constellations appear to move in (the zodiac), at any time of year except the day of the Summer or Winter Solstice ...
Aries marks the beginning of the Spring Equinox, Libra the Autumn Equinox, Cancer the Summer solstice and Capricorn the Winter Solstice. All these are phases in the Earth-Sun cycle. Thus, the Signs do reflect the Earth character.
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