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Winter Solstice
“Man, I can’t get out of bed, what’s the deal?” This was the second thought rolling through my largest organ after I snoozed my alarm and stared at the ceiling around 6:45AM this morning. Despite the fact that 6:45AM is somewhat of an early time to rise, it seemed a bit colder and darker today, on December 22nd. The reason for this slight change in temperature and prolonged darkness was because of yesterday, the Winter Solstice. The Winter Solstice doesn’t just promote a large gathering of pagans and non-pagan spectators at Stonehenge, it marks the first day of winter when the earth’s axial tilt is furthest away from the sun. This means the northern hemisphere will start to have shorter days and longer nights, and if we lived in less than modern times we would have slaughtered all our livestock to conserve farm food and stock up on meat, and the fermenting of wine and beer would have come to a halt just in time for the cold winter season. The Winter Solstice, along with it’s twin sister season, Miss Winter, marks a time of rebirth and merriment, hence international winter holidays and the celebration of a new year; a rebirth of the sun.
Druids at Stonehenge on Winter Solstice
Pagans and Mother Earth
Surya; Hinduism's solar personification
Caribbean sun god
“Man, I can’t get out of bed, what’s the deal?” This was the second thought rolling through my largest organ after I snoozed my alarm and stared at the ceiling around 6:45AM this morning. Despite the fact that 6:45AM is somewhat of an early time to rise, it seemed a bit colder and darker today, on December 22nd. The reason for this slight change in temperature and prolonged darkness was because of yesterday, the Winter Solstice. The Winter Solstice doesn’t just promote a large gathering of pagans and non-pagan spectators at Stonehenge, it marks the first day of winter when the earth’s axial tilt is furthest away from the sun. This means the northern hemisphere will start to have shorter days and longer nights, and if we lived in less than modern times we would have slaughtered all our livestock to conserve farm food and stock up on meat, and the fermenting of wine and beer would have come to a halt just in time for the cold winter season. The Winter Solstice, along with it’s twin sister season, Miss Winter, marks a time of rebirth and merriment, hence international winter holidays and the celebration of a new year; a rebirth of the sun.
Druids at Stonehenge on Winter Solstice
Pagans and Mother Earth
Surya; Hinduism's solar personification
Caribbean sun god
Ra
osechi; New Year's food
Amaterasu; Shinto's sun goddess
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