Happy Winter Solstice everyone

[Apech]

[Marblehead]

Yes, that is today, isn't it? Happy back at cha.

[ChiDragon]

It's on Monday the 22nd of December for the Solar Year.
It's the first of the eleventh month in the Lunar Year.

Edited December 21, 2014 by ChiDragon

[soaring crane]

the tween times are here again

 

[Marblehead]

December Solstice in Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.A. is on
Sunday, December 21, 2014 at 6:03 PM EST

 

Mine is less than two hours away.

 

Tomorrow will be the first full day of the new solar year.

[Marblehead]

the tween times are here again

Move to the right just a tad and take that picture again please.

[Apech]

December Solstice 21 Dec 23:03 for me ... that's in about 45 mins.

[Nungali]

Six months away for me.

[thelerner]

, I've got 13 minutes til Solstice. omigosh, what do i do?? now 12..

 

maybe a really long, good nights sleep is most appropriate.

Edited December 21, 2014 by thelerner

[Apech]

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Edited December 21, 2014 by Apech

[BaguaKicksAss]

Mine was about an hour and a half ago, but it's going to have to wait, until everyone gets here, the feast is served and we have cast the rectangle (forget circles) .

[Marblehead]

Six months away for me.

Hehehe. Yeah, you up side down people are different, aren't you?

[Nungali]

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Is this the absolute point of the solstice ?

[Nungali]

Hehehe. Yeah, you up side down people are different, aren't you?

 

 

Not at all Mr Marbles ; we will be having Christmas just like you ..... except: It might be 37 deg C. (Imagine the Santa suit and beard and wig ! ) -people will have sprayed cans of santa snow on things, pine forests will be moved inside (some made out of aluminium and coloured silver) and Christmas dinner might be a BBQ at the beach.

 

We do make some local concessions though:

 

[Apech]

Happy Winter Solstice yet again ... (whatever the exact time today/tomorrow)

 

[Marblehead]

Yea!!!!!  The end of Winter.  The days start to get longer.

 

Well, except for the Aussies.  The end of Summer and the days start getting shorter.

 

Happy Summer Solstice!

[Karl]

Yea!!!!!  The end of Winter.  The days start to get longer.

 

Well, except for the Aussies.  The end of Summer and the days start getting shorter.

 

Happy Summer Solstice!

 

Always liked that line in the song 'the boys are back' by Thin Lizzy.

[voidisyinyang]

Does anyone have their thoughts on why the energy is so much stronger on the Solstice?

 

I have posted my new research on this on my website - based on analyzing the auroras which peak at the EQuinox - and so the solstice as the extreme of the cycle of solar energy going into Earth at the poles - it is minimum aurora now but that just means the magnetic charge of the sun is not aligned directly with the Earth as it is at Equinox. So we have an extreme of the electromagnetic cycle right now.

 

Also I recommend reading the book "Christ in Egypt" which reveals the Egyptian origins of Christianity - all based on this astrotheological analysis, it has a lot of detailed exposes - pretty fascinating.

 

Alchemically the Solstice is when yin goes to its extreme so that "yang light" emerges.

 

https://books.google.com/books?id=4wbRAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA55&lpg=PA55&dq=solstice+energy+taoism&source=bl&ots=fSvxkrAQHP&sig=ChYvX3hBdGqnwO7mPXeivfXomc8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwirjYmH1u3JAhWD0h4KHQTiB_gQ6AEIUDAJ#v=onepage&q=solstice%20energy%20taoism&f=false

 

Opening the DRagon Gate on the Solstice

[liminal_luke]

Does anyone have their thoughts on why the energy is so much stronger on the Solstice?

 

 

Alchemically the Solstice is when yin goes to its extreme so that "yang light" emerges.

 

 

 

My understanding is that the energy is stronger at all of these transition points. Energetically there´s more of a pure mixture of fire and water and the neutral chi comes through stronger. I believe that the winter solstice is to the year as midnight is to the day. Stronger energy at midnight as well.

[Nungali]

I think that about midnight of the year too.  Also generally  -  night : winter : Moon  :  no Moon,  day :Summer  : Sun : Full Moon.  It seems to work when applied to gardening, also  Moon : underground,   Sun : above ground   (  roots : vegetation ) .

 

Solstice 'still point'  (and some time either side ) , for me, is like that still point when the tide turns . This time of year does seem strange to me,  then again, maybe it is  because it is Christmas  ? .... thats enough to weird me out, and the opposite time of year is my birthday on the southern winter solstice .....   maybe I am some type of anti-Christ  mass   ?

Edited December 22, 2015 by Nungali

[Marblehead]

 This time of year does seem strange to me,  then again, maybe it is  because it is Christmas  ?

Yeah, it would be difficult to go dashing through the snow when it is 110F degrees outside.

[Silent Answers]

[voidisyinyang]

yeah but people don't realize that the Aurora borealis also maximizes at midnight every night.

 

My point is solstice is about solar cosmic energy coming down to Earth at the poles - it maximizes at midnight hence the upper tan tien is activated at midnight.

 

It minimizes at winter solstice in the north - so that would be yin going to extreme which then activates yang.

 

I have the details on my website about the Aurora and the Solstice.

 

Actually investigating science for explaining the energy gets interesting.

[Marblehead]

 

Actually investigating science for explaining the energy gets interesting.

And it will get your mind messed up if you are not careful.

[liminal_luke]

I like Nungali´s image of the Solstice as "still point," and believe this quality of stillness is key to it´s power.