The Sun Returns (a republishing of a 2019 Solstice blog) Winter Solstice happens at 2:20 AM Mountain Time on Saturday, December 21, 2024. That’s the moment the earth’s northern hemisphere stops tilting away from the sun and begins to tilt back as it continues its journey around our fiery star. Solstice is about light and … Read more
. The Original Winter Solstice December 13 is St. Lucy’s Day. This is the Catholic feast day of Santa Lucia/Saint Lucy (and also my mother Lucy’s birthday). The word Lucia is rooted in the Latin word meaning light and Santa Lucia celebrations revolve around light returning. On the ancient Roman calendar, Saint Lucy’s Day was … Read more
Winter solstice always carries the symbolism of light dispelling darkness. That image seems particularly comforting right now as we have entered a dark period in which people full of hate and mean intentions have captured the castle. After weeks of mucking around in the darkness, I am ready to embrace the light. I’ve written a … Read more
The celestial tipping point that is winter solstice happens on Saturday, December 21st (2013) at exactly 10:11 AM Mountain Time. (See other time zones below.) As our home planet journeys around the sun, it tilts on its axis so that those of us living north of the equator are leaning away from the sun. It … Read more
