Honouring the Solstice and the Eclipse – Wherever You Are

[Wake Up World]: Every year, we have two solstices. These are the moments when the Sun reaches its highest point in its daily path across the sky (as we see it), or its lowest, depending where on earth you are.

The June solstice is the summer solstice for the northern hemisphere, but it’s the winter solstice for the southern hemisphere.

Likewise, the December solstice is the winter solstice for the northern hemisphere, but the summer solstice for the southern.

During a summer solstice, we receive the maximum hours of daylight for that year – that’s why we call it the longest day and the shortest night. A winter solstice gives us the shortest daylight hours and the longest night of the year.

So, on June 20th in the northern hemisphere, we will see our longest day of the year – and thereafter, the days will start to shorten. The September equinox will see roughly equal hours of daylight and night. Then the December solstice brings us our shortest day, and we see the days start to lengthen again until the equal point of the March equinox. In the southern hemisphere, this cycle is reversed....<<<Read The Full Article Here>>>...