Happy Solstice!

Just a shout-out to all of my fellow Pagans/people who care about the changing of the seasons. Hope you had a great day, and are ready for another trip around the sun! :D

I've always been confused as to when the solstices occur. The winter solstice is on the 21st or 22nd? And the summer solstice is the 21st of June, right?

Toady's was extra special, it fell on my birthday so it was two celebrations. (Turned 35 today, ouch!) I hope those that celebrate had a Blessed Yule, and many wishes for our Christian friends to have a Merry Christmas coming up in a few days!

That sure was a beautiful full moon to celebrate under... :rolleyes:

We celebrate the solstice and our dogs birthdays on the same day.
I made "dookies" for the pups!!

So mote it be.
Carol

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Originally Posted by Jay_Bunny

I've always been confused as to when the solstices occur. The winter solstice is on the 21st or 22nd? And the summer solstice is the 21st of June, right?

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It varies between the 21st and 22nd for both solstices depending on the year. This year, the actual winter solstice (the moment when the tilt of the Earth's axis was most inclined away from the Sun) was at 5:47 pm on the Dec. 21st. I don't worry about getting the timing right, so whatever day the solstice occurs, I call that the solstice. I usually get up early on the winter solstice to watch the "newborn" sun rise, and stay outside to watch it set on the summer solstice.

I don't know that I explained that very well, but hopefully you get my drift. :oops:

A Happy Solstice to you as well!

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Originally Posted by Shadera

Toady's was extra special, it fell on my birthday so it was two celebrations. (Turned 35 today, ouch!) I hope those that celebrate had a Blessed Yule, and many wishes for our Christian friends to have a Merry Christmas coming up in a few days!

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I second the good wishes for all of our Christian friends, and send more out to everyone else who has some type of holiday this season (even if it's Festivus! :P)

Shadera, happy belated birthday! You're cursed like me. My b-day's Christmas day, so I totally got ripped off on presents when I was little. Did you have the same problem, having a birthday just a few days before? Also, do people forget your birthday all the time? My mom even forgot one year, just because it's so busy this time of year. :rolleye2: Makes me wish I'd been born in July or something. :rolleyes:

Happy Solstice! :D And all the other end of the year holidays, too!

Happy Solstice and Holidays to everyone! I was hopeing this would be the year where my gf and I got to experience a coven group celebration but alas, theres too much negativity towards open mindedness where I live and I have yet to find such a group but on the bright side my dad got to come home today, he works out of town all week and doesnt come home till the weekends. O yeah and happy b-day!