Solstices and Equinoxes

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The Winter Solstice is the time of ending and beginning, a powerful time...A time to forgive, to be forgiven, and to make a fresh start. A time to awaken. ~ Frederick Lenz ~ Image by Verinika Pinke
Happy Solstice to All. Blessings of peace and joy to you and yours.
Sunrise at Stonehenge today (20th June) was at 4.51am, sunset is at 9.26pm 🌤️ Stonehenge Stone Circle
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The reported birth of a rare white buffalo in Yellowstone National Park fulfills a Lakota prophecy that portends better times, according to members of the American Indian tribe who cautioned that it’s also a signal that more must be done to protect the earth and its animals. “The birth of this calf is both a blessing and warning. We must do more,” said Chief Arvol Looking Horse, the spiritual leader of the Lakota, Dakota and the Nakota Oyate in South Dakota, and the 19th keeper of the sacred White Buffalo Calf Woman Pipe and Bundle.
All Nations, All Faiths, One Prayer. The Keeper of the White Buffalo Calf Pipe, Arvol Looking Horse,
was directed to honor the Four Directions with ceremony on June 21st. According to Lakota Star Knowledge, the birth of Miracle, a female white buffalo, signaled a time of earth changes and the coming of the mending of the Hoop of All Nations. The Summer Solstice is said to be a powerful time to pray for peace and harmony among all Living Beings. Mother Earth’s gifts, the air, water plant, animal and rock nations must be allowed to heal if we are to live in harmony with Her.
Happy Winter Solstice! Today is always significant day here in the Boyne Valley. ✨ As the shortest day of the year, today also marks a time where the sun can be seen rising above Newgrange. On a clear day, the sunlight filters into its more than 5,200 year old burial chambers and illuminates its passage. A spectacular sight for the lucky few that are granted access to behold this event, as the sun rises higher, the beam widens so that the whole chamber is dramatically illuminated. We consider ourselves extremely lucky to live in such close proximity to the jewel in the crown of Ireland's Ancient East. It’s just one of the reasons we were compelled to name our business 'Newgrange Gold'. 💛
Stonehenge
When the sun aligns through this gap in the stones it can only mean one thing… we’re close to the Winter Solstice and the shortest day of the year. Stonehenge was built to frame this annual solar event, so the monument has been silently marking the Solstice for thousands of years. 📷: Nick Bull. vF 12-17-22
What a catastrophe, what a maiming of life when it was made a personal,
merely personal feeling, taken away from the rising and setting of the sun, and cut off from the magic connection of the solstice and equinox! D. H. Lawrence
..."seasonal change this morning..it's saturday and it's fall"...salish sea at the border...