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  1. One of the oldest known “windows”

    Light opening (center of image) above the entrance to the passage at Newgrange.
    For a few days around the winter solstice, a ray of light shines through this opening into the chamber at the end of the passage at sunrise.

    May 2014

    #Newgrange #PassageTomb #Boyne #SiAnBhru #CountyMeath #Ireland #Neolithic #Neolithicperiod #wintersolstice #sunrise #solstice #Irland #Neolithikum #Jungsteinzeit #passage #Wintersonnenwende #Sonnenaufgang #FensterFreitag

  2. Today is the 4th Sunday in #Advent.
    The last night of #Chanukah.
    And the #WinterSolstice.

    How lovely to have so many ways at once to acknowledge light, miracles, and hope.

  3. Today was the #WinterSolstice in the #NothernHemisphere and so tonight will be the longest night of the year. The #Sun actually reached its southern-most pass in the #sky a little under six hours ago. So, #Winter has started.

    Of course, if you’re in the #SouthernHemispere, replace “winter” with “summer”, “northern” with “southern”, and “night” with “day”.

    #Solstice #December #DecemberSolstice

  4. The Winter Solstice 2025

    Sunlight at dawn on the Winter Solstice at Newgrange

    Just a quick note to point out that the Winter Solstice in the Northern hemisphere happens today, Sunday 21st December 2025, at 15.03 UT (GMT).

    In Dublin, sunrise yesterday (20th December) was at 8.37 am and sunset at 4.07 pm, while today the sunrise was at 8.38 am and sunset at 4.08 pm. Both sunrise and sunset happen later tomorrow than today, so the Solstice marks neither the latest sunrise nor the earliest sunset. We have to wait until January for the latest sunrise (8.40am) and the earliest sunset (4.06pm) actually happened over a week ago. The interval between the two events will, however, be about 2 seconds longer tomorrow than today; and yesterday the gap was about 4 seconds longer than today. Taking a day to be the interval between sunrise and sunset, today is the shortest.

    For a full explanation of this, see this older Winter Solstice post.

    #DecemberSolstice #EarliestSunset #LatestSunrise #SolarNoon #WinterSolstice

  5. May you all shine your light on this the darkest of days. Wishing you all a happy and peaceful #WinterSolstice. Photo: Buddha at Muang On Caves, Thailand by Sheer Zed.

    books.innertraditions.com/thai

    #buddhism #cave #meditation #meditationpractice #spirituality

  6. CW: Silly personal anecdote, Winter Solstice, paganism, ex-Christian, witchy things, veganism, candy

    My #WinterSolstice treat for myself this year is some #vegan #TurkishDelight.

    Like many kids raised in conservative Christian communities who read #TheChroniclesOfNarnia by #CSLewis, I was fascinated by the idea of a candy so good that Edmund would sell out his siblings for it. And since I have a penchant for gummies, when I finally tried it, I thought it was fantastic and that Edmund maybe had a point.

    The deep irony there is that now, as a #Slavic #pagan, my patron goddess is #Morena, the goddess of winter and death and basically the White Witch. So maybe I was drawn toward #witchcraft earlier than I thought? 😆

    Anyway, this is just a little reminder to all the other folks in the northern hemisphere to do something sweet for yourself this Winter Solstice!

    Happy Solstice!

    #Lokum #Candy #Veganism #Paganism #SlavicPaganism #HappySolstice #ExChristian #Witch #WitchyThings #Food

  7. 🌲Yule 🎄Winter Solstice ❄️☀️ Saturnalia 🎉

    Both Yule and the Winter Solstice share the same day making it an extra magical year.
    ❄️⛄️☀️
    Best wishes from my family to yours.
    #WheeloftheYear #WOTY #Yule #WinterSolstice #paganism #pagan #Wicca #witchcraft

  8. The Winter Solstice 2024

    Sunlight at dawn on the Winter Solstice at Newgrange

    Just a quick note to point out that the Winter Solstice in the Northern hemisphere happens tomorrow, Saturday 21st December 2024, at 9.21 UT (GMT). I am posting this in advance as I am planning to have a line-in tomorrow morning.

    In Dublin, sunrise today (20th December) was at 8.37 am and sunset at 4.07 pm, while tomorrow the sunrise is at 8.38 am and sunset at 4.08 pm. Notice that both sunrise and sunset happen later tomorrow than today, so the Solstice marks neither the latest sunrise nor the earliest sunset: the interval between the two events will, however, be about 2 seconds shorter tomorrow than today. For a full explanation of this, see this older Winter Solstice post.

    Anyway, today is has been the last day of teaching at Maynooth University. I did my final lecture of 2024 this morning and attended project presentations this afternoon. Campus has been very quiet all day, most people having already departed for the break. That makes me feel less guilty about going home earlier than usual at 4.15pm. Now it’s time power down everything in my office for the break and head home via the shops!

    #EarliestSunset #LatestSunrise #SolarNoon #WinterSolstice

  9. Heya, my #trans siblings. Today's question is brought to you by the festival of lights:

    What winter holiday traditions do you happen to follow?

    #QuestionOfTheDay #hannukah #christmas #kwanzaa #wintersolstice #saturnalia #stlucysday

  10. Day 10 of my #SolsticeCountdown and 11 sleeps to the #WinterSolstice We haven’t got to this stage yet (pic is hoar frost on Hartside Pass) but it’s quite nippy here - a longish run of freezing or below and more to come 🥶 In other news I have discovered that there is a #TelegraphPoleAppreciationSociety !