
Not sure if anyone knows (or cares) that we just passed Winter Solstice on the 21st.
The days will start to get longer from this moment on; which is good because in a symbolizes that we should become more energized.
Here are some more useless facts about winter solstice:
1) Winter Solstice came about becuse the axis around which the earth rotates is tilted, so in hte northern hemisphere, it is the day where the sun is at its southernmost point in the sky.
2) People often assume that the sun will set later ONLY after Winter Solstice. That is not true. Becuase the orbit of the earth is elliptical, the sun starts to set later at night around 1 week prior to winter solstice, its just that the sun will not rise earlier until the winter solstice.
3) In north pole, this is the day where there is the midnight sun! and vise versa, in south pole, this is the day of lightless day.
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