For those of us living in the northern hemisphere the winter solstice is characterized by the longest night of the year - which also means that more light will follow in the days and weeks that follow.
Because the sun is at its lowest in the sky – today is the one day you will want to go out and see your shadow. Your noontime shadow on the solstice is the longest it will be all year. And just because you see your shadow doesn't necessarily mean six more weeks of winter.
The word solstice comes from the Latin - solstitium - which translates to: point at which the sun stands still. It was the Renaissance astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus who advanced the notion that the earth revolved around the sun. Until then it was accepted fact that all of the celestial bodies revolved around the earth. Nick Copernicus really rattled the religious and scientific worlds with this fact. This took real balls because it was branded as fake news of that time. They might have locked him up.
Raising a toast to a true Renaissance Man.
Cheers!
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