Summer solstice, also known as Midsummer’s Eve, marks the first day of the summer season in the northern hemisphere. On this, the longest and most potent day of the year, the Sun reaches its highest northern point and then appears to stand still for three days. The exact standstill first occurs on Saturday, June 21 at 10:51 UTC (12:51 AM Hawaii Time; 3:51 AM PDT; 6:51 AM EDT). It is best to avoid initiating anything of major long-term significance during these three days because the electromagnetic energetic effects of the standstill are slightly “wobbly.”
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Happy Summer Solstice – Super Full Moon Week
Friday, June 21 at 1:04 AM EDT marks the glorious Summer Solstice in the Northern 
Hemisphere, and the mystical turning-in time of Winter Solstice for our friends in the Southern Hemisphere. Solstices generate subtle magnetic changes within us and out there in the world, and we may start to feel these shifting energies days in advance.
Summer Solstice is a time when the Sun – our inner and outer Light – is achieving its greatest strength at its highest declination (latitude measured north and south of the celestial equator). Around this point, the Sun acts “exalted,” giving us an extra boost of self-confidence and vitality. Summer Solstice feels a bit like a full Moon, which will take place on June 23 at 7:32 AM EDT.
Actually the full Moon on the 23rd is a Super Moon, which occurs when the Moon is at perigee, closer to the Earth than usual. The Super Moon is known to cause stronger tides than normal, and some researchers believe the days around a Super Moon are associated with a greater chance of storms, floods and geo-seismic activity, and possibly (according to some), a stronger than usual influence on human behavior, the so-called “lunar effect”.
So with the rising essence of both the “full Sun” and full Moon occurring within a close range this week, we have an opportunity to experience and tap into some real juicy magical inner power for positive manifestation.
It is a good time to be extra sensitive and mindful, but also to stop, enjoy, be grateful and share the bounty of nature’s blessings, however they may be showing up for you. Not one to skimp when there’s this much grace to be had, I recommend both a sunrise meditation and a sunset picnic on this longest day of the year!
2012 Shift
A Mayan great cycle culminates on December 21, 2012. There has been a lot of hype about this being the end of the world, which I do not believe. On this date that marks the end of one particular Mayan calendar, the Sun will also move into direct alignment with the equator of our Milky Way Galaxy, an alignment that occurs only once in every 26,000 years. To be more accurate, because the Sun’s disk as seen from Earth covers about a half a degree in width, the Sun’s disk at winter solstice makes this contact with the galactic center over a 36-year period from 1980 to 2016. Since the 1980s, the world has already gone through a deep transformation as the pace of life continues to speed up; the world population keeps on growing exponentially; and humanity has become increasingly connected through instantaneous worldwide communication, economic and social globalization, and ecological crisis. Perhaps 2012 is simply the peak of this massive wave of change, as many authors have speculated.
Happy Summer Solstice
Happy Summer Solstice
The summer solstice occurs on June 21, 2011 at 17:16 Universal Time. I am writing about this in relation to the Northern Hemisphere, where I live; in the Southern Hemisphere, the seasons are, of course, reversed. On the summer solstice, the Sun reaches its highest point of declination (the movement north and south of the ecliptic), when it is located directly overhead at noon on the Tropic of Cancer. On this day, we will experience maximum daylight hours. According to the Hermetic tradition of ancient Egypt, the Divine Sun-God becomes fully enthroned at the summer solstice, when He is thus able to pour forth His most powerful divine blessings upon us. Continue reading
Spring into Spring-Transformation Time!
As I write this, we have just passed the Full Moon in Virgo, the constellation relating to self-improvement, health and healing, and we are also approaching the spring equinox, which occurs on Sunday, March 20 at 23:21 UT. The spring equinox marks the time of year in the Northern Hemisphere when Mother Nature rebalances and begins to awaken herself. Spring is also the time of year when we take an especially deep breath and renew our commitment to awakening ourselves, perhaps with a focus on improving health and well-being. Continue reading