winter solstice

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December 22, when the sun is at its southernmost point

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The Christian Bible is a symbolic book, not a literal one. The one Christians know as Jesus was actually a symbol for the sun. Ancient sun worshippers believed the sun died at the end of the winter solstice and then three days later it would be reborn at the start of its cycle - December 25. David Icke

And while the conjunction is happening on the same day as the winter solstice, the timing is merely a coincidence, based on the orbits of the planets and the tilt of the Earth. Source: Internet

At noon on the winter solstice the sun stands at 9 cubits and the longest day on the summer solstice is 16 hours at the baseline through Celtica. Source: Internet

At the summer solstice a dagger can be seen through the heart of the spiral; at the winter solstice two daggers appear to either side of it. Source: Internet

Based partly on data taken from Pytheas, Hipparchus correlated cubits of the sun's elevation at noon on the winter solstice, latitudes in hours of a day on the summer solstice, and distances between latitudes in stadia for some locations. Source: Internet

Come the winter solstice the Oak King in turn vanquishes the Holly King. Source: Internet

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