Comments on: Winter Solstice 2009: Today is the Celebration of Winter Solstice Traditions http://www.dailyworldbuzz.com/winter-solstice-2009-today-is-the-celebration-of-winter-solstice-traditions/7748/ Your daily buzz about the latest news, top trends and awesome headlines on planet Earth! Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:46:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Celebrating Winter Solstice: With Traditions, Celebrations & a Lunar Eclipse | Family Style http://www.dailyworldbuzz.com/winter-solstice-2009-today-is-the-celebration-of-winter-solstice-traditions/7748/comment-page-1/#comment-40257 Celebrating Winter Solstice: With Traditions, Celebrations & a Lunar Eclipse | Family Style Mon, 20 Dec 2010 01:57:44 +0000 http://www.dailyworldbuzz.com/?p=7748#comment-40257 [...] Top image from Daily World Buzz. Related Posts:Top 10 Christmas Wreaths: Easy to Make, Beautiful, Inexpensive, Cool. A Roundup of Wreaths. [...] [...] Top image from Daily World Buzz. Related Posts:Top 10 Christmas Wreaths: Easy to Make, Beautiful, Inexpensive, Cool. A Roundup of Wreaths. [...]

]]> By: May Peace Be Your Gift at Christmas! | Light Side Of... http://www.dailyworldbuzz.com/winter-solstice-2009-today-is-the-celebration-of-winter-solstice-traditions/7748/comment-page-1/#comment-5421 May Peace Be Your Gift at Christmas! | Light Side Of... Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:17:38 +0000 http://www.dailyworldbuzz.com/?p=7748#comment-5421 [...] it’s about calming down, spending time with my family and loved ones, and celebrating the Winter Solstice. (I don’t give presents or even send Christmas cards. It’s so liberating!) In the West, [...] [...] it’s about calming down, spending time with my family and loved ones, and celebrating the Winter Solstice. (I don’t give presents or even send Christmas cards. It’s so liberating!) In the West, [...]

]]> By: December 21, 2009 is Winter Solstice Day http://www.dailyworldbuzz.com/winter-solstice-2009-today-is-the-celebration-of-winter-solstice-traditions/7748/comment-page-1/#comment-3731 December 21, 2009 is Winter Solstice Day Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:34:11 +0000 http://www.dailyworldbuzz.com/?p=7748#comment-3731 [...] to Daily World Buzz, Winter solstice falls every year around Dec. 21. It is because of the earth’s axial tilt, which [...] [...] to Daily World Buzz, Winter solstice falls every year around Dec. 21. It is because of the earth’s axial tilt, which [...]

]]> By: santosh khatelsal http://www.dailyworldbuzz.com/winter-solstice-2009-today-is-the-celebration-of-winter-solstice-traditions/7748/comment-page-1/#comment-3695 santosh khatelsal Mon, 21 Dec 2009 05:30:21 +0000 http://www.dailyworldbuzz.com/?p=7748#comment-3695 Today is winter solstice the shortest day of the year that has a special significance to almost all cultures and countries in the world. But there is another significance on a much grander scale to this day, three years from now. On this day 21st December 2012, the plane of ellipse on which the planets of the solar system revolves around the sun completes one full round with respect to the equator of the milky way, this happens once every 26,000 years!! The last time this event happened, earth was in the peak of last ice age. This time around we have had a failed global conference to prevent another impeding climate change. But I am digressing; So what will happen on 21st December 2012. For one, it is the end of the Mayan calendar, yep, those very literate, prosperous and great pyramid builders also calculated empirically astronomic movements at a time when humans in other parts of the world were busy hunting and gathering, worrying either for the next meal or mate. So the Mayans ended their “long count” calendar on 21st December 2012 and given our compulsion to intellectualize and find answers, there are many opinions on why did their calendar end on this day than any other. Lots of theories of doomsday have been going around; reversal of earth’s magnetic fields, giant intergalactic fire storms destroying planets, apocalypse and the like. There are also some who opinion that earth and its inhabitants will undergo a positive physical or spiritual transformation on this day with one cycle getting over and another commencing. An equivalent of a Hindu “uga” coming to an end. Our cumulative knowledge on this subject is thus effectively limited by our imagination at best. Today is winter solstice the shortest day of the year that has a special significance to almost all cultures and countries in the world. But there is another significance on a much grander scale to this day, three years from now. On this day 21st December 2012, the plane of ellipse on which the planets of the solar system revolves around the sun completes one full round with respect to the equator of the milky way, this happens once every 26,000 years!! The last time this event happened, earth was in the peak of last ice age. This time around we have had a failed global conference to prevent another impeding climate change.

But I am digressing; So what will happen on 21st December 2012. For one, it is the end of the Mayan calendar, yep, those very literate, prosperous and great pyramid builders also calculated empirically astronomic movements at a time when humans in other parts of the world were busy hunting and gathering, worrying either for the next meal or mate.

So the Mayans ended their “long count” calendar on 21st December 2012 and given our compulsion to intellectualize and find answers, there are many opinions on why did their calendar end on this day than any other. Lots of theories of doomsday have been going around; reversal of earth’s magnetic fields, giant intergalactic fire storms destroying planets, apocalypse and the like. There are also some who opinion that earth and its inhabitants will undergo a positive physical or spiritual transformation on this day with one cycle getting over and another commencing. An equivalent of a Hindu “uga” coming to an end. Our cumulative knowledge on this subject is thus effectively limited by our imagination at best.

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