Tonight is the Eclipse of the Long Night Moon on the Winter Solstice.

[nolabear]

It will officially be the darkest it's been in nearly 500 years. It's all uphill from here, kids!

So, what's your ritual? I'm going to raise a glass of wine, light a candle against the darkness, sing a song about light, or warmth, or sun, or something, eat something sweet, and dance a little!

[some guy]

1. It's tomorrow.

[Lance_Boyle]

4. Tomorrow morning, at 1-ish AM. For most of us, that's 'tonight.' n/t

[muriel_volestrangler]

12. The solstice will be about 29 hours after you made the post above (nt)

[nolabear]

6. I'm PST, so it begins before midnight. So, ritual?

[some guy]

14. I'm having

cloudy weather both Monday night and Tuesday night, so probably nothing, though I will go outside briefly each night and see if I can find the eclipse.

Muriel and I both seem to think it's Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. Everyone else on this thread seems to think it's Monday night into Tuesday morning.

:shrug:

[pokerfan]

22. some times for fellow PSTers

Mid eclipse is just after midnight at 12:17 am PST (about 3 hours from now) though it's in complete eclipse for about an hour total. The entire eclipse takes about four hours. The bummer is that it's cloudy here. The solstice is tomorrow at 3:38 pm PST.

[HopeHoops]

2. Dancing naked with a salad shooter in the sub-twenties night.

[nolabear]

5. Now what did that salad ever do to you?

Sounds like the vegan Sarah Palin. :rofl:

[jobycom]

3. Sounds like a new Gene Wolfe novel. nt

[Scout]

7. "We are awake in the night, we turn the wheel to bring the light....

the Sun is born from the womb of night."

[Lucinda]

8. Dunno yet!

:)

[Crystal Clarity]

9. It's dark out right now. Has been for over the past half hour...

The wind is howling outside but I'm snug and warm here by the woodstove. They are calling for 3 to 6 inches to begin sometime overnight, so the moon I'm looking at right now will probably not be visible for the eclipse. Plus, I'll likely be sleeping anyway, so I guess it's best to just enjoy the moment! :-)

I just finished baking some Toll House cookies. Something I haven't done for years, but the cookie smell along w/the christmas tree and garlands are giving off the most delicious aroma!

I guess that's pretty much it for my winter solstice celebration, but it's still a moment in time that I'm enjoying. I hope everyone else has a wonderful one too! :hi:

BTW nolabear, I hope you are enjoying your tree this year. I LOLed at your story of always remembering that fake white tree make the 'zinging' noise you heard as a child. It's funny the things we remember!

[nolabear]

13. Your evening sounds wonderful, Crystal. And you'll be glad to know

my cute little tree is aromatic and imperfect and the cat is madly in love with it, threatening to bring it down at any minute. And that's what Solstice should be! Bon Hiver!

[elocs]

10. I'll take your word for the eclipse since it will be snowing here all night long

and we won't see the moon.

[Moondog]

11. A most propitious night, to be sure.

Mine will involve wine, and other things in honor of my heritage.

[texanwitch]

15. I will be joining two couples in marriage tomorrow night on Solstice.

I will be leaving in the morning early for the farm where we have the Solstice gathering.

I do enjoy doing this, great time to get married.

After that we will have a big party in the big hall, yes.

I love this time of year.

[nolabear]

16. That's terrific. I'll be sendin light-bringing vibes their way.

[texanwitch]

17. One couple is expecting a baby really soon.

They waited to be married tomorrow night.

Hope the baby will wait.

[tigereye]

18. we already went to a Solstice/Yule ritual on Saturday

I don't think we'll be able to see the eclipse due to clouds, and I don't really have anything planned. I do think it would be really cool to see, though.



Here's a winter song that I really like.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4UW_HEJWPw

[some guy]

19. I found the full moon.

That's a start. I so far, only have partly cloudy. I guess my ritual for the night is going out at random intervals to see if I can see anything nifty happening.

:bounce:

[some guy]

20. I found the full moon.

The other part of the ritual will be double-posting.

:bounce:

[nolabear]

21. *snort!*

[MiddleFingerMom]

23. Eclipse, schmeclipse... I fail to see what the big deal is. I experience them several times a day.

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[some guy]

I just looked, and can see the start

of the east southeast portion of the moon going darker.

:bounce:

[some guy]

24. I just looked, and can see the start

of the east southeast portion of the moon going darker.

:bounce:

[some guy]

25. oops

dang it, double posts, not triples.

:bounce:

[some guy]

It looks about half way

I think it would be more impressive if I had a telescope.

:bounce:

[some guy]

26. It looks about half way

I think it would be more impressive if I had a telescope.

:bounce:

[some guy]

It's almost fuly eclipsed

and I can sort of see it being reddish in the eclipsed part.

:bounce:

[some guy]

27. It's almost fuly eclipsed

and I can sort of see it being reddish in the eclipsed part.

:bounce:

[some guy]

Total Eclipse!

purdy!

:bounce:

[some guy]

28. Total Eclipse!

purdy!

:bounce:

[some guy]

It's turned out to be a really clear night here.

so Yay!

:bounce:

[some guy]

29. It's turned out to be a really clear night here.

so Yay!

:bounce:

[some guy]

30. Wow, it stays fully eclipsed for

kind of a long time. I hope it isn't looping . . . :P

:bounce:

[some guy]

31. Wow, it stays fully eclipsed for

kind of a long time. I hope it isn't looping . . . :P

:bounce:

[Rochester]

32. It's cloudy here

Disappointing.
Oh well, lunar eclipses aren't that rare. I'll see another one someday.

[pokerfan]

33. It clouded up

I was able to see it earlier when it was partial but then the clouds rolled in. :( Clouds, the bane of amateur astronomers everywhere.

[some guy]

34. It's kind of slow

to come out the other side of the eclipse. I just looked again, and would have guessed it would be farther along than it seems.

:bounce:

[some guy]

35. It's kind of slow

to come out the other side of the eclipse. I just looked again, and would have guessed it would be farther along than it seems.

:bounce: