Winter Solstice 2009

[rumpel]

by Robert Wilkinson

Winter Solstice 2009 occurs at 9:47 am PST, 5:04 pm GMT on December 21, 2009 (22 Dec. in Thailand and points east.) This is the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, and from now on the Solar force will get longer and stronger, a welcome relief for those of us who need lots of sunshine to keep our dispositions equally sunny.

This Solstice has 15 Aquarius rising in Santa Monica (PST), 26 Capricorn rising in Vancouver, and 17 Aries rising in Washington DC (EST). London (GMT) has 25 Cancer on the Ascendant, Amsterdam has 29 Cancer, Berlin has 5 Leo, Johannesburg has 13 Cancer, and Tallinn has 18 Leo rising. Istanbul has 10 Leo, New Delhi has 17 Virgo, and Trivandrum has 14 Virgo on the Ascendant. Bangkok has 8 Libra rising, Hong Kong has 20 Libra, and Tokyo has 9 Scorpio. Perth has 4 Scorpio, Melbourne 13 Sagittarius, Wellington has 13 Capricorn, and Maui has 11 Capricorn on the Ascendant.

It is said that a chart done for the Winter Solstice gives us a picture of the next year, or at the very least a snapshot of what is to come the next 13 weeks. The 2007 Winter Solstice had the Sun exactly conjunct Jupiter at the Galactic Center, offering promises that began to sprout beginning at the 2008 Solstice, which had the Sun exactly conjunct Pluto at 1 Capricorn.

This indicated the radical transformations of this past year. This 2009 Winter Solstice, the Sun is still conjunct Pluto, continuing to shine a light on the transformation of the world we're all living through. Certainly the seeds of many things have been sprouted the past year which will continue in 2010.

more at
http://www.aquariuspapers.com/astrology/2009/12/winter-solstice-2009.html

[hermetic]

1. Any idea

why the announcer on my radio is saying yesterday was the solstice? I was like, what? I missed it? Isn't it always on the 21st? Did I lose a day somehow? (not inconceivable :-( )

Anyway, thanks. Whew.

Happy solstice, all! Here's to brighter days ahead.

[Brewman_Jax]

2. Merry Solstice!

:hi:

[jbnow]

3. Good Lord, Mars has gone retrograde. That helps

explain the mean cyber-world. Not that I know why but I never see blogs meaner than during Mars rx.
(Mars was stationary retrograde at 19 Leo...opposite Obama's 18 Aquarius ascendant...on his 7th house cusp. That explains where a lot of anger is directed too. Not that some isn't warranted but it has been freeper style)
Mars rx and Pluto conjunct Sun...let it not represent the whole year...or let it be in it's best sense

Then we have Lunar Eclipse on December 31st, 2009 at 10°15' Cancer to end year and solar eclipse at 25°01' Capricorn two weeks later..

[silverweb]

4. Blessed Solstice, everyone!

With Aquarius rising, yet.

May the light take hold and grow...


... and let the Sun shine in!

[Callie McAllie]

5. Happy Winter Solstice!

Just more light every day from now to June!