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It's the actual point at which the orbit of the Earth reaches Solstice point. It varies with our inaccurate calendar (and the fact that the days are not exactly 24 hours long.) But I will google it to find a link.
Some calendars show it today, some tommorrow, so the confusion is understandable.
(off to google...)
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But if I'm going by what is the longest day of the year, that is tomorrow? Sometimes, I presume, both interpretations of 'soltice' happen on the same day, but that only works if the sun soltice is in the morning (I think), right?
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Can no longer think of Stonehenge seriously - all I can see in my mind's eye and hear in my ear is Spinal Tap singing "Stonehenge" while dwarves danced around a miniature henge . . .
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It's the day everyone can go in the streets and play an instrument if they know how, or sing, or dance... It is every year and it's a big fiest everywhere in France. My choral group is going to sing !
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They did the king for a day thing in Sumer, in the spring, but I forget if it was at solstice time. Then, one day, the real king died on the day the sacrifical king was "reigning," and the sacrificial king became the king.
The Aztecs were also big on sacrifice at just about any time of year, so I am sure they had a special occasion at solstice.
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