A: Historically, this day marks the midpoint of the growing season , halfway between planting and harvest. Folks celebrated by feasting, dancing, singing, and preparing for the hot summer days ahead. Read more about the ancient Quarter Days! Go strawberry picking. Enjoy a big bowl of strawberries and cream on the solstice. There are many people—like the Swedes—who celebrate the beginning of summer by eating the first strawberries of the season.
It typically coincided with the ripening of strawberries in what is now the northeastern and midwestern United States. In fact, in many states, this is the perfect time to go strawberry picking! Look up pick-your-own-strawberry farms in your area! A common way to celebrate is to have a bonfire party! After all, these northern people have emerged from some long, dark winters!
In the Austrian state of Tyrol, torches and bonfires are lit up on mountainsides, which is a stunningly beautiful sight. Read more about fern folklore. Although the day of the solstice has the most daylight hours of the year, the earliest sunrises of the year occur before the summer solstice. The exact timing will depend in part on your latitude: In the mid-latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere, it occurs about a week earlier than the June solstice.
The latest sunsets of the year will occur several days after the solstice, again depending on latitude. Did you know that the Sun actually sets more slowly around the time of a solstice, in that it takes longer to set below the horizon? This is related to the angle of the setting Sun.
The farther the Sun sets from due west along the horizon, the shallower the angle of the setting Sun. Bottom-line, enjoy those long romantic summertime sunsets at or near the solstice! In ancient times each solstice marked the MIDDLE OF each season- as in the summer solstice the sun slows its turning to a near stop and then begin to turn in the opposite direction at the solstice - it then begins to WANE - to prepare for Winter.
Thanks for the info on the summer solstice. But no way does it mark the beginning of summer! Unless you want to say that Midsummer which it is! Are you referring to the date or time? While the solstice is at the exact same time everywhere on Earth, it does depend on your clock and time zone. As a North American publication since , we reflect North American times. Happy summer solstice! The Sun is considered the most important planet in the horoscope of every person. It affects the individuality, self-awareness and personality development in astrology.
When the Sun appears in the birth chart and enters a sign, it affects our actions. According to astrology, the mighty Sun helps us open ourselves and encourages us to strive for independence. Zodiac sign changes completely during the entry of the sun. Be like the sun - shine! Regarding ladymcdonald's comment about June 21 always being the first day of summer prior to the last years When I took Geology in college in the late s is when I learned about the astronomical dates for the equinoxes and how the seasons' first dates fluctuated.
So, the first day of summer was not always listed as June 21 as early as the late s. Of course, the first day of summer has always fluctuated including prior to late s, but people were probably like me Thanks for the interesting article.
But most of the U. Hi there! Just before we got your question, we had updated the text to make this clearer. It is not the noon on a clock but the local, or solar, noon, when the shortest shadow occurs.
Unfortunately, the difference between clock time and solar time is a bit complicated. Hope this helps! Actually, the longest day can sometimes occur one day before or after the Solstice. The explanation is a bit lengthy, so I'll just say that the reason is Time Zones.
That's not true or perhaps I misunderstand your statement. Hello Chris. I stand by my statement, but I'll clarify it as follows: Every year the longest day of the year WILL occur one day before or after the Solstice for some places on earth. In order for the date of the Solstice to be the longest day for every place on earth, every latitude would have to keep it's own "solar" clock.
By imposing Time Zones we alter this "perfect" clock in at least 3 ways that I can think of. In areas that share a latitude but have different local clocks, the solstice can occur when some areas are ahead of midnight and some are behind it. So these areas will celebrate the solstice on different dates, but will experience the same actual longest day.
Further, even if Time Zones were 24 equal slices of latitude and there was no DST, there would still be a sliver of latitude every year, abutting either the leading or trailing edge of the Time Zone nearest midnight, for which my initial statement applies. You stated, "This date marks the official beginning of summer as the Northern Hemisphere angles itself at the point in its orbit closest to the sun, causing the longest day and shortest night of the calendar year.
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