astronomy, seasons, solstice, winter solstice

What Is a Solstice? An Astronomer Explains the Long and Short of Days, Years, and Seasons

Happy solstice everyone! The mid-year solstice in 2023 falls at 2:58 pm UTC on 21 June (or, in more advanced time zones like the one I’m writing from, in the early hours of 22 June). Depending on where you are reading this, this will either be your winter solstice (for those in the southern hemisphere) ...

June 29, 2023

Troy Oakes

A long-exposure photo reveals the Sun’s path in the sky every day for a six-month period.

How to Maintain Your Health During the Winter Solstice

The principle for maintaining health during the winter solstice is to keep storing yang qi while protecting yin qi in the body. The intake of sodium should be reduced and life and work should be taken at a slower pace. As the coldest time of the year has arrived, your body will slow down too. ...

January 9, 2020

Helen London