The Perihelion Effect

Equinoxes, Solstice, Cross Quarters shown as seasonal cusps, worshipped by pagans and later religious holidays

Ancient Civilizations, Calendar

http://www.archaeoastronomy.com/seasons.html http://www.archaeoastronomy.com/countdowns.html   http://www.archaeoastronomy.com/seasonal_cusps.mp4 Until 500 years ago most people other than a few far-sighted philosophical scientists imagined the sun, the planets and the stars all revolved around a stationary earth. After all, the same heavenly track made by the sun during the day is the planetary passageway at night. Eventually, the earth was shown …

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Kepler’s Law Question

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Kepler’s Law Question: According to Kepler’s law the Earth is closer to the sun in the summer winter than in the summer. If this is true would not it be warmer in the winter than in the summer? ———————————————— Answer: The reason for summer and winter is not because of the distance from the earth …

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Saturnalia Winter Solstice in Pagan Rome

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✴️ Saturnalia and the Perihelion Effect: When the Sun Returns, So Do We “Io Saturnalia!”This jubilant Roman greeting — shouted in the streets from December 17 to 23 — marked a time when everything flipped: masters served slaves, wars stopped, and joy ran wild. But behind the revelry lay something deeper, something cosmological. Something solar. …

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