Gathering of the Tribes
Create a Solstice or Equinox celebration in your area.
The Solar Nation is with out borders, it is the ground right under your feet, where ever you are.
It is a state of mind~~~*
It is a state of mind~~~*
Become the Change!
The Solar Nation is a listing of all Equinox and Solstice Celebrations around the world. Our vision is to promote, organize and expand a culture that celebrates the natural turning points as Holidays. We believe that reconnecting to natural cycles of the Sun and Earth in spiritual celebration is good for the future of the environment because expands consciousness of living in harmony with the natural order. After we align our consciousness to the comic power of the Sun we can then align our buildings with the sun. Let us know about your group so like minded people can connect with you. If you don't have a group, form one and begin by meeting on SUNdays and create a Summer Solstice Celebrations known as Solabrations. California
Santa Barbara Summer Solstice
Colorado
Fort Collins/Loveland - Summer Solstice
Berthoud - Spring Equinox - Beltania
Tennesee
Red Boiling Springs- SummerSolstice
Texas
Houston - WinterSolstice
England
Stonehenge- WinterSolstice
The Yin/Yang symbol is derived from the movement of the earth relative to the sun. When observing the cycle of the Sun, ancient Chinese used a pole posted at a right angle to the ground and recorded positions of the shadow. They divided the year's cycle into a circle 24 Segments of about 15 days, and used six concentric circles, and recorded the length of shadow.
Beginning at the summer Solstice when the shadow was shortest and yin begins and then every 15 days, they plotted the shadow length from the outside of the circle inward until winter Solstice when the shadow was longest and Yang begins. Then they then began plotting the length from the center of the circle outward until the summer Solstice. This is because they believe the Chi energy changes directions right after the Solstice. When they connected all the measurements it resulted in the creation the familiar pattern of the Yin Yang. The Yin Yang would be the opposite color scheme if we were to record them from the southern hemisphere and this pattern would be less dramatic if one were to measure it on the equator. 
Solar noon is not our man made clock noon. Solar noon is the Zenith or high point of the Sun in the sky. This can occur either before or after our man made noon due to the orbit of the planet around the Sun. The original meaning of the work noones was midday prayer.
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Updated Sept 11,, 2011