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The Winters Solstice is also know as Yule, Christmas, and Saturnalia
The longest night of winter, after which each of the days grow progressively longer until the Summer Solstice.
Sun is AT the lowest in the southern sky. During the short winter days the Sun does not rise exactly in the east, but instead rises just south of east and it sets south of west. Each day after the winter solstice, the Sun's path becomes a little higher after having remained motionless in the sky for 3 days. The Sun also begins to rise closer to the east and set closer to the west until we reach the day when it rises exactly east and sets exactly west. This day is called the equinox.
Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky, which on December 24th aligns with the three brightest stars in Orion’s belt. These three bright stars in Orion’s belt are called "the three kings."
And the three kings and the brightest star Sirius all point to the place of the sunrise on December 25th. This is why the 3 kings follow the star in the east in order to locate the sunrise: the birth of the sun.
And by December 22nd, the sun’s demise was fully realized for the sun, having moved south continually for 6 months, makes it to its lowest point in the sky. Here, a curious thing occurs. The sun stops moving south at least perceivably for 3 days and during this 3-day pause, the sun resides in the vicinity of the Southern Cross, or Crux constellation. And after this time, on December 25th, the sun moves 1 degree this time north, foreshadowing longer days, warmth, and spring. And thus it was said: "The sun died on the cross, was dead for 3 days, only to be resurrected or born again."
>And now this on top of it
This “great conjunction” between the enormous planets will peak on December 21 when the celestial bodies will be the closest they have been in almost 800 years. Their proximity will cause one super-bright point of light that's referred to as “Star of Bethlehem” or a “Christmas Star.”
