 |
 |
The Major
Lunar Standstill at Callanish |
|
|
|
Behold
the Movements of the Heavenly Bodies
The ancient people of this earth were very aware of
the movement of the Sun and Moon because they watched
the heavens and lived in harmony with the land. During
their observations, they noted that the Sun was high
in the sky in summer and low in winter and that the
moon was low in the sky in summer and high in winter.
Reversing their positions.
The path of the Sun is called the ecliptic and the
Sun never deviates from this path. The Moon in its
cycle swings 5° north or south of the apparent path
of the sun. This swing creates extremities giving the
Moon a most southerly and northerly standstill point.
When the Moon is at its most southerly standstill,
at extreme latitudes north, it rises and only just
skims the horizon. The last time the Moon reached this
point was in 1987 and it happened again in 2006.
Due to the northerly latitude of the British Isles
and especially at the beautiful stone circle of Callanish
on the western Isles of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides
of Scotland, there is an amazing phenomenon to be seen.
In March and September of 2006, the Moon will reached
its most southerly declination. However, the most impressive
viewing was the full moon of July 2006, which was the
fullest Moon at its most southerly declination. The
phenomena we saw (between the clouds) was the Moon
rising out of the sleeping beauty in the Parc Mountains,
just skimming the horizon and setting in the beautiful
stone circle of Callanish. This was a truly rare phenomena
only happening every 18.6 years.
Quote
“The historian Diodorus of Sicily wrote in 50 BC that from a circular
temple on the island of Hyperborean, the moon appeared to be close to the Earth
and that the gods visited the island every 19 years.”
The Lure of the Heavens – a history of astrology
by Donald Papon
Linda Day
The Sleeping Beauty Hill range by Gerald Ponting
Here's
a link to an excellent site about Callanish
http://home.clara.net/gponting/index-page4.html
and
a lovely book all about Callanish
Callanish
and other megalithic sites of the Outer Hebrides
And here are two lovely books written
by Jill
Smith who lived on Callanish for ten years and
experienced the lunar standstill of 1987. She has
now returned to live on the Isles. Her books are
inspirational as well as informative.
Please click on a book to link to Jill
Smith's site to order.
|
|
|
|
|
For all your astrological calendars, moon phases, moon
signs, moon calendars, lunar calendars, astrological diaries,
astrological information, astronomy, night sky, zodiac
mugs, winter solstice cards, pagan goods please take a
look around our site.
Site Map
Contents of this web site and all original
works are copyright ©2010 ASTROCAL - All rights reserved.
The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed,
transmitted or otherwise used, except with the prior written
permission of the owner.
Website by Lunations
|
| |
|
|
