OEC: Goran Pavlovic – Two crosses (Dwa krzyże) [Archiwum 2016]

This is Sun’s sunlight cross. It marks the transitional points on the sunlight cycle in the northern hemisphere:

1. Winter solstice – the shortest day and the longest night

2. Spring equinox – the equal day and night

3. Summer solstice – the longest day and shortest night

4. Autumn equinox – the equal day and night

Serbian calendar:

1. St Sava – the beginning of the spring
2. St George – the beginning of the summer
3. St Ilija – the beginning of the autumn
4. St Mitar – the beginning of the winter


As you can see the sun cross and earth cross are out of sync. The earth cross is rotated forward by 45 degrees and the earth circle cardinal points fall right in between the sun circle cardinal points. This is because the earth climatic, vegetative cycle lags behind the solar cycle. 

Winter solstice (21st of December) is the the shortest day. So we would expect that this is also the coldest day. We would also expect that from that day on, as the days start getting longer, the days also start getting warmer. But as we all know, this is not the case. The days do get longer, but the earth continues to cool. It is only at the beginning of February that we start seeing the first signs of the earth warming up. This is why the beginning of spring is at the beginning of February (Imbolc, St Sava (14th of January, but probably a replacement for the old Imbolc which is celebrated on the 1st of February)). The actual mid point is 4th of February. Which falls right in the middle of Aquarius (21 January – 19 February).

Spring equinox (21st of March) is the moment when the day is as long as night. From that day the days are longer than nights. We would expect that this would mark the beginning of the summer. But the real heat does not start until the beginning of May. This is why the beginning of summer is at the beginning of May (Bealtaine, which is today celebrated on the 1st of May, but there are indications that it was once celebrated on the 6th of May. Here we find St George’s day celebrated on the 23 of April, probably replacement for old Bealtaine). The actual mid point is 6th of May. Which falls right in the middle of Taurus (21 April – 21 May).


This last drawing is the diagram of transformation of Sun’s sunlight cycle into Earth’s climatic, vegetative cycle. 


This is the never ending wheel of life…

źródło: https://oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2016/07/two-crosses.html

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