The Sun enters Capricorn at 5:30am UTC on 22 December 2011. This marks the winter solstice in the northern hemisphere and the summer solstice in the southern hemisphere.  The Sun is directly overhead, i.e. at the zenith, at local noon on this day at a point in the Indian Ocean west of Australia and south [...]

CANCER INGRESS – 21 June 2011 – 5:18pm UTC At the Cancer Ingress, the summer solstice in the north and the winter solstice in the south, we come to the most northerly point in the Sun’s apparent cycle around the Earth, when it seems to stand still for a few days before beginning its journey [...]