When Today
December 13, 2025 at 02:00 PM
1 hr
Where Picton Library - Flex Space on Lower Level 208 Main St, Picton, ON K0K 2T0, Canada

🌞✨ The Cultural Significance of Solstices & Equinoxes ✨🌞

📅 Date: Saturday, December 13, 2025
🕑 Time: 2:00 PM (1 hour)
📍 Location: Picton Library – Flex Space (Lower Level), 208 Main St, Picton, ON

Join the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (Belleville Chapter) for a fascinating journey into the meaning of solstices and equinoxes. 🌌

Discover:

  • Why these celestial events occur
  • How ancient civilizations—Babylonians, Egyptians, Toltec-Mayans, and Britons—celebrated and honored them
  • The lasting cultural importance of these cosmic milestones

✨ Travel back in time and see how humanity’s connection to the sky shaped traditions, beliefs, and history.

 

📸Steven Burr: Solstice at Sandbanks

📸 Vicky WJ: Stonehenge

Read our Astro Blog to be up-to-date on sky events and learn more about Dark Sky Project here.