sux it's cold, but at least midwinter's here

Posted by dana at 1:03 pm on Monday, December 22nd, 2008.

We're super excited today is the winter solstice, and that means one important thing for moonit: Astrolabe is going to sign off on our working agreement and finally make things official!  Astrolabe (literally) waits until the stars are aligned to make important decisions for their business, and this agreement is no exception. 

The winter solstice happens the instant when the Sun's position in the sky is at the greatest angular distance on the other side of the equatorial plane from the observer's hemisphere–that explains why tonight's the longest night of the year. The solstice signifies rebirth and is a time when ancient people celebrated since this is when their wine and beer was finally fermented, so feel free to get your drink on!