![]() ![]() (By the way, this video is from 2012 because this myth has been around that long, if not longer. ![]() Which means, if you can get the bristles positioned like a tripod, your broom will stand upright any day of the year. It's also easily adaptable to a small group of people. ![]() This ritual can be performed by a solitary practitioner, either male or female. As the sun returns to the earth, life begins once more. The center of gravity is low on a broom, and rests directly over the bristles. Yule is the time of the Winter Solstice, and for many Pagans, it's a time to say goodbye to the old, and welcome the new. Instead, it has everything to do with balance. It also has nothing to do with the vernal equinox (another day of the year when this “magic” supposedly happens). It has nothing to do with the earth’s gravitational pull on a certain day. But as with many things on the internet, people ran with it.īut the truth is, you can make a broom stand upright today… and tomorrow and the day after… and the day after that. We couldn’t find anything from NASA to support the tweet. Okay so NASA said today was the only day a broom can stand up on its own because of the gravitational pull.I didn’t believe it at first but OMG! □□□□□ /M0HCeemyGt- mk February 10, 2020 Your friends are likely posting videos and pictures showing how they can make brooms stand up all by themselves.Ī viral tweet suggests that NASA said Monday was the only day the “standing broom” trick would work, because of the earth’s gravitational pull. Revelers celebrate the Summer Solstice at sunrise at Stonehenge stone circle near Amesbury, Britain, June 21, 2022.Surely, by now you’ve seen the latest craze … um, sweeping the internet. During those years riot police and people determined to celebrate the solstice often clashed.īut in 2000, English Heritage reopened Stonehenge for the solstice and celebrations since have been peaceful, with only a few arrests for minor offenses each year. The solstice celebration in 1985 was the occasion of a violent clash between police and revelers, causing the monument to be closed for the solstice for 15 years. When autocomplete results are available use up and down arrows to review and enter to select. Lets look at folklore and history, as well as how to create a besom in just a few steps The besom is the traditional witchs broom. The summer solstice is marked by many Pagan traditions, and the TWH team is celebrating with our community. The high point of a series of annual Pagan festivals that comprise the Wheel of the Year others include the winter solstice or Yule, the spring and autumn equinoxes. This year the solstice occurs tonight on June 21, 2022, at 09:13 UTC, which is June 20, 2022, at 5:13 am EDT at The Wild Hunt headquarters in Miami, Florida. Though the stone circle's alignment with the midsummer sunrise makes it an ideal location for celebrating the solstice, the event has a controversial past. The besom is the traditional witchs broom. Today (21 June) officially marks midsummer and the celebration of the summer solstice (or Litha as it’s also known in witchy and Pagan circles). Experts still debate its purpose, but it is aligned so that on summer solstice the sun rises behind the Heel Stone and rays of sunlight are channeled into the center of the circle. Stonehenge was built between 5,000 and 3,500 years ago on a windswept plain in southwest England by a sun-worshipping Neolithic culture.
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