{"id":50968,"date":"2011-12-21T19:10:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-22T00:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=50968"},"modified":"2011-12-21T22:05:24","modified_gmt":"2011-12-22T03:05:24","slug":"planet-waves-fm-winter-solstice-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/planet-waves-fm\/planet-waves-fm-winter-solstice-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Planet Waves FM : Winter Solstice 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-50968-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/planetwaves.fm\/podcast\/111221podcast.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/planetwaves.fm\/podcast\/111221podcast.mp3\">http:\/\/planetwaves.fm\/podcast\/111221podcast.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Yes, it&#8217;s just one year till the winter solstice of 2012 &#8212; that is, at least for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere. The Sun enters Capricorn tonight (Dec. 22) at 12:30 am EST. Yes, it is winter where I sit &#8212; if you live in the Southern Hemisphere please don&#8217;t be the Grinch Who Stole Winter Solstice. It&#8217;s a big turning point in the year for us.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\n<dl id=\"attachment_41500\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 140px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/225_web-eric-podcast.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-41500    \" title=\"225_web-eric-podcast\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/225_web-eric-podcast.jpg?resize=130%2C169&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"169\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd\"><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<p>If you would like to share your culture and open up your beautiful hemisphere to us Yankees up here in the north, send photos, your stories and tales of how you handle the opposition of the seasons in the context of so much astrological folklore being centered on places like England and Europe. We&#8217;re curious what it&#8217;s like down by you, and send some warmth to those of us who not only have short days but who also would freeze if we stood still for 20 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>As for what I get into &#8212; it looks like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/12\/22\/business\/global\/demand-for-ecb-loans-surpasses-expectations.html?pagewanted=2&amp;_r=1&amp;hp\"><strong>the euro got bailed out today<\/strong><\/a>, to the tune of half a trillion in cool cash (or about $670 billion), despite the Sun entering Capricorn square Uranus. This may seem trivial but it&#8217;s a big deal because if the euro, or one too many countries in the Eurozone, or one too many banks there, goes belly-up, we&#8217;ve all got a big problem on our hands.<\/p>\n<p>I cover the New Moon on Saturday as well as give an overview of what I am up to with <strong><em>Revolution. Revelation. Reality Check.<\/em><\/strong> &#8212; the 2012 annual edition of Planet Waves.<\/p>\n<p>That, by the way, is now <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/sales?product=2012\" target=\"_blank\">available to all readers<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/planetwaves.fm\/current_sky\" target=\"_blank\">Here is your program in the old player<\/a><\/strong>, where you\u2019ll find the full archives and a downloadable zip file.<\/p>\n<p>Lovingly,<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Planet Waves\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.planetwavesweekly.com\/resources\/images\/sign_white.jpg?resize=185%2C45&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Eric Francis\" width=\"185\" height=\"45\" vspace=\"10\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Did you know that Planet Waves offers you a variety of astrological readings for every sign in audio format including birthday reports? You\u2019re invited to <strong><a href=\"..\/..\/store\/audio.html\" target=\"_blank\">check them out in our audio store<\/a><\/strong>. If you\u2019d like access to Eric\u2019s weekly and monthly horoscopes, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/sales?product=1000\" target=\"_blank\">visit this link to access your free trial<\/a><\/strong> to our premium twice-weekly astrology service.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/planetwaves.fm\/podcast\/111221podcast.mp3 Yes, it&#8217;s just one year till the winter solstice of 2012 &#8212; that is, at least for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere. The Sun enters Capricorn tonight (Dec. 22) at 12:30 am EST. Yes, it is winter where I sit &#8212; if you live in the Southern Hemisphere please don&#8217;t be the &#8230; <a title=\"Planet Waves FM : Winter Solstice 2011\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/planet-waves-fm\/planet-waves-fm-winter-solstice-2011\/\" aria-label=\"More on Planet Waves FM : Winter Solstice 2011\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":""},"categories":[1735],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50968"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50968\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}