First Light of the Solstice
SPACEWEATHER.COM NEWS: 06/21/2026
SOLSTICE SOLAR FLARES: Solar activity is increasing as a farside sunspot comes around the sun’s eastern limb and turns toward Earth. June 21st began with an M3-class solar flare from newly-numbered sunspot 4473:
The increasing pace and intensity of explosions from AR4473 suggest that more flares are likely today. If so, there’s a good chance the sun will be shining when it happens. Today is the summer solstice and the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere.
LARGE FARSIDE SUNSPOT: Another farside sunspot is coming, and it’s a big one. Europe’s Solar Orbiter photographed the behemoth on June 20th:
This sunspot is growing rapidly. Only a few days ago it was small and unremarkable. Since June 16th, Solar Orbiter has watched it multiply in size more than 10-fold. The sunspot will reach the Earthside of the sun a few days from now, not far behind active region 4473.
StarWalk Astronomical News: What Happens on the Summer Solstice?
Position of the Earth in relation to the Sun during the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere.
Sunday, June 21, 2026, at 08:24 UTC, 3:24 AM Central Time
When the summer solstice happens in the Northern Hemisphere, the North Pole is tilted about 23.5° toward the Sun. Because the Sun’s rays are shifted northward from the Equator by the same amount, the vertical noon rays are directly overhead at the 23.5°N latitude.
Six months later, the South Pole becomes inclined about 23.5° toward the Sun. This day is the summer solstice in the Southern Hemisphere. The Sun’s vertical overhead rays reach their southernmost position at the 23.5°S latitude.
The summer solstice marks the longest day of the year and the start of summer.
Solstice traditions and ancient monuments
Stonehenge is one of the world’s best-known ancient monuments aligned with the Sun. Built about 5,000 years ago, even before the Egyptian pyramids at Giza, it shows how important celestial events like solstices were to ancient people.
Stonehenge
Scientists believe that Stonehenge was specifically designed to line up with solstices. If you stand at the center of Stonehenge on the summer solstice, you’ll see the Sun rise near the Heel Stone, along the monument’s famous solstitial alignment.
The Great Pyramids of Giza
In Egypt, the Great Pyramids at Giza appear aligned with the Sun. When viewed from the Sphinx, the Sun sets precisely between the pyramids of Khufu and Khafre during the summer solstice. What’s more, this spectacle forms an image that replicates the Egyptian hieroglyph Akhet, meaning “horizon.”
The Temple of the Sun
The Temple of the Sun was a sacred precinct built by the Incas to pay tribute and give offerings to the Sun inside Machu Picchu. During the sunrise on the June solstice, when the very first light rises over the distant mountains, it shines through one of the two windows of the Temple of the Sun and illuminates the ceremonial stone within. The second window was for the Sun’s rays on the winter solstice.
Bonus: The well in Syene and the radius of the Circle of Earth
The summer solstice and the well in Syene were all it took for Eratosthenes, the chief librarian of the great library of Alexandria, to calculate the radius of the Earth in 240 BC.
Bonus: The well in Syene and the radius of the Earth
The summer solstice and the well in Syene were all it took for Eratosthenes, the chief librarian of the great library of Alexandria, to calculate the radius of the Earth in 240 BC.
Eratosthenes had heard from travelers about a well in Syene (now Aswan, Egypt) with an interesting property: at noon on the summer solstice, the Sun’s rays shone directly down a well, casting no shadow at all. From this, he concluded that the Sun was directly overhead at Syene. Eratosthenes then measured the shadow cast by a stick at noon on the summer solstice in Alexandria and found it made an angle of about 7.2° (1/50 of a complete circle).
Astronomers from 500 BC already knew that the Earth is spherical, so Eratosthenes realized that it was the angle subtended at the center of the Earth by radial lines drawn from both locations. All he had to do was find the distance from Alexandria to Syene and multiply it by 50 to get the Earth’s circumference.
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StarWalk, Upcoming Astronomical Events: June 21–27, 2026
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Mayan Calendar Time and Synchronicity
7 Dog/OC is the symbol of the Creator’s Love in the Highest Position to see “all that is” and “all that is not”. Love is the Light that gathers all souls to heaven. On Dog/OC we’re guided to follow the trail where Love has been in our life. When you remember, the object of your affection remembers too.
7 Dog/OC completes the Count of Days and prepares us to begin again on Higher Ground.
THE TRECENA OF SEED/KAN: THE LIGHT WITHIN
MAYAN CALENDAR DAYKEEPER’S JOURNAL
7 Dog/OC, Cherokee, Wolf/KANA’TI, Destiny Kin 150, Position 10
June 21, 2026, 06/21/2026; Times Before: 10/04/2025, 01/16/2025, 05/02/2024
TRECENA OF SEED/KAN: THE FACTS OF LIFE
The “Tzolk’in Field Guide” is my gift to download that includes the Count of Days with the aspects for each Destiny Kin and highlights for a personal practice with each trecena. It’s designed as a companion for daily practice.
It only takes 13 days to see how Faith is always raised to Knowing the Truth of Answered Prayers. You only have to track your thoughts. Record the matters on your mind in a journal to see how your perspective is changed by a Divine Order of Thoughts.
Visit the 13-Day Trecena Guide. to download a free copy. Volume 1 covers the first two seasons of the Tzolk’in, and Volume 2 covers the 3rd and 4th to the end of the Tzolk’in round.
Seed/KAN is the second trecena in the 3rd Season of the Tzolk’in round, found in Volume 2.
NOTE: Tone 1 reflects the “First Light” of Divine Inspiration for the cycle. Keep a 3-Day Journal of the matter on your mind each Day.
7 Dog/OC (Cherokee, Wolf/KANA’TI) – Day 7 of 13 of the 1 Seed/KAN trecena
Descriptions by Ian Xel Lungold (12 Sun/AHAU), wisdom and Free Calculator preserved on MayanMajix.com
Galactic Tone 7: Reflective. Seven stands as a mirror to divide light and dark and to reflect all that is and is not. Seven is associated with the source of creation and the flow of Divine Will. With a keen sense of ethics, Seven establishes purpose to current and future goals.
Dog/OC: Courageous, loyal and warm-hearted, very alert and valiant, people born of Dog are respected for their sense of justice and their protection. People born of the sun sign Dog are very sensual and know how to enjoy life. Playfulness and a good understanding of the basic human nature lead to prosperity for Dog. Dogs are good team players who love to travel and have a keen sense of their position in society. Dogs are ambitious and will take opportunities when they offer themselves, including infidelities. Dog persons share the nature of coyotes, spies, wolves and lawyers.
A GOOD DAY TO: Enjoy family and friends. (No matter how near or far.)
Cherokee, Wolf/KANA’TI: Symbol is Sirius (Dog star) and Antares, one or the other always visible but never at the same time. Wolf is our brother, shares our very roots. All dogs are domesticated wolves, companionship and guidance. Connecting link between the worlds. One who inspires loyalty, diplomacy and sense of humor with unlimited potential. A teacher, healer, pathfinder and transformer. Sharp as obsidian, gentle as a lamb.
[Text in italics was the primary source of inspiration for my journal. These are the sources that started my journey and they are the reference for interpretation each day. By providing the original text, I hope to offer a way to see what inspired my thoughts and by including all the aspects – allow for something more to inspire you. Mayan descriptions are those written by Ian Lungold. Cherokee descriptions came from multiple sources. Links to sources and other resources of study are offered on the Daykeeper Resources Page. ~Debra]
