Yesterday, at 1:45 AM EDT (or 6:45 AM UTC) the Earth reached the point in its orbit where the inclination of the North Pole toward the Sun is most extreme. From an Earth-centric perspective, the Sun has moved as far north as it will this year. Today the Sun begins its long journey south, and the days in the northern hemisphere begin to shorten. Likewise, today is the shortest day of the year in the Southern Hemisphere with days steadily lengthening until midsummer returns there.
I find it curious that the Summer Solstice here is the Winter Solstice in the Southern Hemisphere. Or that the Summer Solstice occurs twice every year—once in the north, and once in the south.
Everything is meaningless. Everything is an aching endless agony of unfulfilled desire.