A friend told me that there was an unusual halo in the sky. I managed to photograph an unusual phenomenon (or a sign?).

Winter halo on December 25, 2021 in St. Petersburg in the form of a pillar of light (with a certain imagination you can see a cross in it ✝️).

Photo without processing:
winter_cross.zip

It's a coincidence that today Catholics celebrate Christmas.

The general meaning, the significance of any phenomenon, as I understand it: be more attentive to what is happening.

Since ancient times, people have associated natural phenomena in the sky with the activities of divine forces that influence the future. For example, the Star of Bethlehem, which pointed out to the Magi the imminent appearance of Jesus.

In the Slavic tradition, the sky is associated with the upper half of the body, and the earth with the lower half (the Underworld). The sky is a symbol of reason, and the Sun ☀️ is a symbol of God (higher reason).

If we accept these comparisons, we can decipher the symbol in the sky as follows: “Be ready to see the events that will soon follow.”

source.

See events that are ultimately favorable, because... the cross is a symbol of victory over death and protection from the forces of evil, that is, a symbol of the Savior.

• The cross in Orthodoxy - real events in history.

Others associate the cross symbol with the ancient letter Chi-Rho (combining the letters X, P). From Christ’s explanation of this heavenly sign to Tsar Constantine, the name of the religion came - Christianity.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chi_Rho

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