Rainbow around the sun - signs

Seeing the rainbow, most of us smile and remember childhood, when this natural phenomenon was seen for the first time. There are many signs associated with the rainbow , but the multicolored arc, closing around the sun, looks especially extraordinary and mystical. In science, this phenomenon is called a halo.

What is the phenomenon of a rainbow around the sun?

There are many types of halos, but they are all caused by ice crystals in cirrus clouds. It is from their shape and location and the form of the halo depends. The light that reflects and refracts ice crystals is often decomposed into a spectrum, which causes the similarity of a halo with a rainbow. The halo that forms around the moon has no color, because at twilight it is simply impossible to distinguish it. This phenomenon is fixed in any weather, and in the frost crystals are located very close to the surface of the earth and resemble shining precious stones, the so-called diamond dust.

The lower halo can be seen against the background of the surrounding landscape, if the main star is low above the horizon. However, the halo is not the same as the crowns. The last natural phenomenon is associated with the formation of light hazy rings in the sky around the Sun or the Moon.

What does the rainbow around the sun mean?

Those who are lucky enough to see this rare phenomenon, we should expect all the best - prosperity, prosperity, luck and love. If before this in life was not the simplest period, then it will necessarily end and everything will be formed in the best way.

If such signs, associated with a circular rainbow around the sun:

There are a lot of historical facts associated with the halo, when this natural phenomenon helped those who saw it in any cases or on the contrary, was interpreted as a bad sign. In particular, the "Lay of Igor's Campaign" says that the army was finally crushed when four Suns appeared in the sky. Ivan the Terrible regarded the seen natural phenomenon as an omen of an imminent death. There is a lot to take about the rainbow. Quite interesting is the belief: a pregnant woman who has taken a sip from the river, from where the rainbow starts, can guess the sex of her child. True, this applies only to those women who already have three daughters or three sons.