The sun follows a clockwise ( East to West )
spiral orbit around a stationary Earth. Complete orbit time is 24 hours.
In addition to orbiting the stationary earth every 24
hours, the sun also follows a spiral
orbit from
north to south each year.
That is
what gives us the
4 seasons.

The annual north-south motion
of
the sun gives us the 4 seasons.
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Gen 8:22
While
the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold
and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night
shall not cease.
Equinoxes, solstices, and tropics are the result of the
north-south motion of the sun, starting with the vernal
or spring equinox on March 21, the official beginning of
spring in the northern hemisphere.
On
that day, the sun lies on the celestial equator. The
word equinox refers to the fact that, on this day, the
night is equal to the day: each is twelve hours long.
The sun is directly above the equator, so its rays fall
vertically down.
Through March, April, and May, the sun moves north. On
June 22, it reaches its most northerly point, 23 1/2°
above the equator. In the northern hemisphere that day
is called the summer solstice. It is the longest day of
the year and the official beginning of summer. The sun
lies on the circle of the earth called the Tropic of
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