So I was thinking yesterday about the sun. Have you ever thought about the directional cues we take and associate with the sun? If someone showed us a picture with the sun low on the left side, we'd think, "oh, it's morning" and if it were on the right side, "it's evening". But, it would be reversed if we grew up in the southern hemisphere. We associate left with morning because in seasons other than summer we need to look south to see the sun, which makes it rises "on the left" and sets "on the right". In the southern hemisphere you'd have to look north to see the sun, consequently flipping the associations of morning and evening. During the day you'd look north and see the sun move from the right to the left.

We also take directional cues from the sun. If it's winter and I see the sun, I know I'm facing southernly. If I were in the southern hemisphere I wonder if I would have a hard time with directions because I'd unconsciously be thinking south when facing the sun, when in fact it'd be a northerly direction. I also wonder if we'd feel uncomfortable in the southern hemisphere because our unconscious mind expects the sun to move "left to right" and not "right to left". I guess I'll just have to take my trip to Australia sometime and experience all of these theories.

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