Do you smell that? That’s the smell of flowers in the air, fresh cut grass and BBQs galore. Spring is officially here! March 20th marks the March equinox of 2017. This means that the northern hemisphere starts their spring season and the southern hemisphere starts their fall season at this time.
This particular equinox is called the Vernal Equinox. The word ‘equinox’ comes from the Latin words which mean ‘equal night.’ During each equinox, days and nights are back to being just about equal time lengths. We have an equinox twice a year—once in the spring and once in the fall. The opposite of those are our two solstices, one in the summer and one in the winter. So if you are in the northern hemisphere, how did you spend the first day of spring? Here are some ways to welcome in the season:
“It is spring again. The earth is like a child that knows poems by heart.” ― Rainer Maria Rilke
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