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Moonlady Holiday Compilation: Spring Equinox

Amy Martin
March 18, 2013

Moonlady Holiday Compilation:

Spring Equinox

In 2013, on March 20 at 11:02 Universal Time, or 6:02 a.m. Central Daylight Time for us in the central U.S., the Sun will cross directly over the Earth’s equator. This moment is known as the vernal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere. For the Southern Hemisphere, this is the moment of the autumnal equinox.

Spring Equinox overview

EarthSky
video of seasons caused by axial tilt and Earth orbit

Wikipedia overview

National Geographic – Equinoxes – video

How To Celebrate Spring

Nature’s Cycles

School of the Seasons – spring

Spring celebrations by various faiths – ancient and modern

Pagan celebrations from Circle Sanctuary – text & podcasts

Vernal Equinox Pictures: First-Day-of-Spring Rituals

Special Insights

Archaeological sites with connections to the Equinox .

Astrology Astronomy of Spring Equinox

A Chinese perspective on the spring equinox

Egg balancing on the Equinox

The Spring Equinox and the Return of Ostara

Sun rises due east and sets due west on the equinox

Amy Martin

Amy Martin is the author of Wild Dallas-Fort Worth: Explore the Amazing Nature of North Texas (https://moonlady.com/amy-martin-selected-to-write-wild-dallas-fort-worth-explore-the-amazing-nature-of-north-texas/), to be released by Timber Press in 2022. She is the North Texas Wild columnist at GreenSourceDFW (https://greensourcedfw.org/) and author of Itchy Business: How to Treat the Poison Ivy and Poison Oak Rash (http://itchy.biz/). She was the senior comedy, magic and cirque critic for TheaterJones, The Aging Hippie columnist for Senior Voice, and the Taoist panel member of the Texas Faith blog of The Dallas Morning News. A journalist for over 40 years, she wrote for Dallas Observer, Dallas Times Herald, Dallas Morning News, Senior Voice, and D magazine, and was contributing editor and columnist for Garbage magazine. She was known by many in North Texas as the Moonlady for her alternative newservice of 15 years, Moonlady News, and served as creator/producer/promoter of the acclaimed Winter and Summer SolstiCelebrations for 20 years.