For you, then, those weeks from just before the winter solstice up until the spring equinox are filled with stark meaning and symbolism. |
Well, I use the Autumn equinox as a time to say goodbye to Summer and to welcome the fall. |
The tropical year when the earth in its revolution passes from one equinox or tropic to the same again. |
Easter Sunday, a time of hope and joy is timed to coincide with the Sunday following the first full moon of the vernal equinox. |
The determination of the date of Easter is governed by a computation based on the vernal equinox and the phase of the moon. |
For historical reasons the vernal equinox is still referred as the First Point of Aries. |