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Spring Equinox Musings & a Call for Courage

The Wheel of the Year ticks ahead once again as we welcome in the Spring Equinox in the northern hemisphere. Often said to be the “start of springtime,” here at Garden of the Moon we know this isn’t quite right. With Imbolc the planting of the springtime seed, the Vernal Equinox instead marks the height…

First off, alongside the dark moon in Aries, today marks the solar quarter day of the Equinox: Spring Equinox in the Northern Hemisphere, Fall Equinox in the Southern. The word equinox breaks down into the Latin equi — equal, and nox — night. Equal night and equal day, the Equinox holds the balance of daylight…