About Spring Equinox
March 21 - April 5
First Pentad, March 21 - 26
Second Pentad, March 27 - 31
Third Pentad, April 1 - 5
Between the end of March and the beginning of April, we genuinely feel that the days of winter lie behind us. The season of the spring equinox is when the days grow longer than the nights, and our lives begin to return outdoors. The sense of anticipation that we have felt in the months and weeks prior is now rewarded with the first herald blossoms, flowers, and greenery. This is a joyful season, a season of relief. Across cultures, across the millenia, we humans have marked and celebrated the days around the equinox with revelry and joy. Farewell to winter, and welcome spring at last!
Spring Equinox
Podcast Episode
In this reflective episode, Alexis and Kit joyfully welcome brighter days, remember springs past amid wildflower meadows and cherry blossoms, and look forward to the shining future. Hiroaki Sato leaves “Hiro’s Corner” to join our co-hosts for an interview about haiku.
Click here for poems & songs featured in this episode.
Words of the Season
In the Sky
March winds
Spring Dawn
Shining Wind
Spring Storms
Swallows
Sparrows
Birdsong
In the Ground
Tsukushi (field horsetail)
Na no Hana
California Mustard
Spring meadows
Wildflowers
Willows
Cherry Blossoms
In Our Lives
Foraging
Spring peace
Playing in the Fields
Seed Sowing
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Reading
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