{"id":4497,"date":"2025-03-20T08:57:26","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T08:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/library\/?p=4497"},"modified":"2025-03-18T15:27:38","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T15:27:38","slug":"spring-equinox-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/library\/2025\/03\/20\/spring-equinox-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring Equinox 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Spring Equinox 2025<\/h1>\n<p>Also known as the \u2018vernal equinox\u2019 (from the Latin root \u2018ver\u2019 meaning spring; related is the French word for green \u2018vert\u2019), the Spring Equinox falls on the 20th of March every year. Astronomically, it is the half-way point of the earth around the sun, commonly celebrated in different cultures as the beginning of Spring. At this time of year, the amount of daylight experienced in the northern and southern hemispheres is the same.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4498\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/library\/2025\/03\/20\/spring-equinox-2025\/gqp\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2025\/03\/GQP.png?fit=602%2C435&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"602,435\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2025\/03\/GQP.png?fit=300%2C217&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2025\/03\/GQP.png?fit=602%2C435&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4498 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2025\/03\/GQP.png?resize=602%2C435&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Spring equinox\" width=\"602\" height=\"435\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 602px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 602\/435;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The spring equinox marked the beginning of the new year in ancient Persia, connected to their religion of Zoroastrianism. To this day, Iran, as well as many other Central Asian countries, celebrate the festival of Nowruz (meaning \u2018New Day\u2019 in Farsi) annually, where it is a time for family reunions, feasting and song. There are also rituals specific to the holiday: famously, Charshanbeh Suri (\u2018Scarlet Wednesday\u2019) includes jumping over fire, fortune telling, and a form of trick-or-treating known as \u2018spoon-banging\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>In poetry, countless poets have marked the coming of spring in myriad ways \u2013 the days grow longer, with more sunshine and better weather (for the most part anyway \u2013 here\u2019s looking at you, Scotland). Frank O\u2019Hara memorialised springtime in Paris \u2013 \u2018it is Spring the ice has melted, the Ricard is being poured, we are all happy and young and toothless\u2019. Even rain feels different, refreshing, emphasising the sense of a new start \u2013 in Kenneth Rexroth\u2019s words, \u2018a good rain knows its season, it comes at the edge of Spring\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Leonard Cohen\u2019s \u2018Probably Spring\u2019 offers a set of images for the season: \u2018It is the passion of our Lord. It is the ladder through her hair. It is a lovely field which you cannot find in the city\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>So heed Mr Cohen\u2019s advice. Take a walk when the sun is out, smell the freshly cut grass, admire the blossoming flora, and lean into the sense of hope that permeates the season.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4499\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/library\/2025\/03\/20\/spring-equinox-2025\/qp2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2025\/03\/QP2.png?fit=546%2C623&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"546,623\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2025\/03\/QP2.png?fit=263%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2025\/03\/QP2.png?fit=546%2C623&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4499 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2025\/03\/QP2.png?resize=546%2C623&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Spring in Glasgow\" width=\"546\" height=\"623\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 546px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 546\/623;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By Kieran Curran \u2013 photos taken by the author in Queen\u2019s Park, Glasgow in the spring of 2024<\/p>\n<p>Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/low-angle-photo-of-cherry-blossoms-tree-sKJ7zSylUao\">Arno Smit<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spring Equinox 2025 Also known as the \u2018vernal equinox\u2019 (from the Latin root \u2018ver\u2019 meaning spring; related is the French word for green \u2018vert\u2019), the Spring Equinox falls on the 20th of March every year. 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