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	Astrology on the Web: The Equinoxes
		It happens in 2007 on March 21 (00:09 UT – but bear in mind that the Equinox is a day and a night, a phase not a moment), marked in the Christian Calendar by the Festival of the Annunciation of the Virgin (Lady Day) on March 25.
		The word equinox means "equal night": the duration of the day being equal to that of the night, an event which occurs but twice a year, the one marking the astrological beginning of spring and the other the ending of summer.
		Astrologically, the March Equinox marks the beginning of the tropical astrological year, being the entry of the Sun into the Cardinal, Fire Sign of Aries, the Ram.
	www.astrologycom.com /equinox.html (1113 words)

	Equinox
		The vernal equinox is the beginning of spring; the autumnal equinox is the beginning of autumn.
		In astronomy, an equinox is defined the moment when the sun reaches one of two intersections between the ecliptic and the celestial equator.
		The March equinox is the vernal equinox in the northern hemisphere and is the autumnal equinox in the southern hemisphere; for the September equinox, those events are interchanged.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/eq/Equinox.html (110 words)

	Floridian: March's vernal equinox heralds spring
		MARCH 9: The red star Aldebaran is to the left of the moon at dusk.
		MARCH 10: Saturn is to the upper left of the moon at dusk.
		MARCH 19: Moon is closest to the Earth (perigee) at 223,580 miles.
	www.sptimes.com /2003/03/01/Floridian/March_s_vernal_equino.shtml (825 words)

	Autumnal Equinox (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Equinox is either of the two times during the year that the sun crosses the celestial equator, an imaginary line through the sky, and appears directly above the equator, the imaginary line that divides the earth into the northern and southern hemispheres.
		Between the March, or vernal, equinox and the September, or autumnal, equinox, the sun appears north of the equator.
		On the autumnal equinox, many Pagans celebrate Mabon as one of the eight sabbats (a celebration based on the cycles of the sun).
	www3.kumc.edu /diversity/other/autumnal.html (194 words)

	Why March 21st?
		The astronomical March equinox (northward equinox, spring equinox for the northern hemisphere) corresponds to the moment when Sun is at 0° ecliptic longitude, at which point the ecliptic intersects the celestial equator.
		In the days of the Roman Empire, the word "equinox" had the literal Latin meaning "equal night", because the duration of daytime and night time are approximately equal on the date of an equinox.
		It is said that March 21st was selected as the ecclesiastical vernal equinox because the Church of Alexandria, whose staff were reputed to have astronomical expertise, reckoned that March 21st was the date of the equinox in 325 AD, the year of the First Council of Nicaea.
	individual.utoronto.ca /kalendis/mar21.htm (1906 words)

	March - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		March is the third month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days.
		The equinox named the vernal or spring equinox in the northern hemisphere and the autumnal equinox in the southern hemisphere occurs on dates varying from 19 March to 21 March (in UTC).
		March in the Northern Hemisphere is the seasonal equivalent to September in the Southern Hemisphere (and vice versa).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/March (923 words)

	Equinox Summary
		The equinox in March is called the vernal, or spring equinox; the one in September is called the fall equinox.
		The spring equinox marked the beginning of the growing season in many regions, or at least provided a reference point from which the best times for sowing and reaping could be measured.
		The instances of the equinoxes are not fixed but fall about six hours later every year, amounting to one full day in four years, but then they are reset by the occurence of a leap year.
	www.bookrags.com /Equinox (3569 words)

	Vernal (Spring) Equinox
		March 20, 2006, is a date that most of us recognize as symbolic of changing seasons.
		Translated literally, equinox means "equal night." Because the sun is positioned above the equator, day and night are about equal in length all over the world during the equinoxes.
		A second equinox occurs each year on September 22 or 23; in 2006, it will be on September 22 at 11:03 P.M. EDT (Sept. 23, 03:03 UT*).
	www.factmonster.com /spot/riteofspring1.html (412 words)

	Spring Equinox (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Definition: The spring equinox and the fall equinox are the two days in the year when the hours of daylight and darkness are exactly equal.
		From March 20 or 21 until the longest day of the year on June 21 or 22, the nights will grow shorter and shorter.
		Ancient people celebrated the new year on the spring equinox, some groups still celebrate their new year at this time.
	www.kidsturncentral.com /holidays/glossary/defsequinox.htm (77 words)

	KWTX \| First Day of Spring: Vernal Equinox March 20, 2006 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		There are two conventions for dealing with this: either the name of the equinox can be changed to the autumnal equinox, or (apparently more commonly) the name is unchanged and it is accepted that it is out of sync with the season.
		For observers in either hemisphere not at the poles, the further one goes in time away from the vernal equinox in the 3 months before that equinox, the more to the south the sun has been rising and setting, and for the three months afterwards it rises and sets more and more to the north.
		A common old wives' tale regarding the vernal equinox is that this is the one day of the year that eggs can be balanced on their end.
	www.kwtx.com /unclassified/1362432.html (591 words)

	Spring Equinox - Crystalinks
		In astronomy, the vernal equinox (spring equinox, march equinox, or northward equinox) is the equinox at the beginning of spring in the northern hemisphere: the moment when the sun appears to cross the celestial equator, heading northward.
		The equinoxes are also the only days of the year when a person standing on the Equator will see the sun passing directly overhead.
		By 1500 the vernal equinox fell on March 11.
	www.crystalinks.com /spring.html (1519 words)

	FAQ-Equinoxes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		On the day of an equinox, the geometric center of the Sun's disk crosses the equator, and this point is above the horizon for 12 hours everywhere on the Earth.
		In the southern hemisphere, the dates of equal day and night occur before the September equinox and after the March equinox.
		On the dates of the equinoxes, the day is about 7 minutes longer than the night at latitudes up to about 25 degrees, increasing to 10 minutes or more at latitude 50 degrees.
	aa.usno.navy.mil /faq/docs/equinoxes.html (432 words)

	The Northbound Sun
		The northward migration of the Sun in March causes this monumental shift in daylight.
		On the March equinox, the Sun rises due east and sets due west, and everyone everywhere around the world receives about 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of night.
		After the March equinox, the Sun rises north of due east and sets north of due west, bringing longer days and shorter nights into the Northern Hemisphere, and shorter days and longer nights into the Southern Hemisphere.
	www.idialstars.com /nbs.htm (759 words)

	Vernal (Spring) Equinox
		March 20, 2007, is a date that most of us recognize as symbolic of changing seasons.
		This moment is known as the vernal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere.
		Translated literally, equinox means "equal night." Because the sun is positioned above the equator, day and night are about equal in length all over the world during the equinoxes.
	www.infoplease.com /spot/riteofspring1.html (419 words)

	Spring - Spring Equinox, Vernal Equinox, Celebrating Fall Equinox
		The Spring equinox had huge significance to them and was marked by much grandeur and gaiety because of the promise it brought with it.
		March equinox, as Spring equinox is also called, is significant in almost all parts of the world.
		While the Buddhists celebrate Spring Equinox with their festival called Higan, in Japan, Spring equinox is a national holiday-a day set aside to pay tribute to their ancestors.
	www.123greetings.com /events/spring/info/spring_equinox.html (609 words)

	NATURALIST'S ALMANAC \| MARCH 20 \| VERNAL EQUINOX
		Around March 20-21 every year, we experience something called the vernal equinox “spring’s equal night.” Night feels equal to day at this time of year because we are halfway between the longest night, which occurs at the winter solstice, and the longest day, which occurs at the summer solstice.
		On the equinox, the center of the sun is above the horizon for 12 hours everywhere on Earth.
		At the moment of the vernal equinox, the Earth is at a place in its orbit where it tilts neither toward nor away from the sun.
	www.naturalistsalmanac.com /0320vernal.html (400 words)

	Spring Phenomena, 25 BCE to 38 CE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The days of the week are given for the equinoxes and the Full Moons, from which the days of the week may readily be found for the New Moons.
		Feb. 24 0* March 24 Noon CE 1 March 27 9 p.m.
		March 19 Noon April 18 0* 15 March 24 7 a.m.
	aa.usno.navy.mil /data/docs/SpringPhenom.html (369 words)

	Caroling -- Equinox March 1999
		March 21, 1:46 UT is an equinox moment, 1999.
		March 9 is the first cave stop on a 24-day climb up to and back from a peak at the time of the equinox.
		On March 21, spend the whole day at cave 12, celebrating this last March equinox before the year 2000.
	www.wholeo.net /Caroling/season/mar99/mar99.htm (220 words)

	March 2006 Calendar - School of the Seasons
		March was the first month of the Roman year until the adoption of the Julian calendar in 46 BCE.
		March is named after Mars, the Roman god of war, because this was the month when campaigning began.
		March is noted for its winds, as in the saying, “March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb.” Farmers welcomed the winds as they dried out the soggy fields, permitting planting to begin.
	www.schooloftheseasons.com /march.html (508 words)

	Equinox or Barley
		The vernal equinox is that instant when the sun is directly above the earth's equator while going from the south to the north (for inhabitants of the northern hemisphere).
		That does not mean, however, that the vernal equinox had no significance among historic pagans and their calendars.
		Her chief symbols were the bunny (both for fertility and because her worshipers saw a hare in the full moon) and the egg (symbolic of the cosmic egg of creation), images which Christians have been hard pressed to explain.
	www.yrm.org /equinox_or_barley.htm (2352 words)

	Signs & Constellations of the Zodiac (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Six months after the March equinox, the Sun stands at the first point of Libra on the September equinox.
		At the present time, the Sun is at the first point of Aries on the March equinox, but the stars of the constellation Pisces backdrop the March equinox Sun.
		On the September equinox, the sun resides at the first point of Libra but in front of the constellation Virgo; on the December solstice, the Sun stands at the tropic of Capricorn but in front of the constellation Sagittarius.
	www.idialstars.com /zsac.htm (596 words)

	Annie's "Spring" Page
		The equinoxes occur on March 19, 20, or 21 and on September 22 or 23.
		Hemisphere, the March equinox marks the start of spring and is often called the vernal
		The position of the vernal equinox is called the first point of Aries.
	www.annieshomepage.com /spring.html (928 words)

	Spring Equinox \| Holiday \| Easter \| Flowers \| History \| Pagan \| Season \| March 20, 2006 \| Date (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		On this day, which falls on March 20th in 2006, there are exactly 12 hours of light and 12 hours of darkness.
		Eostre is the Pagan holiday that celebrates the return of spring and the balance between light and dark on, or around, the Spring Equinox.
		It has been said that on the exact hour that winter turns to spring (around noon on the Spring Equinox), you are able to stand on an egg that is end-on-end without breaking it.
	www.kidzworld.com /site/p1921.htm (271 words)

	Science Question of the Week - spring and fall equinox - March 26, 2004
		If Earth moved around the Sun in a circle with constant speed, the time from one equinox to the next would always be exactly half a year.
		The solstice-to-solstice line is therefore almost exactly along the long axis of the ellipse, and the line between equinox positions divides the ellipse quite unequally.
		During the winter segment (fall to spring) Earth is closer to the Sun, its path is "the shorter half the ellipse" (=less than half the ellipse length), and it moves a little faster.
	www.gsfc.nasa.gov /scienceques2003/20040326.htm (408 words)

	International Earth Day- The Official Site (www.earthsite.org) Spring/Vernal Equinox - The Great Day of Earth
		But the selection of the March equinox makes planetary observance of a shared event possible.
		"The vernal equinox calls on all mankind to recognize and respect Earth’s beautiful systems of balance, between the presence of animals on land, the fish in the sea, birds in the air, mankind, water, air, and land.
		Earth Day, celebrated on the Spring or Vernal Equinox, is the most significant day of the year, because people from all nations, backgrounds, races, colors, religions, and all other human-made barriers celebrate their similarities: living on Earth.
	www.earthsite.org (1355 words)

	Equinoxes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Sunrises and sunsets reach their extreme northerly and southerly positions on the solstices; and occur due east and due west on the equinoxes.
		However, the path of the Sun against the background of fixed stars (the "ecliptic") is tilted with respect to the celestial equator and intersects the celestial equator in only two points (the equinox positions).
		Once the Sun sets on the September equinox, it will not rise again until the March equinox; there will be 179 days of nighttime at the North Pole.
	homepage.mac.com /kvmagruder/bcp/zodiacal/equinoxes.htm (326 words)

	Earth Day 2002 - Spring Equinox, March 20, 2:16 PM EST (earthsite.org)
		At the same moment (8:16 p.m., March 20, in Austria) the Peace Bell at the United Nations in Vienna will ring.
		At the moment of Equinox the Sun is setting at the South Pole and rising at the North Pole.
		New Year Celebrations begin at the exact moment of vernal equinox and last for 13 days, culminating with Seezdehbedar (Nature Day) on the 13th day of the year.
	www.earthsite.org /ed2002.htm (252 words)

	CBC News In Depth: Forces of nature
		In 2007, the March equinox – marking the first day of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and of autumn in the southern – occurs at 8:07 p.m.
		The word equinox is derived from the Latin words for "equal" and "night," and a common description of the equinox is the day when there are equal hours of daylight and night.
		In the Christian church, Easter is calculated as the first Sunday after the first full moon on or after the March equinox, although for this purpose the date of the equinox is always considered to be March 21.
	www.cbc.ca /news/background/forcesofnature/equinox.html (1467 words)

	Equinox Vernal
		Along with this, all sorts of ridiculous statements got into the press, such as that Albert Einstein had doubted that eggs could be stood on end and that the Smithsonian didn't believe it either.
		It began with something that has been carefully learned over a very long time, that after long months of winter, when weather is rapidly improving, we reach the time when the Sun is in the sky for half the day.
		Also available at the U.S. Naval Observatory's site is an article on the Length of Day and Night at the Equinoxes and UCAR has a nice explaination of the equinox.
	www.clarkfoundation.org /astro-utah/vondel/equinoxver.html (1229 words)

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