{"id":24930,"date":"2016-03-19T20:00:36","date_gmt":"2016-03-20T03:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/northstarmoving.com\/blog\/?p=24930"},"modified":"2016-03-20T16:43:22","modified_gmt":"2016-03-20T23:43:22","slug":"celebrate-the-vernal-equinox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/2016\/celebrate-the-vernal-equinox\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate the Vernal Equinox!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wow! 2016 is flying by! Can you believe it&#8217;s already spring? I for one am very excited about all the great things happening this year. I&#8217;m looking forward to the warmer weather too. There are so many ways to enjoy spring. Let&#8217;s take a look a few of my favorite ways to celebrate the vernal equinox.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">What is the Vernal Equinox?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The word equinox\u00a0comes from Latin,\u00a0<em>equi<\/em> meaning equal and <em>nox<\/em> meaning night. They come together to\u00a0mean equal night. During an equinox the plane of the earth&#8217;s equator passes through the center of the sun. This causes day and night to be approximately equal in duration all over the entire planet. It also marks the first day of spring. Pretty cool huh? Afterward days will be longer than nights until the autumnal equinox.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24947\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24947\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24947 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Sunset-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"Equinox\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24947\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"oembed-caption\"><a title=\"sunset\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tom_hall_nz\/15375375972\/in\/photolist-qGtWFw-pqEPBb-nFWofK-aub95Q-nXYPQk-kbRGf2-wZQ2B-cw4eEf-cd6XyC-s2LUrY-q3X2Fs-fKbaX-dwuyhg-r4CjDq-baN8ra-baT5ee-8qbTTR-fvqkKz-fF83TD-baAzH4-6ohay-cjhHBd-bRZ5Lc-qrH6Le-oNyX5A-2iyPMu-97NQMe-mj7y6-9jFSqX-aEofGr-d5UPAq-emRTkk-9eWgU9-7ZyT9v-rWgLF-fNTDM1-nYx693-9uMncH-rWhGD-33zKt4-9LMggi-o881zx-NqgEq-NqDBV-dPt8Um-cbW1Nf-rojCtm-rWhpR-NUXL3\">sunset<\/a> by <a title=\"Flickr user Kiwi Tom\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tom_hall_nz\/\">Kiwi Tom<\/a> (<a title=\"Creative Commons Attribution License\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/\" rel=\"license\">CC BY 2.0<\/a>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Ways to Celebrate<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It is celebrated many different ways around\u00a0the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0In Germany the equinox is called Ostara. There they <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/search\/pins\/?rs=ac&amp;len=2&amp;q=egg+decoration+ideas&amp;0=egg%7Cautocomplete%7C1&amp;1=decoration%7Cautocomplete%7C1&amp;2=ideas%7Cautocomplete%7C1\" target=\"_blank\">decorate eggs<\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> to usher in the spring and the new (farming) year.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Here in the United States some boating towns on the east coast celebrate the first day of spring by burning socks. Spring marks the time to put away winter clothes. Instead of burning old clothes, put them to better use by\u00a0donating to <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goodwill.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Goodwill<\/a><\/span> or the <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/salvationarmyusa.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Salvation Army<\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In\u00a0Mexico people travel from miles around to visit\u00a0Teotihuac\u00e1n to climb the Pyramid of the Sun and welcome Spring. Sounds like a great day to go<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.modernhiker.com\/la-hiking\/\" target=\"_blank\">hiking<\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Getting outside is a great idea! Take a <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/2011\/exploring-los-angeles\/\" target=\"_blank\">staycation<\/a><\/span> and see what your town has to offer.\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_24950\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24950\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24950 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/mountains-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"equinox\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24950\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">mountains by illustir (CC &#8211; BY 2.0)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>\n<li>Go for a<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/2014\/get-moving-las-bike-trails\/\" target=\"_blank\">bike ride.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Visit the<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/2014\/10-l-a-beaches\/\" target=\"_blank\"> beach<\/a><\/span>.<\/li>\n<li>For those of you that prefer to celebrate indoors. You can spruce up your home with a <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/2015\/cool-plants-for-your-home\/\" target=\"_blank\">cool house plant<\/a><\/span> or get started on some <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/2015\/spring-forward-with-spring-cleaning\/\" target=\"_blank\">spring cleaning<\/a><\/span>!<\/li>\n<li>Throughout the world it also known as World Story Telling Day. Get moving to your<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lapl.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">local library <\/a><\/span>or <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarmoving.com\/blog\/2015\/get-moving-las-bookstores\/\" target=\"_blank\">bookstore<\/a><\/span> to celebrate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Hope you all have a beautiful first day of spring!<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagline\">How are you celebrating the vernal equinox? Tell me about in the comments section below?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wow! 2016 is flying by! Can you believe it&#8217;s already spring? I for one am very excited about all the great things happening this year. I&#8217;m looking forward to the warmer weather too. There are so many ways to enjoy spring. 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