And what is your favorite way of acknowledging this very positive event?
For me, this year it means fun in the sun with a chain saw and a lot of fallen tree limbs. That’s followed by sitting in the sun, being really happy I’m sitting in the sun!
Equinox is the middle of Spring.
The beginning of Spring is Imbolc.
It’s Spring Equinox in Japan tomorrow.
It’s a national holiday.
Huzzah!
I have to go and wash some old graves with my wife.
Boo!
Mukade
Depends on your Tradition. 
That’s what I thought too (and me not even a Pagan 
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Hey ad…the chick in your avatar isn’t drinking COFFEE, is she??? Tell me it’s tea or something… 
I try to spend some time outdoors, meditating… maybe a tarot reading if I’m feeling the need. Normally I do the whole egg-balancing thing with the kids and talk to them about the Equinox, but they’re out galavanting with friends today. It’s looking to be a rather peaceful day!
It’s okay, izz… we had to differ somewhere along the way, otherwise it might get to be creepy or something.
Actually, it is tea. 
My kids and I will be making pysanky today. My father taught me when I was in my teens. Nice to be able to pass it on to my kids. Usually I don’t keep any that I make. They are created with someone in mind to give them to. Here are a couple (goose eggs) I did back in 2002 that I still have.
Happy Spring!
David
Feadan, those are absolutely GORGEOUS!!! What a beautiful thing to be able to pass from generation to generation… amazing.
Those are gorgeous eggs.
When I was a kid we made decorated eggs and paste eggs.
http://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/PaceEgging.htm
We also had egg jarping and egg rolling competitions at school.
Eggtastic.
Mukade
Is it still called spring for people in the Southern Hemisphere, where it gets colder this time of year?
Puttin’ on my raincoat and avoiding pagan rituals, mostly.
It’s snowing here. 
Guess I’ll be shoveling…
I’ll celebrate when the shovel and the snowblower go to bed for the season! 
Anything else is not traditional, it’s contemporary.
Not necessarily true.
Since the equinox is when there’s an equal amount of daylight and darkness, how does tradition fit in? It’s an astronomical event.
I’m confused.
Pagan tradition is based on the recognition and celebration of Solar events and the seasonal changes created by them. There are many ancient monuments in Britain to support this fact.
Equinoxes are half way between the Soltices. The Soltices are midsummer and midwinter, the Equinoxes are therefore midspring and midautumn. Half way between those are Imbolc, Beltane, Lammas and Samhain - the seasonal cusps.
Hey FlyGuy! When I said “Depends on your Tradition”, I wasn’t referring to the Equinox, sorry that I confused you… I was referring to TooTs saying that Imbolc was the beginning of Spring. For some pagan traditions that is true, but for some (like mine) it isn’t.
Imbolc is traditionally the beginning of Spring.
What other tradition has Imbolc as anything else?