Spring Equinox 2012

[InOne]

Does this mean we'll get longer and brighter days now? :suspect:

[Kate!]

yeh, should do. I think today (21st) is officially the first day of Spring :amazed:

[Niamh.]

It means it will be brighter later

[Livia]

I hope today's 20th or my diary's *******ed.

[Kate!]

oh yes, sorry .... getting ahead of myself. Thought it was Wednesday today for some strange reason :laugh:

[Livia]

I was both worried and a little bit hopeful there for a minute, Kate!

[Niamh.]

So do the clocks go back at midnight tonight then or midnight tomorrow night? :suspect:

[InOne]

Oh god I hate all this nonsense

[MTVN]

Clocks don't go forward till the weekend I don't think, an hour less in bed :(

[Livia]

I'll tell ya something interesting about the Spring Equinox... It's the Pagan festival of Oestra, named after the fertility goddess Oestra. Her symbols are eggs (obviously, for a fertility goddess) and Hares - because of the spring. Christians liked to nick Pagan festivals and put their own festivals on them - it's a power thing. So Oestra became Easter, and eggs are given... and the hare became the Easter Bunny. Interesting, eh? Oh, and the female hormone oestrogen is named after Oestra.

[Kate!]

I was both worried and a little bit hopeful there for a minute, Kate!

I'm easily confused Livia :laugh:

[Marc]

Which the days were a little bit more warmer.. http://www.suzuki-forums.com/images/smilies/frozen.gif

[Kate!]

It's nice and sunny here today, sky's a gorgeous blue. Best day so far, hope it continues.

[Kizzy]

I'll tell ya something interesting about the Spring Equinox... It's the Pagan festival of Oestra, named after the fertility goddess Oestra. Her symbols are eggs (obviously, for a fertility goddess) and Hares - because of the spring. Christians liked to nick Pagan festivals and put their own festivals on them - it's a power thing. So Oestra became Easter, and eggs are given... and the hare became the Easter Bunny. Interesting, eh? Oh, and the female hormone oestrogen is named after Oestra.

Happy oestara livia, i was going to post some info too :)

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_D8VwTKAphks/S4qDyrupWxI/AAAAAAAAMe8/SmvjbhIooto/s400/ostara-helena-nelson-reed.jpg

[InOne]

I'll tell ya something interesting about the Spring Equinox... It's the Pagan festival of Oestra, named after the fertility goddess Oestra. Her symbols are eggs (obviously, for a fertility goddess) and Hares - because of the spring. Christians liked to nick Pagan festivals and put their own festivals on them - it's a power thing. So Oestra became Easter, and eggs are given... and the hare became the Easter Bunny. Interesting, eh? Oh, and the female hormone oestrogen is named after Oestra.

That's interesting, always thought Easter was of Pagan origin. Christmas borrows a few things from Paganism too I think.

[Marc]

Today was what some people would call, glorious

[King Gizzard]

Equinox is my new favourite word

[Kizzy]

Time for a new moon then?...death to winter :)

[King Gizzard]

Gonna miss winter :( warm weather is the worst

[MTVN]

Bring on the summer :bouncy:

[SharkAttack]

Happy oestara livia, i was going to post some info too :)

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_D8VwTKAphks/S4qDyrupWxI/AAAAAAAAMe8/SmvjbhIooto/s400/ostara-helena-nelson-reed.jpg

So we're having rabbit stew for dinner tonight, Kizzy? :)

[Smithy]

I have to get up @ 6 as it is on sunday http://gagadaily.com/public/style_emoticons/default/woman.gif ill only end up with about 5 hours sleep

[Kizzy]

So we're having rabbit stew for dinner tonight, Kizzy? :)

I think its meant to be a hare...but yeah ok...... :)

[SharkAttack]

I think its meant to be a hare...but yeah ok...... :)

:amazed: Hare!

[fruit_cake]

I love it when the clocks go forwards, to me it's like a symbol of the end of winter :lovedup:

[Marc]

I have to get up @ 6 as it is on sunday http://gagadaily.com/public/style_emoticons/default/woman.gif ill only end up with about 5 hours sleep

So to bed earlier :shrug:

[Benjamin]

I cannot wait for the clocks to go forward. It means it will get lighter, not that I'll be in the UK for the summer, but it means I'm also closer to travelling again. :amazed:

[Smithy]

So to bed earlier :shrug:

It takes me forever to get to sleep, thats the problem

[Livia]

That's interesting, always thought Easter was of Pagan origin. Christmas borrows a few things from Paganism too I think.

Christians plonked their festivals on Pagan festivals deliberately. Christmas was placed on Yule even though Jesus was probably born in the summer, All Souls/All Saints replaced Samhain or Halloween, Imbolc, which is the Pagans' end of winter festival, was replaced by St Brigid, Lady Day or Candlemass... all Christian stuff. Christians also had a habit of building churches on sacred places. The church of St Mary Magdalene where I was born was built in 1130 on top of a Saxon church, which was built on a Roman temple, which was built on an Ancient British sacred site. Proper interesting stuff...

[InOne]

Christians plonked their festivals on Pagan festivals deliberately. Christmas was placed on Yule even though Jesus was probably born in the summer, All Souls/All Saints replaced Samhain or Halloween, Imbolc, which is the Pagans' end of winter festival, was replaced by St Brigid, Lady Day or Candlemass... all Christian stuff. Christians also had a habit of building churches on sacred places. The church of St Mary Magdalene where I was born was built in 1130 on top of a Saxon church, which was built on a Roman temple, which was built on an Ancient British sacred site. Proper interesting stuff...

Ahhh didn't know all that, I guess that's the tyranny of the Church for you. It's a shame that our Pagan roots have basically been fogotten for Foreign religions and for some reason people think Christianity is British. I've been to a few stone circles and that down south, they're always interesting, and the people down there are usually ones to keep Pagan traditions alive. Although people have told me it's become sort of a trendy thing and those people are generally annoying lol

[Livia]

Ahhh didn't know all that, I guess that's the tyranny of the Church for you. It's a shame that our Pagan roots have basically been fogotten for Foreign religions and for some reason people think Christianity is British. I've been to a few stone circles and that down south, they're always interesting, and the people down there are usually ones to keep Pagan traditions alive. Although people have told me it's become sort of a trendy thing and those people are generally annoying lol

I think the people interested in Paganism and finding out about the country's religious roots are very different from the annoying "New Age" followers . The whole Pagan/Druid thing is fascinating though, the way their rituals and way of life followed the turn of the seasons and, of course, the way they were demonised and persecuted by Christians.

[Z]

It's been so sunny here the last few days :amazed: love it!

[InOne]

I think the people interested in Paganism and finding out about the country's religious roots are very different from the annoying "New Age" followers . The whole Pagan/Druid thing is fascinating though, the way their rituals and way of life followed the turn of the seasons and, of course, the way they were demonised and persecuted by Christians.

If I ever go back down that end I'll definitely look into it more. We went to a place beginning with A I think, it has a stone circle in the field and then a little pub next to it that was maybe called The Red Lion I think, can't for the life of me remember what it was called but it was really interesting. Think it was quite near Stratford-upon-avon

[Livia]

If I ever go back down that end I'll definitely look into it more. We went to a place beginning with A I think, it has a stone circle in the field and then a little pub next to it that was maybe called The Red Lion I think, can't for the life of me remember what it was called but it was really interesting. Think it was quite near Stratford-upon-avon

Avebury? There are loads of sites like that around Wiltshire and that part of the country. Avebury is beautiful, so is Woodhenge... shame that you're not allowed to go close to the stones at Stonehenge, I mean, the stones have been standing for some time now, it's hardly likely some tourists are going to damage them.

[InOne]

Avebury? There are loads of sites like that around Wiltshire and that part of the country. Avebury is beautiful, so is Woodhenge... shame that you're not allowed to go close to the stones at Stonehenge, I mean, the stones have been standing for some time now, it's hardly likely some tourists are going to damage them.

Yes Avebury! Went all around that area and loved it. And yeah the Stonehenge thing is annoying, wasn't always like that was it?

[Livia]

Yes Avebury! Went all around that area and loved it. And yeah the Stonehenge thing is annoying, wasn't always like that was it?

Apparently not. You used to be able to get right up to the stones. As it belongs to the nation I don't see why we're not allowed to walk right up to it. When I take over the country I'll sort that our for us, InOne.

That's a beautiful part of the country and steeped in history.

[InOne]

Apparently not. You used to be able to get right up to the stones. As it belongs to the nation I don't see why we're not allowed to walk right up to it. When I take over the country I'll sort that our for us, InOne.

That's a beautiful part of the country and steeped in history.

Nice one Livia, I look forward to it. I hope I'd be invited to the knocking down of the barriers, I think we should make a massive fuss.

[Livia]

Nice one Livia, I look forward to it. I hope I'd be invited to the knocking down of the barriers, I think we should make a massive fuss.

I think a bunch of us should knock down the barriers, then camp out there and get smashed under the stars.

[Shaun]

Sooooo warm here, been 18 degrees today :love:

[Crimson Dynamo]

Does this mean we'll get longer and brighter days now? :suspect:

And this is a mystery?