Talk:Vernal equinox
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I was under the impression that the vernal equinox was always the one in March, and the one in September was always the invernal equinox or hibernal equinox, even in the Southern Hemisphere. –radiojon 19:23, 2004 Sep 8 (UTC)
I am not overjoyed by the use of the non-politically correct "old wives tale" here and I do not think it is appropriate to report every societal aberration in an encyclopedia. Perhaps if this has to be kept "old wives tale" could go to the Wiktionary and there be referred to "folk legend." Or a separate entry "Vernal Equinox Egg Myth" could be added. After all, some people expect earthquakes or weather anomalies when the planets line up a certain way, some people say it's bad luck to step on cracks in the sidewalk or have your path crossed by a black cat, and the Chinese, I have been told, believe it is a bad luck omen, a symbol of death, to give a clock as a gift. But that does not appear under "clocks" I believe; if it's anywhere it should be under "omen," "charm" or "harbinger of death" or the like Pdn 14:31, 25 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Practical effects
I would like to add the following text, copied from Earth Day, to the end of the introduction
- It is the precise moment that spring begins in the Northern Hemisphere and autumn in the Southern Hemisphere. At this global moment, night and day are equal all over the world, the sun sets at the South Pole and rises at the North Pole and anyone standing on the equator at noon will not cast a shadow.
--Etimbo | Talk 11:12, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)
- You are supposed to be bold when editing Wikipedia, so go ahead. If any other editor does not like it, they will modify it. — Joe Kress 20:54, Mar 20, 2005 (UTC)