HAPPY NEW YEAR STAR GAZERS!

CONFUSED?

THIS WEEK IS THE VERNAL EQUINOX: SPRING HAS
SPRUNG!

WE CALL SPRING, SPRING BECAUSE LEAVES LITERALLY
SPRING FORTH AT THIS TIME OF YEAR -- AS OPPOSED

TO FALL WHEN THEY LITERALLY FALL.

FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS, THIS WEEK WOULD HAVE
SEEN US ALL CELEBRATING THE START OF A NEW

YEAR AND VERNAL EQUINOX.

IT MAKES SENSE, SPRING MEANS REBIRTH, FERTILITY,
NEW LIFE

LITERALLY A NEW YEAR!

BUT THEN THE ROMAN EMPIRE DECIDED TO COPY
THE EGYPTIAN CALENDAR, ADD A NUMBER OF DAYS

TO CELEBRATE ROMAN EMPERORS AND START A NEW
YEAR ON JANUARY FIRST.

THE ENGLISH ADOPTED THIS CALENDAR IN SEVENTEEN
FIFTY TWO (1752).

THINK ABOUT THAT.

WHEN GEORGE WASHINGTON WAS A YOUNG BRITISH
OFFICER HE WOULD CELEBRATE NEW YEAR THIS WEEK,

ON THE FIRST DAY OF SPRING!

COOL RIGHT?

ANYWAY, HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE, GET OUTSIDE
AND ENJOY THE EQUAL PARTS DAY AND NIGHT, WHILE

YOU KEEP LOOKIN UP!