Spring Equinox: Finding Harmony Between Light and Dark
March 13, 2022
In March we celebrate the Spring Ohigan. Ohigan is a Japanese Buddhist holiday that marks the equinoxes. The equinox days--one in spring and one in fall--are the times when the days and nights are of equal length. At the equinox the sun rises directly in the east and sets directly in the west almost exactly 12 hours later. It is a time of balance, of harmony, when it is not too hot or too cold, not too bright or too dark. It is a time of fertility and growth in the spring and of abundance and harvest in the fall.
The Japanese...