Have you ever stopped to wonder why a new year begins on January 1st? It seems to be an arbitrary date, one that does not line up with any particular event like an equinox or solstice. Wouldn’t it make more sense to begin the new year on the date of the spring equinox, when day and night are the same length and it signifies the coming of a new season? In order to answer this question, we need to travel […]