Equinox Crosword

3. the official flower of Spring
6. the day of the week the 2024 Spring Equinox is occurring
8. the precise moment when the sun is perfectly lined up with the equator
10. an unusual act or occurrence
12. another name for "Eostre", a Germanic goddess often associated with dawn and new beginnings, and is also a traditional holiday held on the Spring Equinox
13. a period of the year distinguished by special climatic conditions
17. “Burning of the —“ a Chesapeake Bay Maritime Tradition that began in 1978 and celebrates the beginning of warmer weather
20. a Christian holiday that occurs the Sunday after the first full moon after the March Equinox
21. another term for the season of Spring
22. “— point”, an area of a planet where the sun is perceived to be directly overhead

1. Vernal Equinox Day is a holiday celebrated primarily in which country?
2. the Latin word for “night”
4. the distance north or south of the Equator, measured in degrees
5. “El —“ A temple to “The Feathered Serpent”. At the time of each Equinox, the sun casts a series of shadows that makes it appear as if a serpent is slithering down the temple.
7. an imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles, dividing the earth into northern and southern hemispheres and constituting the parallel of latitude 0°.
9. the line where the Earth and the sky meet
10. a Jewish festival that begins the night of a full moon after the March Equinox
11. the direction of which the sun rises
14. the line that earth revolves on once every 24 hours
15. the Persian or Iranian New Year that is determined by the March Equinox
16. "The first point of —" is the point where the sun crosses into the northern hemisphere beginning Spring. It is the first astrological sign in the zodiac and is symbolized by a ram.
18. the sun's annual pathway
19. the Latin word for “equal”