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Astrology, Spirituality & Alternative Healing

LibertyLover

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5. As others have said

Reply to Jeffersons Ghost (Original post)

Fri Mar 14, 2014, 02:10 PM

Mar 2014

Spring equinox is on March 20th this year. Summer solstice is in June. Thanks to the Synod of Whitby in the 7th century (give or take a few years), the western Christian way to determine Easter was agreed to. Easter is on the 1st Sunday after the first full moon after the spring equinox.

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When was the Spring Solstice? [View all] Jeffersons Ghost Mar 2014 OP

The Spring Equinox will be on March 20 12:57 pm EDT LiberalEsto Mar 2014 #1

Boy I'm glad someone knows Sweet Freedom Mar 2014 #3

THANKS Jeffersons Ghost Mar 2014 #4

March Equinox in Washington DC, District of Columbia, U.S.A. is on elleng Mar 2014 #2

Bishop takes Rook... "Would you like to play a game?" Jeffersons Ghost Jun 2014 #7

As others have said LibertyLover Mar 2014 #5

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