THE SPRING EQUINOX AND EASTER ARE BOTH CELEBRATIONS OF THE SEASON OF REBIRTH
We’re most of the way thru Easter day, 2026. As someone who was raised as a Christian, Easter Sunday is one of the “big 3,” with the other two being Good Friday (two days ago) and, of course, Christmas Day. But really, Easter is the big day, as it’s the 3rd day that Christ rose from the dead, making Jesus the biggest prophet and heralding the Christian religion itself. But many also believe that Easter used to be something else, long before. Many people, aka Pagans, consider the Spring Equinox to be their holiday to celebrate the season of rebirth.
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EASTER IS DERIVED FROM AN OLD GERMAN PAGAN GODDESS OF THE SPRING, EOSTRE
In fact, the name for Easter itself is derived from a German pagan goddess, Eostre. Though to be fair many scholars scoff at the notion, as there is only one historic citation about Eostre from the Venerable Bede in his 8th-century work, De ratione temporum. Yet there’s no arguing where the name Easter came from. But regardless of where your faith derives from, both practices represent a celebration of the miracle of rebirth, though the pagans considered Eostre or the Spring Equinox as one part of every year’s natural cycle. But some Christians, despite Easter’s biblical and retail prominence, refuse to celebrate it at all.
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SOME CHRISTIANS SEE EASTER AS JUST A PAGAN CELEBRATION OF THE SPRING EQUINOX
Most notable of that group are Seventh Day Adventists, who consider Easter to be a Pagan holiday. That seems a fair appraisal, as rabbits are a symbol of fertility, and eggs a symbol of rebirth. And no, they’re not in the Bible as part of the Resurrection, either. They were, however, ancient symbols in German and Anglo-Saxon traditions celebrating Spring. But I tend to appreciate the crossover for Easter and the Spring Equinox. Why? Because there’s beauty in origins from the hazy past. Truly, the present is hazy enough these days.
So happy Spring Equinox, Happy Easter, Happy Passover and Happy Nowruz!
