(Nimue)
We don’t know whether ancient Druids celebrated the equinoxes. If they did, we don’t know what they did. We do know that prehistoric peoples were interested in the night sky, the solstices and equinoxes from the alignments of stone circles and other monuments.
It makes a lot of sense to honour the equinox – it’s a part of the turning of the year. These solar points are important parts of the seasons, and recognising them in some way is good for keeping in touch with the natural world.
I’ve never found them easy to celebrate, because there’s not a lot of folk tradition to draw on. In my part of the world, this is a busy time for people living close to the soil. But then, our more agricultural ancestors wouldn’t have needed a wheel of the year to help them connect with nature, they were living in the world far more than we do. Many of us are well insulated from weather, seasonal variations and what’s living around us. Most of us are not as involved with actual life as our ancestors were.
Festivals offer opportunities to reflect on our own lives, and to connect with the seasons, the land and our ancestors. If you only have a little time to devote to Druidry, it makes sense to focus on the day to day shifts – the seasons, the weather, and what the living world around you is doing. A few minutes every day to observe and reflect on this is worth a great deal, and will ground whatever else you do.
Druid Life 
Wrote a Spring Time Poem based on a Poetry Writing Style that was created by a 16th Century Poet Robert Herrick:
Awens to All:
When Luna posted a Poem by the 16th Century Poet Herrick, I noticed that each of the Stanzas were exactly 4 Lines with is similar to a Triad Stanza except there is a Long First Line, a 3 or 4 Word 2nd Line, a 2 Word 3rd Line and the ending 4th Line is as long as the 1st Line with the 1st & 4th Lines Rhyming and the 2nd & 3rd Lines Rhyming.
So I took that style of Poetry Writing and made one to Celebrate Flowers of Spring & Summer writing exactly 9 Stanzas which is my 3X3 Style of Triad Poetry Writing to be E-Published on Spring Equinox.
Here is goes:
3X3 Herrick Style Poem On Flowers:
Springtime Flowers Come On
Spread The Petal
With Metal
And On They Spread On
Summer Flowers Follow Then
Smell Their Perfume
With Plume
The Bees Come On The Glen
Flowers Bring On Seeds
In Groups Of Buds
Great Floods
Flow On In Wind Speeds
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Fruits Come From Flowers
Grow In Groups Lots
In Plots
Baskets In Many Stores
Bees Love Many Blossoms
Foraging For Nectar
Also Fare
Taking Such To Queens Bussoms
Without Flowers On The Plain
Much Will Not Grow
And Blow
Causing Plants To Refrain
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In Autumn The Flowers Wane
Wither And Fall
With Paul
Creates Medicines For Pain
Flowers Are Of Benefits
Full Of Good Will
They Fulfill
In This World They Fits
Flowers A Source Of Beauty
Spread Their Fronds
With Bounds
They Are Of Such Pretty
Dave TheDruid-3X3
Thank you so much for sharing this!
Observing and appreciating the weather is one of my all time favourite activities. Definitely a grounding practice.