Writer's Block: Will he or won't he?
Feb. 2nd, 2010 10:45 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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It's not actually about the groundhog, really. It's about the weather on cross-quarter days (Imbolc, Beltane, Lammas, and Samhain) traditionally being a counter-indicator of what the weather will be like until the following equinox or solstice. The equinoxes and solstices are direct indicators. So, if the weather on Feb. 2 is good, it's likely to suck until the spring equinox, and vice versa. Looks like we have a few more weeks of winter ahead. But if the weather on the spring equinox is good, it's likely to be good until May 1.
It's not actually about the groundhog, really. It's about the weather on cross-quarter days (Imbolc, Beltane, Lammas, and Samhain) traditionally being a counter-indicator of what the weather will be like until the following equinox or solstice. The equinoxes and solstices are direct indicators. So, if the weather on Feb. 2 is good, it's likely to suck until the spring equinox, and vice versa. Looks like we have a few more weeks of winter ahead. But if the weather on the spring equinox is good, it's likely to be good until May 1.
