Are you aware?
The REAL New Year is NOT on January 1st? It’s on March 20th!
Regardless of the dates in when the New Year is celebrated, the real New Year is in March, the beginning of the Spring Equinox. The Spring Equinox is the start of a new beginning, making it a fresh start to set goals.
In the early Roman calendar, March 1st was believed to be the beginning of the New Year.
The History of The New Year
Are you aware that the new year celebration on January 1st is actually a relatviely new phenomenon. The earliest recording of a New Year Celebration in fact was believed to have been in Mesopotamia, c. 2000 B.C and was celebtrated around the vernal equinox, which is in Mid-March. The Phoenicians, Egyptians, and Persians began their new year with the fall equinox, whereas the Greeks celebtrated new year during the winter solstice.
In the Early Roman Calendar, march 1st is the New Year.
The Roman calendar had just 10 months, beginning with March and the first time the new year was celebrated on January 1st was in 153 B.C in Rome. January did not even exist as a month until around 700 B.C. when Numa Pontilius, the second king of Rome, added the months of January and February. Since then, the new year was moved from March to January because that was the beginning of the civil year, which happens to be the that the two newly elected Roman consuls, whom are the highest officials in the Roman republic.
The Origin of January
The name of the month January comes from the Roman god who is the god of doorways and beginnings. Janus was depicted as having two faces. One face of Janus looked back into the past, whereas the other peering forward to the future.
By the Middle Ages, in many places, the New Year began in March and around the 16th century, a movement developed to restore January 1st as New Year’s Day.
For as long as circas date back to thousands of years ago, man kept changing the date for New Year’s from spring to fall—from March 1st to January 1st. In other cases, the date was even December 25th and back to March 25th, then to January 1st again!
January 1st was made into effect by the Gregorian calendar (AD 1582), immediately adopted by the Roman Catholic countries.
In the New Style or Gregorian calendar, the New Year begins on the first of January.
It makes sense to celebrate New Years in March because of the Spring Equinox in March.
If you wish to learn more herstory of everything you’ve been taught about the New Year’s, here’s a link to a very informative post.
Who else celebrates the New Year in March? Share in the comments below!
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I believe the new year begins in March, because everything is fresh and new.
Greetings, Veronica!
Yes, you are correct about this. The Real New Year’s is in March when Spring time blossoms.
Stay aware!
Exactly! That is the reason why New Year’s is really in March and not on January 1st. This is one of the biggest reasons why New Year’s Resolutions do not follow through for most people because January 1st is still winter time, a time for rest. Whereas in the Spring time, nature has blossomed, a time for new beginnings and setting New Year’s Resolutions, in time with the Spring Equinox.
Happy New Year! Your’s was the only article I could find on this subject and I had to use Freespoke to do it. Wonderful information! Thank you! 🐇🌻🌼🌷🪻🐣
Happy New Year to you as well! I’m glad you were able to find our article! 🐇🌻🌼🌷🐣 May this New Year bring abundance, joy, peace, and awareness to you and yours! Thank you and you’re welcome!
I just read that April Fools day came from the time when the calendar changed and the people who refused (sensibly) to celebrate new years in January were called ‘fools’ and send on fake errands. Classic humiliation tactics to force people to do things they don’t want to! I say let’s bring the tradition back!
Greetings, Suz!
Thank you for your comment 🙂 Yes, you are right about this, thanks for sharing! It’s a great addition to this blog post. A classic humiliation indeed.