Spring is the time of year when winter is ending yet summer has not yet begun. It is time to put away the winter coats and get out the swimming trunks. Before long the flowers will bloom and the air will buzz with insects. Traditionally, spring has been associated with the start of life. This was a very important time in the past, as people stop eating their winter stores and begin planting their crops.
Eggs play a very important part in ancient myths regarding the vernal equinox.
Of course, birds begin to lay their eggs in Spring, which was very significant to ancient folks. According to folklore, this is the one time of each year when an egg could be stood on end. If an egg can be balanced on it end during this equinox, at exactly the say time when the day and night are also in balance, then Earth and nature are said to be in harmony. The Spring equinox was considered the start of the Pagan new year. This was the day of resurrection of the sun god from the underworld of winter.