Around the world the year is divided

into four seasons:

Yoko Ono (Singer, songwriter, artist)

Spring passes and one remembers one's

innocence.
Summer passes and one remembers one's
exuberance.
Autumn passes and one remembers
one's reverence.
Winter passes and one remembers one's
perseverance.
Each season has something to offer.
SUMMER
the period of finest development, happiness, or beauty
 Summer is the hottest of the four temperate
seasons, falling after spring and before autumn. At
the summer solstice, the days are longest and the
nights are shortest, with day-length decreasing
as the season progresses after the solstice. The
date of the beginning of summer varies according
to climate, tradition, and culture.
 Summer is glorious. It is associated with
abundance, fulfillment, and happiness.
 The most common imagery associated with
Summer is fruition, abundance, fullness, and
warmth. And because Summer is hot it brings
sultriness and laziness to mind.
AUTUMN
season tinged with the sadness of the passing of summer,
yet full of rejoicing for the harvest.
 Autumn, also known as fall in North American
English, is one of the four temperate seasons. Autumn
marks the transition from summer to winter, in
September (Northern Hemisphere) or March (Southern
Hemisphere), when the duration of daylight becomes
noticeably shorter and the temperature cools down
considerably. One of its main features is the shedding
of leaves from deciduous trees.
 The Fall symbolizes completion, endings, and
impending change (for the worse). It is a time for
reflection. The feeling associated with Fall is sadness
because the ease of Summer is giving way to the
harshness of Winter.
SPRING
time of hope and joyfulness, a time of beginnings, a time of
energy and vigor.
 Spring is one of the four conventional temperate
seasons, following winter and preceding summer. When it is
spring in the Northern Hemisphere, it is autumn in the
Southern Hemisphere and vice versa. At the spring (or vernal)
equinox, days and nights are approximately twelve hours long,
with day length increasing and night length decreasing as
the season progresses. Spring is a time of transition. The cold
has not yet entirely gone; the warmth has not yet entirely
arrived.
 Spring and "springtime" refer to the season, and also to ideas
of rebirth, rejuvenation, renewal, resurrection and regrowth. It
is a time of hope and joyfulness, a time of beginnings, a time of
energy and vigor.
The most common imagery associated with Spring is birth (or
rebirth) and beginnings. The emotions associated with Spring
are hope and joy.
WINTER
emotions associated with it are coldness, emptiness, and
loneliness.
Winter is the coldest season of the year in polar and
temperate zones (winter does not occur in most of the
tropical zone). It occurs after autumn and before
spring in each year. Winter is caused by the axis of
the Earth in that hemisphere being oriented away
from the Sun. Different cultures define different
dates as the start of winter, and some use a definition
based on weather. When it is winter in the Northern
Hemisphere, it is summer in the Southern
Hemisphere, and vice versa.
Winter symbolizes death, barrenness, and
emptiness. The emotions associated with Winter are
coldness, emptiness, and loneliness.
 When the Northern Hemisphere gets most sunlight (summer),
the Southern Hemisphere gets least (winter).
 Seasons in the Southern Hemisphere are opposite to those in the
Northern Hemisphere.
For example, under the definition of astronomical seasons, the
June solstice marks the start of summer in the Northern
Hemisphere, but it is the start of winter in the Southern
Hemisphere. The same rule applies for the other seasons.
The astronomical definition uses the dates of equinoxes
and solstices to mark the beginning and end of the
seasons:
 Spring begins on the spring equinox;
 Summer begins on the summer solstice;
 Fall (autumn) begins on the fall equinox; and
 Winter begins on the winter solstice.
NORTHERN METEOROLOGICAL SEASONS
According to the meteorological definition, the seasons begin on
the first day of the months that include the equinoxes and
solstices:

Spring runs from March 1 to May 31;

Summer runs from June 1 to August 31;
Fall (autumn) runs from September 1 to November 30; and
Winter runs from December 1 to February 28 (February 29 in a
leap year).
SOUTHERN METEOROLOGICAL SEASONS

The meteorological seasons in the Southern Hemisphere are

also opposite to those in the Northern Hemisphere:

 Spring starts September 1 and ends November 30;

Summer starts December 1 and ends February 28 (February
29 in a Leap Year);
Fall (autumn) starts March 1 and ends May 31; and
Winter starts June 1 and ends August 31