OK, the piece really isn&#x27;t about how pre-Julian calendars defined the seasons or how and when they may have gone off the rails. It&#x27;s an argument for why [1] meteorological seasons, starting a few weeks before the solstices&#x2F;equinoxes, is the way to go, and [2] even if you are adamant about strictly astronomical seasons, beginning them on cross-quarter days makes more sense than <i>the system we use now</i>. One system used over 2,000 years ago doesn&#x27;t figure into it.