The Autumn Equinox 2024

“To go into the dark with a light, is to know the light,
To know the dark, go dark. Go without sight,
And find that the dark, too, blooms and sings,
And is traveled by dark feet and dark wings.” Wendell Berry

“Though my soul may set in darkness, it will rise in perfect light.
I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night,
fearful of the night.” Galileo

The Sun enters the sign of Libra on Sunday   9/22 ushering in the Autumn Equinox – a time of of growing darkness here in the northern hemisphere.

The Equinox is a time of balance and equilibrium illustrated by the equal time between day and night – making it a good time to restore and renew  balance and equilibrium.

The power at this time can be harnessed to effect new  beginnings and endings. Make some space for something new to enter your life.

We are in between eclipses now – the Lunar Eclipse in  Pisces on September 17 and the upcoming Solar Eclipse on October 2. The time between a Eclipses is a good time to reset habits or patterns you would like to change in your life.

One of the Sabian symbols for this time is,”Having an urgent task to complete, a man doesn’t look to any distractions.”

An Astrologer or Tarot Card reader should be a trusted ally on your life’s path.

 

Tuesday’s Lunar Eclipse in Pisces – with Dreams and Visions

“Don’t long for things, dear, create!” Dr Shirley Snow

“So hope for a great sea-change
On the far side of revenge
Believe a farther shore
Is reachable from here.
Believe in miracles
And cures and healing wells.” Seamus Heaney

The week starts off under the influence of the Lunar Eclipse on Tuesday 9/17 which occurs at  10:34 PM EDT at 25 degrees of Pisces.

This Eclipse has some very different elements to it- the  Moon will be conjunct the planet of dreams and the imagination, Neptune and squaring Jupiter, the planet of wisdom, pleasure and excess. This alignment bodes well for dreams and visions for the future with the awareness that the dreams may need to be tempered at some point.

It’s wise at this time to watch for overthinking and worrying with the Mercury/Saturn opposition  at play.

Neptune is associated with longing – longing for a different past, a different outcome etc. It’s better to tune into the optimistic. creative energy of this time.

One of the Sabian symbols for this time is,”A harvest Moon illuminates the sky.”

Sabian symbol from Lynda Hill