The Autumn Equinox Conjunctions - September 2004

by Robert Wilkinson

In this year of the Wood Monkey (important to remember!) the Autumn Equinox occurs on September 22 at 9:30 am, PDT. The equinox marks the time that the Sun enters Libra, when day and night are of equal length. It begins autumn, the time of harvest, when outer forms begin to give way to lengthening nights and lessening solar force (in our northern hemisphere). Life is turning inward, with the fruits of summer fulfilled. These are natural rhythms all of us live within.

There are extremely important conjunctions occuring at this time of seasonal change, both before the equinox and after. Any time the Sun, Mercury, Mars, and Jupiter all come together, expect big happenings. On September 21, the Sun conjunct Jupiter at the last degree of Virgo gives an indicator of expansions over the next 13 months. That degree is said to be the fulfillment of different kinds of "education," and will enlarge more than we think. It's about joyously rising to an occasion.

Following the Sun's path, Jupiter enters Libra on September 24, moving onto the equinoctal degree which is said to symbolize a huge change toward one's higher image of Self. "A butterfly made perfect by a dart through it" was said by Rudhyar to suggest a process of perfection through sacrifice. It is an important time to re-vision our ideal, and find a more perfect form of ourself to project ourward to our world.

Mars enters Libra on September 26, and its conjunction with Jupiter later that day will trigger a 27 month long-wave expansion "pulse" originating on the equinoctal degree. To have two important conjunctions one degree apart on a critical degree is a very rare event.

To fill out the party, just after the largest full moon of the year, the Harvest Moon at 6:09 am September 28, Mercury enters Libra at 7:13 am and conjuncts Jupiter on the equinoctal degree that evening. It conjuncts Mars the next day at 3 Libra in their own 2 year conjunction cycle, and the clustering is complete in the span of 8 days.

The upshot is that these multiple conjunctions set new cycles into motion in the areas of your charts in which it falls. The planets involved rule Aries, Gemini, Leo, Virgo, Scorpio, Sagittarius, and Pisces. New work and new roles will move in the direction of your life connected with the house it falls in. Activity in the specific house, influencing the areas in your charts associated with the above signs. More at this link.

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