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Autumn Equinox

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Autumn Equinox - The Autumn Equinox occurs in September, when the Earth's axis is neither leaning towards nor away from the Sun. This Equinox may slow you down after a long, playful summer.

 


Autumn Equinox. When the Sun reaches the point where the plane of the ecliptic intersects the plane of the Earth's equator, when it enters Libra in Autumn.
Axis Mundi. A Latin term for the center of the earth.

Autumn Equinox - Zero Libra
The day (light) is equal to the night (dark)
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September 23 (Autumn equinox) - October 23
October 18 - November 16
October 31 - November 23 ...

At autumn equinox, an awareness of the relationship between self and other becomes important: summer has ended, and nature is beginning to batten down.

At the feet of the great virgin goddess lie the scales that were once also the claws ("chelae") of the huge, powerful Scorpion lurking immediately to her east, which lay in wait for the Sun at the autumn equinox, from about 3,000 to 1, ...

Aries and Libra mark the Spring Equinox and Autumn Equinox, according to Hemisphere. Cancer and Capricorn mark instead the Solstices of Winter and Summer, of course depending also on the Hemisphere.

September 25 is known as Harvest Home, a celebration of the Autumn Equinox [in the Northern Hemisphere - see note: ed.].

The full Moon at 3 degrees Aries (Exact on Sept 26th at 3:45 p.m. EDT) follows the Autumn Equinox on the 23rd.

Anatares from Scorpio - 'Watcher of the West', (once associated with the autumn equinox).
Regulus from Leo - Watcher of the North, (once associated with the summer solstice).

The signs begin with Aries (the point of the Spring Equinox) passing through the summer solstice point of 0 degrees Cancer, then on to the Autumn Equinox at 0 degrees Libra to the Winter Solstice at 0 degrees Capricorn, and end with Pisces.

Each full moon is given a different name, depending on when it appears. For example, the Harvest moon is the full moon that appears nearest to the Autumn Equinox, which occurs in late September or early October.

Aries marks the beginning of the Spring Equinox, Libra the Autumn Equinox, Cancer the Summer solstice and Capricorn the Winter Solstice. All these are phases in the Earth-Sun cycle. Thus, the Signs do reflect the Earth character.

See also: Equinox, Zodiac, Libra, Sun, Influence

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