September 22nd, 2010 @ 4:04 am by Into The Mystic
The Autumn Equinox occurs on September 22nd, 2010 @ 11:09pm EDT and on September 23rd @ 3:09am UT when the Sun ingresses Libra.
The next 90 days shall be influenced by the energy tones set upon the Equinox and during this time we shall be fleshing out and further developing our creations that were seeded during the Spring Equinox 6 months prior while also weeding out that which has not come to viable form post Summer Solstice.
The Saturn-Uranus opposition series that began in 2008 has come to conclusion and the Cardinal Squares of this past summer are now separating yet we find we are still navigating our way through the fall-out and sifting through the many pieces of our lives that were impacted by these forces that initiated us to deep and long lasting changes. While these past months may have appeared to be a stalemate in many ways(especially if you had natal placements being influenced by these heavy-duty transits) we were nonetheless seeding and fostering the growth of new creations even as some parts of our lives continued to disintegrate around us. So much shifting was continuously occurring that most days were chaotic at best and others were just downright excruciating. Yet through this all we continued to place precious energy into our new endeavors and have held onto the hopes that at the end of this stormy period we would find within the debris that something(s) we had sowed last Spring had indeed taken root and became a viable life-form
Lynn's Skywatch
9/3 Sun conjunct Mercury
Mars sextile Ceres
9/4 Venus trine Neptune
9/5 Venus trine Chiron
9/8 New Moon 15 Virgo, 6:30 am
Venus enters Scorpio
9/9 Jupiter enters Pisces
Mars trine Neptune
9/11 Mars trine Chiron
9/12 Venus sextile Pluto
Mercury direct
9/13 Mars quincunx Jupiter
Mars quincunx Uranus
9/14 Pluto direct
Mars enters Scorpio
9/17 Sun square Ceres
9/18 Jupiter conjunct Uranus
Mars sextile Pluto
9/21 Sun opposite Jupiter
Sun opposite Uranus
9/22 Sun enters Libra
Autumn equinox 11:10 pm
9/23 Full Moon 0 Aries 5:17 am
9/25 Sun square Pluto
9/26 Ceres sextile Chiron
9/30 Sun conjunct Saturn
Venus stationary, turns retrograde October 8
Thankfully, the intensity of this summer's planetary alignments is beginning to lessen as the planets in the early degrees of the cardinal signs begin to separate (if you're new to Skywatch you might want to read through the June, July and August issues to read more about the cardinal alignments that have inspired so much change and drama). As September begins, Saturn and Pluto are still within range of their challenging square formation, creating tension and conflict that manifests both internally and externally. But by the end of the month they will be out of range of each other and that will ease the stress considerably.
Still, Pluto is virtually at a standstill now in preparation for its change of direction later in September, so its influence is powerful throughout the month. Pluto represents the power of destruction and regeneration, forcing us to recognize anything in our life that doesn't serve our higher purpose. Pluto will be there to remind us throughout September that even though the intensity of the cardinal alignments is fading, we must still be open to surrender where necessary in order to continue to evolve. Once Pluto turns direct on September 14th we will start to see more movement in our lives.
Once again we find the elements out of balance, with a predominance of air and virtually no water (the only planet in a water element is Uranus which has retrograded back into Pisces, and because Uranus is so dry this is somewhat like negative water). Water is the element that provides us with a flow and a connection to feelings and emotions, and when water is in short supply and air predominates we have a tendency to stay "in our heads" and be cut off from the heart and the feeling nature. Of course how greatly you are affected by this will depend on how the elements balance in your own chart.
Chiron and Neptune are still within a degree of each other, and although they will not reach an exact conjunction they are certainly still involved with each other and putting continuous pressure on us to reach deep within the soul (Neptune) in order to pull out any unresolved wounds and hurts (Chiron) that will facilitate our personal evolution and help us to become fully healed beings. These two spiritual teachers bestow personal wisdom and a sense of balance that can only come from this healing process of the soul.
Lynn's Skywatch
However, the one individual most rightly credited with the concept of soul mates in the Western World is the ancient Greek philosopher, Plato (427 BC – 348/347 BC)... 
