Spring Equinox 2022

Our Army our Protectors by Maria Prymachenko (See Note below)

Spring Equinox 2022 arrives on March 20th at 11:33a EDT, at 8:33a PDT and 15:33 UT
This is Autumn Equinox in the Southern Hemisphere on March 22, at 03:33 AEDT

This Equinox marks the beginning of the spring season in the Northern Hemisphere and the autumn season in the Southern Hemisphere. Time and Date has good basic information  along with Spring traditions around the world one of which is Holi a beautiful festival of new beginnings in India beginning on March 18 this year when people joyfully smear bright colors on each other – what fun!

This Equinox is the moment each year when the Sun enters Aries and begins the annual journey around the Zodiac Wheel . The chart for this Equinox (cast for Washington DC) represents the birth moment of the new season and reveals upcoming trends for the season.

Spring Equinox 2022

The most striking thing about this chart is the formation with the tight cluster of planets at the top and only the Moon at the bottom.  The Moon is in the very last degree of Libra with Mars and Venus in Aquarius still close together with asteroid Juno and Saturn nearby also conjunct in Aquarius. The next tight connection is Mercury with Jupiter in Pisces both close to Neptune in Pisces, followed by the Sun (always at 0*Aries at this Equinox) with Chiron and asteroid Pallas Athena tightly joined in Aries. Uranus is further out in Taurus and Pluto leads the pack in Capricorn.  Very interesting chart!

This highly concentrated chart creates intense focus for the new season and at the macro level reveals the world’s focus on the war in Ukraine.  Saturn, Lord of Karma sits next to Juno who represents commitment, along with Venus, Mars and asteroid Vesta, the eternal flame – all in Aquarius the sign of ultimate freedom. This Aquarius cluster signals the Ukrainian people’s desire to have an open, free and democratic country and points to the support from democratic countries across the world.

The Pisces grouping of Mercury planet of communication, Jupiter planet of expansion, along with satellite dish Neptune reveal how the sensitive nature of loving, spiritual Pisces creates an empathetic response as people learn about and watch the horror of war unfold in front of their eyes. The Moon, which represents public mood, is in the peaceful loving sign of Libra and adds further to people’s need for peace and harmony, so disrupted now.

The Sun has been adding to the Pisces emotional responses, but at the Equinox enters fire sign Aries shifting focus dramatically.  Mars is the ruler of Aries which governs wars and warriors. Aries energy gets riled up easily and is quick to anger. People’s anger at Vladimir Putin is already spilling over and Putin himself must feel pushed to the wall as his war is not going as he expected. Chiron, the wounder healer, has been in Aries since early 2019 and at the Equinox is at 11* Aries next to asteroid Pallas Athena, the wise female warrior/advisor, at 12* Aries. The Sun joins Chiron in late March-early April, a recipe for more war as the Aries bandwidth gets expanded.

Both Mars and Venus in Aquarius form a tight square to Change Agent Uranus at 12* Taurus adding more tension to the Equinox chart. The last time Uranus was at this degree was in July 1937 as Hitler invaded Poland at the beginning of WWII and I hesitate to point this out, but Uranus rules uranium which is used to make nuclear bombs which Putin is threatening to use. Over the years I have read many channeled messages saying our space brothers and sisters will not intervene in our earthy affairs any more to allow us humans our free will, but for one thing – to prevent a nuclear war.  I take such messages with a large grain of margarita salt, but I do like the taste and hold out hope that our space siblings will step in if needed!

Potent transformer Pluto is closing in on the last degrees of Capricorn at the Equinox and forms a nice angle to the North Node in Taurus. The North Node points to  the  direction which we here on Earth must move toward in order to become more evolved – our current evolutionary direction. Earth sign Taurus, ruled by Venus, is the sign most closely connected to planet Earth and the natural world and is a sign of peace and tranquility. Pluto reaches out his cosmic hand pointing the way for transformation to happen in positive ways.

The South Node at the Equinox is in Scorpio, the most powerful and destructive sign in the zodiac which is ruled by both Pluto and Mars indicative of this formidable power. The South Node indicates energy patterns that have already been integrated and need to be moved away from in order to progress positively. So the South Node in Scorpio means at this time in human history it is necessary to move away from negative power and control toward peace, and if we don’t the world gets stuck and sinks into the quicksand of more war, hatred and revenge. The positive side of the Scorpio South Node is a vast reservoir of creative potential, so the old slogan “Make Art Not War” looms large. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we humans put our energy into powerful creative projects instead of war. See Street Art Utopia for examples.

Crying Eye, street art by My Dog Sighs

Helping move us away from this negativity is Neptune in Pisces who forms a positive angle (trine) to the Scorpio South Node. Neptune rules Pisces so is more powerful in his home sign, and like a satellite dish is tuning into more love and empathy for all. This cosmic beam softens hearts and creates more kindness and willingness to help others as we can see in the way the Polish people and others, are opening their arms with aid for the Ukrainian refuges.  Let us hope this ray of love spreads further to overwhelm the spectre of war forever and all of us, no matter where we are, can add our own heart energy to expand this ray!

At personal levels the energy patterns at the Equinox encourage you to maintain your vibration at the highest level possible bringing more peace into your heart and use it to spread love and positivity far and wide. Be more aware and catch negative emotions when they come up – avoid watching and listening to the news chatter boxes and if you can’t then that’s where rising above to a higher level of understanding helps you detach.

You may believe you are more able to be at a higher level, but when you pay more attention you might find you are unconsciously acting out in repeated low tone patterns like gossip, judgemental attitudes, jealousy, etc. which affect your family members and others you come in contact with including yourself.  Years ago I saw some wise advise, “Be careful what you say to yourself, because you are listening.”

Use the Aries energy to help you initiate new projects and renew your intentions for plans long stuck inside your mind. The earthy energy from Uranus and Pluto will help you finally get things manifested. Use the flowing Pisces energy combined with the powerful Scorpio South Node to tap into your deepest creative reservoirs to pull up creativity you didn’t even realize you had! If you feel upset or depressed, focusing on doing something creative will easily pull you up and out, and the over all signature of the Equinox chart points to this.

The Libra Moon creates the desire for better, more loving relationships and promotes the urge for more balance in all areas of your life. So tap into this beautiful vibe and shine on!

Here is a wonderful poem by Maya Angelou born with Sun in Aries and Moon in Libra to guide you,

We, this people, on this wayward, floating body
Created on this earth, of this earth
Have the power to fashion for this earth
A climate where every man and every woman
Can live freely without sanctimonious piety
Without crippling fear

~ Maya Angelou

Image Note: I chose this painting by Ukrainian folk artist Maria Prymachenko because it evokes the joy of spring time with its bright colors, smiling Sun and dancing people. The title Our Army our Protectors also brings up how the brave Ukrainian people, men and women alike, are so courageously fighting to protect their homeland. Prymachenko’s art is currently standing out as peace symbols because many of her paintings were destroyed at a museum in her native region of Ivankiv from an attack by Russian forces. May her art live on!