Spring Equinox
20th March 2009 11;43
Greenwich London

Astrologers use charts drawn for the solstices and the equinoxes to obtain an insight into what the coming year may bring. As the Spring Equinox is the first of the four charts of the equinoxes and solstices for 2009 it can be seen to lay the foundations for the year ahead. Not only can light be thrown on a world perspective it can also point out trends which are of a more personal nature. Huber Astrology is not an astrological method primarily used for forecasting, it can, however, be used to give an indication of the psychological background to the timing of the chart.

                                               
 

To catch a glimpse of the psychology of the chart, the image the aspects make gives a good starting point. An image emerging from the aspect lines gives the impression of a stopper for a wine bottle. The sides of the stopper are made from the aspects between Uranus/Mercury on one side and the other side the Moon while Saturn forms the point at the bottom. The blue lines, formed by the planets Mars/Pluto and Venus/Node make up the handles where pressure is applied to either push the stopper down into the bottle or pull it out. This pressure places Saturn under pressure as the pressure for constriction or release builds up. As Saturn is not the planet doing the pushing or the pulling, whichever way the pressure is applied, Mr. Saturn is going to feel it. Imagine pulling a stopper out of a bottle, the suction can make it seem the contents are reluctant to let go.

Another pointer is the colour balance of the aspect lines, in this chart blue is the majority colour with a balance of green thinking energy. Blue is a pretty cool and static colour while red is the colour of activity and heat. The chart is giving the impression of thinking and cool reflection on how life is going to pan out for ourselves and waiting to see what happens before becoming active.

 Saturn in this instance becomes the tension ruler of the chart, meaning the influence or attributes of Saturn dominate the chart. Saturn represents the part of our personality which acts as a gatekeeper whose mission is to keep the bad man from entering our lives. Saturn builds up walls and maps out boundaries between oneself and the outer world. Its mission is to keep us safe. “Be careful, take care” is the voice of Saturn. In short it is our internal security systems. Fortunately at this moment there is enough blue surrounding Saturn to stop him going to red alert.

                                               Chinese temple doorkeeper

We are probably all aware of how the outer world is impacting on each of us at the moment, unless you have been living on a desert island for the last couple of years. The chart for the Spring Solstice is reflecting these events very clearly. There is a lot of pressure on our feelings of security and every time the television is switched or a news paper is opened it is reinforced. The opposition between Saturn and Mercury shows this very clearly. Mercury is our communicator and fact gatherer and unfortunately the facts being broadcast are anything but happy or constructive. Uranus the planet sitting side by side with Mercury is the part of us which is innovative and looks at new ways of being and solving problems.


It is however joined to Saturn with a dotted line. This means the conversation between Uranus and Saturn is like one of those annoying phone calls when you can hear but can’t be heard. At the moment Uranus can hear Saturn asking for ways of getting out of the mess but Saturn can’t hear the answers and advice coming down the line.



Please click on the box below for the next page