The Vernal (Northward) Equinox, Start of Spring, Aries Ingress
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| Eostre by AngiandSilas |
March 20, 2019
21:58:22 PM GMT also known as 9:58:22 PM
05:58:22 PM EDT +4
04:58:22 PM CDT +5
03:58:22 PM MDT +6
02:58:22 PM PDT +7
11:58:22 AM AHST +10:00:00
[Daylight Saving Time, already in effect in the United States, starts in Great Britain and most of Europe on March 31, 2019. When local standard time there reaches Sunday, March 31, 2019, 1:00:00 AM clocks are turned forward 1 hour to Sunday, March 31, 2019, 2:00:00 AM, local daylight time.]
March 20 brings the Vernal Equinox, also known as Ostara, or Eostre, or Eastre, named for the Germanic Goddess of spring and dawn. When the Sun's path along the Ecliptic (where the Signs or Zodiac are aligned with solstices and equinoxes) crosses the Celestial Equator from the South to the North we have the Vernal Equinox, the first day of Spring, zero degrees of Aries. The longer nights of the winter season are now in equal balance with daylight. From this point, the length of daylight grows. It is the beginning point of the Zodiac that astrologers use for measure
All points in the eight-fold year (defined by the astronomical measure of solstices, equinoxes, and the midpoints between those) are marked by human celebrations, holidays, and holy days. It’s my contention that those coincidental celebrations are not accidental but knowingly or circumstantially correspond to the astronomical. There are holy days with the Jewish and Christian calendars (also with Chinese, Hindu, and other systems of reckoning) that combine New and Full Moons with solstices and equinoxes. For example, the Full Moon after the Spring (Vernal) Equinox is Passover. The Sunday following that Full Moon is Easter (the preceding Friday is Good).
Some astrologers chart the Vernal Equinox (Aries Ingress) and derive information about at least three and at most twelve months following. Other astrologers favor the Winter Solstice (Capricorn Ingress) for the twelve months following that event. Many mundane astrologers will chart all four, Solstices and Equinoxes, and utilize those charts for a sense of the three months that follow those. The chart for the first day of Spring is said to be in effect, for the year until next Spring. It is considered especially strong until the Summer Solstice chart "comes in" in June.
Happy Solstice!
