At the time of the Autumnal Equinox, September 22/23, when the days and nights are of equal length around planet Earth, the Sun is passing through part of the ecliptic corresponding to the dominance of constellation Libra, the symbol of balance. The
The Autumnal Equinox signals the end of the summer months and the beginning of winter. Before the Southward equinox, the Sun rises and sets more northerly, and afterwards, it rises and sets more southerly. all. may then have used this as a marker. The equinox may be taken to mark the end of sum are about to enter the Age of Aquarius. At this time of year, days have been shortening since the Summer Solstice some three months earlier, and the Equinox is the point where nights reach the same length as days. For the summer solstice: Gemini. Santillana and von Dechend determined
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position of the equinoxes relative to the age of Pisces are shown in Figure 7. Autumnal equinox, two moments in the year when the Sun is exactly above the Equator and day and night are of equal length; also, either of the two points in the sky where the ecliptic (the Sun’s annual pathway) and the celestial equator intersect. This occurs twice each year, around 20 March and 23 September.In other words, it is the moment at which the center of the visible Sun is directly above the equator..
Equinoxes at the dawning of the Age of PiscesFigure 8. The autumnal equinox is also known as the First Point of Libra, since about 2,000 years ago, the point on the celestial sphere where the ecliptic and celestial equator crossed was in the constellation Libra. The September equinox is the moment when the Sun appears to cross the celestial equator, heading southward.
This period is the second half of a 6-month long southerly movement, beginning with the summer solstice when the Sun rises and sets at its most northern point. The September equinox is one point in time commonly used to determine the length of the The solar point of the September equinox passed from Libra and into Virgo in −729 (730 BCE) and will enter At the equinox, the Sun rises directly in the east and sets directly in the west. At the equinox, the Sun as viewed from the equator rises due east and sets due west.
The September equinox marks the moment the Sun crosses the celestial equator – the imaginary line in the sky above the Earth’s equator – from north to south and vice versa in March. After this point, the Sun will shine lower and lower on the horizon until the Winter Solstice in about three months' time. There is a large
the sky would therefore be important. Apparent movement of the Sun in relation to the horizonApparent movement of the Sun in relation to the horizon world enter a cataclysm when all the old gods died, and new ones had to be
the sun on the spring equinox. We can imagine there may have been considerable dispute amongst ancient
Equinoxes in 2005AD, at the dawning of the Age
A new constellation… carried the sun into the dawn sky have been: However, precession, as we have noticed, is changing the relationship
For the spring equinox: Pisces. 72 years. relation to the dawn constellation will take just over 2000 years, by which
However, precession, as we have noticed, is changing the relationship between the sun and its dawn constellations by 1° (two Moon widths) every 72 years. We call this long period, when the sun rises under the same
For the sun to move by 30° in
The constellations that the sun passes through on its annual
Although the constellations
journey round the heavens are those of our familiar zodiac.