The Winter Solstice Chart / Link to Dates-Time for Solstice/Equinox Charts

It's a little late to be looking at the Winter Solstice Chart. I finally did and noticed that the Sun-Mars-Pluto conjunction is on the Ascendant in the chart for Washington, DC. In the astrolocality chart this means that a set of these lines are running through Washington DC as well. This combination is sort of like lighting a torch to the U.S. Presidency since Capricorn/H10 represents Presidents among other things. What a chart to come up just as there is such a big change in the Presidency (er, hopefully it will be a big change). These lines also run along 3 other lines over the Globe as well. There is a huge convergence of Sun, Pluto, Saturn DC and Uranus IC lines running through Great Britain and that part of Europe so it will be interesting to see if anything in particular occurs between U.S. politics and British politics, could even be the French. Wish they would give another Statue of Liberty to remind us of what we're all about over here, we could really use a reminder (just saw an article the other in the S.J. Mercury News about how rich immigrants are using U.S. Technology to ensure that their kids are boys because they don't like girls. Yeah, baby, Freedom and equality for all... sigh).

The Solstice Chart for East Coast Time:

Dec. 21, 2008 7:04am Washington, DC

Robert Wilkinson has written a really great essay on this Solstice on his blog "Aquarius Papers"

http://www.aquariuspapers.com/astrology/2008/12/winter-solstice-2008.html

Jude Cowell has also written a great essay on her blog and I wish I could find some comments from Dean Bensics as his interpretations are always interesting as well. I may be wrong but I think he uses Astrolocality Charts for Washington.

One thing which I hope I'm wrong about is that the Venus-Chiron line that runs through the Pacific Ocean between the West Coast and Hawaii doesn't indicate abnormal harming of the Whales who will be migrating. The U.S. Navy has finally been given permission to perform their Sonar Tests off the Southern California Coast despite the fact that this is known to harm whales. I didn't write it down but I suspect that a Neptune line runs through the area as well. Neptune rules both the ocean and the Navy. Bush set aside some parts of the ocean as a park or something which can't be touched so this could indicate that as well. I can't stop worrying about what the whales are going through right now.

Googled a great site called "Dates and Time of Equinoxes & Solstices." Here's the link: http://www.hermetic.ch/cal_sw/ve/ve.htm.

The Dates and Times for the Equinoxes and Solstices for 2009 along with some notes. Western Astrology is set up to follow these passages and this year and 2010 are very important to watch as we'll have the t-square of Outer Planets Saturn, Uranus and Pluto hovering over those points.

I've pulled up charts for London, England and I realize that some of these times are not quite right.

Over 2009, the Nodal Axis will switch from Aquarius to Capricorn. Barack Obama has become President while these two points are passing over his ASC/DESC axis and also over his Sun. So far he is representing Unity and Change, both very Aquarian things. Hopefully the Fracture part won't be forthcoming. At any rate, in hindsight, through watching just these charts, it really does make sense that he is where he is. Capricorn NN is great for building, management, conservatism, frugality. He's in such an interesting position. The Country is so messed up through Finances, Housing, War, Environment, Health Care, Education. He's got no experience, the World loves him, and Obama's really coming in to it all with strong leadership. Hopefully there won't be cultural problems through racism and nationalism.

I took a quick look at the Equinox and Solstice charts for 2009 to see where Saturn-Uranus-Pluto is placed. 3 of the charts that I pulled up have Cancer rising which is interesting because Cancer is the one Aries point that is missing in this t-square. Cancer represents Home, Homeland, Food, ... not to mention a really long memory about past grudges. As a Cancer Sun I know personally how destructive this one element can be.

Vernal Equinox: 3/20/2009 11:47

Sun 1 Aries; Moon 19 Capricorn; NN 9 Aquarius (ASC 23 Cancer?)

Saturn opposing Uranus over the IC-MC axis
Saturn 18 Virgo Rx conjunct IC from H3 opposing Mercury 20 Pisces-Uranus 24 Pisces
Pluto (H6)

Summer Solstice: 6/21/2009 05:48

Sun 1 Cancer; Moon 8 Gemini; NN1 Aquarius; (ASC 13 Cancer?)

No Fire in this chart.

t-square:
Sun (H12) opposing Pluto 3 Capricorn Rx (H6) and squared by apex Uranus 27 Pisces in H10.
Both Uranus and Pluto are singletons: Uranus in Water and Pluto in Cardinal.

This chart brings in the Jupiter-Neptune conjunction in Aquarius in the House of Death, Sex, Taxes, Other people's money, stimulus checks? Could indicate lots of funding going towards Research in Technology? Sun (H12) trine Jupiter-Neptune both at 27 Aquarius and conjunct Chiron 26 Aquarius (H8)
Saturn 16 Virgo (H4)

Autumnal Equinox: 9/22/2009 21:29 UT

Sun 1 Libra; Moon 22 Scorpio; NN 29 Capricorn; (ASC 12 Gemini?)

No Fire in this chart

t-square: Apex Pluto 1 Capricorn (conjunct H8 cusp) squaring Sun-Saturn-Mercury at 26-30 Virgo opposing Uranus 25 Pisces
Grand Water Trine: Moon 22 Scorpio trine Mars 18 Cancer trine Uranus 25 Pisces

Winter Solstice: 12/21/2009 17:51 UT

Sun 1 Capricorn; Moon 28 Aquarius; NN ; (ASC 26 Cancer?)

t-square: Uranus c. MC opposing Saturn c. IC 5 Libra square Venus 25 Sagittarius,Sun 1 Capricorn, Pluto 3 Capricorn (H6)

Mars 20 Leo Rx (H2) opposing Moon 28 Aquarius, Jupiter 25 Aquarius-Neptune 25 Aquarius-Chiron 23 Aquarius (H8)