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Equinox Global Timings
The March Mega Equinox Will Occur at 04:30 AM UTC on Sunday March 20, 2016
Timings
Globally Occur Between Saturday March 19th and Sunday March 20th, the
below chart should assist you in your global location to find the
timing.
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Eclipse Global Timings
The moon turns precisely full on March 23 at 12:01 Universal Time.
At US time zones, that translates to 8:01 a.m. EDT, 7:01 a.m. CDT, 6:01
a.m. MDT and 5:01 a.m. PDT. The lunar eclipse lasts for 4 hours and 15
minutes, reaching maximum apex at the mid-point. The below timings show
maximum, and so the eclipse begins approximately 2 hours and 7 minutes
before maximum, and for 2 hours and 7 minutes after maximum.
Remember that eclipses effect the planet globally, whether or not they
are visible to the human eye. Lunar Eclipses effect the emotional body
while solar eclipse effect the mental body. All eclipses have a span of
influence from 3 days prior to the event to 3 days after the event.
meditation during the actual eclipse is enhanced as a time for focal
manifestation of intent. The alignment of the earth, moon and sun flood
the planet with Akash Life Force Units, allowing for a window of
timeless vision, and embellished insight.
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Lunar Eclipse 'Maximum' Global Timings
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The Equinox, Lunar Eclipse & Saturn Retrograde
The potent energy of the total solar eclipse of the new moon of March 9th is now flowing into the energy of the rising moon and powerful equinox of March 19th & 20th. The vibrational frequency remains high, but is turning, shifting into the balance brought by the equinox, and then turning yet again to the introspective shadows of the Full Moon Penumbral Lunar Eclipse of March 23rd ...and then the significant Saturn retrograde of March 23rd. The wallop of the Solar Eclipse is effectively followed this 'Mega March Madness' by what may feel like a 1 - 2 - 3 punch effect, by the triad of the equinox, lunar eclipse and retrogrades ... but you are not out ! The energy may feel so intense that it seems overwhelming, and lead to emotional extremes and restless nights. But it's not without purpose.
The Equinox
The March Equinox occurs on March 19th & 20th, depending on your global location. The UT timing is Sunday at 04:30 AM, Greenwich (London) meantime. This is a special energetic time, and in truth a day designed for deep contemplation. It is within the energy span of the March 23rd Lunar Eclipse on the Full Moon, and is influenced by the rising vibrations of both the eclipse and the overflow of the equinox.
The equinox is a particularly potent astronomical and astrological event. It signifies the beginning of spring in the northern hemisphere and the first day of autumn in the southern hemisphere. It is a point of equilibrium in the division of day and night on the earth. An equinox occurs when the tilt of the Earth's axis is neither away from nor towards the Sun. At this time, the center of the Sun is in the plane of the Earth's centered equator. What happens as a result is that the Sun is at one of two opposite points on the celestial sphere. The word equinox is translated from its ancient Sanskrit to mean "equal light" because during an equinox the day and night will be at equal length.
The Spring Equinox for the northern hemisphere and the Autumn Equinox for the southern Hemisphere begins in 2016 in 2 days, March 20th UT at 04:30 AM. It marks the start of the new astrological year in the tropical zodiac since the Sun will enter Aries, the first sign in the zodiac. This is for those in the northern hemisphere a time of new beginnings, of fresh starts and new growth and is typically a time of fertile new beginnings, of planting seeds. Contrastingly, the Autumn Equinox represents the planetary time of year connected to "harvest" and reaping the fruits of one's labor. And keep in mind these two are simultaneous in the opposite (polarity) energy patterning of the southern and northern energies of the planet, one counterclockwise (northern hemisphere) the other clockwise (southern hemisphere). Both the spring and autumn equinoxes are moments of balancing. Of bringing together the yin & yang, male & female aspects within each soul. Equinoxes are times for regrouping and carefully considering the cycles just completed and contemplating the actions for the cycle just beginning.
But there are commonalties, as each are effectively influenced by the Cosmic gravities & events such as eclipses, and alignments including conjuncts, squares etc, occurring at their cyclic points.
In addition to the two equinox points each year, there are two solstice points (summer and winter). So each of the 4 correspond to one of the four Cardinal signs of the zodiac -- also known as the Cardinal axis. This axis is extremely important and these geometrics are points of succinct vibratory signatures, and of unique patterning of energy. During the June Solstice more solar energy is directed to the northern hemisphere, during the December solstice more solar energy is directed to the southern hemisphere. This energy is equally divided between hemispheres during equinoxes.
The Lunar Eclipse
The lunar eclipse in Libra occurs at 11:48 a.m. UT on the 23rd March, opposed by Mercury in Aries. This Lunar eclipse is in effect, the completion of what began with the solar eclipse a fortnight earlier. The full moon of the penumbral eclipse is the perfect timing to reconsider compassion in dealings with self and others. The entire planet is being forced to find the means of unification within the undertow of upheaval and sudden shift. The lunar energy is the inward introspective heart, emotion, feminine while the March 9th solar eclipse represented an outward or in this sense, extroversion, mental masculine aspect. One representing feelings, the other intellectual aspects. And each soul is both, so these aspects of masculine and feminine, of solar and lunar, are not relating to 'physical biological gender', rather these are objective attributes of every incarnate soul.
Saturn & Jupiter Retrogrades
Next week, 2 days after the Lunar Eclipse, and 5 days after the equinox, Saturn joins Jupiter in retrograde, on the 25th of March. This retro-amalgam activated by the illusion of the backward movement, particularly of the influence of Saturn will bring about a time of accounting. You will reap what you have sewn. It will be a time of the effect in the duality regime of cause & effect.
The untoward actions taken will be faced & dealt with, the actionary 'chickens' will come home to roost.... this applies as a sword that cuts both ways, good and not so good...there will be the Saturnian-Jupiteresque harvesting of the fruits of benevolent actions, and the karma confrontation pop-ups of any negative deeds. This will be in a magnified lens from the end of April thru the 9th of May. But keep in mind, karma is about learning to be responsible positive creators, not about punishment...it's learning in the curriculum of the University of Duality.
The old axiom of 'you can run, but can't hide', comes to play over the next 6-weeks, amplified by the energies of the mega eclipses & equinox, as you will be mentally juxtaposed to face the truth of what has been positive and what has not, in terms of your actions, whether creative or destructive. The wise seeker is bound by conscience, and liberated by accountability. Accountability breeds responsibility, and responsibility is the springboard of wisdom.
So over the next weeks, the astro gravities are aligned to confrontation...purposed surfacing of people with whom you have unresolved energies, of mis-actions, mis-communications & dishonesty ... and the upward percolating of contradictory & conflict issues. With Saturn in retrograde motion, the karma will relate to how responsible you have been in the past, and provide you the opportunity, like it or not, to learn.