November 3, 2024
I just watched one of my favorite YouTube creators, Terri Conroy, whose channel is Danu’s Irish Herb Garden. Below her most recent video, which was posted today and titled, Samhain or Halloween, I commented about Samhain and the equinox, but after reading what I posted, I realized I didn’t convey my thoughts exactly. In addition, I realized that there was much more to what I was trying to say that I needed to elaborate on. This can actually be quite confusing, so I’m going to take my time.
Astronomy and astrology are two different things. Astrology is a manmade system. Astronomy, on the other hand, tracks the Sun as it moves along the ecliptic during the calendar year. Astronomy tracks the Sun as it moves through thirteen constellations. Astrology uses twelve signs, and Astronomy uses thirteen constellations.
Right now, in Astrology, the autumn equinox occurs on approximately, September 22nd, which is the end of Virgo and the beginning of Libra. As time goes on, because of the precession of the equinoxes, the point in the zodiac that marks the autumn equinox will continue to move backwards through the signs.
Eventually, it will move through Virgo, into Leo, and so on.
In Terri’s video, she explained that Samhain is not Halloween, which was news to me. I thought Halloween was the evolved or modern celebration for Samhain. I thought Halloween is what Samhain has become, but clearly, that’s not true.
What connects Halloween and Samhain is their day of celebration. Both are celebrated on October 31st.
On Samhain or Halloween, which was October 31st, the Sun, according to our tropical Astrology, was on the 8th degree of Scorpio. Today, from an Astrological standpoint, there’s not much meaning for Halloween or Samhain because both are celebrated in Scorpio on the 8th degree, but at one time, the equinox point was celebrated in Scorpio. That means that Samhain and the autumn equinox would’ve been celebrated at the same time.
That all seems kind of confusing and pointless to mention, but here’s the thing.
According to our Astronomy, every year on October 31st, the Sun enters Libra and transits for twenty-three days.
That means that since the beginning, according to our Astronomy, Samhain has always been associated with the Sun’s entry in Libra.
This, I feel is important because we lose the real true meaning of Libra when it’s taken in the context of Astrology. In Astrology, Libra “The Scale,” is the seventh of twelve signs. Because of this, I’ve always felt Libra was lost and misunderstood.
When you take Libra in the context of Astronomy, it becomes the seventh of thirteen constellations, which means that it aligns perfectly in the center with six constellations to the left and six to the right.
In Astronomy, by position alone, The Scale represents a center point of balance, justice, harmony, and love in the universe. We begin to finally see what the sign of Libra is all about, which then changes how people begin to see Samhain since both are now connected. Samhain is no longer seen as common perception would have you see it-something that’s evil, scary, and about murder and madness.
Samhain can be understood as a point of harmony and balance and universal love.
According to Ann Moura, Samhain is when the God departs and the Goddess mourns, but knows he will be reborn at Yule. This is a time of celebrating the mysteries of death and of contacting spirits.
And, now you know why the New Moon on 11/1 was so important. In addition to an already thin veil, the time of the New Moon opened galactic planes to earth.
I was looking for the connection between Samhain and the zodiac, and that comes to us though Astronomy. As far as the equinox point, or the beginning of the fall season, it doesn’t really have much of a connection to the Samhain celebration.
Nooz Buffet 