The Autumn Equinox in Brisbane

According to Astrolog, the March equinox of 2018 in Brisbane falls at a little before 2:16am on the 21st March. By a little, I mean less than a minute. A time of 2:15am shows the Sun in 29˚59'59" of Pisces ♓while a time of 2:16am shows the Sun ☉ in 0˚01'01'' of Aries ♈. So I'll go with the latter time because input only seems to be accepted in whole minutes. This produces the following chart:

The Brisbane chart shows Moon ☽ closely conjunct the Nadir and the North Node ☊ of the Moon ☽ closely conjunct the Descendant. The Moon ☽ is closely trine Saturn ♄ (0˚03' and separating) and Saturn ♄ in turn is closely semi-square Jupiter  ♃ (0˚35' separation and closing). The Moon ☽ /Saturn ♄ trine is even more harmonious given that Saturn ♄ is in its native sign and the Moon ☽ is exalted in Taurus ♉. I'm not sure what the significance of the square with Ceres might be (the separation is about 4 degrees, necessarily vague become Astrolog seems to consistently misreport the position of the asteroid with an error of around half a degree (see this earlier post about Ceres). This equinox is significant in that the Sun is closely conjunct Chiron in 28˚24' of Pisces ♓. Given that the period of revolution of Chiron is 50.42 years, this will only occur about every 25 years. Mars ♂ is square and Uranus ♅ is semi-sextile this conjunction.

I'm not sure how significant the March equinox chart is for the rest of the year but, in terms of mundane astrology, the Sun ☉ represents leadership, embodied by Putin, Trump, Xi Jinping and others. One or more of our world leaders may be battling (Mars ♂ square Sun ☉/Chiron) for survival after personal weaknesses (Sun ☉ conjunct Chiron) are exposed in sudden and surprising ways (Uranus ♅ semi-sextile Sun ☉/Chiron). The Moon ☽ represents the masses and for them the issues are very much material with both Saturn ♄ and the Moon ☽ being in Earth signs. There will be a collective need for belt tightening as governments struggle to cope with fiscal instability. Let's see how it all plays out.

Autumn Equinox in Brisbane

The above chart shows the configuration of planets at the time of the 2017 Autumn Equinox in Brisbane, corresponding to the Vernal Equinox in the Northern Hemisphere. Since the Northern Hemisphere is the dominant one, the chart marks the official start of the astrological year. Below is the same chart with annotations.

The almost exact ☽/♄ conjunction suggests considerable control and constraints ♄ will be imposed on the public ☽ by governments and their leaders ☉ especially since the two luminaries are in a square aspect ☉ □ ☽. The trine from ♅ to ☽/♄ suggests some help in resisting this control will come from sources independent of governments like Wikileaks. The T-square in cardinal signs between ♃ and ♅ and ♇ is potentially dangerous throughout the year if other transits cross or aspect the three sensitive points. Where ☽/♄ on an angle, the oppression felt by the public should be more acute. In Caracas, Venezuala, the conjunction is at the MC with ☉ on the Ascendant. 

In Beijing and Jakarta, the conjunction is near to but not exactly on the IC with ☉ on the Descendant.