Monday’s Libra Equinox chart contains two plot lines that converge at this crucial turning point of the year.

Analemma by Anthony Ayiomamitis, at the Temple of Apollo in ancient Corinth, Greece. Full caption here.

Since early January, we’ve been under the influence of Jupiter square Neptune. This unusual event — Jupiter in its native sign Sagittarius, and Neptune in its sign of modern rulership, Pisces — has been like living in a bubble.

Jupiter square Neptune happens about every eight years, though it’s the sign placements of the planets this particular time around that make it unusually nebulous.

The Jupiter-Neptune square has that bubble-like feeling, of being in a separate reality where it’s not easy to tell what is real from what is not; what is worth doing from what is worth letting go of; what is idealistic and what is truly helpful.

You might not have even known you were there — that’s one of those Neptune things.

This has, for sure, been a year of what Stephen Colbert famously called “truthiness,” by which he means lies that sound good or that people tend to accept. Mirages have risen before our eyes; there have been ongoing dashed hopes (the Mueller investigation comes to mind).

Due to the retrograde of Jupiter, the third of three squares for this cycle was Saturday, Sept. 21, and the aspect is now separating (the first two were in January and June). So you might be feeling that the fog is finally lifting, and that it’s easier to make decisions.

I strongly suggest re-thinking anything truly important that you were certain of any time in the past nine months or so. Apply your needs in the present and the future, rather than your beliefs about what things meant in the past. Note that what seemed like a good idea in January or at any point in the past few seasons may still be a good idea, but you will have to make that determination carefully and base it on the facts, the figures, and your awareness of what you want.

With the Jupiter-Neptune bubble having burst, we are now on the final approach to the Saturn-Pluto conjunction in Capricorn [covered in the Thursday edition]. Saturn stationed direct last week on Wednesday, Sept. 18, and Pluto stations direct on Oct. 3. The conjunction (a one-time event with no retrogrades involved) occurs Jan. 12, 2020.

This sets the tone for a most important election year, and represents a big peak of the Pluto in Capricorn story (2008-2024).

The quality of Saturn conjunct Pluto in Capricorn is as close to the opposite of Jupiter square Neptune as you can get. Now we must move onto this tangible ground of reality and focus on whatever Saturn-Pluto represents. Bear in mind that such a potent conjunction means the ground is shifting. There are tectonic forces at work. Some important elements of our reality are readjusting, changing, quaking and, ultimately, settling into place.

This settling enters a new phase in March, when Saturn enters Aquarius for the first time in nearly three decades. So think of the period between now and March as a distinct segment of your personal history, where you get to address bottom-line questions involving the structure of your life, the karma (meaning issues) of your family, and your professional activities.

Saturn and Pluto do not mess around. This is a time for the currently least popular thing in the world, which is personal accountability. It’s one of those things where you take it, or it takes you.