September 22: 0 degrees Libra. Feast Day: Autumnal Equinox also called Mabon, Alban Elved or Haligmonad.

Cards in play for the today are Judgment, trump number twenty and the Ace of Cups, elemental opposites.  Water puts out fire and is thus it’s opposite. Fire turns water from a liquid into a gas, steam. Their power supersedes the power of the Queen of Swords, assigned the month of September. All fall under the protection of the Page of Cups, associated with autumn. The Judgement trump rules 0 degrees Libra, and is associated with elemental fire.  The Golden Dawn title for this trump is the Spirit of Primal Fire.

The Ace of Cups rules 0 degrees Libra and is associated with elemental water, with the Golden Dawn title for the Ace of Cups is the Root of the Powers of Water.  Today, at the Equinox, the watery moon leads the night as the seeds of elemental water, while the Sun sets it’s equal day, as Judgment, the elemental fire.

All the queens are associated with the equinoxes and solstices. Called Cardinal cusps the queens impel the change of season but as relative to the season just passed. Therefore the Fall Equinox is symbolized by the Queen of Swords who wields the Ace of Cups as elemental water, as the power that manifests autumn.

The Queen of Swords is assigned the calendar month of September. The Ace of Cups and the Queen of Swords are balanced together in the last decan of Virgo, between the Hermit and Justice, the symbol of Libra. Additionally, Trumps not associated with a zodiac sign have specific sabbats.  The Sun trump is linked to all the sabbats, as they are solar holidays but specific  trumps rule specific sabbats.   The Magician rules the Winter Solstice while the Empress is associated with the Spring Equinox.  The Summer Solstice is associated with the Hanged Man.