If the fading light after the fall equinox makes it seem as though the world is dying, the trumpets that sounded on Rosh Hashanah suggest the exact opposite. On September 22, the Mabon cross quarter and Jewish New Year ushered us into the month of October and introduced us to the sign of the scales. The first day of October coincides with Yom Kippur. If that Day of Atonement kicks things off, between now and the Samhain cross quarter, the vision for the coming year will re-create itself at the etheric level. Those who pigeonhole the Libra archetype as nothing but a pretty face have no idea how deep this sign goes. Charles Jayne referred to Libra as “the iron hand in the velvet glove.” Over the years, I have found this to be true.