Last night's Total Lunar Eclipse
Sunday, March 4th, 2007 4:29 PM
Sorry for not posting this 24 hours earlier folks! There was a LUNAR ECLIPSE last night at 13 degrees of Virgo, which became exact at 11.18pm GMT. It could be seen from somewhere around nine o'clock though (we were heading out at the time) here in Exeter as it was clear for most of the night. The heightened emotions and tensions of the Full Moon are made much stronger in a lunar eclipse. With the Virgo/Pisces polarity highlighted here, there is an emphasis on service, health, healing, compassion and spirituality.
The planet Uranus adds an element of unpredictability and unexpected events surrounding this lunation, while at the same time Jupiter expands on all this. Uranus is the awakener, it's influence being about sudden flashes of insight, which open us up to new ways of thought and new experiences. It can be disruptive if we like to 'keep things in little boxes' (as Virgo is wont to do at times!) but it's a productive influence ultimately. With Uranus in Pisces (a seven-year influence) the message is one of finding new ways to express our compassion and our spirituality, and to be of service, and shaking up the old.
The Jupiter-Uranus square is an ongoing aspect in the sky which the eclipse last night picked out and highlighted. The effects of eclipses are much longer lasting than ordinary full or new moons and can stick around for months rather than weeks.
Fairly obviously, this one is influencing Virgos with birthdays around the beginning of March, 1st - 5th in particular, and also Pisceans. It may also affect the other mutable signs, Sagittarius and Gemini. Not just for birthdays though - anyone with planets which are around 11 to 15 degrees of Virgo, Pisces, Sagittarius or Gemini (check your charts if I've sent you one) and will influence you according to the nature of the planet in your chart that is affected. Have a look at which houses in your chart the eclipse affects also, to get clues about which area of your life will be affected.
Of the two people clearly exhibiting upset and emotional reactions while I was out last night, one was a Pisces and the other a Virgo (and these not even within the birthdays I've outlined above - eclipses can extend that range because of their power).
Any feedback about your experiences of the lunar eclipse would be welcome : )
Full Moon in Leo
Thursday, February 1st, 2007 11:17 PM
Who's Coming Out To Play?
Tonight's Full Moon is at 13 degrees of Leo. Full Moon is always a time of heightened emotions, and the tensions of the Leo Full Moon are those between cool rationality and the collective good (the Sun in Aquarius) versus child-like big-heartedness, focus on self and playfulness (Leo Moon). There is a strong need to be recognised and acknowledged. Open up to your 'inner child'. Let the sunshine in! The Leo spontaneity and creativity of this Full Moon is boosted by it's connection, by trine aspect, with Jupiter, the planet of expansiveness, strong, this year, in its own sign of Sagittarius. A fiery and inspired combination.
Most affected - Fixed Sign people: Taurus, Leo, Aquarius, Scorpio - birthdays around the 2nd February, 5th August, 3rd May, 5th November
or those with planets at around 13 degrees of the above signs - check your chart... I'm happy to send people a free copy of their chart wheel, feel free to ask : )
Oh, and Imbolc Blessings to any pagan and wiccan friends out there.
New to Holistic Local
Thursday, January 4th, 2007 8:36 PM
Well, I've set up a personal profile and I've added an event, yay! The event is the Exeter Astrology Group monthly meetings, the first of this year being on the 14th January. So I'm feeling quite accomplished, but I REALLY must go and get food now : )
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