Eclipse Time  

On this morning of Good Friday, I sit down with my hot cross buns & cappuccino and hope to find the words to express the importance of two total eclipses. The total eclipse of the Sun was on the 20^th March 2015 and the total eclipse of the Moon is on the 4^th April 2015 at 12h07 (GMT). I include the March solar eclipse because its influence continues to be experienced over the next few weeks (and because I neglected to write about it earlier).

    March and April brim over with powerful astrological influences. I searched for the essence of the various themes and laid them out in this blog.

Ending Off
The solar eclipse activates a degree of the zodiacal belt that symbolises an ending. The focus is not yet on the beginning that follows the ending, rather on bringing something to conclusion. The manner in which we do this is important because the tone of the ending is woven into the context of the beginning and it would be oh so dreary to carry tired old stuff into the freshness of a new start.

It is a fantastic opportunity to end something that is a drag on personal life force. It could be that same old, same old obligation-motivated behaviour that always seems like a good idea at the time - the honourable act of service or the lending of a helping hand which soon (if inappropriately motivated) deteriorates into self-sacrifice/self-undoing. Avoidance-motivated behaviour has the same effect.

It is a chance to bring an unhealthy situation to an end. It is the kind of situation where we discover that ever so slowly, we floated over a line into compromised integrity. Or it could be a situation in which advantage was taken of generosity, not intentionally with malice but rather in a dreamy unaware drift across the plains of kindness.

    This eclipse marks the end of:

·       A job

·       A project or a part thereof

·       A relationship

·       A way of doing things

·       Self-sabotaging behaviour

The number of endings will depend on how effectively we made changes in the past.  

Dark Intentions & Hidden Possibility

Eclipses have an awful reputation for ill-omened events. This carries some truth in that when the light of the sun is blocked by the moon (in a solar eclipse), or the shadow of the earth blocks out the light of the moon (in a lunar eclipse), we fall into darkness. In this darkness we are exposed to buried fears, dark thoughts, wicked intentions and personal demons. Now, what to do with the sullied elements of our consciousness? Do we give in to dark intentions to hurt those with whom we are angry? Do we give power to our fear? Do we turn dark thoughts into dark deeds?

Or do we face our demons, our fears and wicked intentions (or those of others), acknowledge them and consider them resourceful possibilities? Do we view each wicked thought as creative potential? All very philosophical, I know, but there are not too many options available in eclipse month.

Thankfully, evil is not all that dwells in the darkness but also undiscovered talent and hidden possibilities. When our eyes become accustomed to the dimness we find seeds of pure potential nestled in the shadowy crevices of our consciousness, waiting to sprout in the warmth of love and the light of awareness. During eclipse time we probe the gloom for new prospects and make marvellous discoveries. Life leaps from the darkness.

Redirection

I hesitate to mention the ‘Yod’ word but here it is again, a Double Yod Key gracing the eclipse sky. Fortunately it does not hold its formation for long and dismantles completely before the lunar eclipse.

 As we learnt during 2011, 2012 and 2013, the Yod pushes for a change of direction through loss or giving up something seemingly imperative to a secure life on earth. This particular Yod encourages a small change that leads to enormous gain. Small, however, does not necessarily mean easy. It may take a fair amount of mental and emotional anguish to make the little shift.

After the tumultuous changes of the past few years, we thought we were finally on track, yet this Yod in the eclipse zone has other thoughts.

‘No!’ it emphatically states. ‘Not that way at all. Let go, let it pass, redirect, find a better way forward.’ And things break apart again. Something must be given up. Loss must be endured. It is the way of the Yod.

The anguish of loss automatically stimulates a change in thinking, a change of plan. The pain automatically promotes a change of heart. Then in an ‘Open Sesame’ sort of way, a doorway opens, one that leads to something ten times better than what was lost.

It could be a change in how business is run. An adventure could be re-routed.  A project may need re-designing. A life course could be redirected. Whatever the change, there is the promise of a more prosperous route. The Yod points towards good fortune.

Alignment & Balance & Relationship

As the Earth, Moon and Sun move into perfect alignment, it is in the dark shadows that we see misalignment - with our true selves, within relationships, with our life path.

In a flash of intuition, we know fairness, we find balance, we feel empathy and we see what it is like to stand in another’s shoes. We understand. That elusive, gorgeous, much sort after equality within relationship is achieved. Not forever, but for long enough to appreciate the beauty of another and to see our own beauty, in reflection.

In this brief moment of harmony, we know love. In this place we shine. We find courage to take the risk, to change direction, to be true.

With love for the potential within the darkness and also for Easter eggs,

Sharron.