A User's Guide to the 2021 - 2023 Taurus - Scorpio Eclipses 🌻🌙💫

With a set of dates in hand, when you look back on your life, you might notice eclipses that had struck your birth chart coinciding with totally momentous years in your life…

…pivotal years where events, settings, and key players du jour served as catalysts for maj’ life transformations. ✨✨✨

Special eclipse years herald events, settings, and relationships that, even if you don’t know the astrology behind those years, are nevertheless crucial plot points in the story of your life when told in retrospect.

Basically, with astrology, eclipses can help dissolve the sticky bullshit of our lives, and allow us glimpses at the meta narrative happening over and around our ego-drama. 🌕🌑🌀

in 2022, we have FOUR eclipses happening in Taurus-Scorpio ♉️♏️ >

  • April 30th, 2022 > partial Solar Eclipse @ 10° Taurus ☀️♉️

  • May 16th, 2022 > total Lunar Eclipse @ 25° Scorpio 🌙♏️

  • October 25th, 2022 > partial Solar Eclipse @ 2° Scorpio ☀️♏️

  • November 8th, 2022 > total Lunar Eclipse @ 15° Taurus 🌙♉️


Depending on how well you know your natal chart, you might be able to glance at that list above know how close (+ what on your chart) will be in the line of karmic-fire… ⚡️🔥

…and if you get tripped, congratulations, you’re now experiencing an Eclipse Story! 🥳🙌🏻

What happens when an eclipse trips a planet, angle, or other special object on your chart…?

Idk, man. 🤷🏻‍♀️

And I’ve been struck (like—really struck 🔥) near the same chart markers, in the same signs and houses, and part of the same eclipse series… at least three times.

Last year’s Eclipse Moment was the first one that I recognized as coinciding with an eclipse: the prior two eclipses that had struck were discerned via (totally free ✨) Astro-Seek software, as well as journal entries from the same time period.

(NOTE > I’mma show you how to do the same later in this post. 😉)

I’ve also been able to compare the dates for past eclipses through other journal, planner, and blog entries, and trace major plot points in my life alongside these eclipse cycles.

For all these eclipse moments, it wasn’t just the signs, houses, or natal chart markers involved with the eclipse itself that determined what went down, but also the other planetary transits coinciding at the time.

IN GENERAL THO, you can expect bizarre moments to occur in coincidence with the eclipse trigger, even if you weren’t paying close attention (or didn’t even realize an eclipse was happening that day…? 🤷🏻‍♀️).

But even if you didn’t realize an eclipse was happening, or that it struck a marker in your natal chart, you’re guaranteed to experience something totally woo, as well as an ensuing disintegration of the status quo of your life spanning six months to two years. ⏱🗓

By the time you’re able to really pinpoint that something… is… happening (⁉️), your life might be on a whole new trajectory.

If you didn’t know an eclipse was happening, you might lose your fucking mind. 😱

BUT NEVER FEAR > I and other weirdos on the Internet have pooled our reference experience to help you mitigate the shit-river of woo that might course through your life pre- or post-Eclipse Moment ✨, forcing you at odd moments to articles such as this (😌)…

…when you’d rather be running into the ocean, texting your exes, setting your social security card on fire, or maybe just taking a nap and trusting that all your plans and expectations will stay intact. 🙈👌🏻

This post will teach you how to…

1) Find out when, which, and where Eclipses will trip your chart for the year… 🗓,
2) How to compare an eclipse chart to your birth chart 🌟, and…
3) how to delineate (a.k.a. “deconstruct”) said chart…

…so you can hazard for the oncoming changes, pre-plan your coping strategy, and also track the meta-narrative of your transformation… 🌙🦋✨

I've also handy-crafted a printable worksheet to help you delineate the Eclipse chart, and meta-cogitate on your Eclipse Story, so that you can get an eagle-eye perspective on what’s happening…

…along with a journaling / personal inventorying process for really digging into the themes represented by the planets, asteroids, angles, or math points sharing the same signs / houses as (or ruled by ✨) the eclipse. 👍🏻

Basically, you’re about to become way more informed about the meta-cosmic subtleties sublimating your life, and everything might become way better, thx astrology! 🤗🌟

some primers, or preliminary tutorials for what I’m about to roll out ✨ >

🌟 FIRST, GET YOUR NATAL CHART + LEARN THE BASICS. I get my charts from Astro Seek (having moved on from Astro Dienst), but you have lots of options (this post suggests a few). I show you how start delineating your natal chart in this post, and if you need a deeper exploration, check out this post, where I ascribe movies, songs, and Internet memes to my own. ✨

🌟 SECOND, GET FAMILIAR WITH COMPARING CHARTS. I showed you how to do this in my synastry post (where I compared and delineated the synastry chart between me + a deranged barista ✨), and also in my post about how to read transit charts. ✨

Basically, you’re just layering the current transiting planets (including the eclipse ✨) over your natal chart, then imagining how what’s happening in the sky right now relates or interacts with the themes and arc of personal development indicated by your natal chart. 💁🏻‍♀️

Based on that comparison, you’ll be able to use the insight for a little personal inventorying and prepare for the transformative effects in store. 🧘🏻‍♀️🌟🧘🏻‍♀️🌟

NOTE > You’ll definitely want to conduct this process when you have time to not just gather up the charts (10-15 mins ⏱), but also research what the the planets, signs, and houses involved symbolize, and translate into, in terms of true-life experience (1+ hours ⏱).

Okay.

Ready?

 

WHERE + HOW TO FIND OUT ABOUT UPCOMING ECLIPSES (FOR THIS OR ANY YEAR) 🌕🌑✨ >

OKAY, I’m going to walk you through three methods for investigating eclipses:

  1. How to look up oncoming eclipses for the current year. If you know your natal chart very well, you’ll be able to know at-a-glance whether anything in your chart shares the same sign and degree° of any of the year’s oncoming eclipses (so you can stay the hell HOME 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻).

  2. How to compare your natal chart to an eclipse transit chart (showing the current signs and aspects amongst all the planets on the day of the eclipse). You'll be able to see not just the pieces of your chart getting struck, but the other planetary juju that will be in play, which might become part of the theme of your Eclipse Story. ✨

  3. How to find your “personal eclipse cycle”, where all eclipses (in a certain timeframe) are due to trigger your natal chart, and when, for your entire life! 🙀

The third method hearkens back to my post about what happened when the June ‘21 Gemini Solar Eclipse struck my Vertex - Chiron ♊️🌀, about learning how to look up past dates when Eclipses might have struck your natal chart...

…whereupon you, too, might also discover that all of the most karmic-loaded, miraculous-seeming moments of your precious life somehow coincide with eclipses. 🤭🤯🥺

 

HOW DO ECLIPSES WERK, THO? OR WHY ARE THEY HAPPENING, WHAT ARE THE ASTRONOMICAL CONDITIONS OF AN ECLIPSE? 🤔

When do eclipses happen? via Luna Astrology and HellaNamaste.com.png

Chart for the April 30, 2022 Taurus Eclipse via Luna Astrology software… notice the Sun + Moon glyph super-near the North Node glyph? Et voilá, an eclipse. 👐🏻✨

Eclipses happen wherever the Lunar Nodes are currently transiting (currently: Taurus - Scorpio ♉️♏️). Because eclipses arrive in pairs, and usually (but not always) within two weeks of each other, you can expect at least four eclipses every year (sometimes more).

Every six months (for about 18-24 months), when the new or full moon graze one of the transiting Lunar Nodes, eclipses spark. ⚡️✨

Solar eclipses happen first, when a new (or “new-ish”) moon occurs within 10° of one of the Nodes. The solar eclipse sets the stage for the lunar eclipse, which happens within two weeks(usually, but not always), once the moon has orbited ‘round the chart to the opposite Node, typically at the next full moon (or “full-ish”) moon, following the Solar eclipse.

Once an “eclipse family” (called a Saros Cycle 🌀) finishes out, another eclipse won’t happen in those signs for 7-8 years.

Taken altogether, you can time and calculate how the eclipse cycle has underpinned your life over a span of 19 years, or essentially, the length of time it takes for the Lunar Nodes to transit back to the point where the eclipse had struck your chart.

DON’T WORRY, there’s a section below where I give you an opportunity to score a worksheet to help you sort all these factors, and also explain how these different factors actually impact your chart (and personal narrative, reflexively). 👌🏻

But it might help to visualize eclipses almost like pushing your consciousness in an upward spiral, in a process that never quite peaks, but tends to create bursts…

…or basically, you can think of eclipses as an astrologically-timed propulsion system, designed to thrust your life energies and circumstances into a higher stratosphere, a new elevation. 🌀

 

THIS CURRENT ECLIPSE CYCLE LASTS FROM NOVEMBER 2021 UNTIL OCTOBER 2023 >

Altogether, the eclipses from this current cycle are…

  • NOVEMBER 19, 2021 > Partial Lunar Eclipse @ 27° Taurus 🌙♉️

  • APRIL 3OTH, 2022 > Partial Solar Eclipse @ 10° Taurus 🌻♉️

  • MAY 16TH, 2022 > Total Lunar Eclipse @ 25° Scorpio 🌙♏️

  • OCTOBER 25TH, 2022 > Partial Solar Eclipse @ 2° Scorpio 🌻♏️

  • NOVEMBER 8TH, 2022 > Total Lunar Eclipse @ 16° Taurus 🌙♉️

  • MAY 5TH, 2023 > Lunar Eclipse @ 14° Scorpio 🌙♏️

  • OCTOBER 28TH, 2023 > Lunar Eclipse @ 5° Taurus 🌙♉️

Eclipses are cycles that happen within cycles. This cycle last occurred Nov 2022 - April 2005, before that from May 1984 - April 1986, and before that from May 1966 - November 1967.

REMEMBER, it’s not only the zodiac signs where the eclipses are sparking, but the signs squaring them. In this case, TAURUS - SCORPIO are squared by LEO - AQUARIUS. ♉️♏️ / ♌️♒️

So, after you’ve checked for any angles or planets in the direct line of fire, check out whatever you have in Leo and Aquarius. Pay attention to anything within 2° of the eclipse trigger-points listed above.

FOR INSTANCE, if you have any planet (or angle, etc.) @ 25 - 29° of Leo or Aquarius, it was squaring the Taurus Lunar Eclipse way back on November 19, ’21. 

When planets square each other, it brings contention or struggle. If the eclipses coincide with a major epiphany or unlocks new motivations, but you felt yourself stymied in some way, note the natal chart and transiting planets in the signs “squaring” the Eclipse. ✅

OBVIOUSLY, because there are cycles involved, and because they can trip, trigger, or impact so much of our chart, eclipses make for totally fucking rad symbolic devices for time-keeping and personal inventorying.

Like—if you journal or document your life coinciding with your Eclipse Story, or during any eclipse season (even if not tripping a specific spot on your chart), you can collate the information, and trace the upward spiral of your life evolution, each eclipse cycle representing a different chapter that drove the evolution further along. 🥰👐🏻✨

Major themes in store for these upcoming eclipses in 2022 >

🌟 PARTIAL SOLAR ECLIPSE @ 10° TAURUS ON APRIL 30, ‘22 > Dissatisfaction blossoms into awareness. Occurs on the Taurus New Moon, and will highlight patterns and consequences lingering from past choices rooted in “worthiness” issues. You might catch yourself in the act of making a similar dissatisfying choice, and be presented with new opportunities. What kinds of choices, and in what arenas, depends on the house triggered by the eclipse. With Taurus, this could be anything from realizing the blockages to being present or how you’re living in the moment, to wanting to update or retrain in a new skillset. Peek at any planets between Taurus and Scorpio that might reflect the archetypes you need to re-evaluate. Also peek at your natal Venus (ruler of Taurus ♉️), and where Venus is currently transiting (Pisces ♓️) for more clues as to where you might experience “spill over” effects of the eclipse. ✅

🌟 TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE @ 25° SCORPIO ON MAY 16, ‘22 (BLOOD MOON 🧛🏻‍♀️) > Emotions condense, solidifying into awareness. You might feel them wet and heavy in your body. Occurs on the Scorpio Full Moon, and will coincide with a reprisal of where you’ve been (the past) and where you’re heading (the future). Scorpio rules the process of elimination (💩), whether that’s detoxing on financial or material issues, or past grudges and resentments. Catharsis abounds. Peek at natal Mars (traditional ruler of Scorpio ♏️), and where Mars is currently transiting (Pisces* ♓️). Also note that Pluto (modern ruler of Scorpio ♏️) is currently in the hinter degrees of Capricorn, revving to enter Aquarius (March 23, 2023). Check up on the house and any planets in Capricorn on your chart. Everyone will experience some sort of “closing out” vibes for this past decade. This article can guide you through inventorying the past decade of Pluto in Capricorn. ♑️

🌟 PARTIAL LUNAR ECLIPSE @ 2° SCORPIO ON OCT 25, ‘22 > Because this is a partial eclipse, we might call it ‘Awakening Lite.’ Past situations believed to be put-to-bed might be resurrected, and point to outmoded feelings and behaviors working against the future you want (or hope for). This awareness might linger in your awareness (even if just somatically), making the future-oriented choices more obvious, and helping weight your actions towards into the direction you’re heading (unconsciously).

🌟 TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE @ 16° TAURUS ON NOV 8, ’22 > Status quo explodes. Secrets erupt, as well as scandals. Power struggling. Some relationships and situations won’t be salvageable, and possibly weren’t as practical or empowering as previously believed. Because this is an eclipse moment, you’ll be able to “see” the whole lay of the land: the wreckage, as well as the necessary reformation. This is your Scarlett O’Hara moment: “After all, tomorrow is another day.”

ALL OF THE ABOVE ALSO DEPENDS ON WHERE TAURUS - SCORPIO LANDS ON YOUR NATAL CHART > The houses hint at the activities, circumstances, and experiences where these Taurus - Scorpio themes will play out, while planets or markers in these houses hint at the particular instincts, drives, and energies that will be lit up. The closer the eclipse lands to the marker, the more lit that energy will be.

How the eclipse day itself plays out, and how these themes, contexts, and energies come into play will also depend on other transiting planets (in the sky during eclipse day), and which planets they aspect in your chart.

 

🌟 HOW TO LOOK UP UPCOMING ECLIPSES >

  1. FIND OUT THE DATES OF THIS YEAR’S ONCOMING ECLIPSES. Hit up the Astro Seek Solar + Lunar Eclipse calendar, which lists all the eclipses that will happen in the year, along with important details, including what kind of eclipse (solar vs. lunar 🌻🌙), how impactful (partial, total, etc.), and which family or series (a.k.a. the Saros Cycle number, more about that below 🌀✨).

  2. NOTE THE SIGN(S) WHERE THE ECLIPSE(S) WILL OCCUR. Eclipses don’t just trip one sign, but its opposite as well. This is the oomph of the eclipse: it basically synthesizes (ding ding ding 🔔) the themes and motifs of polar opposites in your life. SO FOR EXAMPLE, if the April 30th Partial Solar Eclipse is due to strike 10° Taurus, take a peek on your birth chart at what’s hovering at 10° Scorpio. ♉️♏️

  3. OBSERVE THE DEGREE NUMBER ° OF THE ECLIPSE(S). This is critical. The degree point tells you how close and specific the eclipse will affect you. If you have Mars at 10° Taurus (same sign + degree as the upcoming partial Solar Eclipse on April 30th, see below ✨), BRACE FOR IMPACT. 😬😱

HINT > If you’ve entered your birth data into the Astro-Seek Natal Chart Calculator, pan over to the sidebar listing all your natal planet positions to see all the signs / degrees clearly stated. 👍🏻

Note which houses on your chart will be struck by the eclipse, which is as easy as noticing the signs of the eclipse. Unless you have intercepted signs, where the house engulfs an entire zodiac sign (read more about that here ✨), you’ll be able to follow along and intuit the activities or field of perception (indicated by the houses ✨) that will be affected.

HOWEVER, along with knowing how close the eclipses are from hitting specific natal planets, you’ll want to know about any other transiting planets that might cast their juju on the situation!

 

🌟 How to Compare Your Natal Chart to an Eclipse Chart ✨ >

  1. NOTE THE CURRENT TRANSITS ON ECLIPSE DAY. On the Astro-Seek Eclipse calendar page, click the orange hyperlink labelled “eclipse chart”. This gives you an astrological lay of the land for the eclipse, showing you which sign and aspects each planet is throwing around on this day.

    For instance, it might be useful to know that transiting Venus will be exact conjunct (“side-by-side”) the October ‘22 Scorpio Eclipse, and that transiting Uranus will be close-by the North Node in the opposite sign (♉️).

    OR BASICALLY, during this eclipse, Venus and Uranus will be opposing each other, and conjunct the Lunar Nodes. This opposition will mean something different for everyone, depending on their natal chart, but will feature the energies of Venus (🌸) and Uranus (⚡️).

    With the Lunar Nodes in the mix, you can guess that whatever happens during this time will have a karmic flavor, and will ruffle certain circumstances (specific to where the eclipses are sparking).

    IMPORTANT TAKEAWAY > During eclipses, everyone is having their own Eclipse Moment, where they’re confronting results and circumstances that are now in change mode, whether seeded in an earlier phase of life, or inherited from past lives*.

    *If you want to keep it secular, you can think of “past lives” as the epigenetic and societal conditions which have shaped / are shaping your karma (as well as your destiny 🌀), and for which you will have to suffer the consequences of, even though it’s happening on a super-subconscious level that your ego doesn’t identify with and prolly doesn’t want to account for. 🤷🏻‍♀️

  2. COMPARE THE ECLIPSE CHART TO YOUR NATAL CHART. Hover your cursor over “Free Horoscopes” in the Astro-Seek navigation bar, and select “Transit Chart Calculator” from the dropdown menu. (Or just go here. ✨)

    Enter your birth data, then enter the date of one of the upcoming eclipses. Select 12pm as a time, and your current location, or wherever you expect to be located when the eclipse pops off.

    TA-DAAA, you now have a transit chart comparing your birth chart to Eclipse Day! 🎉

How to Compare an Eclipse Chart to a Natal Chart via HellaNamaste.com 2

Natal x Transit Chart: Go to the Astro-Seek Transit Chart Calculator, input your birth data, and the date for the eclipse day, and save the chart ✨

Print ‘er off, and circle where the eclipse action is taking place, then delineate the chart according to some of the methods I talked about in my post about reading a transit chart, such as looking for a “t-square” pattern, etc.

Wherever a transiting planet (in the sky at the time of the eclipse) makes contact with one of your own planets (or angles, etc.), that’s what you’d want to consult with Google about. What do the planets involved symbolize? What’s their relationships to other planets (the aspects)? What themes are the zodiac signs bringing to that relationship? What are the arenas, fields of experience, or activities where everything will play out (indicated by the houses)?

Use the hints and clues provided via Internet astrologers to help you build an intuitive image of the transformation indicated by how the eclipse(s) are interacting with your chart.

The next couple sections will help you trace the future and lineage of these transformations, as well as explore the themes and circumstances that have been (or will be) impacted.

 

🌟 HOW TO LOOK UP ALL ECLIPSES THAT WILL IMPACT YOUR NATAL CHART (WITHIN, LIKE, 5 YEARS) 🗓 >

  1. VISIT THE ASTRO-SEEK “ECLIPSES IN THE NATAL CHART” CALCULATOR. Enter your birth data, and select a time frame. By default, the calculator displays eclipses from the current year to five years from now.

  2. SELECT THE ASPECTS. I keep it at conjunction, but you could also select “squares”, “oppositions”, or “all aspects”.

HINT > you typically want to be aware of the opposite point of the eclipse, so before you heave a sigh of relief that the eclipse will strike 10° Taurus, where you have no natal planets, angles, or points ✨, take a peek at 10° Scorpio. ✅

OBVIOUSLY, make special note of any planets, angles, or special points within a 5° orb (“span of degree numbers”) of any + all the eclipses in effect. eclipses that come within 5° of your Sun, Moon, or the degree of your Ascendant (the starting line of your chart), signify pivotal years. 😳🤩

Noticing any of that for this year?

Welcome to your Eclipse Story. ☺️👐🏻✨

OKAY, now that you have all the charts you need, you want to start delineating and brainstorming about what might actually show up to sabotage your life. 🦖

 

HOW TO CREATE A PERSONAL ECLIPSE RECORD >

Eclipses are cyclical. What’s about to happen echoes the past, or is about to become an echo. 💫

SO, if you’re up for it, let’s go ahead and create a journaling / self-inventorying process guided by your upcoming Eclipse Moment!

I’ve created a handy worksheet to help you work out and meditate on your (potential) eclipse moment, yours totally free for subscribing to my rad newsletter… 😍💌

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    You can use a diary, planner, or Google .Doc to also keep a personal Eclipse record, this is what you want to include >

    I’ve also included a list right here of what you can find out and document about upcoming eclipses, so you can store and reference back at a later time, or use to follow along as your Eclipse Story unfolds.

    DATE OF ECLIPSE >
    LONGITUDE AND LATITUDE OF THE ECLIPSE >
    TYPE OF ECLIPSE (total, annular, North Node, South Node) >

    SAROS CYCLE* #
    GEOGRAPHICAL REGION OF ECLIPSE >

    ECLIPSE OCCURS IN MY ______ HOUSE.
    RULER OF THE SIGN OF THE ECLIPSE IS ______ IN ______ (sign) AND MY ______ HOUSE.

    ECLIPSE (Sun or Moon) CONJUNCTS [0°] MY…. >
    ECLIPSE (Sun or Moon) SQUARES [90°] MY… >
    ECLIPSE (Sun or Moon) OPPOSES [180°] MY… >

    Count any planets, angles, or points within a 5° orb.


    BTW, this section post was informed primarily by Bernadette Brady’s The Eagle and The Lark, as well as this blog post from StarCats explaining how to create an Eclipse Record (as well as who they got this info from, Karen McCauley of Astrodynamics of Venice ✨), for which I have translated into a trusty worksheet to help you delineate and plan your Eclipse Story! 🙌🏻

    Along with the rote information, you might want to dig into the super-subtle subtext of the eclipse transit. I’ll explain what this information is, and how it might help you interpret and predict what’ll occur below.

    NOTE > This is definitely upper-division astrology-work, and you don’t need it in order to predict how the eclipse will work on you (not unless you’re working on your doctorate in astrology, I guess).

    But if you’re curious to know what the eclipse means for your life (beneath and beyond the narrative you’re manufacturing 😳😅), this is literally all the intel you’ll need. 👌🏻

     

    QUESTIONS TO ASK YOURSELF ABOUT THE ONCOMING ECLIPSES >

    • Which planet “rules” the sign of the Eclipse? (Learn more about rulers a.k.a. “dispositors” here. ✨)

    • Is that planet (the dispositor of the Eclipse) transiting within 5° of another planet (on Eclipse day)? Does that planet aspect any of your natal planets? (Conjunct, square, trine, sextile, or oppose... learn more about aspects here. ✨)

    • Does the Eclipse conjunct a fixed star? FYI: “fixed stars” in astrology don’t transit… they are pinned in a certain sign @ a specific degree°, and sometimes unveil uncanny esoteric synchronicities. 🤩 (Read more about fixed stars here. ✨)

    • Where (indicated by the house placement ✨) does that fixed star land in your chart? Where is the “ruler” of that fixed star in your chart?

    • What’s the Saros Cycle* that this Eclipse belongs to? How long has it been active? (I say more about Eclipse Saros Cycles below, but go here to learn more. ✨)

    • Is it a partial, annular, or total Eclipse? This tells you the strength of its impact. Also note if the “umbra” (or glow) was visible in your region, and if prominent, note any major coinciding news headlines.

    • Finally, is it a LUNAR or SOLAR* Eclipse?


    *WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A SOLAR AND A LUNAR ECLIPSE? 🌕🌑 >

    A SOLAR Eclipse happens during the New Moon when the Sun and Moon are transiting the same sign. When the actual eclipse occurs, the Moon is passing over and obscuring the Sun. The Sun symbolizes the power of consciousness, including the feeling of control over our choices and future. 

    While the future is eclipsed (😄), the past and unconscious issues (symbolized by the Moon) erupt and come to the fore. You become very aware of these issues. Eclipse-related events (or ensuing after the eclipse) occur in such a way as to help you process out some of the more recessed issues in your life that have subliminally blocked your way into the future.

    “Look in a new direction during a solar eclipse, because that’s where opportunity lies. This can feel scary, since letting go of control will be necessary. Eclipses can also stir up buried desires, forcing us to acknowledge what we really want. Remember that change is inevitable! And it can be a beautiful thing once we finally surrender. These momentous new moons push us off the starting block and into new waters. But we have to move fast since just like an eclipse, the manifestation period is both rare and brief. ”

    — MindBodyGreen, “Lunar and Solar Eclipse Calendar”

    🌟 IF YOU’RE STRUCK BY A SOLAR ECLIPSE 🌕 > Solar Eclipses bring fresh starts and good news, sometimes opening secret trap doors. Time is quickening, almost like we’re careening through the days, haunted by anticipation, hangry for something or someone specific. Sometimes the news arrives as “subjective and ambiguous as gossip”, and becomes valuable in 5-6 months as the eclipse continues its cycle.

    A LUNAR Eclipse occurs during the Full Moon when the Sun and Moon are transiting opposite signs. Earth is suspended between them. While the unconscious is eclipsed (😆), the future and your personal agency (symbolized by the Sun) become too obvious to ignore. All that remains are the decision-making and action-steps. 

    “Lunar eclipses are prime time for doing shadow work and dealing with feelings we’ve ignored. Buckle up, buttercup! Situations could pivot abruptly or come to a sudden, unceremonious halt. If anything in your life is “eclipsed away,” here’s our advice: Stop chasing and give it some space. You’ll either manifest a better option or circle back to this later—after you’ve processed the lesson and evolved!”

    — MindBodyGreen, “Lunar and Solar Eclipse Calendar”

    🌟 IF YOU’RE STRUCK BY A LUNAR ECLIPSE 🌑 > Lunar Eclipses bring final endings, nostalgia, and the re-surfacing of buried hopes and dreams. Hit up Spotify for playlists from the year(s) of your previous Eclipse triggers. Haul out your old diaries and agendas. Scroll through archived photos.  Astrology Zone remarks this is likely occurs at a full moon lunar eclipse. ✨

    SO BASICALLY, Solar Eclipses lead the way, and determine where Lunar Eclipses will later fall.

    ALSO, Solar Eclipses are not random. Each Solar Eclipse is part of an “eclipse family”, called a Saros Cycle, or Saros Series.

    *WHAT DOES ‘SAROS CYCLE’ MEAN? What are we referring to? 🌀 >

    Every Saros Cycle births a new or first eclipse. Each Saros Cycle originates at either the North or South Pole, and “lives” for about 1300 years. Once started, it will circulate the planet, at timed intervals, to the opposite pole.

    Every 18 years (…and 9-11 days), the Saros Cycle fires off an eclipse. Each eclipse in a Saros Cycle will spark about 10° further along the zodiac from where it last sparked (from 0° to 10° Taurus, then from 10° to 20° Taurus, and so forth).

    In 1,280 years, the Saros Cycle will have traveled from one pole to the other, and finally close out, producing a total of 70-72 eclipses in about 1,280 years. 😳🤯

    By the time the Saros Cycle finishes out, it will be back in proximity to the sign and degree where it originated.

    Most often, for studying Saros Cycles, you would want to work with “long-lived” charts, like for nations, or with a theme that can be traced through history, such as “science” or “art” or language”.

    “For example, the year that Gutenberg invented the printing press (1452), the year that Copernicus published his theory that the Sun was the center of the Solar System (1543), the year that Newton published his Laws of Physics (1687), the year that Einstein wrote his ‘Theory of Relativity’ (1905) were all years that Saros Series 14, North and South were producing eclipses. Whether it is Saros Series 14 North or Saros Series 14 South that is responsible would require further research. However, the years of 1452, 1543, 1687, and 1905 are all connected astrologically and astronomically to one Saros Series and, as we can see, the significant historical theme of these years is that of publications which changed the world.”

    —Bernadette Brady, “Predictive Astrology: The Eagle and the Lark”

    IF YOU WANT TO LOOK UP THE SAROS CYCLE > Each Saros Cycle is named after the pole where it originated (north or south), and numbered between 1 and 19, depending on its number of occurrences.

    IF I HAD THE TIME… I’d want to study the Saros Cycles of the eclipses that FER SHUR have tripped my chart, probably limited to the late 19th, 20th, and 21st Centuries, following along my mother’s family narrative, just to see if any eclipse themes coincide with major events or turning points in our family’s (robust) oral history.

    “The periodicity and recurrence of eclipses is governed by the Saros cycle, a period of approximately 6,585.3 days (18 years 11 days 8 hours). It was known to the Chaldeans as a period when lunar eclipses seem to repeat themselves, but the cycle is applicable to solar eclipses as well.”

    — NASA, “Eclipses and the Saros”


    IN 2022 ✨, our two Solar Eclipses are part of Saros Cycles 119 (April 30th, 10° Taurus ♉️) and 124 (October 25th, 2° Scorpio ♏️). Click those links to see the dates and links to charts of other eclipses in these families, which might lead you to make some genius observation concluding that reincarnation is real, and maybe also time-travel (email me).

    You can find a whole mess of eclipse dates with links to their families over here, and see examples of how Saros Cycles might ultimately unfold within a natal chart in this legit as hell, in-depth PDF. 👌🏻

    WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A NORTH NODE ECLIPSE AND SOUTH NODE ECLIPSE? >

    The North Node symbolizes where we’re heading, whereas the South Node symbolizes what we’re releasing.

    🌟 A North Node Eclipse happens when the new moon is next to the North Node (when you notice the moon + sun glyphs in the same sign close-by the north node glyph). North Node Eclipses affect your personal situation, your psycho-soma, your life trajectory. Days and weeks leading up to the Eclipse might feel frazzled and draining, and then suddenly feel as though you can take destiny by the helm.

    🌟 A South Node Eclipse happens when the new moon is next to the South Node (when you notice the moon + sun glyphs in the same sign close-by the south node glyph). South Node Eclipses feel as though other people and external circumstances are colliding with your trajectory. A situation might be wrenched from your control, and other people are factored into your life course. The sign and house can hint at the type of circumstances.

    Remember, the transiting Nodes determine where eclipses will spark. When the Nodes enter new signs, you can predict that within the next 18-24 months, they’ll eventually trip whatever points, planets, or angles you have in those signs.

    When comparing the eclipse chart to your own, pay attention to which Node is where.

    Along with that, note other planets transiting around the Nodes. ✅

    WHAT ASPECTS SHOULD I LOOK FOR BETWEEN AN ECLIPSE CHART AND MY NATAL CHART? >

    Remember, aspects describe the type of relationship between objects, and some aspects are considered friendlier than others.

    “Every astrologer will probably have a different answer to this question. Since eclipses are interjections in one’s life. I feel it is best to use only major aspects. In fact, in my own work, I tend to look for only conjunctions and oppositions. The use of the square is optional and I tend to use it if the eclipse is squaring a natal luminary.”

    —Bernadette Brady, The Eagle and The Lark


    Luminaries     are the Sun and Moon, a.k.a. the “lights” of the chart. ✨

    If you’re a little wobbly on aspects, check out Alice Sparkly Kat’s Five Techniques to Assess Aspects, and compare with CafeAstrology’s article on the same topic, as well as this article on aspects from Well + Good (just to round it all out).

    HOW BIG OF AN ORB (OR DEGREES° OF DISTANCE) SHOULD I LOOK FOR BETWEEN AN ECLIPSE AND MY NATAL CHART? >

    Still focusing on just major aspects (conjunctions, oppositions), Bernadette suggests focusing on a pretty tight orb of 2-2.5° for conjunctions, and 1° for squares.

    HOW LONG DO THE EFFECTS OR CONSEQUENCES OF THE ECLIPSE LAST? >

    Bernadette Brady thinks this is a philosophical question: What is the PURPOSE of eclipses… in astrology? 🤔

    “If we decide that eclipses have very little purpose and they tend to be like a fly in one’s soup—halting the proceedings but having very few major consequences—then the effect of the eclipse could be considered to last for just the period of the eclipse season. If on the other hand, our definition of the purpose of eclipses is that they have a profound effect on the person’s life, then although the tension may last for only a few weeks, the effect may be considered to last a lifetime.

    Let us imagine eclipses like spotlights shining on the pathway of your life. These lights are not on all of the time but they switch on, catching you in mid-action, so to speak. As this spotlight shines, it will illuminate an area of your life. Whatever has been pushed to one side of shoved under the carpet, will become obvious. This bringing to the surface of hidden problems can be dramatic and emotional. However, it is an opportunity to become aware of issues that may need some work. You can, of course, choose not to work on the problems which have come to the surface; you could choose to blame it all on someone else, and so on. But, this may not lead to a healthy future. If you do choose to accept the challenge offered by the events of the eclipse, then although it may be a hard struggle—or possibly just an easy ride, depending on the Saros Series…”
     

    OKAY, SO WHAT CAN YOU DO ONCE YOU KNOW YOU’RE DUE FOR AN ACUTELY FATEFUL ECLIPSE MOMENT? 😬 >

    If the eclipse is set to land on an angle, another axis (the Vertex or Lunar Nodes), or a planet (especially your Sun or Moon, a.k.a. the “Luminaries” of your chart), you can expect weirdness.

    Like—a doorway appearing out of nowhere, a messenger, an omen.

    As well as a cascade of synchronistic circumstances prodding you into a new direction, with correlating new feelings and headspace.

    Eclipses don’t CAUSE the change… they just signal that the change is happening.

    And the most infuriating part…?

    It’s totally solo.

    Even if it happens in a crowded room.

    Even if it happened on somebody else’s face.

    Even if it provoked maj’ personal undertakings the likes of which you yourself have never heard-tell, have never read about in a short story or blog post, and for which there is no concrete reference guide in which to compare your own experience.

    You are isolated with the beauty and magnanimity of the event. 👐🏻✨

    It’s your own special secret thing that happened.

    Your’s alone, to ponder half-naked in your darkened bedroom at 2AM while re-playing a sloppy Chelsea Handler podcast you’ve already heard and finishing off two bags of apple chips (so now there is nothing for your children’s lunchboxes).

    And even if you think of totally brilliant explanations and analogies for the cool great thing that’s happened…

    …nobody is there with you to “get” it.

    Just you, and your journal. ✅

    (And maybe your dead landlord’s ghost. 😳🤔)

    So, enjoy!

    HOWEVER, because you’ve read this intel that I’ve arranged for you (you’re welcome, my pleasure)…

    …you are at least aware, and hopefully forewarned, that a dramatic personal experience is in store, and that the abstract, and self-referential quality of it will likely provoke anxiety and awkwardness, where you might feel like a stranger in a strange land…

    …SO HOPEFULLY, those weirdsy weeks leading up to, during, and following the actual eclipse won’t feel as bizarre, infuriating, or catastrophic.

    Because it was always due to happen…

    …because eclipses are cyclical… 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

    So, when it happens (whatever it is), it’s happening right on time.

    “Around the time of the eclipse (a week before and a week after) even a seemingly insignificant event can create the so-called ‘domino effect’.

    First we feel the tension rising, then we get ourselves into a new situation, feeling that we cannot turn back any more. That’s why during the time of an eclipse we have to watch what we do, when we do it, and with whom we do it. Generally, a feeling of decisive and irreversible events taking place often accompanies every aspect that eclipses form by transit to points in the birth chart... During those times we feel as though something, or someone, has drained our energy. That’s the reason why eclipses are accompanied by such difficult experiences. As a matter of fact, we feel as though something, or someone, is holding us in place. This is when significant life situations arise that delay our reaching a decision, or render making proper decisions difficult for us.

    That’s why around the time of an eclipse we sometimes get ourselves involved in arguments, or other people’s personal problems or emotional battles. All it does is distract us from pursuing the right path, or from following the right direction in life, career, etc.; yet, it’s something that’s impossible to avoid, and the best thing we can do is to watch out not to let our emotions cloud what’s really important and prevent us from doing the right thing.”

    — Astro Dienst, “Eclipses - A Meeting with Destiny”

    COUPLE OF FINAL TIPS FOR LEADING UP TO, OR IN THE WAKE OF THE ECLIPSE > Avoid issuing ultimatums, and keep your schedule flexible. Allow up to ten days to pass before any significant decision-making.

    If your Sun or Moon are due to get tripped, you might actually get hit with a head cold, or some type of sickness, or otherwise enter a weakened state that encourages a slowing down. Pre-stock some herbal teas, fresh ginger, and manuka honey. 👍🏻✅

    Even if the eclipse doesn’t hit your Sun or Moon (but is due to strike another planet or point), you might feel drained or scattered in the weeks leading up the eclipse. Keep your journal, planner, or a pad of paper nearby, for jotting down on-the-fly to-do lists, and random lines from a manifesto (or break up letter) you might be inspired to write.

    If the eclipse is due to hit an angle (the Ascendant, Descendent, Midheaven, or Nadir), it might denote a change in how you’re moving through life.

    If the eclipse strikes an axis of your chart, such as the Lunar Nodes or your Vertex ✨…

    …well, these are the most karmic triggers (#IMHO), the thoroughfares of our chart that thread this current life to our past and future lifetimes… 🌀

    …and require their own write-up, which I’m working on, so subscribe to find out when it goes live (and also score your Eclipse Trigger worksheet)!

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      ANYWAY, MORE RESOURCES FOR DELINEATING ECLIPSES ✨> 

       

      Okay so, I TOTALLY realize that knowing the astro-trivia of your weird day doesn’t actually fix or do anything about the drama set off by an Eclipse…

      Knowing the astrology might just help open up that secret side-convo you need to have with yourself about the changes that are coming (maybe urgently). 😬😅

      And also to remind you to stay home during eclipses…

      …or if you have to venture out, you now know which days to stay away from prisons and bikini bars. ✌🏻

      Until the next eclipse 😳💫,

       
       

      BTW, What is the coolest, or most gob-smacking thing thing that astrology has validated for you (if not called you out on)?

      Have you also hallucinated or witnessed a miracle coinciding with an astrological transit…?

      Like—secret pregnancies, hidden talents, bad choices, unconfessed desires, unfulfilled longings…?

      Or otherwise had a crazy experience validated by an astrologer… even by a random astrologer’s blog post?

      You should definitely let me know… 🤩🥰

      …and maybe we should start a religion or something, idk!

      ASTROLOGY, TRANSIT ASTROLOGYAsh Barroseclipses, taurus, scorpio