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- Eclipses falling in your zodiac sign can signify a period of change, encouraging you to move rapidly forward towards your destiny.
- A solar eclipse in your sign brings into focus external events and experiences that require conscious attention.
- Lunar eclipses are emotional and about your inner world including your feelings, thoughts and reflections.
- Eclipses are said to most affect the countries from which they are visible.
- Although the eclipses might not be in your Sun sign this year, they will be energising a particular area of your horoscope.
When an eclipse falls in your zodiac sign
The mystery of eclipses has captured the imaginations of mankind since the dawn of time. Even in today’s technologically driven world, the magic of the natural world continues to astound and captivate us. Astrology, with a history rich in symbolism, helps to divine the meanings of these mysterious natural phenomena. Eclipses are predictably occurring events that, since time immemorial, have been thought to herald great change for both individuals and countries.
Eclipses occur when a New or Full Moon (a lunation) falls close to the plane of the Earth. Lunations occur every two weeks, but it is only those that occur when the Sun, Moon and Earth are in alignment that create an eclipse. Eclipses appear to move through the sky, tracking backwards through the path of the zodiac; they illuminate a new pair of zodiac signs approximately every 18 months.
Celestial lights
The term eclipse comes from the Greek word “ekleipo” meaning “to vanish” and is used to describe the celestial event where either the Sun or Moon appear to vanish from sight. Traditionally the Sun and Moon are the luminaries, or lights, of the sky and the vanishing of one or the other was of great significance.
The ancients placed great importance on the two celestial lights. The Sun was the day “light” and lord of the daytime; the Moon was the night “light” and lord of the night. It is believed all the other planets took their cue from the light of the hour. This belief has been somewhat lost in modern astrology. Traditionally if you were born during the night, the Moon was more important than the Sun in your birth chart. Entire systems of astrological prediction are skewed to either a day or a night birth. It was essential to know which was your guiding light. The Sun is the archetypal yang or masculine energy; the Moon was archetypally yin and feminine. The monthly dance between these two bodies reflects the essential need for balance between light/dark, hot/cold, wet/dry and male/female in nature.
An eclipse is essentially an interruption of a regular natural event. They represent a shearing through the veil of normality, triggering emotional, spiritual, physical and energetic change. Eclipses affect us individually as well as globally. Eclipses occur in families or groups known as a “Saros series”. Each Saros series lasts for about 1300 years, with an eclipse in each family occurring every 18 years. Eclipses can mark some of the most significant turning points in our lives but they’re more often used to describe the changes in dynasties, countries and kingdoms because of their long lifespans. For example Saros Series 2 Old North began in 792 AD, shortly before the first true King of England (the Anglo Saxon Ecgberht) came to power in 802 AD. Every 18 years since then an eclipse has occurred in this series. The last eclipse in Saros Series 2 Old North occurs in 2036 and eclipse astrologers predict that year will mark a significant turning point in the role and tradition of the British monarchy.
Because each Saros series has a distinct beginning and ending, each Saros series has a birth chart and begins at either the North or South Pole then moves up or down the globe accordingly. It is from this birth chart that the meaning of each Saros series is created.
Eclipses occur in “seasons” about six months apart. Each eclipse season consists of one solar eclipse and at least one, sometimes two, lunar eclipses. The lunar eclipse will occur two weeks before or after the solar eclipse. This gives us two solar eclipses a year. Solar eclipses are the ones to watch in terms of timing (and it is the solar eclipses that each Saros series is linked to), although lunar eclipses are powerful in their own right. In ancient times it was the solar eclipses that had the most impact. Imagine watching the Sun lose its light in the middle of the day. In modern society this doesn’t seem like much of a problem as we have numerous sources of artificial light and heat ensuring our survival. Ancient cultures depended on the Sun for light and heat, most importantly to grow crops. They had no back-up.
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