Think of this morning’s Libra Full Moon and total lunar eclipse as the flip side of Oct. 18 last year, and you will have a good start on understanding your astrology for the next two weeks. That’s because the Aries Sun and Libra Moon were today opposed from the same degrees of the same signs as they were on Oct. 18, 2013; except for having flipped sides of the zodiac.
About six months ago, it was the Sun at 25+ Libra, opposed by the eclipsed Moon at 25+ Aries. Today it was the other way around. Such a pairing of consecutive lunar eclipses does not happen very often.
The last time such a flip occurred so precisely was along the same sign axis.
The Oct. 8, 1995, lunar eclipse (which had the Moon at 14+ Aries and the Sun at 14+ Libra) was followed by an April 3, 1996, lunar eclipse at 14+ Libra opposed b the Sun at 14+ Aries.
That was was almost exactly 18 years ago, which corresponds closely to the amount of time it takes for the lunar nodes (where Sun and Moon meet or oppose to make eclipses) to make a complete circuit of the 12 signs.
Hence, you have some rational correlations as an alternative to irrational anxiety to work with. As you enter a two-week wormhole of big astrology, which will conclude with a Taurus solar eclipse on April 29, any grounds for being reasonable as opposed to fearful will serve you well.
Apprehension is the downside of awareness when it comes to working with astrology. When fear is your focus, what you fear takes up a lot of room in your reality. A preoccupation with dread pushes more pleasant (and possibly more likely) alternatives to to the edge of your consciousness. The result is a sort of self-inflicted blindness, which is no way to work with the Sun and Moon to your best advantage.
For just as the real Sun is most plainly the light of day, the symbolic Sun of astrology is the metaphorical “light” of consciousness people can see when you are “on” and most mindfully at your best.
Conversely, a Full Moon illuminates the night like nothing else in the natural world, and is emblematic of you at your most your most insightful and creative. That’s how any Full Moon should be a time when you are at the top of your game as a sentient being.
A lunar eclipse takes place during Full Moons when Sun and Moon oppose each other from their respective conjunctions with the perpetually opposed lunar nodes. Given one common interpretation of the lunar nodes, a lunar eclipse would also logically correspond to when you are most aware.
The lunar nodes are two constantly oscillating and slowly moving hypothetical points where the plane of Earth’s orbit around the Sun (otherwise known as the ecliptic) intersects with the plane of the lunar orbit around Earth. The so-called “North” node is where the Moon rises above the ecliptic, and the “South” node is where the lunar orbit plunges below our planet’s orbital plane.
Because the apparent motion of the lunar nodes through the zodiac is so slow (taking nearly two decades to traverse the full circle), those two very auspicious imaginary points are commonly interpreted by astrologers as a means by which you can connect with the long ago and far away from a firmly grounded present.
Taking into account how both the Sun an Moon are most plainly interpreted as literal and figurative luminaries, the solar and lunar conjunctions with lunar nodes during eclipses should therefore logically correspond with times of clear and proficient vision.
Yet, somehow, somewhere along the way, misplaced anxiety and reflexive word of mouth has put eclipses on the flip side of their just reputation. Because of how today’s lunar eclipse correlates with both six months and 18 years ago, however, you are being given the opportunity to remove the blinders of unfounded acquiescence to fear once and for all.
You can liberate your consciousness by first considering how today’s lunar eclipse connects to that of Oct. 18, 2013. Think about what your waking consciousness (corresponding to the Sun) was focused on some six months ago, and how that focus somehow complemented what was being processed on an intuitive level or through your body.
Then, consider how the emotional needs, or issues of comfort and safety represented by your lunar consciousness half a year back may have flipped into your daily reality for resolution and integration now. Meditate also on how events between the Libra equinox and Capricorn solstice may in turn be working out below the surface of your awareness today. If you can make just a few such connections, extend your inner telescope for a longer view into the past.
Think about what a different world it was during the last three months of 1995 and the first three months of 1996. Pluto initiated 12 years in Sagittarius at that time; Uranus completed a second foray into Aquarius to begin a seven-year tenure in its rulership.
Contemplate how what started then might be moving towards another rite of passage now, and if you can pick up just a little light from so long ago and so far away, let the illumination guide you through the next two weeks into the flip side of a new era in your conscious connection with the universe. Sure beats being blinded by fear when there is so much available for you to see.
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SensuousWisdom: Welcome to Planet Waves. Thank you for your kind affirmation. May our service continue to inform your inspiration.
mmr: Thank you for your example of courage. May you and your spouse recover full health apace with the astrology’s developments.
Wow, Len. What great insight you have provided.
6 months ago, my husband and I were cruising the Rhine. We were enjoying this preview of what our life would be like when he retired at the end of 2015. Now fast forward to today….I was diagnosed with breast cancer 4 weeks ago and he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer two weeks ago. We are two very healthy mid60 people who have no other health issues. We eat well, get exercise, and neither drink or smoke. Unbelievable!
On the positive side is that my cancer will be cured because it was found so early. My husband’s was also found very early because it was causing obvious symptoms. His doctor says he will be fine after surgery.
So I take this as a do-over for us. I am grateful that both of our health issues were brought to light and we could take remediation. Such interesting times!
Thank you for all the insights on the Flip Side! I especially resonate with bodymindalchemy’s reminders of the mythical aspects of this eclipse. As I witnessed the dance of the Earth’s shadow across Luna’s face last night, I was reminded that our shadows contain the seeds of resilience, strength, and determination. Of course, we must face them with Aries courage just as our beloved moon in Libra did last night. Sun, Moon, and Earth moving with mighty companions en-courages us to do the same. Much gratitude for all of your reminders of our multi-faceted journeys here.
be: Thank you for sharing your personal insights in combination with your astute knowledge of astrology to provide us all with some valuable landmarks with which to navigate these auspicious times. Thanks also for being so supportive of wildmother.
Mia: A big hug in return, along with heartfelt thanks for your own perspective. May your new “Adopt An Artist” project yield the best returns for all involved.
Strawberry: My thanks to you as well for sharing your look back and for being an excellent example to us all. It is not necessary to be naive to vanquish fear, only to have the open heart and adroit mind you exemplify so well.
Amanda: Thank you for your editing help to make this piece palatable, and for the astute astrological correlations with your experience.
wildmother: Welcome to Planet Waves. Thank you for the courage you have shown on behalf of others, and the inspiration you have provided. May your comfort grow with your the strength of your convictions and the depth of your creativity.
bodymindalchemy: Sincere thanks for setting out some important correlating aspects accompanied by the informative links you provided to widen and deepen today’s subject matter.
DivaCarla: Thank you for recounting your own experience in such a touching way. Yes, from what you relate, the energy of the astrology for this eclipse cycle does appear to hold a vindication of sorts as you emerge successfully from your trying passage.
Lea: You are most welcome.
artshopluc: Thank you for sharing how things have come full circle for you so beautifully.
Brendan: Our gratitude for your contributions here at Planet Waves is as great as our joy in knowing how you found the key (with vitamin D) to turning the wheel on your own cycle towards an upswing. May the aspirations of your current path be fulfilled beyond your dreams.
Eighteen years, hmmm, that’s when I first became aware of the deep depression that I had been in for some time. It also marked the beginning of the end for me as a flunky for business, since I began to realize that I wasn’t going to really go any further. There were other things in life that became more important…
It’s taken quite some time to fully get over the depressive cycle I was in and to begin to ditch the patterns of thought that you can become locked into because of that. Haven’t taken anything resembling an SSRI in years – they aren’t what I actually needed to break the cycle – vitamin D was. Yes, it was that simple.
Teaching is the new career, and I’m working on expanding it even further right now. A lot of mis-steps in the years since ’95, but I feel they were just part of the lesson(s) I had to learn.
Last night I was physically tired, but I was going to rise for the maximum anyway. I could not sleep, and spent most of the time in Alpha state, with virtually no REM sleep at all. I did wake (with a little man-made help) and did see the eclipse maximum: quite spectacular. I think I managed two hours of actual sleep all night, neatly bracketing the eclipse. I felt like I was “activated” for lack of a better descriptor, and my mind did not want to rest, no, it wanted to receive instead. I’m still working on what I may have tuned in to, but that will come eventually. I had a vivid dream at one point, and I realized that it was a repeating theme from a previous night – and that theme is with me still.
Great writing, Len. So thought provoking.
This eclipse is exactly on my ascendant.
Eighteen years ago I had lost my child, my long term, then dysfunctional relationship, my home, and my community. Everything washed away, leaving me reeling. Really I was being sent out to walk through the desert and find my own way to home. Inside.
Now, through the last six months that relationship has returned. And I am rooted in myself enough to feel capable of trusting love. Of myself. Of him.
There is a deep significance to through pain we find first searing grief, then forgiveness and finally reconciliation. Within the self reflects to the other. Both older, wiser, and far more accepting of the human condition.
This last weekend was so emotionally expanding, I still am in a huge gratitude.
Life is just full of surprises.
Thank you, Len. I hear you.
What a creative and revelatory take on these eclipse cycles. Len. And thank you for researching it all. 18 years ago in October, I was in hospital with my teenage son, seeing him through a health crisis. This required taking 2 weeks off my job, which precipitated a job crisis, an attack really. The two together precipitated mental health crisis, spiritual crisis, marriage crisis that played out over the next 3 years, and I am still living with the outcomes.
October 2013 within days of the eclipse I was swallowed by the dark goddess, and spent the winter in her belly. Dare I hope that this eclipse with the Grand Cross in sight, she will finally spit me out? I kind of think so, and I suspect that what happens next is up to me, and is within my power of choice. The Grand Cross, Grand Water Trine, and Saturn return right now guarantee it.
Salagadoola mechicka boola bibbidi-bobbidi-boo
Put ’em together and what have you got bibbidi-bobbidi-boo
Total Lunar Eclipse (25 li 17’49”)
opposite Eris (22 ar 31’45”)
opposite Pelion (22 ar 33’29”)
opposite Juno (23 ar 35’47”)
conjunct Ceres (25 li 9’41” Rx)
conjunct Vesta (23 li 1′ 6″ Rx)
conjunct Rhadamanthus (23 li 33’52” Rx)
One must realize that war (πόλεμος polemos) is shared (ξυνός xynos) and Conflict (ἔρις eris) is Justice (δίκη dikê), and that all things come to pass in accordance with conflict.
– Heraclitus of Ephesus (Ἡράκλειτος ὁ Ἐφέσιος, Hērákleitos ho Ephésios; c. 535 – c. 475 BCE)
Total Lunar Eclipse (25 li 17’49”)
Sun 25 ar 16′ 6″
opposite Eris 22 ar 31’45”
opposite Pelion 22 ar 33’29”
opposite Juno 23 ar 35’47”
PELION
http://www.aplaceinspace.net/Pages/BrianClarkPelion.html
Total Lunar Eclipse (25 li 17’49”)
conjunct Ceres 25 li 9’41” Rx
conjunct Vesta 23 li 1′ 6″ Rx
conjunct Rhadamanthus 23 li 33’52” Rx
RHADAMANTHUS
http://mountainastrologer.com/tma/the-rhadamanthus-station-retrograde
wildmother, no question you are in the cross-hairs of this cardinal cross, and bless you for your courage in exposing “high level corruption”. I’m glad you understand your own astrology – it helps a lot – and no doubt you are aware that transiting Jupiter will soon trine your Mercury, then later so will transiting Saturn. This looks encouraging for your writing and I wouldn’t discount the sextile from transiting Pluto to your natal Mercury next year to make it a lucrative venture.
With a natal Mars conjunct the GC you have the Universe behind you so I certainly don’t doubt your mission possible and will be sending you love and light toward your safety and well-being. Lots of love to your dad too!
be
In Oct 2013 , I was blessed by the generous love of father to be able to move into a beautiful and spacious and safe home in the mountains above Los Angeles after 8 years of whistleblower assaults on my life and running and hiding due to the high level corruption in Philadelphia. I discovered and collected evidence since 2006 when Pluto transist conj. my natal Mars conj Gal Center. I put the house together and collapsed from years of assault and ptsd. Still assaults happen. Two weeks ago, Philadelphia called Homeland Security on me in their efforts to terrorize me. Now that my home base is settled , I am revisiting the issue by writing a book about it. This news prompted the call from Homeland Security. Many who are targets of whistleblower retaliation do not survive. I have connected with many victims of corruption and environmental exposure and discovered the predictable patterns of corruptions, community mobbing and whistleblower retaliation. My story is one of many. I’ve been resting and healing haz mat exposure and severe ptsd but my spirits are making a turn toward more energy and commitment toward completing this book. I’ve always been a writer, but fiction. Now freed my voice for some kick ass , Gonzo reporting on this evil within the power structures and human psyche. Still frail and tired but building strength. As Aries moon /sun at 12/13 degree, this Cardinal Cross is like a sharp shooter at the pool table. Deeply connected to spiritual with Mercury in Pisces and water trine. My faith and Aries courage combines in daring to walk through walls. 2nd nature. Hercules conj my sun moon helps and Iris conj Aquari rising helps. A lot helps me on this action adventure. Chiron currently conj my Merc– write about the wound. Gold lies within. Still tired and healing….riding emotional bareback ….all in heaven’s time. Got in safe Vesta Temple last Oct. Healing. Creative spring sprout tenderly emerging- now.
yes, strawberry — 18 years ago i was in the midst of my last year of college saying, “well, if i’m going to live on my own, might as well do it someplace completely different, right?” and signed up for a 6-month work abroad program in the UK. gotta love that sagg energy pluto was stirring up, though i did not know it at the time.
the urge to freedom is less about external travel now for me, but i’m definitely feeling the push. thanks, len, for making the connection to that phase of time. i’ll have to do a little mulling about 6 months ago, though i think i can see the end of the thread i’m pulling…
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Len, thank you for the correlation to 18 years ago. At that time, I was planning my first big foray out into the world–a big step for a small-town girl. When I think back to that time, I can feel the thrill & excitement, the wide-open possibility of the choice to follow a dream. And from here, I can see the many ways that choice truly opened up my life–the many other wide-open places it led me to, both in myself, & in the world I inhabited.
Currently, I’m in a similar position: looking forward at a brand-new, wide-open future, full of potential & unknowns. And I see that what I’m experiencing, rather than thrill & excitement, is apprehension & fear. Is it possible to look at the current moment through my naive & trusting 23-year-old eyes?
It helps to know I’ve done it before, & that following my dream then worked out quite well. This really helps me see the fear piece for what it is, and for what it’s obscuring from my view. Maybe 41 isn’t too old to be thrilled about a wide-open future. 😉 Thank you, Len.
Thank you for this great article, Len.
Full of food for thought. As it turns out, 1995 was the first year of ARTWALK NY, my creation with the help of lots of other people. Today, I plan the launch of the Adopt An Artist Program that should be an even bigger success with the help of lots of other people.
Beauty, creativity and inspiration are greatly needed at the moment, to feed our souls, hearts and minds. Time to find it in ourselves and everything around us and make it grow.
Big Hug!
Mia
By golly I think you are on to something with this flip business Len; those dates are relevant to me for sure. In the 2nd half of 1995 I had a health issue that confounded the doctors, even after testing me out the wazoo. One pronounced me with MS but a specialist ruled that out later. Gradually, after 40 days of being in a state of (what my best friend called) “Tingle-itis” the symptoms began to dissipate. Fourteen years later I’ve come to believe it was the beginning of what others were calling the “Ascension Process”. I was unaware of such beliefs at the time but there was a marked “flip” in my spiritual outlook and practices that has only grown stronger in the last 18+ years.
As for last year’s October lunar eclipse flip with today’s lunar eclipse, I was then awaiting my family’s arrival from Missouri just as I am today, but then they are very predictable! I was also preparing for my friend’s (out of state) cancer surgery during which I would be caring for their cat and mail delivery for what turned out to be two weeks. Recently he had appeared, for all intent and purposes, to be on his death-bed, yet just a couple of days ago his wife told me he had gone to a baseball game with a couple of friends! I’ve not checked in with her to see how that went, what with my “waking consciousness” preoccupation with coming company, but it was definitely a “flip” of attitude (on his part) that he wanted to do that.
It could be one last hurrah or it could be a new outlook for him. Rather than withdrawing into the death process he might be flipping into the life process; I’ve seen people do one or the other over the years and am now quite anxious to hear how the trip to the ballgame worked out. Since he no longer talks to me (and others) and I’ve been getting all of my news from his wife for the last couple of months, that too might be flipping and he just might open up to other friends who would like to see him. Thanks so much Len for connecting this astrology to a Rites of Passage period; so easy to get lost in the details, one can miss the meaning of it all.
be