By Len Wallick
Sun and Moon cross paths in the sky tomorrow just before 5:00 am EDT. On the surface, it would seem that they will do so much as they did on the first day of June. Once again it is a New Moon and also a partial solar eclipse. Most of the similarities, however, end there. This particular crossing is, as many of us find ourselves, in a different place doing different things. It is also calling our attention in a different direction.
Just 30 days ago, the luminaries conjoined in Gemini. Both Sol and Luna were approaching one of the lunar nodes, where eclipses take place. They were close enough to that node so that the Moon partially blocked the Sun’s light. The shadow fell across the arctic regions, intersecting our northern geomagnetic pole. That’s the place where Earth’s magnetic field plunges back into its mysterious place of origin. The corresponding focus was the Earth and our relation to it. Specifically, how little we know of our planet’s interior workings and, by implication, our own. It also was a beginning, a portal into a period of changing patterns, both symbolic and real.
The symbolic patterns were expressed through the planets. Following the eclipse on June 1, numerous objects in our solar system commenced to changing sign or apparent direction at a rate exceeding one every two days. That sort of pace and complexity are not routine or customary. For many of us, the course of astrological events has been reflected in our own lives. Many found themselves adjusting to and integrating new patterns of living, either chosen or imposed.