Just a reminder to check your transits/houses to see where the eclipse falls in. Remember the eclipse is in 15 degrees Sagittarius, so if you have planets on the angles (i.e. the angular houses—1, 4, 7, 10) in mutable signs (Pisces, Virgo, Gemini, Sagittarius), you might see that this is where the energy from the eclipse is concentrated/manifests in your life.
In general, if the eclipse falls in your 12th house, themes involving trauma or past repressed events/experiences, as well as episodes concerning healing from the past may arise, as well as pain and other feelings revolving around the experience or perception of self-isolation or alienation. You may feel lost or abandoned in some way, or, alternatively, you may reconcile with past experiences of abandonment and identity crisis. This eclipse may offer an opportunity to unpack such [negative, defeating] feelings and experiences. If you’ve been suffering from some time, this eclipse might signify an end to this personal suffering and a chance for self-reemergence. Dreams may be very strong and vivid and perhaps violent at this time, and painful reminders may submerge, but this is a merely a reminder of your own resilience. Pay attention to what thoughts come up in your subconscious mind at this time and write down your dreams. This is no coincidence. Process what happens or what has happened to you. Recover. Reimagine. Heal. You are resilient.
If the eclipse falls in your eleventh house, you might be more concerned with the collective and feel an urgency to get more involved with the world. You might also feel that friend groups are intensified at this time, negatively or positively. You may fall out with a close friend or reconsider the company you keep/hang around, or, you may former deeper attachments and connections at this time. You may feel the need to rely on the support of a mentor or become a mentor or healer to others who require those services. There might be changes in your inner circle, or you might feel the need to address issues within your larger community, on both a micro and macro level. You may get involved with many social organizations and causes at this time, whether by donating or participating. Themes of solidarity, community, and social cohesion or integration are important at this time. You might also be pondering what is sustainable and feel more inclined to submit to humanitarian impulses. Now is a good time to give back to the community or look up certain charities. If you are feeling unsatisfied with your personal development or feeling disconnected from your purpose, they might become aware to you. If you’ve been feeling like something has been missing in your life for a while now and have been ignoring it or avoiding dealing with it, it will be impossible to ignore/deny or avoid at this time. Your attitude toward life, beyond your commitment to the activities in your life and even your attitude toward social justice and activism may change during this time. If you’re unsettled, know that it’s okay to be unsettled, but do the work to figure out why. What do you need to feel more comfortable in your position? What do you need to feel like you have a voice in the world? How might you contribute something larger to the world while honoring your self? How might you discover your motivations for being a part of whatever group you currently identify with? What is failing you, and how have you failed yourself? Take the time to reflect and make valuable changes.
If the eclipse falls in your tenth house, you might be thinking of making changes or transformations in your work life, or, you might be pondering whether or not to alter your work/life balance. Issues could arise in the workplace, but not everything may be related to your career. The eclipse falling here might also represent a turning point in your current chosen path, whether or not that is your life path or your career path. It might represent a new opportunity or obstacle you didn’t anticipate. It might mean you having to make tough decisions or compromises. You might have to choose between taking action that could potentially benefit you whilst causing you to have to sacrifice something else you hold dear or taking action that might not please your family or neighbors or friends, but could benefit you in the long run. You might be swayed to consider other realities and possibilities you hadn’t imagined before. You might be approached with offers (doesn’t have to be job-related, just material in nature) that you were expecting or were not expecting. Whatever decision you make, think wisely, because I get the feeling this decision will hold a great deal of gravity/weight for your future. Whatever you choose now will have lasting implications and may re-arise in future occasions. This is also a good time to rebrand or revamp your image, but if you’re going to do so, make sure you’re consciously altering it instead of drastically making overnight changes. The more original you come off, the better. If your intention is to deceive, you’ll be caught. Transparency is key at this time. Now is also a beneficial time to tap into your social awareness. If there were aspects of your self or public behavior you needed to change/modify about yourself, now is a good time. Past errors and mistakes may come back to haunt you and be reflected in how others (superiors, the public, authority figures, i.e. bosses, etc.) may see you. Now is also a time of heightened government, heightened action, tension, public engagement, and heightened voyerurism and documentation. There will be less privacy and a lot of actions will be brought to public attention. You might find yourself having to apologize more or address certain topics you thought were long past. People might attempt to hold a mirror to you. A lot of people with planets that make malefic contacts might find themselves with egg on their face, especially if they have prominent public/social/Internet personalities, channels, or faces, especially those experiencing harsh Pluto transits. Openness to change and experience is beneficiary and encouraged at this time.
Expect to see a lot of announcements, and in that vein, know that any action or behavior from you seen as unwarranted or egregious will be publicly brought to attention and/or announced. Don’t let anyone make an example of you. Now is also not the time to use practices such as intimidation or manipulation to get what you want. Deception will backfire on you. Spectatorship is common at this time. For those of you with strong public reputations or relations, I recommend discernment at this time. Try to avoid discord with powerful/important people, or otherwise attempt to disengage. Failure to do so can result in damaging repercussions and even fractured relationships. I do see a potential for a clash with authorities or a skittle/incident. Positively, I can also see many people digesting positive news in their public and social lives at this time, possibly related to their private life. Some people have opportunities for employment, especially those who have been dying to be hired. I see thoughts of changing vocations, for others, actual changes that may or may not materialize, and avenues to be pursued in terms of seeking public recognition. You may be guided in your aspirations by others who could be a great source of assurance or assurance for you, or you may be finally recognized for your achievements if you’ve been awaiting this right now. For others of you, it may come as a shock, but someone with a great deal of power or influence is either attempting to help you or working very hard to undermine you at this time, though, it might be unbeknownst to you who it is until it is consequently revealed to you in the most altering and unsuspecting ways. This might have damaging or unbelievably rewarding consequences upon your social station/esteem. Not all consequences could be devastating, but it’s good to exercise caution and hold people at a safe distance. If your guard is up, you may identify who is acting suspicion or not working in your best interests.
For those with the eclipse in the 9th house, I see a lot of opportunity for self-engagement and self-growth/human development. A lot of people are going to be expressing devotion toward objectives related to discovering who they are as a person and feel motivated, perhaps, to pursue aims and aspirations about what they need to further their personal goals in life, as well as raising objections to what they find utterly unconscionable. You might feel stirred to engage in social discourse about social injustice and other social ills, currently. Furthermore, you might re-examine how much you value a place of work, ideology, or [social] institution at this time. I also see the potential to alight paths of spirituality or reject them at this time and find alternative sources of faith. Some of you may reach out to God or reconnect with sources of worship or even find your way back to church. More of you may have some kind of struggle with your faith/belief system, whether this is a religious or ideological belief in nature. Something may happen that causes you to either reckon with or contest this knowledge at this time. Hope, healing, justice, and redemption may be themes in your personal lives, and you may be vindicated in your professional life. Now is a time to pursue what you are truly passionate about. Others may feel a strong sense of “knowing” (intuition) at this time. Trust it and let it guide you. Trust, also, in your angels (for those of you who believe in them). Faith can be a huge source of comfort and inspiration at this time. Now is also a refreshing and useful time to create and engage with intellectual projects. For positive reasons or negative ones, you might find yourself in the limelight. Creativity is fostered by introspection and perhaps civic engagement at this time. Some of you may struggle with a sense of meaning, but work to remove self-limiting and self-defeating beliefs at this time through clarity produced from supportive conversations with trusted idols, friends, family members, and other figures in your life. You may be asked to recount certain past experiences but they may offer an unexpected source of light and even procure you an unexpected and advantageous opportunity. Knowledge gained at this time may give you an advantage for a future outcome you have awaited and prepared for, for quite some time now. You might be pleasantly surprised by whatever insights you gain at this time, and you can use it to your advantage if you hone it in at this time. Now is a great time to curate your visual and innovative projects as well as begin the process of unraveling personal narratives—you may see opportunities in education arise, specifically. Now is also a valuable time to attune into your current life philosophy and figure out whether this is hurting or helping you. Is something holding you back? Why? And why have you allowed it to keep you stuck before? Wherever you have felt stuck before, you may come unglued. Authenticity is your greatest asset now, and the most lucid theme for this eclipse, the next being mental expansion and exploration. I recommend identity development and mental road mapping.
Mental journeys are common now. It’s a great time to learn who you have been and understand why you became that person. It’s not too late to change into who you want to be, and if you are comfortable in who you are, now is the perfect time to step into who you are and just be your authentic self instead of feeling as though you have to perform a certain role. Just be yourself. You’ve been feeling like you have to fight for something in your life or fight against a particular circumstance for a while now. This will suddenly be revealed to you, and it might also become apparent that the person you have been fighting is yourself. Trust yourself. Have confidence in your choices and abilities, and take that leap. It will be advantageous to you. I mostly see benefits arising from self-illumination and immaterial, abstract processes at this time, but this, of course, could manifest into concrete, tangible, perhaps even financial gains, as well. Just know you are leaving instability or directionlessness behind, especially those of you with Sagittarius on the 9th house cusp. Now is the time to pick a path and stick to it and embrace the stability and continuity you’ve always wanted. You’ve always had the choice. If you hesitate or remain indecisive, incontinuity may soon follow as a repercussion, especially when Mercury enters retrograde on the 18th. Leave or depart from traditions of falling claim to mental roadblocks. Strategize new opportunities for change. I think you will have success.
For those of you with the eclipse in the 8th house, I see the potential for self-renewal and regeneration or identity reformation. You’re strengthening your core values and coming to terms with your emotions and your bodily responses to your emotions. There may be upheaval revolving intimate connections or past romantic or sex partners. Trigger warning: I’m feeling especially attuned to survivors/victims of sexual abuse right now: I see people reaching out to, exposing, and/or publicly identifying their abusers. This could mean drama, large or small, varying from slight fall-outs to big blow-ups, or they could be as minor as losing contact for good, i.e blocking each other on social media or cellular devices. You might experience some sort of reconnection (negative or positive) with a past partner or previous entanglement (especially an on-and-off one from the vibes I’m getting, though, it could be a one-time encounter) you had from a very long time ago (think a year/a year and a half ago or more/longer). They may show up in your life unexpectedly, you may reach out on your own volition for some urgent reason, or you may feel called to act/respond because something provoked you to speak out. You might castigate or berate them or find yourself battered (not physically, but psychically, energetically, and emotionally) by them. Although the interaction may be tenuous and draining, it may ultimately bring you peace or [conflict] resolution, even if the closure comes in the form of you too never speaking to each other again. I’m feeling like the connection being brought up again is with someone you shared a very intimate, psychic or perhaps sexual relationship with, or someone who significantly impacted your psyche and even potentially caused you trauma (emotional, mental, sexual, etc.) or psychological damage. If this connection re-triggers you, do be sure to seek the appropriate services (therapy, counseling, authorities, if needed and necessary), allow yourself to heal and invite forgiveness into your life—self-forgiveness: by this, I mean to say, forgive yourself for what happened to you. In order to bring yourself peace, just remind yourself that you owe no one forgiveness or understanding, but you owe yourself both at all times. You are feeling and embracing the need to call out people who hurt you and hold them accountable during this time, as you should. Just be prepared for them not to react in a cute and cuddly way. They might terrorize and attempt to defraud you or name you a liar or a terrible person. They will flip the script on you if they can. And since I’m always honest, just know to prepare, in some instances, of being disbelieved if you are to speak up about your trauma, and expect, also, unfortunately, being publicly gaslit or lambasted. Don’t let this stop you from telling your story and enacting justice and healing for yourself, however. You own whatever happened to you.
I also see people from either March or May of this year, June of last year and November-December of last year or May of 2018 potentially showing up in your life, suddenly/dramatically. They may claim to wish to make amends and forsake the past and promise they’re a changed or better person. Whether or not you actually believe and reconcile with this person is up to you. For this feeling, I’m not sure if it’s a universal message or just a message for those with the eclipse in the 8th, so I’m placing the feeling here. I feel like the person coming back or trying to come back is probably one that shouldn’t, however; I’m getting psychic vampire (some say: energy vampire) vibes from them. What I know for sure is that this individual, whether or not they’ve changed, is someone that has brought you a great deal of pain and hurt you tremendously (perhaps even, repeatedly) before. Please don’t open your heart and capacity for forgiveness unto people who have shamelessly traumatized you. If they caused you trauma, let them go. It’s not always about “being the bigger person.” Sometimes being the bigger person means being the smartest person: which is the person who is strong enough to recognize when something or someone is bad news.
Beyond those somewhat intense messages, I also see great opportunities for reenergizing and reconnecting with positive sources. I see a lot of potential for metaphysical activity or even occult activity at this time, strong sexual, psychic, and personal desires, and urges for liberation and rebirth. I also see an opportunity to visualize shedding the death of an old self for good so as to free oneself from a past version of selfhood that didn’t do one any favors. Some of you may be very sensitive to the threat of violence or victimization at this time, and death, of course, is a theme, but not necessarily in terms of literal death, but in terms of the death of a relationship or persona or dream or struggle or consciousness, which leads way to a resurrection of self and consciousness. I see an opportunity to reclaim power and happiness. Empowerment may come in the form of identity reclamation or through unexpected finances, intensely positive social relationships/positive support networks and protective factors, industry, and fulfilling experiences within one’s social and mental life. Physical activity (i.e. sex, gym/exercise, eating) may be particularly pleasurable at this time, or it may be the focus. Pay in-depth attention to your spiritual health at this time, just as much or even more than your physical health. How are you feeling? Where do you feel spiritually weak, uncentered or ungrounded? Where do you feel susceptible to attack or defenseless? What energies are destabilizing you in your life, and how you can counteract them with practices that center them? What grounding techniques can you implement? Is it productive to revisit the past? Check signs of spiritual and physical sickness or poor well-being. Feeling depressed? Unstable? Anxious? Physically sore? Restless? Defeated? Check in with your self. Adjust your attitude toward asking for help. Now is also the time to pay up any debts, if you have any, because they may become a thorn in your back, later. Be patient with yourself. It also wouldn’t hurt to check on your sexual health, and for women, your reproductive health. Also, take the time to ask yourself: what does my body need right now? Space? Movement? Repositioning? Alignment? Rest? Food? Exercise? And remember: you can’t rush healing. Also, track: where does your mind go when it travels? When you daydream? When you zone out? This may tell you a lot about yourself and indicate signs, much deeper, about where you’re going and where you’ve been. Take the time to deconstruct your body and its silence. Its signals and its language. This is also the time to not just examine, but accept uneasy emotions. If you’re angry, get angry. If you’re grieving, process your grief. Allow yourself to grieve, rage, and be happy. Check in on your loved ones as well, especially those with ailing health. The theme for you is consciousness, more specifically, integration of consciousness.
For those with the eclipse in the 7th house, you might feel urged to reevaluate your relationships and take the time to imagine whether they are working the way you desire them to. You might contemplate the utility of your romantic relationships and even question the character or integrity of your partner. You might ask: is this someone I can trust? Is this someone I can build a future with? Is this someone I can rely on? You might find yourself entering conflict with partners, especially if you’ve been secretly experiencing dissatisfaction with the relationship for quite some time now. You might feel the need to address issues that have gone unaddressed. Your relationship is more likely to fall apart if you’re with someone you love but don’t like most of the time or someone you like most of the time but can’t respect because of xyz issue, and so on. You might question your partner’s commitment to the relationship, and vice versa. You might question their alliance to you, their values, and their faith or even fidelity. Their loyalty and dependability. You might ask: is my partner reliable? Does my partner make me feel safe? Is this a healthy relationship? Can I trust my partner with my life? If you’ve hit the 6 or 7 year mark in your relationship, especially, because of the Saturn-Pluto contacts/transits currently, you might be tempted to hit the breaks. Those of you with ongoing lawsuits or court cases may arrive to some kind of settlement or agreement. Whether or not the outcome is positive or negative for you depends on your individual charts and where planets are located (as well as what aspects they make, and so on). Your individual transits obviously play a role, additionally. If you’re open to reconciliation with any person, now is a good time to go about it, but if you’ve had a contentious relationship or tumultuous history with that person in the past, my recommendation is to try outside mediation first. This doesn’t necessarily apply to legal terms or arbitration, I simply mean, for example, if you desire to reach out to, say, an ex, for example, perhaps having your friend reach out to his friend and see if he is open to conversing with you. This would be a much smoother path to working issues out than directly reaching out if you have a bad history with the person you may be motivated or compelled to reach out to at this time. Otherwise, I would advise there is no need for outside intervention or mediation. Still, take the time to consider which relationships (romantic or business), including friendships, may be worth saving at this time. Others may need to be peacefully abandoned.
If you’re considering cutting ties, doing so in a friendly way is advisable. If you do it in a malicious way, it may come back to bite you: remember that this eclipse is ruled by Mars, the planet of aggression and dispute. Conflict is on the rise at this time, you want to avoid fanning the flames, rather than throwing kerosene on them. Take deliberate but pragmatic action. Try not to be hostile. Softness and tenderness will do wonders at this time, but if that cannot be managed, tact is always welcomed. Intensity will look like hostility at this time. Pay particular attention to your one-on-one relationships; also, paying special attention to the needs of your best friends who may or may not be open with some of the challenges they’re currently facing or experiencing may be greatly appreciated at this time. Remember you don’t need a tragedy or emergency to happen to perform a wellness check. Check in on your friends once in a while is what I normally advise, but during these challenging times, more is better. Actively be a part of your friends’ lives and remind them you care. Your focus may be on others at this time, but remember to send yourself some self-love and self-care, as well. Better learn to establish and balance your needs with others/theirs. You should be a priority in your life, but others’ needs matter, too. Just don’t treat your own needs as secondary, and don’t neglect your responsibilities to other humans! Work on your communication, too. This skill will be needed to resolve any potential disputes that may arise. I suspect certain conflicts are on the horizon, some of which have been brewing for some time, but somebody, maybe you, has been trying to keep the peace. Something as little as a slight difference in views at this time may provoke a large argument. Don’t fan the fumes. Exit the smoking car! Relationships could very much go through breaks and break-ups or otherwise encounter obstacles and tests. If you’re feeling overwhelmed, return to the source of your doubt and remind yourself of your motivations for being in the relationship or your reasions for caring. Go upriver or detour. Decide whether it’s time to step away and pull or peel back from relationships or hold tight. The theme of this eclipse is related to partnerships, but partnering is not just about intimate or even romantic relationships, it’s also about the self! Especially if you are self-partnered. Seclusion may be your instinct, but it might cause others to feel as though you don’t care, so strive to make an effort to be present and engaged.
For those of you with the eclipse in the sixth house, you may particularly be sensitive to the events happening inside your body at this time. If you’ve been experiencing a great deal of stress right now, especially racial-based stress, you’ll feel it in your body, in the form of headaches, back aches, abdomen stitches, general body aches, chronic pain or soreness, and it may manifest into physical illness. You might also face new, unexpected situations in work and may be expected to make compromises you find unfair or unfitting. You may be frustrated with your colleagues or the higher-ups, or otherwise disgruntled with the pace or atmosphere of your work, workspace, or place of work. You’re going to be placing a great deal of attention upon your work environment or your company’s culture. If you’ve been out of work/found yourself unemployed as a result of coronavirus, I see that some of you may find yourself approached with news that you can return to or otherwise recover those jobs. This will be a relief for many of you, but it may turn out to be a disappointment later when Mercury enters retrograde on June 18th. There may be components of the job that have changed as a result of the circumstances that may make your life/job harder in a myriad of ways.
The eclipse in the 6th house may also urge you to reconsider your health. If you’ve been suffering mentally or physically, it’s going to show up now, and the reminder will be persistent. You may find yourself faced with certain surprises, health crises, or even possible emergency situations if you neglect your body at this time. Consider not only sources of physical pain, but sources of mental fatigue when attempting to increase your energy and vitality. Monitor your health and any signs of decay or illness. Decline or frustration with work or life can show up in many ways in our everyday lives, as well as in our perceptions of our body. This is also the time to search for ways of improving the self, one’s social health, and one’s happiness and overall well-being. Determine the greatest contributing factor to feeling well and implement it. Determine the greatest contributing factor to feeling poor and work to get rid of it or minimize its influence. Increase the effectiveness of your efforts by engaging in activities known to increase physical wellness, such as fitness, good nutrition, and hydration. Go to the doctor if you’re feeling unwell. Change your daily habits and routines if they’re unproductive to your overall well-being. If reading the news everyday causes you mental anguish and vicarious trauma, stop checking it everyday. Try a couple days a week. Limit the amount of time you spend on social media. Engage in pleasant activities you enjoy. This may be listening to music or cooking, sculpting or drawing, painting and making pottery and other arts and crafts, singing, dancing, journaling, watching cartoons, socializing, etc. You have a duty to yourself before you have a duty to work or others. Make sure you’re putting yourself first. Prioritize your health and happiness above all else. Make time for yourself. Downsize certain obligations. Anticipate changes in work routines/schedules and even employment. Just as I said I see many people rejoining the workforce, I also see many people having their hours cut or otherwise experiencing some reduction in either hours or pay. Prepare for undesirable health or work outcomes and do your best to cope with them. Seek help if needed. The theme of this eclipse is health and wellness. Consider, also, what is of best service to you (opportune) at this time.
For those of you with the eclipse in the 5th house, now is the time to consider what you want, what you need, and what gives you joy. Whatever arouses your passion is what motivates your interest. Whatever is capable of this enlivens, entices, energizes, and intrigues you. Now is the time to engage in playful activity. Leisure, recreation, and excitement are your three main pleasure principles. Me time is important, creativity is important, having fun and playing games is imperative, keeping your spirit high is important, and receiving gifts or surprises is just icing on the cake. Your task is to find a way to incorporate these elements into your life, especially considering the stresses of the current pandemic and everything else happening in the world. You need to devote your energy to the existence of whatever makes you feel happy to be alive and whatever makes you jovial and celebratory. This is the time to celebrate your achievements and your potential. It’s the time to champion your abilities. More importantly, it’s the time to champion your humanity. Remind the world who you are. Show them your name, your intelligence, your creativity and innovation. Embrace your inner star [power.] What does empowerment look like for you? Is it finding yourself a hobby to excel at? Is it finding the profound, sacred, and profane, and making sense of your experiences? Is it your ability to uncover pleasure? Is it found in romance and dating? Is it found in inspiring children or raising them? Untap whatever drives you and use it to impel your movement and position in society. Use it to make a bold statement about how real, valid, important, and exceptional your existence is. Use it to prove to yourself and never the world how valuable you are, how powerful you are, and how worthy you are of acknowledgment and life and celebration. Demonstrate your excellence without hesitation so no one can take it away from you. Channel your childlike joy without inhibition. Joy is the pathway to liberation. The theme of this eclipse is personal empowerment and the pursuit of passion. Unlocking one’s inner child is the doorway to self-discovery and the key to freedom. I didn’t feel the need to mention it, but it goes without saying that short dalliances and romantic flings or perhaps no-strings attachments may be pursued now.
For those of you with the eclipse in the 4th house, you may see energy focused around family matters. Beyond matters concerning family life, there be the potential for strife with those one considers family, such as very close friends or perhaps godparents. Struggles with parents may be common at this time, too. Particularly with mom if the moon is involved and dad if Saturn is involved, but remember it could go either way, especially when considering the influence of the other planets. This is the time to think about your inner self and examine what makes you feel at home and whether or not you currently feel that way in your contemporary life. If not, you need to ask yourself: what do I need to feel at home in the world? What do I need to feel at home within my own household? What do I need to feel secure in life? You might consider a change in address(es). You might consider relocation in a larger scale, e.g. a move from Florida to Texas. You might need to alter your physical home environment, i.e. by redecorating the kitchen or cleaning your room, or by putting plants in the office or creating a meditation room, etc. You might repaint your bedroom and add furniture to the living room or make your house or apartment/living space more minimalist in decor. You might go for a more homey look or a complete change in pace. You might start some construction projects and tear down the second bedroom or start a demolition project for the garage. You might renovate your basement. Or, you might add a ceiling fan in the formal dining room, place artwork in the bathroom, buy a new fridge, and go from pastel grays, pinks, blues, and greens, marble floors and white tiles, fluorescent lighting and dark carpeting to neon lights, redwoods or brown wood panels (flooring), granite countertops, bright reds and scarlets, burning mahogany, dark golds, and blacks, or perhaps go from country-chic and mid-Western rustic to Moroccan palace. You might become more enigmatic about your private life; alternatively, you might become more open about who you’re dating and even introduce them to your family/take the next steps if you haven’t yet. Conversely, you might take a step back in your relationship if it’s becoming too serious so as to slow it down, or you might become more secretive about your partner and downplay the seriousness of your relationship.
At this point in time, you are probably preoccupied with emotional safety and physical security. It’s important to pay attention to what patterns arise at this time concerning stability, order, structure, and your idea of consistency or foundation. What is the foundation of your relationship? What is the foundation of your home life? What is the foundation of your values? Where are they solid and where are they vulnerable? What can they be crippled by? What are you doing to ‘safeguard’ yourself, protect yourself, wall people out or lock them in? What are you doing to make yourself feel safe and secure, and what makes you feel like there is a threat to your safety? Now is also a great time to rediscover your roots. Remind yourself of what makes you ‘you.’ Read your favorite literature. Your favorite poet or author. Return to the place that makes you feel at home, maybe it’s your partner’s home or simply your individual partner, maybe it’s the library, maybe it’s the beach, when you’re collecting seashells, maybe it’s your bed or your bathtub, maybe it’s the kitchen when you’re making your grandma’s infamous coffee cake or the restaurant where you had your first date, or maybe it’s at the dinner table with your favorite sibling, bonding over Uno and sliced bread. Maybe it’s just a sentiment. It’s a cozy sweater, a warm meal, your oldest trinket, the look of your house upon entry, your grandmother’s smile, your sister’s crooked glasses, your brother’s favorite blanket, your boyfriend’s car, a long drive, a hug. Maybe it’s a handwritten letter or an expensive bracelet. Your favorite dress, your lucky socks. Maybe it’s a smell. Like freshly baked lasagna, your mother’s cherry perfume, your vanilla wafer. Maybe it’s whatever fills you with longing, nostalgia, or even despair. The theme of this eclipse is belonging, security, and solidifying connection to whatever makes you feel “at home.”
For those of you with the eclipse in the 3rd house, communication may be the theme. Relationships with siblings may also be at the forefront at this time, and much attention may be paid to intellectual pursuits, such as activities pertaining to reading, writing, creating, innovating, designing, computing, or intellectualizing. Intellectualism is obviously a dominant focus at this time, but now is also a good time to reflect upon one’s mindset and reconsider cognitive frames that no longer benefit or serve one. To be of service to oneself, one has to be critical of oneself to a certain extent, but consider how this ceases to be productive or beneficial when one fails to generate any sort of meaningful activity from this intense investigation. Sometimes we spend so much time focusing on what we’re thinking that we fail to construct a message because too little action is performed in accordance to the desired intention. We ought to spend less time thinking and more time verbalizing. The capacity for miscommunication is high at this time, so it is important that people experiencing this transit take great pains to be as lucid as possible when articulating their thoughts, desires, and intentions. Learning how to be an effective communicator (whether in speaking or writing) is beneficial to one during this period. The theme of this eclipse is related to improving upon one’s communicative abilities. Now is also a good time to invest in or contribute cultural products and share one’s ideas or artistic enterprises, skills, and contributions. Imaginative abilities and prowess will be celebrated and encouraged at this time.
For those of you with the eclipse in the 2nd house, you may be experiencing worry about your finances or the potential loss of your savings. Beyond monetary fears, you may be feeling weighed down by material concerns such as bills, mortgages, upkeep of living faculties, quality of life, air, food, or water, and a dearth of resources. You may also feel overwhelmed with your past expenses and current spending, or you may be faced with an unfortunate situation that takes an unexpected blow upon your financial stability status. Your financial situation, if not worrisome, may cross the line into dire, but if you have positive transits or planets making beneficial aspects, such as having transiting Jupiter in the 2nd, for instance, you may be relieved from the burden of financial stress and may even find money coming your way. Those of who you are eligible for outside relief from whatever organization or institution (i.e. higher education or government) may suddenly find that stripped away, or, conversely, find yourself alleviated of much financial need as a result of this help. You might also have an outside benefactor (i.e. friend, neighbor, parent, or anonymous donator) chip in and help your financial straits. If you’re not concerned with assets or money at this time, anything related to physical security, primarily, is going to occupy your mind. You might not feel safe in your physical body or safe in your home. You may be worried about your businesses; you may also suffer a loss as a result of damages to your property or businesses. You may be fearful of physically losing your life. These losses or fear of losses may set you back, but they will not ultimately prevent you from making/securing a living, though, they will either jeopardize you or make it difficult for you, somehow. Now is the time to lean on others for support, emotionally, physically, and financially. Asking for help if you need it is never a weakness. Now is also a great time to enable yourself to use your resourcefulness and quick thinking or problem-solving capacities to get yourself out of tricky situations and overcome setbacks. If you’re crafty, you can come up with inventive ways to generate new sources of income. You can freelance. You can offer your services and charge for them. You can ask for donations and extra funds. You can sell products on Etsy or commission art. You can also use your resources to help gather funds for others who need it. Crowdfunding is made much easier here, during this transit. It will be much easier to locate potential sources of assistance and be supported in your efforts.
Beyond this dimension of stability (financial security), you will be experiencing a sudden emphasis upon your value system which might provoke you to process your self-attitudes. You might take the time to truly dive into potentially triggering episodes so as to understand why, for example, you have low self-esteem. You may focus upon rebuilding your self-confidence at this time and affirming your worth. Finding material security might mean something more than having a home or having a partner or having food or having friends or having money, it might mean honing in on values that attract these needs into one’s life. It might mean reshaping one’s beliefs and worldview and increasing one’s self-knowledge. It might entail giving up some possessions in order to get others. The theme of this eclipse is temerity, endurance and perseverance, and it may almost certainly involve restructuring or rethinking one’s life and/or one’s valuables. Self-sacrifice is also a theme that may emerge. Earthiness is accepted and expected. But just as one with the eclipse in the 12th house may feel the need to retreat from the world at this time, someone with this transit in the 2nd needs to transcend this current reality or struggle that is oppressing them and liberate themselves by acknowledging perhaps undesirable feelings and situations they would rather repress.
For those with the eclipse in the 1st house, rebuilding and re-centering one’s self-concept is the main goal during this time. One is concerned with one’s self-orientation, but also concerned about how this image reflects upon the world. One might feel the need to make changes with one’s appearance at this time, which may involve physically changing one’s look or dressing differently or dyeing one’s hair color. It may involve changing one’s energy or aura (lightening up the mood) or altering one’s facial expressions to communicate more feeling and interest. It might involve experimenting with wigs or makeup or alternative styles and branding. It might involve modifying one’s demeanor, manner, persona, image, or approach to the world. One might play up a certain character and adopt a certain look—a manufactured one. May not feel real or may be accused of acting out of the ordinary, as if “acting out of character” makes one unreal. One may be typified or typecast or act as if costumed (not physically wearing a costume, psychologically). One might change their footsteps or mannerisms, their facial or bodily/physical movements, the way they sit, the way they talk, the way they clasp their arms or hands, the way they socialize, etc. It might involve changing one’s social self and social performance. Energy is related to one’s social impression. Just as one with an eclipse in the 11th house may use their personhood as an organizing tool, someone with a 1st house transit may mobilize their physical appearance or outward psychic appearance into social or physical activity. One’s self-awareness and subjective emotional experience is highlighted at this time. Particular focus will remain on one’s self-identity, but identity may be difficult to resolve at this time due to one wearing a particular mask that conceals the genuine character of the individual. Individuals at this time may appear to undergo an identity crisis; they may act unsocial when previously extroverted. They may act rebellious when previously shy and expressive of conformity to social norms. They may act out when previously well-behaved. They may transform from goth/gothic skater girl to peppy princess, etc. Personal transformations are common, though, they may be very superficial in nature; however, they will appear very intense and radical. Change will come as a surprise, a dramatic and unaccounted for and unaccepted one.
Keeping with the energy of melodrama, melodramatic outer expressions will have consequences upon the outer world/social world, which will examine the self critically and perhaps oddly, though, inquisitively. The self-image is projected onto others and in this way, seems less natural and genuine. A genuine desire for change may surface, but one’s self-expression may actually prevent one from being seen or heard or validated in society, especially if one’s personal expression is not perceived well. Don’t be surprised if these changes are rendered artificial or deemed irrational. Change may not be tolerated. One could be ostracized or made a loner, the oddball out. One might be disparaged even as one is seemingly accepted. One’s self seems ambiguous at this time, hard to pin down. Others’ assessment of their character might change at this time as a result. Don’t be surprised to hear “you’re not who I thought you were” or “I feel like I don’t even know you anymore” or “who are you?” or “I feel like you’ve deceived me” or “it’s not natural” or “you don’t even know who you are anymore.” People might have difficulty seeing you for who you really are and coming to terms or peace with you at this time. You might experience rejection when all you want is acceptance. You might not even have to drastically alter or even modify your appearance at all for people to act as if you’ve somehow changed in ways they cannot fathom, understand, or accept. This might cause you to feel lonely and alienated, alone in the world, an outsider perhaps. You might feel exiled or strained or unwanted, like someone with a transit in the 12th house. The theme of this eclipse encompasses embracing vulnerability, but it is mostly related to increased subjectivity. Your sense of self will experience tension. You will experience a heightened sense of self-awareness and social awareness. Make sure not to be crippled or ashamed by others’ responses to you and try to stay true to who you are instead of trying to be someone else or trying to fit into a certain mold. Internal identity confusion might manifest into outward confusion, manipulation, or obsession with physical appearance. Embodiment will also be a recurring theme at this time. The question of who am I? may persist, and you may consistently struggle to have inward peace with your individuality because of others’ reckoning of your individuation.
Note: my advice to all is to make sure what you’re doing, participating or believing in, and pursuing is organic at this time. Anything that is not may be purged or taken from you at this time, or it may come to your attention that certain situations aren’t as well-meaning, whole, or good as you previously thought they were. It’s time to critically explore and unpack the social realities of everything you observe and participate in, from your relationships, to your own self-processes, to the events happening in the world. Failure to notice will bring consequences (inaction is not an option).
