Everyone I know is seriously hopped-up about the upcoming Total Solar Eclipse. They’re having parties, cookouts and camping. Why shouldn’t we all be hopped-up and itching to be outside - I mean - this will be a most exciting show and it’s free! Not only that, this will be the last total eclispe across the contigious US until 23 August 2044. (This last makes me sad, because at my age (5_) I may not live to see it).
I’m digressin’ tho…
This total solar eclipse will be in Aries *AND* it is happening a-year-to-the-day of my stroke. Y’all know that eclipses hide things, so I’m pretty freaked out about it - but not so freaked out that won’t be outside with my eclipse glasses watching the show.
I’m attaching a NASA screenshot of the Path of Totality as Texas will be the first state it touches:
If you live near any the locations listed - GET OUTSIDE!
For reference, here’s a map however this map shows the paths of the 2107 eclispe vs. 2024 eclipse:
Remarkable that we get to be alive to see the entire US crisscrossed by two total eclipses. And may be we can compare what happens to the country after these two cosmic events.
I’m digressin’ again, tho…
Because the real reason for this article (and someone asked me to do it WAAAY back sometime ago) is I’d like to share a few things you should know about eclipses:
Eclipses are magical and mystical and wonderful. Back an ancient times, they were considered bad and evil omens. Undoubtedly, even astrologers today issue warnings - “eclipses hide things”; “you are missing a vital piece of information when eclipses occur”; “all is not what it appears to be”; and “definitely make no major decisions or form hard judgments” during an eclipse. As Jessica Adams says: “There is a better time to do that”.
NATURE OF ECLIPSES
Basically, eclipses come in two tasty flavors: Solar and Lunar. And they also come in PAIRS - to double the fun. They come two weeks apart and always in the same sign family (ex: Virgo/Pisces) until they move on to next family of signs.
Explanation
A solar eclispe happens when the moon’s orbit moves between the sun and Earth. When this occurs, the moon blocks out the light of the sun reaching the Earth, causing the solar eclispe - the moon casting its shadow over the Earth.
There are three types of solar eclipses - total, partial and annular.
A lunar eclipse happens when the Earth moves between the sun and the moon. When this occurs, Earth blocks the sunlight that is normally reflected by the moon (sunlight is the cause of the moon shine), so instead of light hitting the moon’s surface, Earth’s shadow falls on the moon. A lunar eclispe can only occur when the moon is full.
The two types of lunar eclipses are - total and partial.
What Eclipses Do
They can bring illumination, acceleration, news and act as a catalyst for change. They are powerful, dramatic, extra amplified events that can - and ususally do - come with shifts, twists, turns, challenges, opportuties and unexpected surprises.
Be prepared to do the work and go through a rather intense period particularly if you have some life “things”. Eclipses are an opportunity for you to clear out any old, negative energetic debris that may be stuck in your system. Do not see loss or closure as a bad thing, as it will represent a transformation that you may not entirely see yet, but that will soon be revealed, or at a later date. So, if a relationship ends at this time, you will need to do your best to face the facts that is is over and done. It all depends on current energies, your own personal self growth and where are you are on your life path.
Eclipses initiate positive change and major life transformation, with the promise of opening you up to wear her levels of awareness and intuitive insight.
ECLIPSES AROUND YOUR BIRTHDAY
Take note if an eclipse falls on or near your birthday, as it is said that any events or changes that follow can be quite big influential for you personally. It is a period of massive life change.
If your birthday falls on a Lunar Eclipse, that it won't propel you to close all chapters and put them behind you, and make big changes in your life that lead you in the direction of more fulfillment. Also Watch your health if an eclipse falls around your birthdate or star sign and take any medical action that might be required.
If it's a Solar Eclipse that falls on or around your birthday, then you are likely to feel it affects over the next year - with any significant changes completed buy your next birthday.
Eclipses. Powerful Change Catalysts
Eclips season can be a chaotic and can bring unexpected are unpredictable surprises which can potentially affect you or cause you to feel as though you are being thrown off balance. You may feel the energy for sometime before the actual eclipse, often two weeks before and it will feel very intense. And most likely do you have a sense that something is brewing even if you don't understand it, and in your physical body you may feel shifts in your energy field.
Eclipses expose anything weak or needing to go or change. They are a gift in order to propel you to make changes in your life. These changes can be anything from jobs to income, financial or business changes (positive or negative), romantic relationships (improvements, engagements, break-ups, separations or meeting someone new), eclipsing certain people/ toxic friendships out of your life, health issues or moving house.
ECLIPSES AND ILLUMINATION
Usually during eclipse season, things can become illuminated and the truth is revealed. Anything that has been hidden or brushed under the carpet - can come up to the surface for illumination and processing. This usually happens on a personal level so there anything that you have been ignoring, denying, avoiding and evading Will present it self so that you can work on it. It is the power to bring to the surface and illuminate what was otherwise buried, hidden or repressed. Sometimes this can involve a person/ situation in which you were unaware of the happenings. Don't sit around being suspicious or giving people the side-eye…instead, just sit back and take a wait-and-see attitude. Conversely, don't assume that if someone is being shady that you’re gonna know about it on the day of the eclipse. Sometimes, you don’t find out the whole truth for months afterwards! What usually happens, is that the eclipse will give you a brief look into what may be happening. You make it an inkling, a preview but she still won't have the full story this is the main reason you're told by astrologers not to make any major decisions or judgments because it could take up to a year or longer - for the full story to come out. This will usually happen when there is another eclipse that falls at or around the same degrees other previous eclipse they gave you the preview. Read this part again and again and again.
Don't assume that it will be something bad that's hidden, it can be something as simple as discovering that your cellular company has been charging you hidden fees the past year. (This is why I take time around the eclipse to check all my bills and charges).
But it also means that someone you care about has deceived orby trade you and some weight as well. Of course, this all depends on what you have going on in your life at the time of the eclipse.
However, you need to be aware that during an eclipse, someone's true character nature on motivations might be revealed, and showing you who they truly are. Any sense of disillusionment will be dissolved, so that you will be able to see the darker, hidden, or shadow aspects of the other person’s true character. This will help you to solve any issues and move on in a new light. It offers you insight and can propel you to move forward orto make changes.
ECLIPSES BRING INFORMATION
Eclipses can bring news of some kind - this kid mean news that comes with a sense of shock or surprise elements and can even foretell a big changes to come. Sometimes it will mean that you need to act fast. It might mean that you hear about major life events about other people that you know even out there in the world so pay attention to global news events forecast at this time.
Pay attention to any news or messages that you receive as well as any signs, synchronicities, and/or mysterious workings of the universe. Accept any knowledge or information you might receive and move on, there's no going back during an eclipse.
If you receive news about the break up a relationship, accept it and move on. Don't cry, beg or plead - just accept it. If there is a possibility of reconciling, that usually happens six months down the road - remember I said possibility of reconciliation. The six-month time frame gives you enough time to decide if you want to get back with the person or not, but by then you may have “eclipsed” the person out of your life -which is what eclipses are supposed to do.
A WORD ON MERCURY Rx
At the time that I'm finishing this article, Mercury is stationary at 27° Aries. But on 3 April he wil move to 27° Aries where he will go retrograde. I'm sorry to just say that many people across the United States have made travel plans to see the great American eclipse. They're doing it under a retrograde.
Yesterday the weather forecast for Ecli[se Day, is that it will be cloudy and only a small portion of people will actually get to see the eclipse- all across the ENTIRE Path of Totality. Only a small portion of people - up around the Illinois/Michigan area - will have a completey clear view of the eclipse.
And that's a bummer!
Excellent explanation of eclipses, thanks Tara. Mostly I read the bad stuff about eclipses and I feel like going into hibernation for a few days; you have illuminated the positive side.👍
Thanks, Tara, for this excellent post. I assume any relationship that ends between the March 25 and April 8 eclipses may be permanently over? Also, PSA re eclipse glasses. Good luck tomorrow with the anniversary.
https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/school-in-st-jerome-que-forced-to-toss-thousands-of-counterfeit-solar-eclipse-glasses-1.6836477