[Solar Eclipse August 12, Lunar Eclipse August 27-28]
When the Dragon meets the Mane of the Lion, what can we do other than find something to hold onto and try to enjoy the ride?
It’s said that during an eclipse, one should not manifest or make any major decisions – wait until it’s over. The energy is too chaotic, too unpredictable, too complex. And, in fact, the eclipse itself will do everything that needs to be done. Consider the energies during a Solar Eclipse. We have the Sun, the life-giving King of the Heavens, being swallowed and hidden from our view, the realm itself in shadow, darkness, stillness. How does that translate to the self? The Sun represents our Ego, our individuality, and when it is obscured, with nothing to reflect back at itself, the image becomes its own mirror. Do you like what you see?
Eclipse Season is a time of transformation when the Sun and the Moon meet with the Lunar Nodes, points of fate and destiny, known as the Head and Tail of the Dragon. These alignments bring a purge of the past versions we no longer need to carry, and a reckoning of what is to come. It is a death and rebirth. The soul already knows, but can the mind accept the change it must face in order to move forward? Or will the pattern repeat?
This summer, a keyword is Pride. This Solar Eclipse is during the New Moon in Leo, typically a moment of renewed vitality, motivation, and creativity. Yet, this year, you may have been feeling dragged down, exhausted, at your emotional, physical and spiritual limit. Everything you thought was under control is crashing around you, and the identity you have built, piece by piece, is at risk of shattering. Everything you thought you were – healed, stable, content, abundant, wise, regulated – is being challenged. And the old behaviours and thoughts are knocking at the door. Will you answer with humility and radical honesty, or will you refuse the call simply to protect your pride?
What will your reflection look like as you turn inward and peer into the darkness? Will you embrace this opportunity to surrender to the wisdom of the universe? Is your inner eye open to the messages it is receiving? Can you clearly see what you must no longer carry, and allow yourself to leave it behind?
As this Solar Eclipse trines Saturn, we are being encouraged to accept responsibility, resolve karma, and find happy endings. When the Lunar Eclipse in Pisces trines Mars, we will be ready to acknowledge the emotional pain – you gotta feel it to heal it – and take the first brave steps forward.
Out of the darkness and back into the light of truth.
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