Solar Eclipse in Aries - Learning From the Past

On Saturday March 29, we have a New Moon at 9 degrees sign of Aries, that is also a Solar Eclipse.  Eclipses occur in pairs (a lunar and a solar, two weeks apart), twice a year. The next pair will occur in the fall, in September and October. Eclipses bring big starts and endings to the area of our lives that the signs they are in rule. If we have been off course, then the eclipses will bring change that is more dramatic. If we have been doing what we need to do, then the endings and new beginnings will feel more natural. Each of the two eclipses in a pair occur in the signs opposite each other. For example, Aries/Libra, Taurus/Scorpio, Gemini/Sagittarius etc. They will occur in the same pairs for about a year and a half, with some cross over before the eclipses move to the next pair. This what is happening this spring as we just had a Lunar Eclipse in the sign of Virgo, but this coming eclipse is in Aries. We are crossing over from the Aries/Libra axis to the Virgo/Pisces one. As this will be the last eclipse in Aries for the next 8 years, this is a time when changes that started during the fall of 2023 will be coming to completion.

Moonology Oracle

 

New Moons are a great time to set goals for the coming lunar cycle. Eclipses however can bring a volatile energy to the New Moon, so some people avoid setting intentions during eclipse season (the period a week before the first eclipse in a pair until the week after the last one). If you do decide to set intentions or do magical workings, keep in mind that the outcome can come about in highly unexpected ways. As this eclipse is in Aries, it is about our sense of individualism, our identity and can be a time when we are feeling brave and open to risk taking. This is also a North Node eclipse, so is a time when we are being pushed forward to move beyond our comfort zone.

This eclipse is conjunct both Venus and Mercury retrograde by sign, so there is an element of something from the past coming up for review. Mercury conjoins with Neptune on this day before slipping back into the sign of Pisces, so there may be a sense of confusion around some piece of information. Keep your skepticism about any news you may hear today, especially if it sounds either outrageous or too good to be true.

This eclipse is being helped by a sextile to both Jupiter in Gemini and Pluto in Aquarius. Jupiter brings a sense of optimism and an opportunity to grow through the changes that this eclipse brings. Pluto supports this as well, bringing a desire to change things on a deeper level. We don't want the changes to be superficial, but long lasting. In fact any changes made now, even small ones, may have a more profound impact on us over time than we may realize now.

The Sabian Symbol for this Solar Eclipse is "A Man Teaching New Forms from Old Symbols". This is about gathering new understandings from lessons we have learned in the past. This shows that the retrogrades of both Mercury and Venus are bringing their lessons to us to help us move forward in new ways this eclipse. Any changes and new experiences we encounter now, we can use the lessons from the past to help us to navigate things. While in the past we may have understood things on a superficial or intellectual level, now we see things in a new light, with the understanding of wisdom and experience. We have reached a deeper and more profound level of understanding and can now help to teach and be an example of others.

 

 

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