A brief intro on eclipses and the Nodes before I discuss the upcoming eclipse on Monday (25 March, 2024).
An eclipse is the partial or full obscuring of one celestial body by the shadow of another. A lunar eclipse occurs at the time of a Full Moon when the Earth blocks the Sun’s light from reaching the Moon. In my experience, an eclipse will only impact you if the eclipse makes hard contact with a natal planet, angle or point (ie.midpoint) in your birth chart. By hard contact I mean, 1 degree on either side.
So for example if you have Venus at 4º Libra and Monday’s lunar eclipse is at 5º Libra your Venus will be activated. However if your Venus is at 10º Libra it won’t be activated.
In Vedic astrology, the North Node is referred to as Rahu, the Dragon’s head and the South Node as Ketu, the Dragon’s Tail.
The Story...
In Vedic astrology, the nodes are related to karma and reincarnation. In Western astrology we tend to look at the nodes like compass points. The North Node is our True North; pointing to what is possible for us and what is the best route through this lifetime while the South Node shows the territory that has already been explored.
To understand how the nodes work we have to know a story. This is the story of Rahu and Ketu from Sanskrit myth (the Puranas).
A long long time ago, the Devas (benevolent Gods) came together to churn the ocean to make amrita which is the sacred nectar that grants immortality. The Asuras (demons) on seeing this wanted to get in on the action because they too wanted immortality. But even though many tried, only the demon Svarbhanu managed to get in line by disguising himself as a deity. The Sun and the Moon noticed the deception and tattled to Lord Vishnu. Lord Vishnu took out his sword and cut the dragon-like demon in half but the demon had already taken a sip of amrita and was now immortal and couldn’t be killed. The head part became known as Rahu and the tail part became Ketu. RahuKetu swore they would have vengeance on the Sun and Moon and to this day they chase the Sun and Moon and get to occasionally “swallow them up” which is a wonderfully symbolic way of looking at the eclipses and understanding the energy generated during eclipses.
Lunar Eclipse in Libra
On Monday the 25th, the eclipse occurs at 5º07” Libra. You will want to see if you have natal planets or angles on that degree in Libra or any other sign. Then you will want to check for trines, sextiles, squares and oppositions. And finally check if this degree is a midpoint.
Once you have done the above, you will want to reflect on your Libra House. This is the most important step as eclipses bring new energy into that area of your chart. Eclipses “eclipse” as in remove stale energy and bring in something new.
For example, if Libra is your 4H your home/family then your home situation is going to change.
Since this is a SN eclipse, what is being activated is innate abilities and skills. This is the stuff you’re good at…
Libra ruled by Venus is not only about relationships and diplomacy but also about ART - as in the manifestation of beauty. This moon conjoins my Uranus almost to the minute (my natal Uranus is at 5º 12”). Uranus is among other things, the planet of astrology, the Higher Mind and consciousness building.
Any planet activated by this eclipse will primarily activate an archetype - as in a mythological story or recurring symbol. The Moon for example is a feminine symbol associated with fertility, intuition, sensitivity and mystery. As an archetype she is Caregiver and Mother. So if your natal Moon is activated you could find yourself in one of these roles over the coming months.
Next, this eclipse will take away… as in purge or shed superficiality and ugliness in its various guises. Venus, the ruler of this eclipse has moved on from her conjunction with Saturn in Pisces, where she is exalted and her sextile to Jupiter where she imagined something better - more beautiful - for the collective and where she reminded us that there is no such thing as a separate space, a vacuum…all things are interconnected, all beings crave relationship. On Monday she is sextile Uranus, a creative breakthrough, an electrifying realization of how powerful you are when you remember you are not separate, you are not alone…
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I have a Libra Stellium (11th House) and this eclipse lands in between my natal Pluto and Uranus. Neither are at 5 degrees, but I do have some 5 degree planets in other signs, so my chart is humming a little.
I feel like my relationship complexes are shifting. reading my chart I have a lot of relationsips issues LOOL but I also know that I ppreantly chose challenges as my birthpath so here I go LOOL reading it I'm not suprised at all. this time I just feel like I've learned lessons and I'm now able to take them and move forward. not roll my eyes and continue whatever path I was on.