Astrology by Tara's Solar Eclipse Forecast, Part 1

February 15, 2018
1551, Washington, DC

Greetings, Sky Watchers!

Welcome back for another eclipse discussion. I discussed the super blue Moon lunar eclipse on January 31st in my last article. Today we will be focusing on the solar eclipse of the New Aquarius Moon on February 15th. Eclipses come in sets: lunar and solar, and usually within two weeks from each other.

Lunar eclipses occur during full Moons when the earth‘s shadow is cast on the Moon, and they represent our hidden selves and our emotions. Solar eclipses occur when the Moon crosses between the earth and Sun, at an exact angle creating darkness that covers the Sun. Solar eclipses represent our vitality and new energy being offered for changes to come.

It’s no coincidence that our ancestors and many people today celebrate religious rites around the time around February 1st / 2nd, as we are a quarter of the way through the cycle of light. The Winter Solstice marks the darkest day of the year, The Summer Solstice offers us the most light, and both the spring and fall equinoxes represent the balance between darkness and light.

Eclipses are very rare events. Our ancestor’s treated eclipses as portents of great change and they used astrology to help them navigate through the changing energy.

When the solar eclipse is at its zenith, the zodiac sign of Leo will be on the ascendant of the eclipse chart. Leo is the sign of the Sun and ruling the chart of this Eclipse, adding more power to the Sun in this instance.

As astrologers, we also look at the placement of the planets and angles to calculate the dominate element and modality of the chart. This is called the charts signature and sub-signature. Both the signature and sub-signatures of the eclipse chart are fixed Fire, which is Leo. Again the emphasis is on the sign Leo and the Sun.

With Leo on the ascendant, and the north node in the first house of Leo, this highlights our direction forward. The Moon’s north node is where we find our soul’s path and with the north node in the first house we are being asked to focus on ourselves and find our inner truth. The Moon’s south node is the other half of the nodal axis, and it represents what we have already done and what we can release. The south node is in the seventh house of personal relationships. Almost immediately we can see what this solar eclipse energy is offering us: More of self and less from others.
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