Total “Ring of Fire” Solar ECLIPSE on the ✜ SOLSTICE ✜ with a NEW MOON at 0 degrees of Cancer, as well as the other alignments present, make this a rare “seed” moment turning point.
In the darkness of this eclipse we are safe to let it all go, to be no-one, no-thing, and yet everything, sure in the knowledge we can make ourselves anew at any moment, contribute to the universe, and know for certain that nothing can steal the essence of who we truly are.
Summer solstice 2020 begins tonight at
5:43 p.m. EDT.
The Solar eclipse starts tonight at
11:45 p.m. EDT Saturday, June 20,
The Solar eclipse peaks at
2:40 a.m. EDT Saturday, June 21, and
The Solar eclipse ends at
5:34 a.m. EDT Sunday June 21st.
This Solar Eclipse marks a powerful change in direction, change in allegiances, change in priorities, and puts us all on the cutting edge of destiny.
The tipping point is not near, it’s here, and it will culminate in December when we are launched in to the freedom of the feminine, air energies of The Age of Aquarius.
We need to remember, whatever we're doing now, each of us individually and all of us collectively, our thinking, our emotional frequency, we are creating a broadcast of the vibration for that new world coming as we emerge from this year, as we emerge from this lockdown, and any other lockdowns that may happen this year, so it's such a precious opportunity that we mustn't waste, and looking around, many of us are doing fantastic jobs at taking great advantage in being creating and sending our light out in to the world.
Looking at eclipses which happened on the days of the Solar equinoxes or solstices shows that these are pivotal years for the world, when it takes a totally new direction.
When we have a Solar Eclipse sandwiched between two Lunar Eclipses like this one (June 5th-6th, this on the 20th-21st, and July 4th-5th), we often see a process of emotional upheaval and purging triggered by the first Lunar Eclipse, followed by a time of radical action and significant events at the Solar Eclipse, followed by a period of emotional repatterning and transformation at the Second Lunar Eclipse.
Productivity is up, intensity is up, the need for self-discipline is up, with Venus swirling forward and Mercury swirling backwards. This Eclipse offers us a turning point as we see the necessity of doing our thing in our own way.
The compulsion to “act” we may feel right now, however, might fall short of our desired outcome if we don’t first turn within to discern the appropriateness of our response. In essence, this Solar Eclipse primes us to think and feel with a greater degree of consciousness, and apply our thoughts and feelings to the conscious act of creating the world we desire.
The seed thoughts and feelings planted at this eclipse will grow strong and vibrant if watered with incisive wisdom, fierce compassion and a robust commitment to birth a new world from the on-going demise of the old one.
As far as is possible, we need to hold our center, stand firm, and allow whatever occurs to penetrate to our deepest core. As we do this, the wisdom of these times can arise within us, free of external dictates and the imposition of a narrative shaped by those voices that shout the loudest.
We may not, however, want to hear this wisdom right away. It may challenge too many cherished truths and blow apart too much of what feels like ‘me’. But hear it we must. For, if nothing else, these times call for the unyielding courage to see life through eyes that refuse to turn away no matter how challenging the truths perceived.
If we do nothing else, we must at least make a note of insights at this time for they will surely form an intrinsic part of our life from here on in, despite any struggle to embrace them.
Refusal to acknowledge the knot of wise apprehension in our stomach, or the sterile unhappiness of a life out of balance, deadens our senses and separates us from the unified field in which we each occupy our own unique space, as does allowing others to dictate what our feelings should be.
To return home to oneself in this way is an act of great power in an age when so much distracts us from doing so. Silence calls us now, not to shut out the world, but to understand it anew.
All eclipses shut something down, taking away elements of our lives no longer true for us. Some of us may feel restricted under this aspect, or even physically uncomfortable. If we are feeling the latter, some adjustment may be needed.
We should ask ourselves where we feel the discomfort, and how we can fix the issue. Personal comfort is a strong theme for Cancer, when this combines with the vision of Aquarius, we are encouraged to reinvent and change things up.
The old ways won’t work anymore, this is our opportunity to create new ones. We may feel tired, restless, scattered, or have a hard time focusing. But, if we take a moment, slow down, and move past the clouds, we can better see our path and vision, which we’ll need to. Over the next 5+ years we will go through endings while finding more appropriate ways to do our “Being in the Cancer Arena” of life.
Cancer is the sign representing our ability to act in our “enlightened self-interest” based in our instinctual understanding of experience.
Cancer is archetype of the Mother. She is the cosmic womb from whence we all emerge, and the Feminine energy that lives within each of us, regardless of gender.
She rules the emotions, and this period of time is unearthing many deep emotions along with core trauma that many of us have experienced. There is a lot being unburied as the tectonic plates of our world shift.
Compassion is what is needed to be seeded this Eclipse. This empathic Mother seed will have reverberations for months to come, as we continue on this journey of our evolutionary turning.
The healing salve is to allow, listen, and integrate; uphold the dignity of the human spirit; and lean into Her enveloping love, compassion and empathy for ourselves and others who are hurting.
Cancer, symbolically personified as the crab, carries Her home with her. Symbolically She is always home. She belongs.
Like Capricorn, it is the Wisdom of our ancient primal Innocence, where we instinctively know how to care for the roots which will flower in the future, and how to understand the Wisdom needed in each moment to nurture what we care for and find security in our “shell of personality.”
A Solar Eclipse in Cancer takes away old habits, self-indulgences, and insecurities, creating space to adopt better habits and a greater sense of security; old needs give way to new things we care about;
old insecurities give way to new ways of being a caring individual in our world;
old things we once clutched at or got defensive about give way to a new sense of giving and receiving in an open faith that all are being nourished appropriately;
old personality structures are replaced with new emotional connectedness with personal power and expertise.
[You’re going to need this:
The “umbra” is the darkest part of the shadow cast during an eclipse, the central cone of darkness which tapers away from the Earth or Moon, while
the “penumbra” is the outer cone of partial shadow on the outsides of the umbra on either side of the complete eclipse.]
Because this Eclipse lasts 5 hours and 48 minutes from start to finish of both sides of the penumbral phase, it’s of fairly long duration, so that translates in Astrological terms to an impact of 5 years and 9+ months.
The umbral phase, the central core, the darkest part where the eclipse will be most intense, lasts 3 hours 45 minutes, translating in Astrological terms to effects of the heart of the eclipse to last 3 years and 9 months.
As the magnitude is fairly strong, it’s powerful, and it will be most felt where it’s visible in Asia, the Middle East, southeastern Europe, and northeast Africa. specifically a path involving Ethiopia, Yemen, Oman, Pakistan, Kashmir, Tibet, the heart of China, and Taiwan.
So, don’t know if you know, our orbit around the sun is sort of level. The orbit of the moon around us is sort of tilted, it ascends and descends. Then, if we imagine the invisible trail the sun leaves in its orbit, and we imagine the invisible trail the moon leaves in its orbit, the point where they intersect on their paths is called a “node,” there are two of them. Climbing on its ascent is considered the “north node” [and in Vedic astrology, the north ascending node is called "Rahu” (the mythology has it as a dragon’s head) and on its decent it's called "Ketu” (and it’s symbolized as a dragon’s tail)].
The general astrological theory behind the significance of the Nodes suggests that we all have some underdeveloped and overdeveloped aspects in our character.
The Nodes point us to these specific qualities:
the South Node, when the moon is lazily on it's descent, suggests our overdeveloped character traits, our lazy, fall-back positions, the knee-jerk reactions we have, our often mostly unattractive go-to postures, those personality mannerisms which very may well undermine our lives, they certainly do our development, if we hold on to these traits just because we're lazy, just because we need to feel security, and, often in reality, just because we can't let go or won't get off our ass to better ourselves.
the North Node suggests the qualities that we need to develop (as we climb) in order to find inner balance, to reach our potential, to better ourselves and thus, to better the world.
The Nodes can also suggest personal karmic imbalance. If we over-emphasize and fall back on the qualities of our South Node, for instance, at the expense of developing our North Node, we may have a difficult time feeling personally successful, to say nothing of having any feelings of general accomplishment.
Whether or not we consciously work on these lessons, events in our lives are likely to force us to confront them at one time or another, so why don’t we take scheduled inventories to clean ourselves up throughout the year, hmm?
Tonight, the North Node, Raku, is in Gemini, and the challenge is to grow into a greater quest for knowledge. Being open to a greater quest for knowledge can give us spiritual and monetary wealth or influence in the future. Raku’s climb also challenges us to cultivate higher standards of expression, and encourages us to learn how to give and receive information in ways that don’t create dualities or power struggles. We are also on a quest to find higher values, and we need to accept the blessings if we are offered new Truths and futures.
When descending in South Node, Ketu in Sagittarius helps us discard and eliminate old truths, old philosophies, and old visions of the future. Ketu can also give us opportunities to express the growing understanding of Gemini energy of Raku through forms of demonstrating our willingness to “raise the bar.” Whatever is cleared out during the cleansing of the South Node’s descent will over time attract new forms of Gemini expression and activities.
This Eclipse will move us through major “forks in the road of destiny” due to aspects involving Moon, Jupiter, Uranus, and Pluto on the one hand, and Saturn and Neptune in an entirely different life area. It seems that we have many hard adjustments and sacrifices in life areas that will help clear a path to the greater future, but whatever is taken away will yield a void which will be opening new standards of excellence, new levels of self-demonstration, and new ideals to emulate and value.
This all culminates at the “Grand Mutation” at 1 Aquarius in December when Saturn is joined by Jupiter at 1 Aquarius, ushering in a 20 year Aquarian period AND a 200 year Air era! Ahhhh…
As this Eclipse falls on the Solstice, you can bet many things will be shut down quick and fast, given the strong Cardinal sign emphasis. This will be an “actional spiritual” Eclipse, marking the end of old familiarities and significant voids created in our personal life.
This Eclipse ushers in an extremely intense and compressed period when we have spiritual powerhouses Jupiter, Saturn, and Pluto all within a 6+ degree span. This marks the entry into the second Jupiter conjunct Pluto, indicating another “expansion of Pluto” in the world.
No doubt the virus will accelerate (15 days after The Tulsa Rally tonight is the next new moon), the cry for a better world will continue, and the spotlight will force movement which will serve the structures we’ll need in the future.
This Eclipse will remove many old assumptions, habits, and ways of living our everyday lives so we may accept a greater role in our world based in whatever vision was launched in our lives in late March or April.
As Mercury is retrograde, expect returns, reviews, renewals, and reconsiderations focused on how to make our spiritual life “more real.” Mercury is always so gracious about giving us another chance to go over our notes, and finish our homework.
This Solar Eclipse will show us it’s time to “lower one flag and raise a new one,” moving into new relationships, new ways of life, new concerns, and new ways of taking care of ourselves and others.
This puts the world on the threshold of nonstop intense friction and open conflict for many months. Some will abandon old allegiances; others will see they need a new direction to stabilize their lives.
We’re still spinning in the midst of the groundswell which at the end of the storm will yield a new life for everyone in 2021. This gives us a new look at what we care about and the habits we need to reconsider as we search for new knowledge.
So we stand at a turning point in the destiny of the world and humankind, when much is irrational and new consecrations are offered to us all. We must go our own way, value each individual’s response to life within a greater compassion for the human condition, not allow self-indulgent or presumptuous people to move us, and keep our eye on the “Great Work” we and others are beginning to build.
This is all cobbled together from Komilla Sutton, John Wilkinson, Mystic Mamma, Divine Harmony, Sarah Varcas, Mystica Madrake Root, and AstroLada.
