our resources and financial situation, all
receive extra emphasis. We can expect
negotiations, trying to reach agreements,
but at the same time the games of war
and peace are not quite over yet. In both
eclipses the Uranus Pluto square is on the
nodes, so more extreme actions together
with natures awakening can be expected:
earthquakes, volcanos eruption, storms
and crazy weather can be seen before and
after the eclipse season, as well as expres-
sion of fanatic ideology, and more dramat-
ic events such as riots, strikes, terror acts of
extremists groups and upheavals.
The total lunar eclipse on October 8th is
very potent, and can bring breakthroughs
and changes. This eclipse can also bring
conflicts to an end, and together with the
solar eclipse, can help us to close loose
ends and move on. We need to work on
balancing our need to be independent
and do things our way, towards learning
to compromise and make peace with
all life’s polarities. To do that we need to
release old patterns of relating and com-
municating, and find new ways that might
challenge the old conditioning of society
and religion. We can see new forms of rela-
tionships for example, that goes beyond
the traditional customs.
The solar eclipse will conjunct Venus
on the critical degree 0 Scorpio and trine
Neptune in Pisces. This energy is open-
ing the door for us to move forward to
the next level with relationships. In order
to do that we need to be ready to look
deeper within us, and recognize our own
fears and limitations that can stop us from
loving ourselves and bring healing to our
relationships. We can feel that there’s an
opportunity for a fresh new start.
“Recognize that the other person is you” – Yogi
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two eclipses. The first
one is a total lunar eclipse
on October 8 occurring at 15 Aries 05’.
Lunar eclipses tend to bring things to
some type of conclusion or culmination
and can also bring strong emotional and
impulsive reactions and responses to situ-
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ations. The importance of this total lunar
eclipse cannot be sufficiently emphasized
because it conjoins Uranus at 14 degrees
of Aries, squares Pluto at 11 Capricorn and
of course opposes the Sun at 15 Libra. If
we haven’t had enough violence in the
world, this lethal combination can, unfor-
tunately, bring more. On the positive side,
it will bring disruption and change that
could finally lead to resolution. People
born with planets at 15 degrees of the car-
dinal signs will personally feel this eclipse.
Those born in the early 70’s with Uranus
close to these degrees in Libra can sud-
denly encounter a turning point in their
lives – one that may have been a long time
coming.
The solar eclipse occurs on October
23 at 0 Scorpio 25’. Solar eclipses often
indicate a new beginning or a change in
lifestyle for an individual when the eclipse
occurs within three days of a birthday or
when it falls on an angle, the Moon or
another prominent planet in a person’s
chart. This particular eclipse belongs to
the Saros Series 17 New North. According
to Bernadette Brady in her book Predictive
Astrology, this series has a lot to do with
relationships because of the strong Venus/
Mars conjunct in Cancer that marked the
beginning of the series in 1870.
Eclipses often trigger events months
before the actual eclipse. When we look
at relationships on a more worldly level
with regard to the eclipse, we see that
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie finally tied the
knot on August 23 in France exactly two
months before the eclipse. Present at their
wedding were their six children, easily rep-
resented by Venus/Mars in the sign Cancer
(family involvement).
On an individual level, those with any
planet from 28 Libra/Aries to 2 degrees
of Scorpio/Taurus will likely feel a new
beginning unfolding depending on the
planet, house and aspects. Many people
born from the mid 50’s to the mid 80’s will
have Saturn, Uranus, Neptune or Pluto
close to these degrees and as a result
they will likely feel an urge to make an
important change in their lifestyle which
could involve work, family, relationships
or personal initiative; this change has
transformative and empowering reper-
cussions that further down the road will
bring spiritual evolvement and destiny
fulfillment. R
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