Eclipses
Lunar Eclipse
A lunar eclipse is a Full Moon that falls close to the lunar nodes, when the Earth's shadow crosses the Moon. It is a Full Moon with extra force: a heightened culmination, a revelation, and often a release.
Modern
About twice a year the Full Moon lands near the The two points where the Moon's path crosses the Sun's, where eclipses happen. Together they form an axis of where you are headed and what you are leaving behind. and the Earth's shadow falls across the Moon. These A supercharged New or Full Moon that lands near the lunar nodes, when the lights line up with Earth. Eclipses tend to accelerate change and bring turning points. act like Full Moons turned up: something reaches a head, a truth comes to light, or a chapter ends with real finality. Because the Moon sits opposite the Sun, a lunar eclipse always lights a polarity between two areas of life, and the resolution often involves letting something go. It can feel intense, but it is clarifying rather than threatening. The steady move is to let what is finishing finish, and to be honest about what the moment reveals.
Traditional (Hellenistic)
A lunar eclipse, the Moon full and darkened near a node, was read as a charged culmination and a revealing. Older writers tied it to the peak and the passing of what the cycle had been building, a moment of visibility and release in the matters of its sign and the sign opposite.
- culmination
- release
- revelation
- the lunar nodes
- endings
Lean in
Letting what has run its course end, and trusting what the moment brings to light.
Watch for
Acting on a feeling at its loudest; let the peak pass before deciding.
Sources
- Hand, Planets in Transit (1976)The standard modern reference on how transiting cycles, eclipses included, are experienced.
- Brady, Predictive Astrology (1999)A modern guide to eclipse cycles and the timing of the lunar nodes.
- George, Astrology and the Authentic Self (2008)Reads the lights and their eclipses through both classical and modern lenses.