http://www.daykeeperjournal.com/calendar.shtmlSATURDAY MARCH 3. Today’s Total Eclipse of the (Full) Moon (13° Virgo at 3:17 p.m.) is unique because it is at least part of it is visible from every continent in the world. Observers on the eastern seaboard of the U.S. will see the moon partially eclipsed as it rises, on the west coast only the final shadow will be visible; the eclipse is centered over Nigeria and Cameroon, where unrest has been escalating for months, and will be full visible throughout Africa and Europe.
Eclipses always come in pairs, one Lunar, one Solar. The first sets the stage for the long-term changes that will start taking hold when the second arrives about two weeks later.
Timing this Lunar Eclipse for Washington DC makes the continuing triangular pattern dominant. This collaboration of Venus and Saturn, both linked to Jupiter, will continue as an underlying force through the coming week. There appears to be a relatively easy interchange between the established power of a sedate Saturn (perhaps the Senate), even when coming from the obscure twelfth house, to peace-loving Venus on the cusp of the eighth, the house of changes. The dialogue is anchored by Jupiter, who always wants to make everything better.
But that friendly formation is challenged by a newly formed t-square, with Jupiter, which is almost exactly at the bottom of the chart, as the focal point of an opposition from Moon to rebellious Uranus, conjunct the “karmic” North Node. With Jupiter—a referent to the nation’s wealth—serving doubly as a fulcrum, “It’s the economy, stupid” may resurge as a battle cry. We may even hear reverberations from the old movie "Network"—“We're mad as hell and we ain’t gonna take it any more.”
Jupiter also represents the judiciary and the religious community, so the trine may indicate that they show kindly intentions toward traditional conservative views while placating women’s groups and more-restrained efforts toward peace and harmony. The square, however, brings tension between public opinion and the noisiest, most zealous, most Uranian advocates on both sides of an issue.
Moon sits 3° above the horizon, so the eclipse can be read as occurring in the twelfth house, suggesting a need to join an organization—or for organizations to join together! It is also customary to read positions so close to a cusp as occurring in the following house, in this case the first. This would suggest that everybody’s emotions and temperament will be very obvious.
Moon sits in a much more powerful position in the chart than Jupiter, a square away at the nadir. So there’s the nut, that’s the real conflict. Moon (a symbol for the people) is actually in a strong place for challenging Jupiter’s self-assured self-righteousness and condescension. Her opposition to Uranus and the Node becomes exact ahead of both squares to Jupiter. Perhaps there will be surprising support from labor or “the services” (probably the military).
To use the power of the eclipse in your personal life, call on the support of Saturn’s discipline and the sensory understanding of Venus to smooth the challenges you’ll need to meet when Moon’s sensitivity (perhaps newly discovered) has to counter a Uranian need for independence—both egged on by Jupiter’s gregarious and sometimes overblown optimism.
The essence of any square is the need to make the necessary effort to reach the desired objective. I like to use the analogy of seating at a table. In an opposition, the two players are face to face across the table, so it’s easy for each to assess body language and subtle clues that will help them reach a compromise. When two in disagreement are seated at adjoining sides of a table, at 90° angles to each other, each has to shift his viewpoint a little to get full benefit from the information being conveyed. Whoever does the better job of adjusting to an appropriate position has the advantage.
The Sabian symbols offer provocative clues. For the Moon at 13 Virgo:
“A powerful statesman overcomes a state of political hysteria; the focusing of the collective need for order and structural interdependence into a personage who incarnates the answer to this need.”
For the Sun at 13 Pisces:
“An ancient sword, used in many battles, is displayed in a museum; through the effectual use of his will a consecrated man can become a symbol of courage for all those who follow in his footsteps.”
Who will rise to prominence on the waves of this set of eclipses?
It is interesting to note that the previous eclipse at 13° Virgo, in 1988, saw the first multiracial council elections in South Africa, as well as peaceful agreements between Ethiopia and Somalia, Chad and Libya, Egypt and Algeria, Iraq and Iran and the nuclear treaty signed by Reagan and Gorbachev.
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