Sunday, November 11, 2012

Solar Eclipse - November 13, 2012

This month we have a Solar Eclipse on Tuesday, November 13th, at 21 degrees of Scorpio. Eclipses bring us a surge of energy for change. Each eclipse has three components; the Sun, the Moon and the Earth and each component has a meaning. 


In your horoscope the Sun represents all of your talents and abilities, the things you're interested in, and your unlimited potential to use these talents to achieve all you desire. The Sun is you and the 'you' you could be if you didn't limit yourself. In every story there's a hero and the Sun represents the hero part of you on your journey.

The Moon represents your emotional needs and what you do to fulfill those needs. If you feel safe and confident you can use the energy of the Moon to move yourself quickly towards your goals. If you feel afraid or unworthy then you can do things that are counterproductive and even destructive. The hero part of you may want to get a better job, but the Moon part of you may be afraid there's no better jobs out there so you let distractions keep you from sending out your resume or following up on leads. This is how we get stuck.

The Earth represents the mundane. This is your life doing laundry, getting the kids to schools, getting to work on time, and at the end of the day scrolling through Hulu.com to find something new to watch. It's these things that sometimes feel the most real and therefore take over whole lives.

In a Solar Eclipse the Moon passes between us on Earth and the Sun and for a moment your routine is interrupted. This can be a small change like where you just get up one morning and decide to do something different. You dust off the long neglected novel, you call up an old friend to reconnect or to everyone's surprise you show up at 6 am yoga . Or, if you're really stuck, it can be a big interruption; a job loss, a break up, a diagnosis, etc. These things really wake us up.

I know this sounds stressful but there's a solution. You need to ride the wave. Growing up in Southern California we used to visit my grandmother in Balboa and we would spend our summer days playing in the surf in Corona del Mar. That's where I learned it's better to ride the wave than get hit by the wave. When you're hit by the wave you don't know which way is up, you end up banging your head on the sea floor and your suit gets filled with sand. It's a drag.

The wave is inevitable just like the eclipse and change but if you get a running start and work on things in your life to change them for the better you can ride that wave all the way to the beach.

This eclipse will be felt especially by those who are born under the signs of Taurus, Leo, Scorpio and Aquarius but even if you're not one of those signs you can still be affected (you have a whole collection of planets in your Astrology chart). Take a moment and think about where you're stuck. Think about what needs to change in your life. And be open to the change. You're on the hero's journey so no matter what the eclipse brings you will look back on this time and know that you're better for having gone through it. 




 

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