The
Cosmic Story: Leo Solar Eclipse, August 21, 2017
The
Great American Eclipse at
29*
Leo: The Heart of the Lion
The
Day Sky gives us Life. The Night Sky gives us meaning.
The Milky Way~Womb of our Galaxy
This
‘Great
American’
total solar eclipse has turned into an event,
as
only America can throw one. Millions of Americans are journeying to
see this celestial show that stretches from Oregon to South Carolina.
The Earth, Moon and Sun line up so well at totality that we’ll get
a chance to see the Sun’s corona, it’s outer atmosphere. It will
look like a black hole surrounded by iridescent, scintillating,
delicate colors. And ‘day will become night’ as we see the
winter constellations, usually hidden by our summer Sun as well as
Regulus at the ‘heart of the Lion’, Mercury, Venus, Mars and
perhaps Jupiter in the dark sky.
There’s
a 70 mile area stretching across the US where the eclipse will be
total for around 2+ minutes. Everywhere else in the US will
experience it as a partial eclipse. The entire length of the eclipse
will be about 6 hours. For
more information about the eclipse and where to see it, go to
GreatAmericanEclipse.com.
The
United States is the only country this total eclipse crosses.
And it’s the first total solar eclipse to pass over only
the continental US since the country’s founding in 1776. It’s
also the first time in 99 years that an eclipse is visible across the
continental US.
There
are many articles about how this solar eclipse will affect the US and
Donald Trump’s chart specifically. (See:
Eclipse
impact)
But more important, this eclipse opposes America’s Sibly
4th
of July
chart’s Moon at 28* Aquarius. The Moon symbolizes
We
the People
(We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect
Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for
the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the
Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity...) This
is a chance for all of us to wake up to our unity, and our
responsibilities to each other, to Mother Earth and to the future.
So
we can’t mistake the heavenly advice: America, wake up and pay
attention.
It
is the American
People,
not the government or the power structures, that this Leo Solar
Eclipse calls to. It is our wake-up call to create that more
perfect Union.
Not only in America, but with the whole world. But first we have to
be at one with ourselves. Only then will we stop living in fear and
start moving toward hope. To do that, we have to listen to our
heart’s truest desires. And then follow our heart’s hope into
the future.
This
eclipse occurs on one of the four ancient ‘royal’ stars –
Regulus, the King. It is the star at the heart of the constellation
of Leo. For thousands of years, this bright star was in tropical Leo
but in 2012, it moved by precession into Virgo, the Virgin. So while
it still represents the King,
the underlying energy is the Goddess’ love. So now The Queen
takes center stage. With Mars and the North Node so close to this
eclipse, perhaps the true
King will awaken and return in this time of need.
And women will call him forth.
Queen of Wands~ Thoth Deck
Eclipses
signify shifts, completions, endings, and releasing along with new
beginnings, new directions and openings.
Because the Full Moon in Aquarius this month was sandwiched between
two Leo New Moons, our cosmic instructions want us to bring our
sovereignty, power, leadership, gifts and visions into the world.
We need to learn the right way to use personal power. We old
hippies learned from Carlos Castaneda and don Juan and don Genaro.
This is Queenship and Kingship. We all
have personal
power,
and so we
can no longer make believe we don’t have access to power, or
reject, misuse or neglect our innate power – to create, to imagine,
to help, to love. Learn to let Love guide your use of power.
How
do we use our power? To control or to contribute? Do we access our
power from a place of Love or fear? When we give our power away, how
do we reclaim it? How do we ‘stand
in our power’?
How do we become channels
for power?
Leo
rules the Heart and this eclipse opens the
heart of the lion.
My hope is that our collective masculine energy (especially in men)
will focus on being warriors of Love and Light, releasing the Leo
shadow characteristics of arrogance, self-importance, overweening
pride and the need to be right.
The
eclipse will affect Donald
Trump’s natal chart in a big way—it sits on his Leo Mars and
Ascendant, so it might
change the way he deals with people and issues. Or it will keep him
stuck in his own old story while his karma comes due. So
far it seems to be making him more angry and volatile. (the eclipse
is on his Leo Mars and Ascendant).
As with all of us, it’s all about opportunities
and choices. Opportunities and Choices.
The
eclipse’s effect might last from 6 months to over 2 years, so don’t
expect a miracle on August 21st.
Take the energy in and let it move around you and settle in. The
results will come. Especially watch what happens on September 3rd,
when Mars reaches the eclipse degree. Also, Mercury retrograde will
station on the degree of this eclipse, 28* Leo, on September 5th.
You might get a hint of what new thing you’ve birthed then. Pay
attention to your dreams for these next few weeks. I’ll be hosting
a free on-line dream discussion of eclipse dreams in early September.
Watch for it.
This
Leo total Solar Eclipse occurs on Monday, August 21st
at 11:30 am PDT/ 2:30pm EDT/ 6:30pm GMT.
Wherever
you are, if you look up to the Sun during the eclipse, you need
special glasses to protect your eyes.
This
total solar eclipse occurs at 29* Leo, right on the royal star
Regulus,
the
heart of the Lion.
Sabian symbol for the Sun and Moon at 29* Leo is:
A
Mermaid Emerges From The Ocean Waves Ready For Rebirth In Human Form.
Mermaids
are magical beings who can navigate the great realm of the Collective
Unconscious. Psychologically, they represent a new feeling and
energy that arises out of our collective longing for a different
life. For a mermaid to be reborn in a human form symbolizes the
incarnation of that new feeling attuned to the World Soul. A new
beginning for the Divine Feminine. It is the heart’s desire for a
unified experience of life, one in which the head and the heart work
together. It is a shared longing for a deeper, richer, more
conscious, collective
life.
Linda Olsen
In
ancient times, eclipses were viewed with fear, but we now understand
them in totally different ways. An eclipse is like a vortex that can
take you out of your ‘normal’ perceptions of life and leave you
with a different view. Just think what happens during a total solar
eclipse.
When
the Sun goes DARK, we see not only its crown of light (its corona)
but also the Universe.
We could say that the Sun, our sense of ‘reality’ and even of
Spirit, is shut out and we see the wonder of the Cosmos. At the
solar eclipse, our ego light (Sun) withdraws so that we can see the
mystery behind it – the universal Mind.
We
humans hold
the universal Heart. Chiron
in Pisces forms an inconjunct to this solar eclipse, asking us to
include the longings of the heart of humanity.
The
Heart develops what Mind conceives.
When we get that glimpse of eternity before the light of the Sun
returns, our reality is changed forever.
On
a psychological level, the
Sun symbolizes our identity, our sense of self, our ego
consciousness.
When the unconscious blocks out that ego-consciousness, we can see
two things about ourselves. We can see our Shadows, those parts of
ourselves we might be ashamed of, so we project them onto others.
But we also get to see our souls—the
part of us that is Eternal, and so we see the big picture of the
cosmos,
which gives us a different perspective on who we are and what we
think we’re here on Earth for.
Let
go of all the old patriarchal categories we’ve lived under: how
much money you need to make, who and what you should love, the things
that define you. Let them go and let a new story, a new vision, a
new category slip into place. This is the gift of this eclipse –
finding your true ‘heart’ which has been eclipsed by patriarchal
rules.
As
it has been for the past 5 years, the Uranus in Aries square to Pluto
in Capricorn molds and shelters this eclipse. But now we can add to
it Venus and Ceres in Cancer and Jupiter in Libra, bringing in new
hope, love and the Goddess of Light to help us on our way. The grand
cardinal square of Uranus, Eris, Venus, Ceres, Jupiter and Pluto is
the energy that will move this eclipse energy into the future. When
we own ourselves and stay true to our hearts (Uranus/Eris in Aries)
we search our souls to feed our emotional bodies (Venus/Ceres in
Cancer) with the connection, beauty and balance (Jupiter in Libra)
that rebuilds our society along partnership lines (Juno/Pluto in
Capricorn).
We
are still within the fiery triangle of Uranus and Eris in Aries, Sun,
Moon, Mars & North Node in Leo and Saturn in Sagittarius, adding
passion, inspiration and creativity to our journey. Just don’t let
the fire get out of hand and turn destructive.
Mercury
retrograde and Vesta in Virgo is opposite Neptune retrograde in
Pisces, offering us a direct pipeline to the Unconscious. It’s
important to open up to the messages of the Unconscious, while at the
same time being aware of what is real and what is illusion. That’s
where Saturn retrograde in Sagittarius comes in. It forms a T-square
with this opposition, asking us to be responsible for the images that
inform us.
Fake
news isn’t just a ploy by Trump and his gang to confuse us. The
Unconscious is vast and untamed, and it can overwhelm us as well as
heal us. You have to be able to discern what is coming from your
heart from what your left brain rationality will want. When in
doubt, bring your images and understanding to a guide to help you
decipher the mystery that unfolds in you during this eclipse.
I
want to tell you a story, since I believe that stories speak to our
souls and organize our energies into wholeness. This story spoke to
me about the meaning of this heart-centered eclipse. Let it open your
hearts to the mystery. This tale is by Anne Bishop in her series
Ephemera.
Long
ago, beyond my memory and yours, spirits who were the voice of the
world walked among us. And they knew things no ordinary human could
know. Like the secret to using the Door of Locks.
Now
the Door of Locks was hidden in a garden that lived in the heart of a
magic hill, and that hill was the country home of the spirits who
resided in this part of the land. When a person had a powerful need
for something that was just beyond his grasp, he would set his feet
on the road and follow his heart—and if the spirits decided he was
worthy, he would find that garden.
And
when he reached the garden, which was protected by high walls and a
barred gate, a spirit would appear and ask, “What do you seek?”
Now,
a foolish man might say he was seeking gold or jewels or some other
kind of treasure. He might be allowed to enter the garden after
giving such an answer—but he might not. Because the correct answer
to the question—and this is most important to remember—the
correct answer is “I seek the hope that lives within my heart.”
Give the spirit that answer, and the garden’s gate will always
open.
And
then, once you’re inside . . . It’s a lovely place, as beautiful
as a dream, and you’re allowed to wander and look and sit for as
long as you please. When you’re ready, the spirit takes you to the
Door of Locks.
There
are one hundred identical locks on the door, and while you’re
standing there, trying to fathom it all, the spirit reaches into your
heart and takes out a key, and says, “Every lock leads to a
different place that lives within you. Some are dark places, some
are light places, some are full of struggle and sorrow while others
will shower your days with joy. Choose a lock. The key will fit any
one of them. Choose where your heart needs to go. Choose.”
And
that is what you must do—choose. Now, some people are hasty,
ignoring the spirit’s warning about the nature of the locks and
thinking that since the locks all look the same they’ll all be the
same. And some people don’t ask for the lock they truly want
because it’s high up in a corner of the door or too low to the
ground and they don’t want to be inconveniencing the spirit and
they figure a lock that’s easy to reach will do just as well.
But
it won’t do as well. I’ll tell you that now. It won’t do, and
if you settle for what is easy instead of what you truly want, you
may never discover the hope that lives in your heart.
So
you choose wisely, and you choose well, and you pick the lock that
matters the most to you at that moment. Then the spirit takes the
key that was plucked from your heart and slips it into that lock.
It
changes you. It doesn’t matter if you end up in a place you didn’t
know existed or in the village where you’ve lived your whole life.
It changes you—and you will never again see the world in quite the
same way.
Except
we’ve lost the way of it, you see.
A
dark and terrible Evil swept through the land in that long-ago time,
and the spirits disappeared. Some say they were all destroyed in a
great battle against that Evil. Others say that those who survived
went into hiding and still tend the magic garden. No one knows the
answer, just as no one knows how to find the magic hill or a spirit
who can pluck a key out of a person’s heart and open the Door of
Locks.
But
I can tell you this. That magical place still exists. And someday
someone will remember how to find it—and how to open the door that
leads to all the hope that lives in the heart. ~Elandar story
(Belladonna
by Anne Bishop, ROC Books, New York, NY. pg. 211-212).
May
you find your Heart’s Hope.
Cathy
SELF-PORTRAIT
It doesn't interest me if there is one God
or many gods.
I want to know if you belong or feel
abandoned,
if you can know despair or see it in others.
I want to know
if you are prepared to live in the world
with its harsh need
to change you. If you can look back
with firm eye,
saying this is where I stand. I want to know
if you know
how to melt into that fierce heat of living,
falling toward
the center of your longing. I want to know
if you are willing
to live, day by day, with the consequence of love
and the bitter
unwanted passion of your sure defeat.
I have heard, in that fierce embrace, even
the gods speak of God.
~ David Whyte ~
(River Flow)
It doesn't interest me if there is one God
or many gods.
I want to know if you belong or feel
abandoned,
if you can know despair or see it in others.
I want to know
if you are prepared to live in the world
with its harsh need
to change you. If you can look back
with firm eye,
saying this is where I stand. I want to know
if you know
how to melt into that fierce heat of living,
falling toward
the center of your longing. I want to know
if you are willing
to live, day by day, with the consequence of love
and the bitter
unwanted passion of your sure defeat.
I have heard, in that fierce embrace, even
the gods speak of God.
~ David Whyte ~
(River Flow)
