Aquarian Emotions - August 16 Eclipse

Aquarians, and those with Leo Ascendants are emerging this year with stories about emotional and sexual breakthroughs and outpourings and more are to come with the lunar eclipse in Aquarius on August 16, 2008.

Is your birthday anywhere between February 10 and February 16? Aquarians with birthdays on or within 3 days of February 13 are especially revealing stories of almost explosive emotional and sexual expression and release. In fact for many of these typically cool, casually witty and flirty Aquarians, it is as though someone dynamited the dam of their sexual and emotional inhibitions and fears and released a shocking yet satisfying torrent of emotions and sexual expression.

Looking at Aquarius for 2008 this was destined to be and will continue to be a year of permanently altering changes and experiences regarding dating, sex and love – because your emotions will be deeply and irrevocably involved. Your intimacy needs and sexual desires will have opportunity and almost compulsion to be expressed.

While you had some hopes for a new sexual year in the first few days of 2008, the year started off with some Saturnian restriction when it came to intimacy. Did you find yourself putting business, competition, control and self-imposed rules ahead of entering into a new relationship or enjoying your sex life with your partner? Saturn is about rules and restrictions and it may have put a damper on your sex life while you tried to decide mentally where you wanted to go sexually and intimately.

But no fear – 2008 is the year for you to conquer sex. Think back to the solar eclipse in Aquarius one of February 6, 2008. You made and/or had a date with someone within a week of that date. Whether you realized it or not, you embarked on a journey with that person that was marked by another interaction at the August 1, 2008 solar eclipse, and you will have opportunity to further blossom at the August 16, 2008 lunar eclipse in Aquarius. This lunation is likely to be the most emotionally and intimately intense period of 2008 because your physical, sexual AND emotional needs in a partnership will be thrown to the surface. The man or woman you are living with, dating, married to etc on August 16 is right where you need to be. You will not be able to ignore the emotional and sexual needs any more. It is time to shed the old skin, the old ways of being and embark on a new and exciting journey with a partner.

This is all quite shocking and disturbing to the Aquarius soul, which is cool and aloof on the outside and can talk up a witty, chatty storm, but on the inside, and extremely sensitive.

The lunar eclipse in Aquarius on Saturday August 16 is conjunct Neptune so the tendency to drown these sexual urgings and emotional intimacy needs in alcohol (or some other form of drug/mind-altering substance) at a party will be very tempting. How many will get drunk to avoid the uncomfortable feelings? Drunken sex is not good sex.

The positive solution, dear Aquarian, is, with clear eyes, to take your woman or man by the hand on that date, and share some good love-making. Start on Saturday August 16 and continue for at least the next two weeks into September! Get down to business and let the electric waters of pleasure flow between you! This is an emotionally cathartic time for you when you will best serve yourself, and best mature, by connecting body and soul to another human who is ready to journey alongside you and has simply been waiting for you to open yourself to the sweetness.

Full Moon Lunar Eclipse: February 20/21, 2008

This year has been a very active one astronomically, with significant movements: Saturn in Virgo retrograde, Mars in Gemini retrograde and then stationing direct, Chiron and Venus in Aquarius, a New Moon solar eclipse in he constellation of Leo and now, a Full Moon total lunar eclipse in the constellation of Virgo is occurring on February 20/21, 2008.

February 21, 2008 1º53’Virgo 4:27 am CEST

At exactly 4:27 am CET the Sun will be moving opposite the Moon through the constellation of Pisces 1º53’. The Earth will align exactly between the Moon in Virgo and Sun in Pisces, blocking the light of the Sun to the Moon. For astrological purposes, because it is so close to the next degree, it is considered to be at 2º Virgo. Those with planets between 28º Leo through 5º Virgo will be most affected, as will the life areas covered by those houses in a person’s natal chart.

To calculate the times when it will occur for you, here are some time zones: 10:27 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) on the east coast of the Americas, 7:27 p.m. Pacific Standard Time (PST) on the west coast, and 03:27 Universal Time (UT) and 4:27 am Central European Time (Copenhagen, Brussels).

When Full Moons occur we are more emotional and during a lunar eclipse it is magnified. We become more creative and artistic; our spirituality and intuition are also heightened and we are more emotionally connected to people and situations. We can feel quite stressed because of this change in emotional environment. However if we do not resist what is causing us to “feel deeper” we will open new doors of possibilities and opportunities. The stress can feel like a crisis – and in Chinese philosophy, a crisis is a combination of chaos and opportunity. What began at the New Moon now comes to fruition at the Full Moon.

You can expect that an old phase of your life or some part of it is coming to and end. It is likely that something new began within five days of the solar eclipse on February 7 (so that would be somewhere between February 2 and February 12). However, because eclipses are so strong, there can be significant events as late as two weeks after the eclipse. Where the solar eclipse fell in your chart will receive more attention until the total solar eclipse in Leo on August 1, 2008. That solar eclipse on February 7 is the primary area in which you will need to focus; this lunar eclipse on February 21 will be the secondary area of chaos/opportunity and will give you insight as to what hidden or repressed areas you must release into the open in order to grow in the direction required by the solar eclipse. This lunar eclipse will highlight events where it falls in your chart until the partial lunar eclipse in Aquarius on August 16, 2008.

For example, if the solar eclipse on February 7, 2008 fell in your 1st house, you are being called to balance individuality and independence and the self with partnership, marriage, and/or business relationships – to become balanced in your dealings with and consideration/inclusion of the “other”. Now, this lunar eclipse will highlight what you are really valuing and what you expect from a partner on a very intimate level, either sexually, financially, of psychologically – or any combination of the three areas.

For many single people with a Leo Ascendant, it was a time of coming into close contact with a genuine marriage or life partner and the lunar eclipse in Virgo occurs in the 2nd house and will highlight anything that must be recognized, acknowledged, changed, transformed, and/or healed in order for the marriage/partnership to take place. There could be a change from icy singlehood with financial struggles and sexual wounds or celibacy to a deeply caring, warm and very healing sexual relationship with a partner who balances out your finances and who becomes your marriage partner. It could even be that YOU are healing for that partner in those same ways!

Saturn in Virgo retrograde is in close orb to this eclipse, giving it an energy that means there will be an air of caution, common sense, slowness of movement and decision. Taking responsibility and doing things in a responsible manner will be a strong part of whatever happens during this eclipse.

Mercury retrograde in Aquarius is ending just before this eclipse, so there will be a chance to communicate in a more articulate fashion and matters which seemed confusing or stagnant in the three weeks previous will now begin to be clarified. People with a Sun in Aquarius, in particular, may find they can finally say what has been on their minds/what they want concerning relationships, work and finances. Now is the time when Sun Aquarius people may find they want to initiate healing by opening up to a partner or potential partner by getting in touch with and voicing the feelings they have been detaching from in the past months.

A special note: for some people, the solar eclipse heralded the removal of a male from your life; similarly, this lunar eclipse may herald the removal of a female from your life, or conversely, if you are female, if may herald your removal from a male's life (remember, you may want to remove yourself from some male's life if you now realize it is your best path). You may want to lay low, keep things emotionally light, or take the week off and have some space in order to avoid unecessary arguments.

I do know some people who take a few days of vacation alone or intentionally avoid email, the tephone and generally avoid people when eclipses come that touch significant points in their charts.

Keep your eyes open for the lessons – and write me about any changes which occurred for your on or about February 7, and coming up, on or about February 21.

Solar Eclipse: February 7, 2008

One cycle is ending and another beginning, with a strong humanitarian flavor this month. That is because we are experiencing a solar eclipse at the beginning of the month.

February 7, 2008 17°44`Aquarius 3:56am EST

A solar eclipse is when the Moon is exactly between the Sun and the Earth and blocks the light of the Sun from the Earth. Solar eclipses are very powerful New Moons and are the harbingers of important endings and beginnings. The effects of a solar eclipse are equal in years to the number of minutes the eclipse lasts. The immediate visible effects of the eclipse can be seen in intervals of six months for a period of two years. You get an opportunity to break an old pattern and see a metamorphosis of your life that brings growth and healing.

The New Moon begins at 17°44 February 7, 2008 and the solar eclipse occurs at 3:56 am EST at 17°56 degrees of Aquarius. Peole with Sun signs in the fixed signs (Aquarius, Leo, Taurus, Scorpio) will be most strongly affected, as will those with Aquarius and Leo Ascendants. Those with Leo Ascendants will especially see a difference in their partnerships marriage and business relationships and dealings.

With Mercury retrograde, Chiron and Neptune also in Aquarius, those people who are Water-Bearers are experiencing a time when it is crucial to heal the body, spirit and mind. The opportunities to do this are now presenting themselves. If nothing has alreayd begun to occur or does not occur within three (3) days of the eclipse, they will within six months. Now is the time to work on healing the sexual wounds that have prevented full and healthy sexual expression and left you feeling wounded about your body and about sharing your body with another person; now is the time to release the thoughts that are hindering you from contributing all you can to the world in terms of your brilliant progressive mind; now is the time to open your spirit to the forms of spiritual expression from which you have been hiding...keep your mind open to science but also open up to astrology, intuition and other religions which have mystified you.

Change is the keyword when eclipses occur. One primary way eclipses affect humankind is in relationships. It is very common that the relationship which breaks on an eclipse or within a week of it, is permanently broken. It means it is time to release. However, the relationship that comes together and begin at this time will stand strongly for the future. It may all leave you feeling like your life is out of control, but really it is not; it is that you resisted change in the previous months and finally it has been forced upon you.

The house where you have Aquarius will indicate that areas of life that will be most affected for you. The one exception is if you are an Aquarius – as it will have an overall affect on you. Here is a brief synopsis of how it will affect the various houses:

The house where you have Aquarius will indicate that areas of life that will be most affected for you. The one exception is if you are an Aquarius – as it will have an overall affect on you. Here is a brief synopsis of how it will affect the various houses:

1^st/7^th : You are being called to work on the balance between self, independence and your parternship/marriage or your business relationship.

2^nd/8^th: You are being called to work on the balance between your earned income and join tinfances or taxes, and inheritance. It is also about striking a balance between what you value and what your partner values or what you receive (or do not receive from your partner); it is also about a psychological and intimate balance with a partner and/or about sex.

3^rd/9^th: You are being called to balance long-distance travel and/or educational pursuits. You may return to school or find people from different cultures are very important to your life.

4^th/10^th: You are being called to balance home and family with your career/vocation and public reputation outside the home.

5^th/11^th: You are being called to balance issues of children, risk, individuality and creativity with group expression and participation.

6^th/12^th: You are being called to bring balance into health, work and service. If there are any secrets occurring I your life that prevent this, or any covert behaviors or thoughts on your pat, they will come to light and unless dealt with honestly, you will find yourself confined in some way (hospital, mental institution, jail/prison, or loss of job which results in being forced to stay home)

Eclipses (2008-2011)

Every five and a half months, when the Sun is near one of the moon's nodes, eclipses can occur. When they occur during new moons they are solar eclipses. This is when the Moon comes between the Earth and the Sun and blots out the Sun. When they occur during full moons they are lunar eclipses, where the Moon is hidden by the Earth's shadow. Eclipses have bewildered, awed and frightened humankind over the centuries and are a time of critical transformation.

Eclipses are about sudden dramtic change and disruption. This is when we see change occur the fastest in our lives nad sometimes quite profoundly. For people that have become happy with the status quo, the changes can be quite overwhelming or shocking.

The best way to hadnle eclipses is to expect the unexpected, expect losses of poeple or situations and be ready to acccept the gifts that come in their place. Lunar eclipses tend to herald the loss of a female from your life and solar eclipses tend to bring the loss of a male from your life. If you view these dramatic and radical changes as new opportunities, the results can be very positive.

Also, eclipses are stronger and more long lasting in their effects than normal new or full moons. Their effects can be felt at the time of the eclipse and 6-12 months afterwards. In fact if you are experiencing the eclipses in polar signs near planets in your natal chart, it will be up to 2 years before you see the full effects. For example, eclipses in Virgo-Pisces began in late 2006 people with Suns in those signs will get the full message of the eclipses by early 2008 when the last eclipse in Virgo occurs. There is one theme for you in the eclipses and that theme will play out for 2 years. You can also look back 10 years and see it is a replay of the same issues. How will you choose to handle it?

Here is hte scheudle of eclipses, their signs and degrees for the next few years:

2008

February 8 - Aquarius 17° (solar eclipse)

February 20 - Virgo 2° (lunar eclipse)

August 1 - Leo 9° (solar eclipse)

August 16 - Aquarius 24° (lunar eclipse)

August 28 - Pisces 4° (lunar eclipse)

2009

January 26 - Aquarius 6° (solar eclipse)

February 9 - Virgo 21° (lunar eclipse)

July 7 - Capricorn 15° (lunar eclipse)

July 22 - Cancer 29° (solar eclipse)

August 6 - Aquarius 13° (lunar eclipse)

December 31 - Cancer 10° (lunar eclipse)

2010

January 15 - Capricorn 25° (solar eclipse)

June 26 - Capricorn 4° (lunar eclipse)

July 11 - Cancer 19° (solar eclipse)

December 21 - Gemini 29° (lunar eclipse)


2011

January 4 - Capricorn 13° (solar eclipse)

June 1 - Gemini 11° (solar eclipse)

June 15 - Sagittarius 24° (lunar eclipse)

July 1 - Cancer 9° (solar eclipse)

November 25 - Sagittarius 2° (solar eclipse)

December 10 - Gemini 18° (lunar eclipse)