Libra Solar Eclipse & The Energies At Play

The New Moon /Solar Eclipse in Libra is the second Eclipse in the last Eclipse season of 2024, following the Full Moon/Lunar eclipse in Pisces we had two weeks ago.

As these are Full Moons and New Moons with far reaching potentials compared to the usual monthly Moons, it’s worth looking back at what’s transpired over the last two weeks since the Lunar Eclipse. Have there been any themes, reoccurring thoughts, significant exchanges or situations on a personal level playing out?

This Eclipse was an Annular Solar Eclipse, which means the lunar disk wasn’t covering the entire disk of the Sun (like it does at a Total Solar Eclipse). The ring of fire effect this creates is on account of the Moon being at it’s farthest point from the Earth.

Astrologically speaking, this is a highly potent Eclipse for new beginnings in Libra related departments of relationship,partnering, harmony, choices, the art of deliberation (weighing things up) and compromise.

Plus this Cardinal Air sign marks the halfway point of the Zodiac wheel .Libra’s strength comes to the fore when it takes action to mediate and listen or communicate from a place of equality. This drive for harmonisation can help create win/win rather than I win/you lose which is the age-old narrative underlying all major conflicts and war. Libra is the sign which seeks to find balance between extremes and symbolized by the scales of justice, represents “civilized”  fairness and negotiation.

Of note, this New Moon is aligned with the lunar South Node, associated with where we’ve come from and the past . This may bring up uncomfortable feelings or there may be the resurfacing of old stories or patterns. This could be part of a longer process. It's also worth looking back at the Libra Solar Eclipse a year ago in mid October 2023 or if you're old enough to go back in time to the Annular Eclipse that happened at this degree on the 3rd October 2005, because Eclipses belong to individual families called Saros Series, which repeat at the same degrees every 18 years!

With Mercury in Libra 1° away from this Eclipse and Libra being an Air sign, overthinking choices or  trepidation when it comes to making the right choices could be arising. Eclipses can signify significant crossroads so with this Libra emphasis look at what is out of balance- and be prepared to truthfully ask "where do I stand"? while considering others in the whole equation.

This is the fifth of six Eclipses along the Aries/Libra axis which defines the journey of Self and Others, and the balance of give and take, autonomy vs cooperation. In truth all of life is in relationship and the starting point is the Self. Are you experiencing energy which is unloving and unkind? If you were to speak aloud the thought patterns you have on repeat throughout your day would they be loving and kind?

Within the Venus ruled archetype of Libra, there can be a desire to avoid uncomfortable feelings and confrontation at all costs. This drive for keeping the peace isn’t going to create harmony if unexpressed feelings get swept under the carpet and ignored. If we don’t take responsibility for our own feelings, warts, shadows and all, self-esteem will eventually suffer.

The astrology of this Eclipse does offer some cosmic support. This comes in the form of a harmonious flowing Grand Trine in Water, a great configuration for dealing with the messy emotional realm and which is playing out in the days after the Eclipse!

 Plus the Sun/ Moon/ Mercury are aligned with a very slow moving Dwarf planet called Make Make and opposite another slow moving Dwarf planet Salacia. I’ve been beginning a journey of study with this collection of new planets out beyond Pluto through the Dwarf Planet University run by Alan Clay.

Their energies are reflections of the expanding consciousness of humanity. The fact that so many have been found in the last 20 years and are mainly named after creator gods in indigenous cultures from round the planet, is also a reflection of humanity’s evolution in relationship with our planet Earth/Gaia, ecological systems, our Solar system, galaxy and beyond. Their high frequency energies are here to lend cosmic support as we go up another notch in the spiral of time.

The Grand Trine at the time of the Eclipse is between Venus at 11° Scorpio, Mars at 14° Cancer and Saturn Retrograde at 14° Pisces. This is potentially a let’s be real with what we’re feeling and deal with it responsibly ( Saturn) with empathy (Pisces)....while Venus and Mars are in signs connected to our desires within our intimate bonds, the people and matters we care for deeply. This includes the often private worlds and psychology of family dynamics. This geometry could really aid the processing of intense feelings or facilitate deep investigation into the core of certain issues.

Make Make was the creator deity of the Rapa Nui people on Easter island- interestingly this is one of the places that the Annular Eclipse ring of fire was viewed! He holds a key around quantum thinking- how we create the world according to how we perceive and interact with it. Salacia on the other hand was a nymph who became the wife of Neptune. She holds a key around the interplay between light and water and intimacy. According to Alan Clay she represents higher love consciousness.

As you reflect on what this Eclipse might be highlighting or what may be ready for release, pay attention to your state of being. How are you breathing, where do you feel tension? 

 In my world view we are all on a journey of co- creation and we are partnered with that force that is the whole of creation and the universal intelligence within all that exists. In human terms this is hard to grasp as we seek that merging with people or causes external to ourselves. Perhaps the dwarf planets are helping to nudge us towards a more multi-dimensional understanding of who we are, so we can more easily navigate our personal reality from a larger perspective of our place in space . I sense that their influence at this Eclipse hold keys for me personally in growing into a more conscious and illumined version of myself and one- to-one relationships are pivotal in this process of growth.

Questions to reflect on:
1.What patterns or relationships have come into focus for you over this Eclipse season? Are there themes repeating themselves, or decisions you’ve been called to make?
2️. Libra asks us to consider balance—between autonomy and cooperation, giving and receiving. Where in your life are you being asked to adjust this balance?
3️. Eclipses often reveal what’s hidden. Has anything from the past resurfaced, asking for resolution or deeper reflection? What choices are presenting themselves ?