SOLAR ECLIPSE IN AQUARIUS HOROSCOPES
On Tuesday, February 17th, the first eclipse of the season perfects at 28° Aquarius. Below is a technical overview.
This eclipse is co-present with Mars and square to Uranus. It is averse to both benefics and is ruled by a now fallen Saturn. It’s arguably the more difficult eclipse of the season.
If you accidentally hit a hard edge at just the right angle, it can slice skin, break bones, send a nerve ending into a stinging scattering. This eclipse is kind of like that.
This eclipse is a New Moon on the north node. Solar eclipses tend to have more *starting* than *ending* qualities but this one involves cutting away, sacrifice, and leaving behind in order to begin anew due to all of the malefic influence. On some level, you have to sacrifice your hopes and expectations for one dream to let another one in the door. Being on the north node, this eclipse has an insatiable effect. Do your best to recognize obsessive thinking and resist it when it comes up. Eclipses cause events to unfold that we generally can’t control - you’re not gonna cause or cure anything so live and let live as best you can.
Read the following for your rising, Sun, and Moon signs. I always defer to rising signs but for eclipses, reading for the luminaries sometimes feels more poignant. You can also read for the sign that houses your Ascendant ruler.
If you want to talk about eclipses and get some support for the things they’re effecting in your personal life, I’ve still got a few consultation slots for February. Either way, wishing you good fortune and safe passage through the eclipse strait!
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you are eclipsed. no notes just rest. give yourself a literal break because breaking through to the new you is hard. the next couple of years will involve some solo soul-searching. right now those seeds are germinating but the soil they’re tucked into just got struck by metaphorical lightning. they’re gonna be wildly exotic but they need a minute.
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it’s the end of an insane era and the certifiable beginning of another. these revelations aren’t new they’re just coming from the outside and under instead of within. you’re in A system but you don’t have to adhere to its labels and limits. cut away the peripheral vision and focus on what’s in your heart. it’s the only affirmation that matters.
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making a racket doesn’t mean they’ll look. but it’s not necessarily lame just because somebody didn’t see. you might feel like an invisible icon right now but you can do so much good damage in the dark. not every one of your explosions makes the news but they might bring you boons. you just have to recognize them.
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let your legacy be, maybe even let it go. starting from scratch after big accomplishments begins with some intense shadow work. there’s special kinds of magic that only happen in the dark. right now, brace yourself and put on your protective talismans. taking them off later is part of your initiation.
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this is the stuff of life’s work, lessons and legends. the wrangling of your knowledge from all the disparate edges brings you to the beginning of your biggest teachings. whatever you’re prepping has both vital and violent potential. it’s good to be guarded and devoted at the same time. living the principles of your curriculum will help it land as fact and not fluff.
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giving without getting is rough for both sides. you don’t always have to share. you can keep some things for yourself. there’s only a moral meaning to this if you make it. getting back to equilibrium requires a real breather. take the bread out of the oven even if it’s far from done. batter is better than burnt to a toast.
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there’s you, there’s the other and there’s the relationship itself. you’re looking in from the outside but the lights in the house went out. so the only thing you can really feel into is you. it’s okay to be hurt, tired and to not have it all together. center your integrity because it’s the one thing you can control and the thing you’ll remember most.
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it’s scary to let go of any job where you play a fundamental role. but if the stress is relentless you fundamentally can’t fix it. the minute you stop managing the sooner you’ll find better way to be of service in a way that serves you too.
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sometimes you have to kill your darlings to make the storyline work. sometimes somebody else kills them for you. be critically detached from what you’ve made but keep making. in a short time, it could be magnitudes better.
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sometimes home is actually heartless. if you want to grow shared roots you’re going to have to cut away at some deep ingrowns. maybe it’s not traditional or what you planned for but they call it the nuclear family for a reason. make something better than whatever the patriarchy dreamed up.
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we’d all like to be friends with our neighbors and close with our kin. everyone needs help sometimes and right now it’s the near and dear. you gotta change your rhythms to show up for this. try not to agonize about whatever music stopped - just move your body to the new beat.
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this one can actually break your bank. you are no stranger to the grind nor to patience nor diligence. but for maybe the first time you are telling the distant future to f all the way off. you gotta recommit every day to securing the resources for this new you. you’ll come home a little burnt out but work hard play hard right?