Solar Eclipse in Aries
First eclipse of the year, welcome divine catalyst! Eclipse season is always considered special, as one portal closes and another opens with a distinct symphony to announce the event. For some there are clear changes in circumstances, for others it is subtler, but there is always some vibration that lets you know that it is time for something to go, for something to come. The two weeks between eclipses is considered a time where the visible and invisible realm are closer, and can be tapped into by any who would feel the urge to do so. This being a Solar eclipse in the sign of Aries points evidently to a new cycle, but taking place in the last degrees of the sign, there is also something in completion. In general I would suggest taking the time to feel into one’s desire nature right now, and be mindful of what you believe may be in the way of your pursuits. Can you validate the Self simply by acknowledging what you want and need without complicating matters in the mind? Can you see the Self beyond response to others and independent of relationship? By this I do not mean to encourage a solitary or egocentric approach but to recognize a beauty that wants to burst forth which is incepted and sustained by your own force of nature. It is also time to discard reacting in conflict and welcome inspired engagement. Emphasis on inspired, for that is when action feels effortless. As mentioned before here I do not go much into the aspects as there are more than enough sources which provide excellent summarization of the astrology involved. I will just quickly mention that given that an eclipse releases energy relevant for the upcoming six months and Pluto is making a square to the eclipse and then the Moon’s nodal axis over much of the rest of the year points to one’s destiny being intensely triggered. Sudden or gradual, the movement here on out is powerful and undeniable. There is only the choice of cooperation or resistance. When the intention of every oscillation of nature is one of loving wisdom, I highly recommend we cooperate with the incoming and outflowing energies regardless of how uncomfortable it may feel. With the ruler of the eclipse Mars being in Cancer, one must however not neglect the emotions, which means how the body holds and expresses feeling. There is a softer guidance available at this time, the unbridled, spontaneous Aries energy is not operating in isolation. I will elaborate on Pluto’s squaring the nodes elsewhere. For now, here is how I receive the energies of the eclipse.
Yes, I know you are waiting my sprout. Sometimes even I must pause, did you know that?
There is more to gather, more to weld, more to dispense before my skirts are once again flowing in the wind. No matter now, stretch your neck through the black soil and let your soft head bask in the moving light. You are surprised it is warmer above than below! You forget it is not your first birth. We are ready again for each other, but we are not the same, it bodes ill to be so. Fool mine, seeking hither and thither for the water to glimpse your reflection. Drink instead my love. You are the custodian of the breath bestowed, and many more gifts seek you now. You must be able to bear them, to spread and curve your tendrils to catch it all as it arrives. It aches me too sometimes tender one, to watch as your fibres are pulled further and wider than you knew could be done. But you will revel in the intoxication of those who draw in your nectar and you will cherish the decree of my Will for you will know it is yours too. It is time to remember that one must be for many and that being must be of beauty or else my ache will never end. I have tailored it all so that you are not inclined to consider a cruel choice but first you must forget that there ever was one. I left that there for you to see, the ash of the harvest. The swiftness you crave is only thwarted by the unburned. This I do not ask of you, it will be done. You need only that which you already have, the force of your seed, which knows why it creeps and climbs, sturdier by the minute, replenished every moment you remember to draw me in. The forest is already in celebration of your every tremor, listen! Follow the drums and take your place at the helm of your realm.