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To be honest with you all: I personally find Eclipses to be kind of a pain in the butt. Why’s that? Because they can have a powerful effect, but predicting how that will play out is sort of slippery. Most sources will tell you to “expect the unexpected” from them if they are in close aspect to an important point in your chart, or that they serve as a “wild card.” Yes, that’s true, but it also sounds almost like a cop-out. If it’s my job to forecast the future for clients, me saying “expect the unexpected” almost makes me sound like I might not know what I’m doing.
Second: Eclipses rarely deliver on the day they are exact. The point where they occur in your birth chart tends to linger until the next set of Eclipses, lurking there until another transit sets them off. Surprise!
(Good news: not all “surprises” are bad!)
But, we simply can’t ignore Eclipses, at all. Here are the rules I find work best for me when interpreting their effects:
-I personally only count them as aspecting a major point in your chart if that aspect is the conjunction, opposition, or square. This is similar to the Vedic rule about how to interpret aspects from the Nodes (which, as Vedic puts it, “cast no rays.” A trine or sextile from an Eclipse point to your Sun sounds nice, but I don’t find they have much effect.
-An Eclipse is going to be a lot more significant for you if it takes place “above the horizon” in your birth chart. For example, the June 21st Eclipse is at 0 degrees Cancer, and the July 5th Eclipse is at 13 degrees Capricorn. If your Ascendant is, say, Virgo? The first Eclipse is likely to be much less of a big deal to you than the second one. But of course, all the transits have to be taken into consideration.
Now, having said all that, let’s dive in to the Eclipses of 2020!
Lunar Eclipse, January 10 2020, 20 degrees Cancer
THE MAJOR FEATURES: The Moon opposite the Sun, Saturn, and Pluto? Oh my! It’s a good thing that Neptune will be sextile that point, which might help.
WHO SHOULD PAY ATTENTION: Those of you (and you probably know who you are already) who, like me, have been in the Saturn-Pluto bomb shelter for the last year or two.
Lunar Eclipse, June 5 2020, 15 degrees Sagittarius
THE MAJOR FEATURES: Neptune may have taken the edge off of the last Eclipse, but this time Mars and Neptune are conjunct, square the Eclipse point. Don’t let overconfidence lead you into a trap.
WHO SHOULD PAY ATTENTION: Anyone with major placements between 11-19 degrees of the Mutable Signs (Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, Pisces).
Solar Eclipse, June 21 2020, 0 degrees Cancer
THE MAJOR FEATURES: Nothing too dramatic here as far as other aspects to the Eclipse point, but that doesn’t mean this one can be ignored, especially if…
WHO SHOULD PAY ATTENTION: People with major points in their birth chart at 0 degrees of the Cardinal Signs (Aries, Cancer, Libra, Capricorn), plus or minus about 4 degrees.
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Now: have a look at your chart and your transits for those date, and come back next time for Part Two!
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