The Solar Eclipse: July 11, 2010
On July 11, 2010, there is a solar eclipse in 19 Cancer 42, and with the lunar eclipse in 04 Capricorn on June 26th, the two weeks between the two will hold considerable drama (for those affected by the eclipses.) To work with this chart, run the eclipse for your current (or birth) location and enter those angles, expecting them to offer focal points. Then think about the natal House in which the eclipse degree occurs. If your chart is being affected by the eclipse, matters or people of that House are already making a strong impression.
The usual approach with an eclipse is to construct a tree structure (all the midpoints to the eclipse degree,) to a quadrature of the eclipse (and that’s to 11 Taurus 54 for this one,) and to the Aries/Sun midpoint (in 24 Taurus 42 here.) To construct a “tree structure,” place a working dial over the chart, turn the pointer to the target degree (such as the eclipse, the quadrature or the Aries/Sun midpoint) and note all symmetries. I’ll cover a few of them, but you can use radix or directed factors from your chart to complete symmetries with eclipse factors. For instance, if you enter your Sun (or angles) on this chart, what eclipse points form a symmetry or midpoint to the eclipse degree?
The
event agenda of an eclipse is set in motion by the time that the transiting Sun
makes its approaching square to the eclipse degree. With this one, if your chart is getting “eclipsed,” you began to
really know that in early April.
Intervening lunations have only made it clearer! Events and attitudes brought by the eclipse
can include:
Amor/Juno: While events can test the love your feel for others and the necessary boundaries in relationships, there can also be issues about the heart of partners & others.
Kassandra/Zeus-Node: Exchanges with others go to the core of whether you believe them, listen to their advice, or “hear” them when they’re angry or impassioned.
Asclepius-Toro/Demeter: There can be medical issues that affect the muscles for a child or that are tied to diet (and a lack of magnesium shows up as muscle cramps or spasms.) The idea that a medical condition that affects the strength and means that someone requires a care giver is also here as are health matters that affect the appetite. There is a reminder here that diet (and other ways of nurturing the self) are essential to health.
Aesculapia/Hekate: Physical symptoms can be more noticeable at night. There may be interest in The Old Wisdom when it comes to restoring health; there may be attention to “watching over” someone who’s ill.
Ophelia/Kronos-Proserpina: You may see that people over-react to a father or government officials because they feel somewhat abandoned or left to their own devices.
Pallas/Pluto, Rx-Jupiter: You’ll observe ways in which politics thrive on using morals, principles, the guise of help, or other “superiorities” as a backdoor grab for power. In more personal terms, it’d be well to recognize that sometimes when folks “do” for you, they too are being helpful from more complex motives. You want to watch what is happening to your integrity when you go too far to make another happy.
Poseidon, Rx/Uranus, Rx-Hades: Under this pattern, the media can feature war atrocities—and this includes seeing a film about things that suddenly go horribly wrong. Media coverage of a form of “peasant revolt” can also occur. There may be attention to the intelligence behind cyber crime (such as the Conficker virus;) there can be attention to the ways that a religion is linked to secret abuse. You may hear more about rather primitive religions—especially those that thrive on notions of Evil. There can be moments when unexpected crappy things present a severe test of your beliefs.
Persephone-D’Arrest/Hades-Saturn: While we may hear more about the way that the loss of a job or the absence of work has caused people to dramatically experience a sense of not belonging and not having a security system, you may also note that some of the problems of aging also contribute to a sense of isolation. Stories about abandoned children or runaway teens may serve to remind us of “the sins of the fathers.”
(Sphinx/Arachne)/Lilith-Panacea: For those affected by the eclipse, there can be questions about complications as they try to decide on what will make their situation better. Part of the problem here is that there are “unknowns” (about what’s really involved and about proposed cures or treatments.) In other ways, folks are trying to make decisions…but there are important things that just aren’t known now. Watch for other situations when Decisions are Questioned.
And this brings up the fact that each of these midpoints aren’t separate from each other. Each symmetry is “part of the story.” To reach for a more complete picture, you form “orders.” We’ve said, for instance, that Kassandra/Zeus = eclipse and that Sphinx/Lilith = the eclipse. An “order” then states that Sphinx + Lilith – Kassandra = Zeus…”One can question decisions because they aren’t sure to believe in the success of a plan.” Similarly, you might formulate the “order:” Sphinx + Panacea – Asclepius = Demeter for: There are questions about the treatment plan for an illness of the parent or child. So if one symmetry parallels a situation in your life, compose orders with others to have a more complete picture of the scenario.
Odysseus/Cupido, Bacchus, Hera, Phaethon, Vesta: Contained here are such things as: a trip to visit family; estrangement due to addiction; separation from the partner; a journey by car; and an estrangement attended by a level of indifference. (One possible “order:” Odysseus + Hera – Hades = Persephone: Estrangement from another contains elements of the fact that problems have caused one to feel Alone and without support.
Hidalgo, Rx/Kron: There are times when differences of opinion aren’t expressed; there may be instances when it’s wondered what the expert, father or official HASN’T SAID.
Pythia-Apollo/Apollon-Eros: With the Pythia-Apollo, folks can seem to be “slow learners” because, despite how similar to past mistakes a situation seems, they manage to predict for themselves a different outcome. They seem to have forgotten that leopards still have spots and don’t suddenly grow stripes. This reaction occurs then when there are multiple incidents with their heart, reproductive system or sexual relationships. Yeah, right, this time will be different!
Venus/Askalaphus: Medical problems can compromise the skin, veins, kidneys, or pancreas. There can also be ailments associated with sugar and insulin. An illness may cause love and affection to bloom.
Eclipse axis: If you have points around 19 Cardinal, 04 Mutable, 11 Fixed or 26 degrees of a Mutable sign, your chart is in the eclipse path! You may be having some “dark days” and not be sure why (yet.) Behaviors and attitudes that used to work for you are no longer working. You’re being pushed to change and to release old attitudes and defenses. It’s important to be kind to yourself as you go through this process.
Just to pick up a few midpoints from the structure to a quadrature of the eclipse:
Psyche/Vulcanus: Not only are there reminders now of the power of one’s emotional history (and how it drives one to act it out and find it in current situations,) you may have insights about compulsion.
Neptune, Rx/Poseidon, Rx-Circe, Rx: Sometimes a weakened person refuses help; sometimes a dissolving ego doesn’t turn to a faith for assistance; sometimes the work of Spirit isn’t obvious.
Mars/Pluto: As usual, this midpoint can bring disturbing weather patterns that affect lots of people. It can also point out the discrepancy between lower and higher Will (so examples of Tilting at Windmills can occur!) Really, this is Admete-Mars/Pluto and that’s more apt to mean that one’s will is blocked and they’re in a situation that is beyond their control. At times, you may see that a long-held or deep-seated anger has turned ugly and towards the desire for revenge. A better use of the energies is to apply steady work and effort and leave the results to the gods. J
Orpheus, Rx/Uranus-Hades: There may be historical accounts of deaths, life threats that occur quite suddenly, or investigations into unexpected loss of life.
Of course there are many more symmetries to the quadrature (in 11 Taurus 54) that you can pursue, but let’s grab a couple of the midpoints to the Aries/Sun midpoint as these also describe the eclipse agenda:
Psyche/Hippokrates, Rx: Not only do we find neurological disease possibilities here, but there is also a sketch of the mental-emotional effects of illness.
Chiron, Rx/Kalypso: A major change isn’t obvious; you or another may be hiding the fact that something important has changed; a change may occur on an internal level and, for a time, you conceal the fact that it has.
Grieve/Mercury: Although there can be grieving for a sibling or neighbor, there can also be phone calls with sad or serious news or topics. Your internal self-talk or state of mind may also be working through a grief process.
Poseidon, Rx/Libitina: The media may devote coverage to a funeral; there may be some note of how “religion” is handled within a funeral type service; there can be interest in beliefs about death and the Afterlife; there may be messages from one on The Other Side.
Again here, there are lots more midpoints to the Sun/Aries Point midpoint in 24 Taurus 42 (such as Zeus/Kronos where we think about exploding planes, military leadership, anger at the father or officials,) so you have enough to work on to carry you right through these summer eclipses. I hope there’s enough here to get you started. Mundane public events always do a great job of showing us the intentions of an eclipse, so watch the news! (And, if your chart is in the umbra, remember to treat yourself with special kindness as you deal with the opportunities that are disguised as losses now.)
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