Long after
eclipses are over and gone, they continue to affect events in our lives. This
is especially true in places where eclipses or major configurations
accompanying them aspect the angles. Shown here is the chart for the last solar eclipse of April 29, 2014 drawn
for London Notice that the eclipse [9ta] is placed in the 12th house and
square the meridian axis making it very significant for the place.
In mundane
astrology, the 12th house has rulership over “captivity,
imprisonment, persecution, prisons” as well as “scandals and skeletons in the
closet” [1]. By association it has a connection to the treatment of prisoners
and “human rights issues” [2].
The eclipse
[9ta] is conjunct Hamal, alpha Aries, Schedar, alpha Cassiopeiae, Azha, eta
Eridanus and gamma Cetus. The energy in these stars is for the most part harsh.
Passion, urgency and a primal quality
characterizes people and events here. There is quick temper and egotism
accompanied by impatience, lack of diplomacy, an inability to refine one’s
attitudes and actions. The Ram, fixed-earth Taurus and Cetus combine to create
an “aggressive fixity”. Diana Rosenberg lists “intolerance, violent expressions
of hatred and premeditated crimes” and
“attempts to exterminate or annihilate unwanted peoples” under these stars. However, if those here refine their attitudes,
channel their energies and eschew blunt force, there is great transformative
power in these stars. Here cultured Queen Cassiopeia can tame, restrain and
civilize the assertive, headstrong Ram. This was the position of the Sun when the League of Nations was founded in 1919 and that of Saturn
when President Roosevelt gave his “Four Freedoms” speech in 1941. [3]
Progressing
the eclipse chart to October 3, brings the Grand Cross to the angles. The
Ascendant [11li] is conjunct Mars [12li] and both conjoin the stars
Vindemiatrix [10li] of the Virgin and
omicron Hydrae [11li]..
The
constellation Virgo was sometimes
identified with the virgin goddess
Iustitia or Astraea, holding the scales of justice in her hand as the
constellation Libra. With both the Virgin and the Hydra here there can be issues
of morality vs amorality, corruption and greed vs justice for sins committed.
Describing
the star background in this area Diana Rosenberg writes.
Few other
skyscapes are so polarized between light and dark, clear air and suffocating
darkness, with a tremendous conflict between the Virgin’s honest, upright
will-to-do good and the Hydra’s dark lair of greed and arrogant self-interest;
some are tempted to dishonesty, and have trouble with the law. Many here
believe that cruel extremes justify the protection of their beliefs; there may
be atrocities, even drastic exterminations, dealt out or suffered. For those in
positions of power, their task is to turn war and hatred into peace and
co-operation. Other issues here include human rights, law, religious freedom vs
oppression, suppression, entrapment; whether to fight or compromise; cruelty vs
benevolence and justice etc.
Transits to
these stars (especially under the powerful Uranus-Pluto square) can bring about
major changes in laws, mores, governments and ways of thinking often preceded,
accompanied or followed by witch hunts. [4]
The eclipse
[9ta] was conjunct the asteroids Juno [2ta] and Toro [10ta].
Juno: question
of rights and fairness/compromise; enforcement of fairness in relationships
Toro:
Machismo; bullying; intimidation; muscle flexing-psychologically or physically;
challenging others; rough treatment
So that the asteroids raise the same issue. Can we
violate the rights of another by torture or rough treatment.
[3] Secrets
of the Ancient Skies; Diana K. Rosenberg (v.1, p.149-56)
[4] Secrets
of the Ancient Skies, Diana K. Rosenberg (v.2, p.64-66)
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