Hello again,
Today, I’ve been working on my PowerPoint for the lecture I’m giving via Zoom this Friday (Jan 17) for Asheville Friends of Astrology.* The topic is the Eclipses of 2025. I’ve already posted Lunar Nodes and Evolution which gives information about what the Lunar Node is, how it relates to the Solar and Lunar eclipses, and what the signs involved will bring as our collective and personal lessons. After putting those lists in my slides on PowerPoint I turned my attention to finding the visibility of each Eclipse, seen on the map as the path the shadow takes across areas of the globe.
What is the Effect of an Eclipse?
All Eclipses create a change that brings an ending and is followed by a new beginning. The Lunar Eclipse brings changes in relationship(s), which is often with a person but can also be seen in a shift of relationship with places and affiliations. A Solar Eclipse brings changes in the outer world, and this can involve goals, homes, career path, authority, and reputation. Both have a six-month orb of influence.
In the individual birth chart, we can see where these changes will take place by knowing the house where the Eclipse takes place. Those with planets connected to the degrees of the sign of the Eclipse will experience the changes sooner than those without.
But the Eclipse also affects the areas on the globe where the shadow of the eclipse (Sun) or the transformation of the face of the Moon (Lunar) is experienced. Those areas under the path of greatest totality will be the most likely places to see important shifts occur in their governments and leaders. Geophysical changes can occur if that is indicated in the chart of the location itself.
This is why I began to seek maps showing the path of the eclipse visibility. What I found was a powerful validation of what is already in play.
The same can be said for the individual. Change is not a word most people like to hear unless they themselves are actively seeking that shift. Many fear that the change promised by the Eclipse will come out of the blue as a shocking surprise. If Uranus is involved, that can be true. But after decades as an Astrologer I would say that most of the time if we are observing how things are moving in our life during the months before an Eclipse, we will see signs of what the change will be. We may also have resisted this change for a long time. Then, the Eclipse comes to finally set it in motion.
The Lunar Eclipses of 2025
We have two Total Lunar Eclipses this year, which creates the dramatic orange Moon for viewers in areas with total visibility. This Eclipse is formed when the Earth blocks the light of the Sun from reaching the Moon’s surface.
The first arrives on March 13/14 at 2:55 a.m. EDT/11:55 p.m. PDT. It is at 23◦57’ Virgo (you may see this communicated elsewhere as 24 degrees as it is so close to being that). Relationship change is the theme, and the path of totality involves Canada, the US, Mexico, Central America, some western South America and Greenland.
This path is a validation of something we have seen in terms of a potential change in relationships with these countries. If you follow the political news in the US, you know these areas (minus western SA) have been mentioned by the President-elect as places he wants to acquire. It’s an unheard-of suggestion and there has not been any agreement from these locations. The suggestions have, in fact, been vigorously opposed. In the sign of Virgo, the suggestions are based on ‘business.’ But a shift in relationships with these places will and can already be seen.
The second Total Lunar Eclipse is on September 7th at 2:09 p.m. EDT. It is at 15 Pisces. The path of total visibility shifts to Russia, Ukraine, Eastern Europe, China, India, Israel, Gaza, Middle East, and Antarctica. These areas represent countries who are actively at war and those who are shifting their relationship to countries with the desire for acquisition of previously owned territories. It is also connected to areas that demonstrate the victimhood and martyrdom of Pisces.
The Solar Eclipses
We have two Partial Solar Eclipses. This occurs when the Moon passes over the face of the Sun. When a Partial Solar Eclipse takes place, some of the Sun is still showing and it often makes the Sun look like a bright yellow crescent Moon.
The First Partial Solar Eclipse is on March 29th at 6:58 a.m. EDT at 9 degrees of Aries (the previous north node polarity sign). It is two weeks after the first Lunar Eclipse took place. Changes in the world occur in the areas of greatest visibility which includes northeast Canada, all of Greenland, Scandinavia, Russia, Northern Europe, and the UK. In Virgo, we may wonder a bit about organizations like the European Union, NATO, and other alliances. Greenland has been mentioned as an area of visibility for the first Total Lunar Eclipse.
The Second Partial Solar Eclipse is on September 21st at 3:54 p.m. EDT at 29 Virgo. The shadow visibility makes a small path in the southern hemisphere, including all of New Zealand and more of Antarctica. We may see news developing beforehand for both of those areas, or something will occur that is surprising.
Information for Your Eclipse Experience
As mentioned above, if you take some time during the two months before the first eclipse arrives to think about what might be coming up for change in relationships or the outer world, you may be more prepared when the event takes place.
Even doing so, you might want to consider an Astrologicial Consultation which will also cover the current energies affecting your birth chart by both transit and progressions.
If you’d like to know how these Eclipses will affect your chart, visit the Astrology Readings Page on my website, or Contact Me for other ways to pay or about other services I provide: Classes, Consultations, Card Readings, Custom Blends for Bach Flowers and Essential Oils.
*To hear more about the effects of these Eclipses in the chart of people and countries in the news, register to attend and/or receive the recording for this Friday’s Zoom presentation by sending a suggested donation of $10 via PayPal to dhellman162@gmail.com and please be sure to send your Email address so Deborah can send the link and recording to you.
If you’re reading this after the Eclipse Presentation takes place but would like to get a recording, please Contact Me.