Total Solar Eclipse in 20 Leo

Moments in the Flow…Where the Shadow Falls

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On Wednesday, August 12^th at 1:37 p.m. EDT the waning Moon joins the Sun at 20 Leo. This New Moon is also a Total Solar Eclipse. A New Moon is generally a time when we set intentions for what we want to transform or release, and what we would like to seed as goals for the coming month. And we can look at doing that, with focus on the Leo areas of creativity, self-expression, romance, entertainment, children and investment. But this time we are dealing with the configuration of Moon passing between the earth and Sun, blocking the face of the Sun for those who are in certain areas.

And the orb of influence for an eclipse is up to 6 months. Those with direct connections to 20 Leo or major aspects to that location will generally feel the effects sooner than others, but with the Solar Eclipse we will all experience a change in the outer world, both personally and collectively.

As I said in the Moondays Report for the week ending on August 9^th, this week before the event is a good time to ponder what might be ready to release and transform in your outer life. The house of the birth chart where the eclipse falls and aspects it creates may give more clues. While the idea of change is not always welcome, you might find a change coming that will be beneficial in certain ways, too. And if not, there is a reason for the experience to arrive on your path in life.

Where the Eclipse is Seen

The locations on earth where the shadow of the total eclipse can be seen will be areas where notable changes and sometimes dramatic changes will take place. They have done studies where they found a change in the magnetic field at this time. And that accounts for the difference in behavior we may see in the animal kingdom. Birds, for instance, won’t be flying or making sounds.

After many years observing the maps that show the path of an eclipse visibility, particularly a total solar eclipse, I have seen time after time how the area under this shadow will have significant events take place. In the ancient days, it was considered unlucky to be under the shadow and it was believed to herald the ‘death of the king’ as the Sun and the sign of Leo are both representing authority and royalty.

This chart gives the places and the times the Eclipse begins, then the time of Totality, and then when the Sun begins to reemerge and finally when the Eclipse is over.

León (Spain) 7:32 p.m. 8:28 p.m. 8:30 p.m. 9:22 p.m.

Reykjavík (Iceland) 4:47 p.m. 5:48 p.m. 5:49 p.m. 6:47 p.m.

Valencia (Spain) 7:38 p.m. 8:32 p.m. 8:33 p.m. 9:01 p.m.

Zaragoza (Spain) 7:34 p.m. 8:29 p.m. 8:30 p.m. 9:07 p.m.

Seeing the Partial Eclipse

The places where the Partial Eclipse can be observed are too many to name and while a map is usually best, this eclipse has an unusual path and covers too much area to be seen clearly in an image that can fit onto the page. The one below from Wikipedia is the smallest image I could find. But I will say parts of Canada and US cities from Philadelphia, PA through NYC, Boston and more will have some of the energy affecting them over the next 6 months. Major Cities in Europe, like Berlin, Lisbon, London and Scandinavia and Eastern Europe are included. However, NASA has a video that is a better way to see what will happen.

The Astrology of the Eclipse Chart

The Astrological Chart for this event is also quite interesting. We find many ‘exact aspects’:

· Mars conjunct Ceres at 0 Cancer,

· Mars and Ceres are in exact sextile to Chiron in 0 Taurus.

· Venus in Libra in exact trine to Uranus at 5 Gemini.

· Another’ basket or cradle’ forms from the exact sextile of both Venus and Uranus to Mercury at 5 Leo.

The Chart and the Current Issues in the US and Around the World.

The current world emphasis on food production and consumer activity is also seen by the Mars Ceres conjunction…and their relationship to Chiron in Taurus as the wound of high prices and the geophysical issues with drought, flooding and fires causing food deprivation.

Cancer is also the sign of home and family, and the interest rate for loans is making it hard for people to buy and maintain homes, while the unregulated cost of renting does not make that a good alternative. The rise of Democratic Socialism and their candidates winning elections is not as scary as it sounds…social security is socialism, not communism…and seen by the Libra Venus Trine to Uranus in Gemini and the sextile to Mercury in Leo which can signify inspired thoughts of creating laws that would counteract these issues and create greater care and stability for children and investments.

Six months from now in the US we will have seen what happens in midterm elections while the investigations of fraud in 2024 are now involving the investigation of trillionaire Elon Musk. His would be a chart to look at for this time. A quick glance shows his Cancer Sun being squared by Neptune (what secret comes to light) and his Mars at 20 Aquarius is being opposed by the Eclipse conjunction at 20 Leo. (His activity on electronic media is under question.)

The major issue for #47 at this point is the negative, Saturn-effect of the south node spending a long time on his Ascendant and moving toward his Mars. And this south node at 29 Leo is conjunct the midheaven for the chart set for Washington, DC, one of the places we see the partial shadow.

We have the negative polarity for Leo the cost of gilded statues going up on the roadway in DC while the citizens suffer from the economic situation. When the south node hits his Mars, we may find him escalating warlike behavior. That’s what happened after the August 2017 total solar eclipse occurred and was on his Mars.

Pluto is conjunct the Sun of Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House, who is coming under a lot of pressure due to recent happenings in Congress. The transiting nodes are squaring his natal Saturn at 29 Taurus and Venus will move along in Libra to join his Uranus and then oppose his Mars in Aries so we may see destabilization and difficulties in his position of authority in the House.

Many others, especially in the countries under total shadow, will find dramatic issues in aspects to their charts during this Eclipse. But this is a good sample for some under the partial shadow here in the US.

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