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Eclipses happen in pairs, within two weeks of one another, and these pairs usually twice a year (but not always) as new (solar new moon eclipse) and full moon (lunar full moon eclipse) cycles. Eclipse season can be emotionally bumpy and here are some pointers I’ve assembled over the years.

-Eclipses bring sudden shocks and surprises. The Universe will often pick you up from where you are and move you ten or twenty steps ahead.

-Time often feels distorted and bumpy during the weeks surrounding eclipses. It appears to accelerate.

-Eclipses are the cosmic clean up crew. Is something ripe and green, time to be tossed out? Is something unexpectedly growing in the corner? And is there something there for you, which you could cultivate for the future? Eclipses are growth-oriented; eclipses loathe stagnancy. It’s time to grow beyond the four walls you’ve known.

-Eclipses can bring wipe outs, endings or a healing crisis. A ‘crisis’, even though terribly difficult may be required to mobilize all your attention on this area of life so you can move past old limitations.

-New information often hits the scene. Secrets are revealed. Emotional or monumental in nature, something previously kept under wraps is thrust into the spotlight of our awareness.

-Eclipse effects will vary in strength depending on the planets/houses transited in your chart. Eclipses always transit an axis, or two areas, ‘houses’ of your life over a longer 18 month time period. In essence, this gives you a year and a half to integrate the new changes brought on by the intensely focused two-four week period of the eclipses.

-You may find your self in situations that are temporary in nature. For example, a pregnant co-worker goes into labor early which results in you doing their job for awhile. Eclipse events like this come onto the scene, quite suddenly, requiring all your adaptive resources.

-Receive, don’t act. Especially regarding new ventures – like marriage, business contracts, moving house etc. this is my rule of thumb: if an opportunity presents itself during eclipse season, sit with it. Don’t be so quick to act. The flickering lights have been known to pull a disappearing act soon after eclipse season ends, rescinding on the goodies, or giving opportunities presented a different twist than you thought.

-Change is in the air. Even though it’s a losing battle, we humans resist change, and eclipses bring changes. About what thing, relationship or activity are you most resisting changing? Consider that it could be an attitude or behavior holding you back.

-Eclipses are of the moon, so are emotional. Schedule plenty of “grounding” activities during the couple of weeks on either side of eclipses. Even those who sense rightness and celestial harmony amidst disharmony can find the sheer number of unknowns circulating in the agitated emotional atmosphere anxiety-inducing.

-Eclipses as easily wear the clothes of ‘happy’ life events as so-called ‘unhappy’ ones. Yet no one knows how anything will turn out during eclipse season. The wild nature of eclipses dictate that some of the most difficult events can turn into beneficial ones, and vice versa. I apologize for sounding like a fortune cookie, but: regard your misfortune and your fortune with equanimity. There’s a message in both.

-Keep your antennae up high! This is the season of messages and messengers. Intuition is incredible right now. Be receptive to the information you receive because you are receiving it during eclipse season. Magical synchronicity is happening all around you in the form of conversations, repeating themes, and illuminating awareness on an issue that’s ‘ripe’.

-If you find your self anxious, transform your fear of the unknown into excitement & curiosity. Eclipses intently and insistently move us along our path. They are very exciting this way. The trick is to stay grounded while following whatever presents as an opportunity to discover more about you. Tap the wild and wide eyed energy in the air while periodically grounding your self in reality.

- Finally if you’re in the dark about what this eclipse means for you you can ‘mine the past for the future’ by looking backwards in 9 – 9 1/2 and 18-19 year cycles. For example the eclipse on June 26, 2010 had sister eclipses on June 24, 2001 and also on June 25, 1983. Even though the biographical information of your life is quite different now, your internal landscape may be similar. And yesteryear’s eclipse events can offer that wonderful hindsight gift of 20/20 vision. Here’s where positive validation comes in: you don’t have to repeat that same pattern that tripped you up, now. Those changes you navigated in the past, can now bear wisdom fruit.

2010 Eclipse Dates* & Signs:

1/14/10 New Moon Solar Eclipse 25’01′ Capricorn, 11:11 PM
6/26/10 Lunar Full Moon Eclipse 4′ 46′ Capricorn, 4:30 AM
7/11/10 Solar New Moon Eclipse 19′ 23′ Cancer, 12:40 PM
12/21/10 Lunar Full Moon Eclipse 29′ 21′ Gemini, 12:13 AM*
*PDT. Dates may vary by up to one day, depending on your time zone

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