Solar/Lunar Eclipse in March

[astro.teacher]

It has always been said that a Solar and Lunar eclipse (I believe both have to be full) taking place during the same month will be the worst month for the countries whose ruling Signs are found in conjunction with the Solar/Lunar Eclipse.

March 3rd Lunar Eclipse happens with;
Moon: Virgo
Sun: Pisces

Virgo Locations : Greece : Achaia : Crete : Mesopotamia : Affiria : Cicilia : Athens : Rhodes : Alexandria : Hierusalen : Corinth : Tarrante : Benevent : Farare : Pavia : Basle : Paris : Lions : Tholose.
http://antiquus.50webs.com/Virgo.html

Pisces Locations :Lydia : Lycia : Cicilia : Pamphilia : Calabria : Normandy : Rattisbone : Roane : Compostella.
http://antiquus.50webs.com/Pisces.html

March 19th Solar Eclipse happens with;
Moon : Aries
Sun : Pisces-Aries.

Aries Locations : Brittany : Germany : Almany : India : Judea : England : Naples : Florence : Imole : Capne : Ferrara : Venice : Verona : Pavy : Carcony : Marsell : Saragosse.
http://antiquus.50webs.com/Aries.html

What to expect? Expect major disruption and problems in these locations. We can see theres going to be conflict in the Iran/Iraq(Virgo) and probably some major problems in Europe(Aries). This will be a very bad month according to this position. There are larger Sign/Location lists, I have just included this one to illustrate.

Aaron Brody - Astro.Teacher
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Antiquus Astrologia

[Moondance]

Isn't the solar eclipse only partial?

[astro.teacher]

Ah! My mistake! I notice that Wikipedia has both dates for March(partial)(2007) and August(total)(2008). I apologize I got them confused. However I still believe it is of significance, maybe not as strong as a total eclipse would be. Ancient & Traditional authors didnt specify whether it was manditory for a total eclipse, at any rate, look to those locations in March!

Aaron Brody - Astro.Teacher
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Antiquus Astrologia

[Discover]

How do these eclipses affect one's own charts? I know that ancient astrology feared eclipses and were related more to doom and gloom...but over the years, I have seen eclipses actually bring positive results too.

[astro.teacher]

There is a specific reason for the "doom and gloom" prediction of these; it comes from the fact that both the Sun and Moon are of completely opposite and opposing qualities, the Sun is hot and dry, the Moon is cold and moist. The Sun is Fire, the Moon is Water. With Eclipses, your putting fire together with water, thats not a pretty combination. Why the eclipse has suddenly become a "good" thing is beyond me. There is nothing good about mixing two things of opposite qualities, you can never mix water and oil, they just dont get along.

Also lets not forget that the Moon blocking out the Sun, who is the prime giver of life I think should be the greatest symbol of bad omens. It always brings me back to the idea of the Greek Fates snipping the thread of mortal life (the Moon being the scissors and the Sun the thread). Natally, you should look who has more power out of the two Planets, where its placed in the chart, what are the aspects to it & etc. for greater understanding. You cannot judge these things individually.

Aaron Brody - Astro.Teacher
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Antiquus Astrologia

[SimplyRed]

I have noticed and read that the solar eclispes may bring a boost to a conjunction of a planet.

Lunar brings problems out in the open to be solved.

Iraq, Tony Blair is pulling out. This is a pre signal to the eclispe. It will really heat up after the eclispe. An eclispe can be felt before it happens.

Last year eclispes had the pluto square where pluto's bad effects may have been felt by many experiecing the eclispes. The mutables.

It seems that much can happen depending on other transits as well.

Uranus is closer to the north node, so this will play into the game. the unexpected.

Saturn is still in separating square of the north node. Now the fixed signs are in the game as well. Saturn is applying the friction to the north node. uranus and Saturn at logger heads.


Saturn and Neptune are still in opposition.
Unexpected results from the war in Iraq or the illusion will crumble completely apart.

[Discover]

Hi Astro teacher,
In modern astrology, I have read that eclipses can also be considered to be windows of opportunity...I understand your reasoning behind the element mix, and so forth...but I would be careful when interpreting other people's charts to start pointing out only disaters regarding eclipses.
In Vedic astrology, eclipses are considered Rahu-ketu points; which sometimes indicate fated events...Fate doesn't always have to be bad. Perhaps I am being an optimist, but there's enough drama in the world to still keep focusing on more negativity...
That's only my opinion though. Everyone is entitled to their own style of interpretation.:o

[astro.teacher]

I make sure my readings are realistic, you cant ignore the negative just as you cant ignore the positive. By showing the negatives we can see areas that the native needs to work on. Even the greatest detriment can be a catalyst to making the greatest change. Thats my reasoning for giving realistic readings. I find people appreciate the honesty.

Thanks for the information on Vedic, I've never heard that before it is quite interesting.

Aaron Brody - Astro.Teacher
http://antiquus.50webs.com (http://antiquus.50webs.com/)
Antiquus Astrologia

[Discover]

Hi Everyone interested in March's eclipses...I found the info in this site quite interesting:
http://www.horoscopeswithin.com/eclipse.php
2007 ECLIPSE INFORMATION

HOLDING THE POWERFUL ACCOUNTABLE

Eclipse dates below
The Babylonians were the first to discover that eclipses belong to a larger pattern with a beginning, middle, and end. Each eclipse belongs to a series of eclipses and each series has its own unique characteristics. The characteristics of an eclipse are repeated approximately every 18 years with some minor variations. This long term pattern is called the Saros Cycle. At any given time there may be several dozen different series of this cycle in effect and each Saros Cycle takes well over a thousand years to complete.

The ancients believed an eclipse to have irrefutable consequences if it touched a key planet in a persons birth chart. The ancients could often predict an eclipse, however they did not know what caused them. They were feared and viewed as omens due to the appearance of a dark shadow consuming the light of the moon. The reddish color of the moon during a lunar eclipse put fear in their hearts believing that the moon was being eaten or consummed. Though the ancients did not understand what modern science has discovered about the causes of an eclipse, they did know that an eclipse could change the course of history for an idividual, or a nation.

In the study of astrology, eclipses have been viewed as wild cards in a person's horoscope. An eclipse is much more intense and their effects are longer lasting than a typical new or full moon. Although the occurrence of an eclipse can be predicted by their timing, the results of the eclipse may vary dramatically from one eclipse to another.

In any given year there are two eclipse seasons. Eclipse seasons are not fixed and can occur in any month of the year, although they always fall about six months apart.

Solar eclipses occur at least twice a year, but never more than five times a year. The greatest number of solar and lunar eclipses that can occur in a year is seven. Solar eclipses and lunar eclipses go together in pairs. A solar eclipse is always followed by a lunar eclipse with an interval of 14 days.

There is a wealth of information available about what causes an eclipse; therefore, I will refrain from all scientific evidence on this page.

A solar eclipse occurs at the time of the new moon when both sun and moon occupy the same degree of the zodiac. Having the sun and moon in the same area of your chart suggests that the energy will be amplified and directed to matters governed by that house in your birth chart. A solar eclipse signifies a fresh start which can also bring about radical change, like a new chapter beginning in your life. The affects of a solar eclipse are shown in the outward expressions of our circumstances and can present us with very exciting and joyous developments.

A lunar eclipse occurs at the time of the full moon when the sun and moon are in opposition to one another. The sun and moon are at the point of maximum stress and represent the culmination of events. A lunar eclipse becomes a catalyst from which dramatic change occurs based on what has already been experienced in your life. A lunar eclipse often brings with it a sense of finality, or unavoidable conditions to the area of your chart that it touches. You will see changes in the area of your life that the eclipse touches and quite often the energy of the eclipse affects the house polarity. Therefore, the matters related to both houses in your chart should be considered during a lunar eclipse.

As an example: If your first house is ruled by the sign of Scorpio and it is affected by a lunar eclipse, the eclipse may point to issues governed by Scorpios opposite house of Taurus (the 7th). This particular example may mean that decide to leave a long term committed relationship, or something happens concerning your partner, therefore it affects you personally. Lunar eclipses bring closure to that area of our lives. If your marriage or business relationship has been fraught with difficulties, the lunar eclipse may bring something out in the open that helps to put your relationship troubles behind you. There are a number of ways your life could change due to the effects of a lunar eclipse in your chart.

When my husband and I were dating he had an eclipse in his house of contracts; that same eclipse fell in my career and my 4th house of home and property. The day of the eclipse he received a call from his boss that he was going to be transferred right away. That evening we had dinner together; I could see that something was bothering him and questioned him as to whether everything was alright. He told me that he was being transferred to another state and wanted me to go with him as his wife, and within a few days he was gone! I accepted the responsibility of packing up his home, because he only had time enough to take what he could pack in his car, my children had to finish school, I had to prepare to leave my job, and get my house in order and ready to sell.

An Eclipse can present opportunities for major transformation; this is the time when the energies are more amplified and focused. An eclipse may force you to move forward faster than you might have moved without its help. An eclipse may force to take action in an area that might have stalled and is likely to bring changes that are completely beyond your control.

The following eclipse fell in my house of romance. On the day of the eclipse he came back for the weekend and put an engagement ring on my finger! I took him to the airport the following day and drove home staring at the engagement ring on my finger. I was amazed by what was going on in my life and how fast it was changing. My husband told me that if he had not had to move so quickly, he might not have asked me to marry him when he did. We both knew where the relationship was going, but neither of us would have guessed that it was going there the way it did. So, in a few short months my home changed because I moved and sold my house, my job changed because his contract changed, and my personal life changed from dating to marriage.

A lunar eclipse may touch you at an emotional level as it's energy is also directed inward. You may you feel a sense of loss, sadness, or depression, as the moon influences or moods and our emotions. A lunar eclipse can remove something from your life in order to replace it with something more suitable for your current lifes's path. Letting go of that which we have grown accustomed to is a difficult process for most of us. During the time of an eclipse we are asked to step out of our comfort zone and experience something that will help us in the process of our development as a human and spiritual being.

My house of romance, as yours does, also governs children. My children were happy about the marriage, but it was an extremely difficult time for them emotionally to be uprooted and moved across country away from family, friends, their school, and the only home that they had ever known. The energy of the universe pushed us forward in a new direction. It was stressful and emotional as is common during the time of an eclipse, but we made it through and we are all in a better place in our lives with the help of the universe.

Astrology defines the lasting effects of an eclipse by its duration. The general rule for the duration of a lunar eclipse is that its effects lasts in months as long as it does in hours, up to 6 months. The general rule for a solar eclipse is that its effects lasts as long in years as is does in hours, up to 3 ½ years on average. Astrological research has proven that the effects of an eclipse can influence your circumstances permanently.

As you can see by the example of my own circumstances, they were completely changed by the eclipses in 2004. You should expect changes to occur within one month of the eclipse, or taking up to six months to complete if an eclipse touches your chart in a personal way. You should also be aware that the eclipse may possibly affect that area of your life indefinitely.

Not everyone is affected by every eclipse, but we all experience eclipses at different times in our lives. The universe gives each of us challenges and fresh starts even when we don't recognize the need for change. Find out if you will be affected by this years eclipse. Look to eclipse activity if you feel like your life has been thrown a monkey wrench. Look to eclipse activity if your circumstances change suddenly and without warning.

Generate your birth chart, find the sign that will be touched by the eclipse, and look to issues governed by the house which that zodiac sign rules in your chart. This is the area of your life that will be influenced by this years eclipses. Be sure and read your monthly horoscope and stay with Horoscopes Within for valuable and informative news concerning this year eclipse seasons. You are your sun sign and your risign sign.

Eclipse cycles have been recorded and a table of Saros Cycles (or Saros Series) can be found at NASA Eclipse Page. Another valuable source of information for eclipse data, saros cycles, and the duration of an eclipse can be found at MrEclipse.com.





Total Lunar Eclipse- March 3, 2007
13:00 degrees Virgo

Partial Solar Eclipse- March 19, 2007
28:07 degrees Pisces

Total Lunar Eclipse- August 28, 2007
04:46 degrees Pisces

Partial Solar Eclipse- September 11, 2007
18:24 degrees Virgo

[utopia]

hi all,

During an eclipse, a very strong and huge energy comes out. So the negativity or positivity comes from; how you use the spreading energy. If you can use it for creativity and progress then we say that is positive and vice versa...
and also they show; in which part of your chart you should use that energy by aspects the eclipse makes to tour chart.

so eclipses are good if and only if you can use them in your life.:)

[SolarSiren]

Wow! Everything in this article(about another Pisces/Virgo eclipse, not this one) I read happened a few days ago,
even though the eclipse doesn't hit any planet..(Maybe Moon very widely, 10 degrees in 3rd).

From www.astrobarry.com (http://www.astrobarry.com)....


Tomorrow's eclipse holds quite a potential to shake us up on the emotional level, with floating bits of anxiety that obscure their real causes and split-second epiphanies that lead us to take radical stands (particularly relationship-wise).
That's because the eclipsed Moon will be conjunct Uranus, the planet that hoists swift, sudden splits from the status quo upon us. Uranus demands we follow the beat of our own drummer—even if we must embrace strange new realities and/or walk away from attachments that hold us back.

Lunar eclipse + Uranus = Doubly-electrifying emotional emancipation.

But if you clutch too firmly to outdated notes on what you're feeling, some external force may rip the cheat-sheet right from your hands.
Lunar eclipses, like the one tomorrow, are about releases into heightened awareness of the feelings we've tried to push down or keep hidden.

When the eclipse comes, these feelings are dragged out from their dark recesses and introduced to the world like long-lost family members who we may or may not actually find likable. You know how full Moons are thought to bring out the 'other' side of our personalities? With a full Moon lunar eclipse, this factor is multiplied times at least three.

Lunar eclipses, which occur only when the Sun and Moon are opposed to one another, also often play out their action through a relationship to someone else. Out of nowhere, we discover our feelings about the other person aren't what we thought they were—but do we like 'em even more or </I>not anymore</I>? Of course, the same situation can instead happen to us, as suddenly our favorite friend is cursing us out or trying to get us in bed. Or is it our partner who just doesn't come home one night?

In Pisces, this eclipse plays upon our most diffuse psychic sensitivities, such that it isn't always clear if the intensified emotional nuttiness is ours… or belongs to someone else, whether our most intimate relation or a stranger on the street. All things Pisces have a knack for eluding our full understanding, appearing to be one thing, then disappearing into the ethers before we're doing saying hello.

Pisces also tends toward romanticizing situations, letting us see what we want to see. If, during these couple weeks, an opportunity or connection seems too good to be true… well, you know where this is going.

[unukalhai]

Both of this month's eclipses appear quite powerful. Both include significant interaction with Chiron :D

The quickly approaching lunar eclipse of Mar/03...
a) The Moon occulted Saturn on the 2nd, visible from Europe.
A GIF animation, via SpaceWeather.com, from Slovakia...
http://www.spaceweather.com/swpod2007/02mar07/Pavol-Rapavy-occSat_1172809660.gif
If your monitor has a poor contrast ratio you may have to take a good look to notice Saturn just below the Moon in the animation. It is fairly dark.

b) The lunar eclipse opposes a Venus/Chiron sextile, forming a yod. It also opposes Uranus.
VE/CH is at 12Pis48, The eclipse at 12Vir59'45.

http://xs413.xs.to/xs413/07096/03.03.07.luecl.gif

c) As far as national chart interaction.. The eclipse sextiles the USA Jul.4.1776 chart, opposes the Sun/Saturn conjunction in the March.4.1789 USA Constitution chart, conjuncts Saturn of the Feb.1.1979 Iran chart, conjuncts Mars of the 01.01.1901 Australia chart, trines Uranus and conjuncts Jupiter in the Dec.25.1991 Russian chart, and probably other hits I'm not aware of. Realize that an eclipse hit to a national chart requires other contributing factors to actuate a notable event.

d) The eclipse is a dead-on hit to GW Bush's Chiron/Pluto midpoint (12Vir59), and 4 arcmin from an opposition to the Jan.20.2001 Bush Administration Jupiter/Chiron midpoint (12Pis55).

[SimplyRed]

Wow! Everything in this article(about another Pisces/Virgo eclipse, not this one) I read happened a few days ago,
even though the eclipse doesn't hit any planet..(Maybe Moon very widely, 10 degrees in 3rd).

From www.astrobarry.com (http://www.astrobarry.com)....


Tomorrow's eclipse holds quite a potential to shake us up on the emotional level, with floating bits of anxiety that obscure their real causes and split-second epiphanies that lead us to take radical stands (particularly relationship-wise).
That's because the eclipsed Moon will be conjunct Uranus, the planet that hoists swift, sudden splits from the status quo upon us. Uranus demands we follow the beat of our own drummer—even if we must embrace strange new realities and/or walk away from attachments that hold us back.

Lunar eclipse + Uranus = Doubly-electrifying emotional emancipation.

But if you clutch too firmly to outdated notes on what you're feeling, some external force may rip the cheat-sheet right from your hands.
Lunar eclipses, like the one tomorrow, are about releases into heightened awareness of the feelings we've tried to push down or keep hidden.

When the eclipse comes, these feelings are dragged out from their dark recesses and introduced to the world like long-lost family members who we may or may not actually find likable. You know how full Moons are thought to bring out the 'other' side of our personalities? With a full Moon lunar eclipse, this factor is multiplied times at least three.

Lunar eclipses, which occur only when the Sun and Moon are opposed to one another, also often play out their action through a relationship to someone else. Out of nowhere, we discover our feelings about the other person aren't what we thought they were—but do we like 'em even more or </I>not anymore</I>? Of course, the same situation can instead happen to us, as suddenly our favorite friend is cursing us out or trying to get us in bed. Or is it our partner who just doesn't come home one night?

In Pisces, this eclipse plays upon our most diffuse psychic sensitivities, such that it isn't always clear if the intensified emotional nuttiness is ours… or belongs to someone else, whether our most intimate relation or a stranger on the street. All things Pisces have a knack for eluding our full understanding, appearing to be one thing, then disappearing into the ethers before we're doing saying hello.

Pisces also tends toward romanticizing situations, letting us see what we want to see. If, during these couple weeks, an opportunity or connection seems too good to be true… well, you know where this is going.

Should be exciting or liberating. LOL, the real full moon werewolves come out
and whowl

[IntoAstro]

Does anyone have personal experience with eclipses taking place on their natal angles?

[Neptune Rising]

That is a beautiful picture of the Moon oculting Saturn, I'm definately going to get a telescope!

Neptune

[Discover]

Interesting article on spring eclipses:
http://zodiacarts.com/whatsup/BootsHartSpecRpt.shtml

[Arian Maverick]

Does anyone have personal experience with eclipses taking place on their natal angles?

According to the article Discover linked to, I will be particularly affected by Solar Eclipse of March 18-19 because all of my natal angles fall within the given degrees:

Ascendant:

23 Pisces through 3 Aries:
This is a transformational period in life as a whole and being a willing participant in the process produces more positives than resistance. Doing things which fit you best but which are in their nature a gift to others is most apt. Be grateful, not egotistical.

Descendant:

23 Virgo through 3 Libra:
Let go of assumptions, expectations and appearances in favor of personal quality and ability is as essential as respect for what you do and how you do it. If you need to make changes, make them. Be honest an realistic in all things – with self and others.

Midheaven:

23 Sagittarius through 3 Capricorn:
Are you really willing to live up to your beliefs? If so, be prepared to be a leader. Doing so leads to new opportunities and the chance to not only make good on your own self respect but in time, to go back and take care of issues from the past.

Nadir:

23 Gemini through 3 Cancer:
Using those assets which you have been reluctant to use before now is the way forward – yes, you really do have to risk being successful. Growth requires patience and perseverance. Either way, it’s a choice – your choice. Make sure you make it.

Unfortunately, I have not had enough awareness of eclipses to give any personal experience, so I'll be along for the ride with you...

Arian Maverick

[Arian Maverick]

The image here is that of the prism and rainbow; although in our lives we are meant to learn across an entire spectrum of subjects, it’s the synthesis of those many colors which produces white light…the truth, purity and completeness of our human incarnation.

Wait a second...this reminds me of a Sabian symbol in late Pisces, within the degrees given! :eek:

Do you think this was deliberate or an unconscious tapping into higher energies? I'm personally shocked to come across this again, because I once attempted to intuitively find my Ascendant by meditating upon the Sabian symbol for each of the possible degrees of my Ascendant, and this was the one I most strongly resonated with...

Arian Maverick

[unukalhai]

That is a beautiful picture of the Moon oculting Saturn, I'm definately going to get a telescope!

Neptune

I've been thinking the same thing... Although I think I'm going to wait until I move out of urban hell so I can actually see something past the haze and city lights. City life is so overrated! When I was a kid and lived in a relative paradise of suburbia, I convinced my parents to get me a scope... I spent countless hours with it. They probably thought it was the best money they ever spent, as my young self was a real pain in the **** :P I miss those days... :)

Here's another...something you can't see from Earth, a picture in ultraviolet of our Moon transiting the Sun, seen from NASA's new Stereo-B spacecraft, 1 million miles from earth. I suppose this is fitting for a thread about Sun/Moon alignments :)
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/12mar_stereoeclipse.htm
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/images/stereoeclipse/transit_still1_strip.jpg

[Frisiangal]

Does anyone have personal experience with eclipses taking place on their natal angles?

I have searched the forum but can no longer find the thread in which I wrote regarding the Sept. 2006 and March 2007 lunar eclipses that fell across my husband's Asc.-Desc. axis, and MAY have influenced mine although they were a bit wide.

I have since looked up the Saros cycle explanation in B. Brady's 'Predictive Astroogy' a.k.a 'The Eagle and the Lark'.

For Sept. last it said (page 319):
'Separation and loss. To finish something and feel sad at its completion. Physical injury is also possible through over-straining one's strength. This is not the time to undertake strenuous physical activity.'

For 13 March it said (page 320):
'This is a very physically expressive Saros Series. Accidents, great physical effort, violence or any sudden events. Positively....first time snow-skiing, or it can be felt negatively in terms of accidents and so on. The approach to take.........to undertake some physical activity, with an ever watchful eye to safety.'

On a sunny mid-January morning this year, my husband suddenly decided to clear the gutter of mess. The ladder he was on slipped under him and he fell
2.5 meters onto garden tiles. His legs took the fall, shattering the left ankle and breaking the plateau of the right under-leg (Squarius-Uranus ruled area.) He has been in hospital/convalescent home ever since. Both legs still in plaster and brace.
Just last week he began physiotherapy with the ankle and massage of the right leg muscles. Slow progress because of the nature of the breakages. It will be at least June before he is (slowly)walking again.

F.

[SimplyRed]

On 28 degrees Pisces is my Venus/Mars midpoint, however never really considered midpoints except maybe sun/moon midpoint.

I believe as mentioned above ecipse bring in freshness to one's life through challenges and conflict. It is like tweaking your chart and becoming aligned with your cosmic call or the soul imprint.

Have not looked at any countries charts, but it seems much will be revealed in the coming weeks and months around Iraq and the possiblity there will be a thought no one can deny anymore. We were mislead as a nation that Iraq had nothing to do with terroism.

Pisces illuminates when at it's best. The square of pluto to this eclispe may bring in some power plays or we may begin to see the effects of misuse of power.

The is the same eclispe of 1969 and 1988.