by Agni Jnana Yannanda
featured artwork Wanda Koop
Partial Solar Eclipse & New Moon
October 25th 2022, 6:49 AM EST
The eclipse season is a powerful vortex of energy that heralds changes and opens new possibilities. Whether we want to acknowledge it or not, the energies are present and the gravitational field of our Solar System suspended within the Milky Way galaxy affects us on both an individual and collective level.
As we enter the eclipse season, first, on October 25th at 6:49 am EST, we are to experience the Solar Eclipse in the constellation of Libra (please use your iphone with any of the sky apps, point it to the sky and check for yourself – Guru within), in Swati Nakshatra, followed by Total Lunar Eclipse in Aries, in Bharani Nakshatra on November 8 at 6:01 am EST. The partial eclipse takes place when the Moon’s Nodes are quite far 5 to 12 degrees from the actual New Moon degree while the total eclipse takes place when the Nodes are within 0-5 degrees.
Partial Solar Eclipse, Vedic Chart
Sun, Moon, Venus and Ketu in Swati Nakshatra
Total Lunar Eclipse, Vedic Chart
Ketu, Mercury, Sun, Venus in Vishakha Nakshatra
What’s your karmic story? Sun / Moon / Venus / Ketu revelations
Partial solar eclipse is traditionally less extreme than any total or lunar eclipse, however, if you have any points or planets on the degree of the eclipse you should expect great intensity! With the Sun, Moon, and Venus conjunct Ketu, the South Node, this is the time of releasing all past karma. But it can also be the time when we suddenly gain awareness of spiritual wisdom inherited from our past incarnations. As Venus represents love, beauty, and arts, you may access an abundance of artistic skills you developed in ancient Egypt, or Byzantine Empire… Similarly to Venus Rx transit, It’s possible that a lover from the past will suddenly reappear in one’s life, in person or through the spirit / dream world. Pay attention to the messages you receive during this time. In order to attain moksha, one needs to come to terms with all the accumulated karma, Ketu/Sun/Moon/Venus suggests that the karma of past relationships ought to be released.
Ancient scriptures suggest to stay calm and centered during the eclipses. Do some type of soothing ritual, especially if it affects a planet or point in your chart. Throughout the entire eclipse season, between October 25th and November 8th, do not make any rushed decisions. Stay centered, meditate and pray.
Myself, during the eclipse season:
Western Astrology South Node in Scorpio / North Node in Taurus
The Sun represents our ego and self esteem, the Moon, our emotional realm, with the South Node in Scorpio the emphasis is on overcoming destructive behaviors, addiction to drama, tendency to manipulate others to get what you want at all cost. It’s also a time of reckoning with negative ancestral patterns and past lives of traumatic experiences that lurk in our subconscious. This eclipse season is the perfect time to cleanse your mind and heart from all unwanted feelings, people and situations. Whenever you feel the need to engage with any type of drama, think twice. This doesn’t mean to live in the fool’s paradise where there is nothing to worry about nor any social cause worthy of our fight!
Once upon a time, a long, long time ago, relatively speaking, there was a guy who went by the name Ptolemy. He was a bit of an arrogant bloke, and mistakenly thought the world revolved around him. One day, after one red wine glass too many, he decided to stop the Heavens at zero degree Aries. Since that time, the branch of astronomy analyzing the correlation between the human psyche and the planetary alignments has divided, creating the field of Western Astrology practice today, that is currently experiencing a revival on Instagram, with some brilliant astrologers sharing their wisdom, and many others copying and pasting – which is totally fine. We are experts at it as we memorized many astrology books by heart, but please do look up at the skies like the ancient Sumerian Priestesses did! Agni Jnana is well versed in both systems: Western and Vedic; below are the Western charts for the eclipse season:
Agni Jnana Yannanda
The One Who Speaks With The Stars
