SYD 6/6 – 7.14AM          LOND 5/5  – 7.14PM           NYC 5/6  – 2.14PM

Here we are on eve of the eclipse season. This one is pretty special as ordinarily we would have only groups of two eclipses in the one period of time but we will have three happening concurrently for this season. The first happening on the 5th or 6th of June, depending on where you are on the planet. 

 This Lunar Eclipse will have a noticeable affect on us for approximately three months. As with all eclipses, they follow the nodal transits which amplify the areas for growth and release in our lives. This particular eclipse is on the Sth Node of Sagittarius so if you know where that is in your chart, it will shine a light on that specific house or area of your life. Let me know if you would like me to help you with that if you don’t already know. 

So with Sagittarius and Gemini being highlighted here we will be asked to explore and examine the higher mind (Sagittarius) and also with the lower or cognitive mind (Gemini). These energies are what we call ‘mutable’ so there is much room for movement and change at this time and particularly if you have mutable signs in your birth chart and even more so if they are on or near 15 degrees of the signs – Gemini, Sag or Virgo. Either way, we are all affected to some point, but it will be felt more if in certain houses – the angles, or around these degrees. 

Also we have this full moon opposing the Sun and Venus in Gemini and forming a T-square to Mars and Neptune in Pisces. There is a real call to action happening here. The push from Mars in Pisces is around health, medicine and is watery and deep in its concern for our need for connection and spiritual purpose. With Venus currently in retrograde motion, we are feeling the need to review how our relationships and values systems are fairing. We have literally been socially isolated and in some cases, quarantined and it is no mistake that this global pandemic is reflecting back to us the importance of what we value most and also how the financial shifts are forcing us to question how we’ve been running our lives and under what kind of system. On a global level for example, look at how China is working to rewrite the ‘one system two countries’ framework with Hong Kong. Look at the current chaos and uprising in the US with the racial riots. Institutions all over the world have been rocked under these tense transits over the last  year in particular. This has had a huge impact on global financial markets, health, job security and all of us are getting some kind of shake up under these tumultuous conditions. This eclipse will be most visible around Australia, Asia, Africa and parts of Europe, not unlike the Full Moon eclipse in Jan this year. 

Lunar Eclipses are like super Full Moons and they tend to make us subjective about relationships and the feminine principles. Having Venus retrograde until June 26th magnifies these areas even more right now. Deeply buried emotions may come to the surface for healing. It really is a potent time for personal awareness and epiphanies. The square aspect to Mars in Pisces could see us taking action on where we may be lacking in some areas of the senses and so provoking us to tend to some personal challenges that are laid bare. With the Sun in Gemini squaring Mars in Pisces it’s all about the ego, mobility, action, communication, health and making things happen. From the 11th – 14/6, Mars will conjunct Neptune so it will be imperative that we check in to see we are coming from a good place and that how we operate will be better if done for the greater good and not only for our own ego. Be aware of your intentions and think beyond the self. 

Mercury is slowing down  for his Retrograde phase in Cancer which will be from 19/6 and going direct on 13/7. Although the shadow period will be from around the 10/6 so be mindful of decisions, communications, plans and arrangements etc. With Mercury being in watery and nurturing Cancer, the communication is very different to the energy of airy and mercurial Gemini. This is about connecting the head and the heart. The urge to protect  and nurture comes forward in us. It’s a sensitive time so thinking about our feelings before expressing them will be important. Use your emotional awareness and maybe post-phone if you feel that now is not the time to discuss certain important issues, especially with Venus in Gemini and being retrograde. Venus goes direct on 26/6 so we will be operating under a busy sky with the eclipse season and these tense aspects and transits. It may be easier in late July to tackle those personal problems as the communication may be easier at that time rather than in the middle of these retrogrades and discordant energies. 

This eclipse kicks off a rare extended eclipse season with the three instead of the usual two. With this one being on the South Node we can ask what beliefs are being challenged for us right now and what we may need to shed and let go for our inner personal growth. With the Sun being soon conjunct to Venus Retrograde it is about our hearts and what we love and value. It is so important to be kind to ourselves and each other. There is a real feeling of a lack of clarity globally so of course we all feel this internally as well. A positive aspect in amongst this is the sextile between Mercury and Uranus. One that can bring in new and innovative ideas and shifts in energy. Mercury in Cancer can bring a fresh perspective on the home front and connection well with Uranus it can be about technology so no wonder we’re seeing many working from home and finding alternate ways of conducting business. We are opening ourselves up to the higher principals of love and wisdom, especially with Venus Retrograde and Mars in Pisces – triggering  a heightening of passion. Let love come through as the more authentic power during this time. 

Lunar eclipses are about exposing the shadows, forcing to the surface many secrets that have been buried for a long time. People are crying out for social and moral justice. This Full Moon and Solar Eclipse reminds us to speak our truths and to communicate clearly. Real change happens when we all pull together and call for better and healthier systems to provide a framework for the fundamentals of human rights. 

Take care and stay well and be kind to each other during this incredible time of growth and expansion.