Sun and moon. "The Sabian Symbols for the Sun and Moon in this potent eclipse line-up are quite interesting, especially in light of the above. They are, for the Sun, in the 5th degree of Leo (4 plus degrees) “Rock formations at the edge of a precipice,” which might remind us of issues of earth and environment. Marc Edmund Jones, writing in the 1920’s, references “reality in crisis, offering a challenge to [humankind] as it pyramids in ramifying involvements until action or decision becomes an immediate necessity.” He goes on to assert that “there is no possible sustainment of individuality without an acceptance of difficulty as significant, and the accompanying realization that every shift in orientation is a demand for some enlarged self-discovery.” For the Moon, in the same degree of Aquarius, we find, “A council of ancestors,” which can be taken for the accumulated wisdom of humankind. Jones states, “The emphasis here is on the individual as challenge to the world at large… power through absolute self-integrity.” Indeed, it is high time for the arrival of a new form of statesmanship, one that takes as its genesis the chorus of individual voices expressing a total integrity of purpose and action. "

A Full Moon Eclipse of Renewed Awareness and Studied Action

https://www.astrograph.com/horoscopes/overviews/2018/July/27 A Full Moon Eclipse of Renewed Awareness and Studied Action Friday afternoon’s lunar eclipse in Aquarius, taking place on July 27th, is quite significant astrologically for several reasons, the first and most obvious being the eclipse Moon’s close conjunction with retrograde Mars. The cycle of retrograde Mars is thus highlighted, and, to review this, encompasses the entirety of the summer, turning to direct motion in late Capricorn by the 27th of August, and getting beyond its original starting point at 9 degrees plus of Aquarius only by October 9th. That’s a lot of time to reflect upon where our assertiveness is taking us, and why. This question gets to the heart of determining our purpose here on planet earth, this time around. The early degree of Aquarius and Leo occupied by Sun and Moon in this eclipse configuration also aspect several other planets, notably making a T-square to Uranus in the third degree of Taurus, greatly highlighting the presence of his trickster energy. As we attempt in vain to come to completion, fighting the Mars and Saturn retrogrades, now in semi-sextile aspect with each other, things are likely to go even further south. Along with a continuation of amazing events and total surprises we may want to look for unexpected enlightenment “in the strangest of places...”  Read more about the Lunar Eclipse Astrology »

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