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Emotional shock and reform.
The total lunar eclipse on Saturday July 28, 2018 at 04°44′ Aquarius will be conjunct Mars. The warrior planet makes this an emotionally altering eclipse. There is a square aspect (90◦ angle) to Uranus which will make the heated emotions more impulsive, but they are diluted to a degree by a soft semi-sextile (30◦) aspect to Saturn. This lunar eclipse will be the longest one in this century, so it is one to not be missed!
Aquarius is ruled by Uranus, which is known to be the reformer – it rules revolution, inspiration, and change. With so much compounded energy forcing you to let go of something futile and rapidly embrace all the various new opportunities you have, it's time to trust in the cosmos.
It is interesting that the Full Moon/Eclipse will be at 04°44′, as in numerology "444" relates to practical activity, and inspiring others to plan for the future in a methodical manner. The number 4 relates to the planet Uranus, which like to bring surprises, so having 444 emphasizes the need to not let things get out of control, but to learn to be strategic.
The eclipse is classified as a Total Lunar Eclipse, and will be seen from Melbourne, Australia on 28th July starting at 3:14am, and will reach its maximum coverage (all red) at 6:21am, then will finish at 7:29am.
Change is never easy (unless you have lots of planets in mutable signs!), there will be many pockets energy to understand what is happening during this emotional mayhem of the blood moon. These pockets of understanding will allow you to see where the path you're now moving on leads up to. There is something incredible waiting for you on the precipice of your destiny. The Blood Moon can be equated to a manifestation of a crash – although it is a crash you were always meant to survive and to renew yourself from.
The Moon-Mars conjunction is the strongest influence on the lunar eclipse and will make you feel courageous, sensual and brave. Your quick instincts and fighting spirit can be used to defend your home and family – watch out for the difficulty to control your strong emotions. If you start to feel irritable or impatient, it is a signal that you need to back off and try to relax. You are likely to lose your temper or act irrationally if you stay in an agitated state. If you can’t calm down then try to apply your energy to something or someone you really care about. This could range from cleaning your house to giving a loved one a stimulating massage; these are things that are ruled by Mars and the Moon.
Mars is currently retrograde (meaning the feisty energies are directed within), so there are an excessive amount of sexual tension and frustration which is difficult to express. Mars retrograde means you should think twice before acting. Repeated themes will reinforce which of your strong desires need more background work before being acted upon. These events could be excruciating but are needed so you back off and don’t make a major mistake. You may have struggled with destructive Mars behaviours like anger, rage, violence or sexual manipulation. If so, events will force you to admit you have some anger management issues. This too, could be a very painful experience.
Moon Square Uranus can cause rapid mood swings and impulsive reactions. There can be a feeling to be jumpy and have little patience for anything requiring commitment or focus. Likely to lash out and rebel against anyone who tries to tie you down, Uranus makes it harder to relax because of an unsettling feeling, or anticipation of something new just around the corner. This is not a good lunar eclipse for making sudden changes, especially in close relationships. The natural instinct here will be to run from any emotionally demanding situations.
Look to your own natal chart to find out where the lunar eclipse will fall into – look for where 4◦44’ Aquarius is, and that will indicate what house (area of Life) will be affected the most.
It is important to remember that lunar eclipses take away energy, as it wants to help you finalize ideas and projects. Always look to the polarity (opposite) house and sign as to what the eclipse will be in, as nothing in Life is a single event – everything is a duality.
If this eclipse falls in your 1st house, it is time to take a strong stand and change your appearance and image, and your independent thinking will be highlighted. This is an all-encompassing time to gain greater Self-awareness. The strong sense of Self will aid you in experiencing shredding off any old masks that you have hidden in, showing your true nature to the world, as the desire to be individual and unique will flourish (oh how Aquarian).
He challenge here is to balance personal initiation and identity with meaningful relationships in your Life.
The polarity to the 1st house is the 7th house, so if the eclipse lands here, there will be a heavy weight on the Self through relationships (not necessarily with a significant other) Upheavals in the large meaningful relationships, ranging from emotional shocks, or even deepening intimacy are apparent. The realization that you have been wholly absorbed into a relationship so much that you have lost your own defining edges can being an emotional shock. You can find yourself questioning the relationship with things like “Who am I in this partnership?”
Overall, these from this 1st-7th house polarity are about identity crisis, Self-hood relationships.
If the lunar eclipse falls in your 2nd house, there will be a raised concern over how you spend, save, and accumulate money. Your sense of value over your material possessions and how you view money as a whole will shift vigorously. The sense of Self-worth and the value you put on your Self will be of major concern. A crisis here could shake you up at your base. The inner wrestling with how much to invest can make you rethink if it is all worth it in the end.
The polarity to this is the 8th house, and eclipses are always particularly intense here. This brings on a deep soul-search, and those of you who will experience this will have the heavy energetic pride of debt or even toxic entanglements. Purification and purging is a good way to help summon the emotional courage to transform and transmute your darkest fears into some sort of productive action. Banishing the intensity surrounding sex, or even meeting your or another person’s dark side is a large possibility.
Overall, the eclipses here in the 2nd-8th house axis involve development or extravagant natural talents, which enable you to realize your values, your potent fertility of the Self and the death of old habits.
If the eclipse falls in your 3rd house, watch out for brash or petty arguments with your siblings or anyone in your direct environment (neighbours, house mates etc.). There will be an emphasis on how you communicate with those around you, and the feeling of changing how much emotion you put into what you say. A jolt to the nervous system is in order, and this can very much affect the networks that you are plugged into. The eclipse here can activate an urge to be trained into a new field, leaving behind the information that you have known for a long time.
The polarity to this is the 9th house, which lures you out of your known box and put into the edge of a new personal frontier. As a path opens, and trust in the cosmos is underway, you are now ready to grow beyond your known borders – this can be on a philosophical level, literal travel or into a new type of higher learning.
Overall, the eclipse on this axis involves a quest for consciousness, gaining credentials, and a newfound thirst for knowledge.
If the lunar eclipse lands in your 4th house, the attention to your home Life will be triggered. Forces that shape your emotional body are at large, and can be triggered off by an event. The event should be used for bringing yourself back to your roots, as a sense of responsibility should not be overlooked.
The Polarity to this is the 10th house, and this is relates to authority and our public image. As it is a lunar eclipse, this will more so indicate giving away rather than taking on board a new image. It is important to overcome emotional legacies that keep you from symbolically climbing that mountain to prove yourself to the world.
Overall, this polaritive axis related to home-career engagements, emotional roots and ancestral legacies.
If this lunar eclipse falls into your 5th house, this will highlight the uniqueness that you possess. It can be a wake-up call to take control of your creative gifts and use them better than how you have been doing do. Experiencing the acknowledging need for recognition and setting out a path to use your talents is a wonderful idea at this time.
The polarity to this is the 11th house, and this relates to extended friend networks, hopes, wishes and any humanitarian issues. The ending of friendship groups is common, as lunar eclipses related to ending things – everything comes and goes in Life, so take the time to emotionally prepare for this is this has been happening in your social circle recently. You can meet unique, odd characters in your Life who can be of social support, giving you original ideas or the like.
The fifth-eleventh house axis will urge you to make a name for yourself whilst bringing social networks together, and can lead to a shift to the inner child.
23/7/2018