
January 31, 2018 – 12:26 UT (Total duration of eclipse 5 hours and 17 ‘)
The personal element and its contribution to collective awareness. How do we perceive the way we receive validation, love and acceptance.
Love, creativity, social life, collective causes and activities, their expansion and meaning in life
We need to have fun personally and collectively, to be present, to express feelings with creativity, heroism, warmth, pride and drama, as well as receive confirmation. This theme is “highlighted” by the Full Moon on the Leo / Aquarius axis, which reflects our very own relationship with love and creation. This polarity is about what ultimately constitutes the relationship between who we are / what we want and how it is incorporated and validated in a wider whole or relates to our hopes and dreams. How we give and receive love, the nature of love and friendship (filia) are themes of this polarity. This emotional need to receive validation is intense, and becomes even more intense with the eclipse phenomenon, and as the Moon is in perigee responses will permeate the collective sphere with enthusiasm, creativity, courage, self-confidence and drama. Sun in Aquarius is the source but also the driving force of this need: What is our emotional personal position in a larger group context and how do we reflect the light by those who identify with shared values, beliefs and hopes (friends, groups of people, social environment, purposes).
We usually witness a special acceleration of events and developments during eclipse periods, and that is probably something we have collectively and personally felt since the end of December when Mars activated the current eclipse from 11 degrees of Scorpio. Something that has been brewing for a long time gives us the impetus to evolve, to become more conscious and to obtain information that was previously inaccessible. At the same time, we are experiencing the culmination of the current Lunar Cycle that began on January 17 in Capricorn, and speaks about clarifying what is essential in our lives, while we have set some goals towards implementation.
The Moon’s call from Leo is of prime importance, it has to do with being who we are. It says I need to rejoice, create, fall in love, excite, live, play, and I find it difficult to respond to what I do not like. It is a heart felt disposition, and an attention seeking one too. It dramatizes, deals with affairs of the heart, expresses the personality and enhances emotional generosity. It is a proud position, which unequivocally states its presence. In the element of fire and fixed modality, the Moon expresses the emotional child that we all have within us, and responds with warmth, creative spirit and stability cultivating an erotic mood towards life. We may not even be aware of the source or how we will get to the prime motivation of this need because of the “shadow”. This is also the very mechanism of charging and intensifying that will create the conditions for “removal” of the elements that prevent its fulfilment. Emotions and automated responses may be highly charged and volatile. Continue reading




