Full Moon Eclipse March 3, 2007

Full Moon Eclipse March 3, 2007

6:17 pm EST

3:17 pm PST

12:59 Virgo Moon /Pisces Sun

The eclipses are here! The eclipses are here! Our full moon lunation on March 3^rd is an exceptionally powerful eclipse where the earth stands between the Sun and Moon so earth’s shadow is cast upon and darkens the face of the full moon. Eclipses in ancient times (and today) portend the endings of kings, the fall of countries or leaders. When we look up eclipse in a dictionary, aside from the definition of obscuring a celestial body’s light we find 2. loss of light: a loss or blocking of light; 3. decline: a loss of status, power, or favor; 4. shadow: to block the light falling on something, or cast a shadow on it; 5. outdo: to outdo in achievement or become more powerful or popular than something or somebody. It comes to us from the 13th century via Old French and Latin from Greek ekleipsis, from ekleipein “no longer to appear or be present,” from leipein “to leave.”

Back before electricity was harnessed and turned into lightbulbs, when we could NOT control the big sky lights ruling our life, the Sun or Moon appearing to turn off and back on in the heavens, in the middle of the day or the night was very big deal! God, or whoever was in charge, said “Light be gone!” and, slowly, like a magic trick, the Sun or Moon were turned off. And then they were slowly turned back on. What cosmic magic! And looking around, after such a supreme light show, what do you know, voila, a king would fall dead or a leader be toppled or a country collapse in the next few months! Pretty amazing stuff those eclipses!

As the light of the Sun or Moon is removed from our view in the heavens, we find similar lights, in the form of male or female people, removed or turned off in our lives. Of course, now, with our astronomical wisdom, we know why eclipses take place and what they actually are ~ not some dragon swallowing up the king or the queen or the country or the cosmic lights but shadows blocking each other‘s light and our vision of them. However, we all know that shadows count! Especially shadows happening to the biggest and boldest objects flying around our world in the heaven.

One of the reason eclipses are so powerful is because they find a new or full moon aligned with the karmic nodes of destiny. Every day the Sun and the Moon pass the over the same part of sky. Where their separate journeys meet, the nodes of the moon are found.

Think back to strobe lights or spot lighting. The focused lights or pulses draw attention to what they illuminate. When the lights go off, we do not see it. When the lights come on, we notice what they are pointing to. The light in your chart is going to pulse on the part that is 13 of the mutable signs Virgo and Pisces as well as any planet found 13 in your chart. When our perception of light changes, how we view things is affected, and the changed light reflects the change in our lives change.

Second, the Lights involve the Nodes. As things go over either the north or south nodes of destiny, things arrive or leave our lives. We move along to a new place. Nodes and lights dancing together mean Big things. Important things. Stuff we care about. That is why those nodes are called the nodes of destiny. Our destiny literally changes right before our eyes as signified by the blinking lights in the sky from an eclipse!

The eclipse also features Uranus riding with the Sun and the North Node in Pisces. The moon in Virgo is sitting on the South Node. It is a let go and let go again moment. No fussing, or worrying or obsessing. There is not a single thing you can do except know things are moving toward where they are supposed to be going. It will slip right away, toward what it is heading for, AS IT IS SUPPOSED TO DO!

Third, if you are bold and brave enough, think back to what was going on in March 1989, when the eclipses set off this degree. Back then, the Virgo part of your chart was losing something it relied on like a habit and moving toward its Piscean soul‘s future. The same story, in a slightly different outfit, is up and dancing around in your life now. Time to let go of some old out worn habits and patterns to move toward a new vision of yourself and your life. See how much progress you have made since then? How time has ripened and wizened you? Revisit the story from that time (and the people from back then too if you can) and understand it in a different way through the lens of your life. If you are old enough, think back to March 1971 when you had yet another experience echoing the Virgo/ Pisces development of following your soul’s path versus hanging on to old habits, routines and rituals.

The point of the eclipse is to have you examine your fixed parts. The fixed parts of our chart are where we do not like to change, at all. However, change is part and parcel of life. We’ve been getting conscious of how our beliefs make our fixed parts of our life stay in ruts. The problem, or perhaps gift, of fixed parts is they are fixed and don‘t change much over time. We have to ACTIVELY AGREE TO CHANGE our fixed parts and EXTERT EFFORT to make that change happen. And Even IF we do exert effort, there is a very good chance our fixed parts will slip a bit back into their old ruts when left unattended for a while.

Our fixed parts and houses in our chart are important. They provide us with Stability! However, our fixed parts can and do need to change every now and then. Not very often, admittedly, but our fixed parts do need to change. They are changing now. The old trees in your forest are falling. The structures you have built in your life are dissolving. Your dreams are whispering that they want to take on new forms and create new images to move towards and wish for. So give those dreams of yours permission to change, run, evolve, do and be. Give yourself permission to widen your fixed parts a bit, to let your fixed parts stretch, to let that stuck, stable, reliable, dependable, predictable, fixed, loyal part of you go and run barefoot on the beach, take a month off or listen to your dreams.

The eclipse also involves a bit of difficult energy in feeling as if you absolutely, positively, completely have to do something! The eclipse will make you think you have to pick between this option and that option. I want you to come up with 17 other options besides this or that, before you choose. No limiting your vision of what can be or what your choices are. No feeling trapped into choosing between two unwanted choices, neither of which you particularly want, while Mercury is retrograde, Saturn is retrograde, and the eclipse is pushing and pulling at you emotionally.

Write down one more option. Or five more options. Or 43 more options or perhaps stop at 17. Just explore, open your mind, open your visions to what can be. Not just the options you see before you. More options. Give yourself permission to have more options, dream more options and let more options evolve.

Our world is full of diversity. Diversity is a good thing. We pack ourselves into ‘normal‘ when in fact diversity is better. Celebrate diversity. Eat food you don‘t normally eat ~ brussel sprouts perhaps? Or turnips? Do something you don‘t normally do ~ take a hike and make your leg muscles ache. Paint your finger nails bright purple. Or maybe shave off your hair as Britney did. Just a teeny, tiny change ~ nothing permanent. Just a teeny tiny change because you are alive, it is spring, it is the eclipse and life is changing around you. And see what happens when you do it.

Onto Lynda Hill’s Sabian Images for 13 Virgo Moon. Virgo Moon at 13 evokes the Sabian image of : A POWERFUL STATESMAN OVERCOMES A STATE OF POLITICAL HYSTERIA

Commentary: ‘A Powerful Statesman Overcomes a State of Political Hysteria’ pictures someone being able to take charge or reign in energies that have gotten out of control. Indeed, as there i
s some ‘Hysteria&rsquo
; involved, something could have blown out of all proportion to reality. The ‘Powerful Statesman’ may be a person (or people) who is strong, charismatic, and energetic or has a powerful place in society, giving them a position of strength. This gives them a sense of authority, as others will often listen to what they have to say. Just one word from such a person can turn entire situations around with very little apparent effort.

Oracle: You may find that your situation is getting whipped up as people get carried away with the energy that’s around. There is a need to get the upper hand to bring about a stabilized outcome-to ‘Overcome’ the ‘Hysteria’. It is through the ‘Power’ of the personality, being the ‘Powerful Statesman’, that things can be resolved and brought to a state of equilibrium. Regaining control of one’s thoughts, psyche and emotions can ease tensions and bring the situation back to normal. Changing one’s mind about an issue that may have been overpowering can enable, a whole new view of one’s position in life to crystallize. Discipline and control will help in this situation; this can be on a physical, mental or spiritual level. Looking after the small problems as they arise helps to stop them turning into issues that are larger, and more difficult to control. It is always better if we notice when things are just beginning to get out of hand or out of shape, not waiting until things are ‘Hysterically’ messy. After all, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Call on an your higher nature to regain control and bring the situation back to normality.

Keywords: The power to sway the mob. Having the charisma and talent to turn situations around. Reining in elements of personality that get out of control and take over. Pulling the rope tight. Mind control. Political savvy. Knowing what to say and when to say it. Keeping your mouth shut and ears open. Rhetoric.

The Caution: Conscious emotional manipulation and bullying. Misusing charismatic energy to sway others to personal advantage. Being aggressive, demanding and overbearing. Hypnotic persuasion. Propaganda. Misinformation. Using “political speak” to control situations or people. Emotional repression.

The Sabian image for the Sun at 13 Pisces is A SWORD, USED IN MANY BATTLES, IS NOW IN A MUSEUM. Lynda Hill’s expansion says:

Commentary: ‘A Sword’ that has been ‘Used in Many Battles’ is ‘Now in a Museum’. It has most likely seen many struggles, battles and conflicts. It may have had to defend the honor of someone or something, and now it is placed in a ‘Museum’ where people can come and look at it and wonder at its history. The ‘Sword’ is such a masculine image, strong, heroic, metallic, sharp, hard and forbidding. The ‘Sword’ has done its job and now needs to be put away, somewhere where it won’t need to fight or defend. The fact it is in ‘A Museum’ points to the fact that it is a reminder of the battles of days gone by.

Oracle: When reminded of the ‘Battles’ of the past, hopefully we are influenced towards peace, but we are also uplifted by the memory of the strength of the participants, their bravery and valor. You may be faced with the choice of fighting for something or reasoning with the intellect. This can be confusing if you lack training or experience in the ways of doing ‘Battle’. The obvious message is that it’s time to lay down one’s ‘Sword’, not in order to necessarily surrender, but in order to stop “the warring”. Perhaps this pictures someone who doesn’t know when to give up taking others on and fighting. This Symbol shows it’s time to give up ‘Battling’, to aim now for more peaceful solutions. There may have been a lot learnt in the ‘Battles’ you’ve experienced, but one thing that’s best learnt is that continuing to fight may lead to a bitter end, with no one being a true winner. Now’s the time to lay down the ‘Sword’ and accept love and peace back into your life. Putting the ‘Sword’ away in a ‘Museum’ can allow others to benefit from the struggles that have been undertaken, without worrying about how this weapon will be used in the future. How long can one go on battling, fighting and defending?

Keywords: Willpower. Martial arts. Putting aside thoughts of vengeance and revenge. Hanging up or laying down one’s ‘Sword’. Trophies of conquest that remind us of the past. History. Aging and maturing. Retirement. Remnants of battles. The Sword of Destiny. Souvenirs of the past. “Words as Swords”. The Spear of Destiny. The Sword Excalibur. Disarming weapons. The search for truth and justice. Suits of armor.

The Caution: A lack of sensitivity. A pretense of one’s abilities. Giving up and “falling on one’s sword” from defeat. Grudges. Wanting to go into ‘Battle’ at the slightest excuse. Selfish agendas. Weapons of mass destruction or weapons of mass distraction? Pre-emptive strikes. Defensive behavior.

Mundane: The eclipse chart cast for Washington, D.C. puts the nodes angular across the Ascendant and Descendant. The South Node is on the Ascendant indicating a leader in Washington will fall, due to Virgo type details and habits of the moon or feminine. My money is on Dick Cheney, as he has major points activated in his chart. Will we ever get a verdict in the Scooter Libby trial?! I am on pins and needles!

The eclipse also falls near the USA Neptune in the 9^th house and across the third/ninth houses suggesting foreign instability coming to our shores and affecting our thoughts, beliefs, or illusions of how things work. More about that comes with the next set of eclipses in September 2007. If we combine the current eclipse with part two of the Saturn/ Neptune opposition taking place smidges of seconds in cosmic time (and three days in our kind of time) before the eclipse, we can expect major realignments in

our world, our country and our vision of what is important in our lives. Certainly, the recent stock market correction triggered by China dumping 9% of our currency is making for volatile revisions in our trade (3^rd house) policies.

Copyright © 2007 Anne C. Ortelee

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