May your heart to be your compass
and mindful communication be your ally
in the unknown territory ahead.
Release old grudges,
breathe in new life,
redefine relationships,
renew clarity and align with integrity.
May you be unafraid of your shadows
as the Ring of Fire illuminates
the heart of justice
and the blade of truth.
Solar Eclipse in Libra is your touchstone:
acknowledging, balancing,
initiating harmony in life.
Seeking equilibrium and peace
amidst agitation, sorrow,
upheaval, and loss.
The heart of justice is truth telling, seeing ourselves and the world the way it is rather than the way we want to be.” bell hooks
Ring of Fire
Solar Eclipse Libra
October 14, 2023
10:54 am PDT
The Moon is at its farthest point from the Earth during an annular solar eclipse. Between the Sun and the Earth, the moon partially blots out the sun’s rays, creating a ring of fire.
The ring of fire is a portal of significant endings and beginnings.
A Solar Eclipse changes the way we perceive the order of our lives. We see a shadow where we depend on seeing light. We may be startled by our own shadows and try to throw them on someone else! The darkness accentuated by an eclipse can bring a sharp focus of clarity into our field of vision.
The most recent periods in this larger eclipse cycle occurred in October 2005, September 1987, September 1969, and September 1951.
Paraphrasing Bernadette Brady from her work on Eclipses and the Saros Cycles in The Eagle and The Lark:
“Immense power, anger and force is channeled into this family of eclipses. Huge obstacles will suddenly and easily clear or, on the negative side, a pending potential crisis will suddenly manifest and move through very rapidly. Either way we will feel that everything is moving at a great speed.”
Plant seeds of equanimity, tolerance and diplomacy with awareness. Sun, Moon and Mercury conjunct in Libra.
Mars, planet of action, vigor and self-assertion is in its home sign of Scorpio. This is not the time to gloss things over. Get to the bottom of it. Got to be real. Social veneer distressed. Hidden problems become obvious.
Heads up and hearts open! This week and this lunar month provide insights towards current as well as future challenges and opportunites.
Cooperation and selfishness,
harmony and dissonance
tangled in creative tension.
Deconstructing contradictions,
unraveling deception,
manipulating cooperation.
Forced compromise.
Pluto squares the Sun, Moon, Mars and the lunar nodes. Catharsis. Catalyst. Torn between the past and the future. In fact, Pluto has been squaring the lunar nodes all summer and these two eclipses this month are a kicker. We just can’t keep doing dysfunctional “business as usual”. It’s awful and it’s hard and things have got to change. We have work to do.
Oct 19 – 21st: Sun and Mercury conjunct and square Pluto! Insightful. What has been hidden that is being revealed?
Lunar Eclipse Taurus
October 28. 1:23 pm PDT
On the heels of this summer’s Venus retrograde, both of October’s eclipses are Venus ruled (Libra and Taurus) which continues the focus on relationships, desire, and finances. Notable aspects: Mercury conjunct Mars in Scorpio opposite Jupiter in Taurus. Think before you speak. Be careful with what you say, likely confrontation and inflammatory arguments. Favorable for strategic action, investigation, and research.
October Eclipse Season Seeds of Inquiry
Where do I need to persist or finally let go?
What would happen if I let go?
Where/what is the sweetness in my life?
May your heart to be your compass and mindful communication be your ally in the unknown territory ahead.
“Just listened to most of the last session we had when I was deeply stressed. You, Jacqueline, are phenomenal. Of course, I didn’t hear it then, but appreciate it greatly now. You are what this world needs.” Peggy S.
Navigation in the Mystery
Your astrological chart is a potent pattern: it is the matrix that reveals how the planets speak within you. Prediction is a matter of looking down the river to interpret and sense the shape and flow of the journey ahead. Consult your celestial compass: What are the conditions and optimal ways to navigate? What are your possibilities and options?
When you bring consciousness to anything, things begin to shift.” Eve Ensler
The sun, the moon and the planets are your allies in seeking truth.
They offer parameters, milestones and timing.
They open doors – if you are willing to step through the threshold to
deeper understanding and self-acceptance.
I welcome your inquiry.
I offer navigation in the mystery through astrology and tarot.
With Love,
Jacqueline
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Planetary System. Eclipse of the Sun.The Moon.The Zodiacal Light. Meteoric Shower. by Levi Walter Yaggy 1887
Anthony L. Barreiro says
Wow. Thank you Jacqueline! This landed at exactly the right moment for me. I’ve been feeling the intensity of the approaching eclipse. It is very helpful to have the larger context and evolutionary guidance!
Gene Berson says
Thank you Jacqueline. On the lookout!
Jacqueline says
October 2023 is complex. Happy to hear my perspective is helpful, Anthony!
Jacqueline says
You’re welcome Gene! I trust your observations will be poetic 😀