Super New Moon in Pisces and Solar Eclipse

Tuesday, March 8th at 23:19 UTC (11:19 p.m.), the Solar Eclipse begins. The four-minute antumbra will begin at 1:59 UTC (1:59 a.m.) on Wednesday, March 9th. It will be visible in a swath of the Pacific Ocean and Micronesia. Living on the West Coast of the U.S., it will not be seen in the sky, but it will begin at 3:19 p.m. and be at its maximum at 5:59 p.m.

Those are the technical details. Then there are the other, more arcane meanings. A solar eclipse happens when the three most powerful and influential celestial bodies ~ Sun, Moon and Earth ~ align and create a new energy, a new story, for us to embody. Having this particular eclipse happen while the Super New Moon is in Pisces sends us into Mama Ocean, the collective unconscious, where depth hides the memory of every story that's ever been lived on Earth. It contains all of archetypal life as well as the myths we plumb to guide our steps. Within this container rests our creative imagination.

This is the New Moon for travel into the Dreamtime, for practicing and dancing with our creativity. Mama Ocean helps us shape-shift in that deep, dark realm, in the primal womb. This is the time to engage our passion and uncover what we are passionate about ~ to dream a present and a future that embraces each and all of us. Within that Dreamtime travel, there is a call to stay present, awake and aware. It is a time of healing the deep soul wound through many clear or subtle routes, including karmic completion, full awareness of feelings, forgiveness of self and others.

What are you feeling as you pass through this Eclipse and New Moon? What draws your heart? your passion? How are your interactions with others shifting? How are you expressing this? What creative expression calls to you? Are you answering it?

New Beginnings: Vernal Equinox

This is one of the most compelling statements I could be making this year. It's my plan. This wild new beginning with the Vernal Equinox (accompanied by the Solar Eclipse, Super New Moon and a variety of joinings, pairings and partings of planets) is the perfect timing for it. It's been called forth in my life for awhile. I've patiently ~ or impatiently, as the case may be ~ waited for the 'right time' to come. It clearly has arrived!

I've learned not only to believe in the power of coincidences ~ or synchronicity ~ but also to look for it. It's been an incredibly strong guide in my life, perfectly complementing my own intuition.

This past week has been predominantly a 'comedy of errors' ~ with the persistent turns and twists of events being more humorous than truly erroneous. Anyone watching the auspicious astrological predictors could tell us ~ and repeatedly did ~ that it was a dynamic time of change. The old skin is sloughing off and the new is raw and barely visible. Time to move forward.

Personally, the most relevant terms in this statement are "unstoppable" and "fierce" ~ it's easier for me to be strong, brave and kind. Those are 'simpler' traits. More common references to 'do this.....' than being unstoppable or fierce. I love those two ~ and plan to continue my forward movement to being like that.

What traits call most to you as the Vernal Equinox begins the new season? How do you plan to express these traits? What change do you want to make, live and be in the coming year?