Other than cranking out reports for people, I hadn’t been paying much attention to Wednesday’s eclipse. “Not much in my chart sits at 17.44 of a fixed sign,” thought I… oh. Except my natal Sun, at 13.08 Leo, that is. Might that explain the uncontrollable tooth-grinding and exhaustion of the past week? Big week for my near-astrotwin Barack Obama, too, of course. Wonder how his teeth are holding up?
So here’s what you do with eclipses: Look where they fall in your chart, what they aspect, and the years when eclipses closely aspected this same point (I use conjunctions, oppositions, and squares within about 4 degrees). In the case of this eclipse, consider 2003/04, 1998-2000, 1993/94, 1990, just for starters. The overwhelming focus of the past few weeks for me has, of course, been the publication of le book. As it happens, this eclipse opposed my 9th house Sun – publishing, right? In 2004, the first of many articles I’ve written for the Llewellyn Moon Sign Book came out. In 1999, I started my website. In 1994, I published my first article in the Mountain Astrologer. In 1990 I started my first newsletter and went into practice as a professional astrologer.
See how that works?
On the other hand, here’s what Obama’s been doing with eclipses to his 9th house Sun at 12 Leo, prior to his stunning Super Tuesday performance: 2003/04, elected to the U.S. Senate. 2000: Mounted an unsuccessful run for the House of Representatives. 1998: Re-elected to the Illinois State Senate. 1993: Became of lecturer of constitutional law, University of Chicago Law School; 1990: Elected the first black president of Harvard Law Review. (And TWO books along the way. Showoff.)
What’s going on at about 13-22 of Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, or Aquarius in your chart?
