October 2023: The Eclipse Season is Here!

 
I think we all have a favorite season; for me, it is Autumn.  Of course, I prefer to be in other parts of the United States, like my hometown of Cleveland or the Northeast, to get the full experience of the changing landscape.  I remember when I was in a small airplane flying out of New Jersey to visit my daughter in Cornell, New York.  I was awestruck flying over the Catskills region of New York and seeing the riot (yes, riot) of colors from green to gold, yellow, orange, and the reds of the leaves. I am not as fortunate to see the variety of colors here in Los Angeles. We do not have as many deciduous trees. 
 
Yet, I can bring the images of these past experiences of Fall along with the striking visions and sense-inducing memories.  Also, the symbols of this season seemingly represent phases of our lives. I appreciate the gifts of this particular phase of my life: the ability to harvest the riches of my past and offer my gifts as an elder to my family, my friends, and my community.  Thus, I ask you today: What have you harvested this year or at this point? 
 
I have studied and practiced my skills as an astrologer for decades, and this discipline has offered me insights into my gifts and challenges in life.  During significant astrological events, I have experienced a shift in my perceptions and consciousness.  There are “seasons” in astrology. Each equinox, solstice, and eclipse brings potential shifts.  For example, astrologers start the zodiacal year when Aries ingresses at zero degrees.  This corresponds to the first day of Spring. 

Recently, September 23 marked the ingress of Libra at zero degrees. We are currently in the Autumn of our year.  The image of the scales represents Libra.  It is time to bring your life into balance.  Libra corresponds with the energy of peace and harmony.  This is a much-needed force currently needed in areas of extreme violence and conflict.  Thus, prayers for peace are my offering these days.  Hopefully, those of you reading this newsletter will join me in a collective effort to bring universal peace to our time. 

Tomorrow, October 14th, we will experience a powerful solar eclipse (new moon) in Libra at 21 degrees.  Eclipses have the potential to shift individual and collective consciousness. For those of you with Libra, Aries, Capricorn, Cancer Suns, Moons, and Ascendents, these astrological signs may find an opportunity to anchor your intentions and create new beginnings.  We all have a powerful opportunity to focus on areas of our lives we want to improve or enhance.  Libra speaks to our relationships with the “others” in our lives. It begs the question: where do we want to strengthen our connections with others or find greater fulfillment within our social and professional relationships?  This solar eclipse in Libra allows us to find clarity and evoke harmony in this aspect of our lives.  Also, be prepared to see a collective shift worldwide to strive for peace and harmony.
 
For further illumination and understanding of this October 14th eclipse, please read Stephanie Austin’s thoughts on this astrological event.
 
“Just as there are power places, where shifts in consciousness happen more easily, there are also power times, where major changes in our lives transpire more rapidly. The next few weeks offer several power times — a solar eclipse on October 14 and a lunar eclipse on October 28. Eclipses occur close to the Lunar Nodes, the points in space where the orbits of the Sun (Spirit), Moon (Soul), and Earth (Matter) intersect. The Lunar Nodes are the only aspects in astrology which move primarily retrograde, representing the unwinding of samskaras, old karmic patterns, and the evolutionary journey from separation to unity."

Solar eclipses are extra-powerful new moons, signaling a time of major endings and beginnings. They impel us to pause and check our spiritual compass — to reflect on where we are now, remember where we are headed, and determine if we need to change course. During a solar eclipse, the Moon momentarily blocks the normal flow of solar radiation, destabilizing existing matrices, altering neural pathways, and enabling consciousness to reboot, recalibrate, and reorganize at a higher level.

"Eclipses occur close to the same degree every 19 years, marking the conclusion of a major phase of development and the necessity to go to the next level. The more closely an eclipse aspects a planet or angle in our birth chart, the stronger we feel the impetus for transformation. On October 14, 2004, a solar eclipse occurred at 21º06’ Libra, only one second of arc from this one at 21º07’ Libra. What was important back then? What is coming to completion now? Where are we being called to go to the next level?”

Because the sign of Libra speaks to the aspect of relationships in our lives, this eclipse acknowledges that: ……”life is about relationship — how we relate to ourselves, to others, and to the world around us, and that everything outside of us is also inside us, an echo of the ancient Hermetic principle, "As above, so below, as without, so within.” This expanded perception of relationship and interconnectedness is expressed in the African philosophy of Ubuntu, in the Mayan greeting In Lak’ech Ala K’in, in the Sanskrit Namaste, and in the Lakota Mitákuye Oyás’iŋ as All My Relations. Perceiving our interrelationship with all life in this way enables us to truly know one another, to know ourselves more deeply, and to realize our place in the universe.” (Stephanie Austin)

As I write my final thoughts, please note that for those who want to look at a personal forecast of your Sun and Rising sign, refer to the last part of this newsletter.
 
This is a powerful time to receive a reading to look at the specific transits and the effects of this eclipse cycle.  Please feel free to contact me to book a reading.  
 
Namaste,
 
Anauel, Angel of Unity Consciousness