The Solar Eclipse at 10 Cancer July 1, 2011 Pt. 1 - Who Does It Affect and for How Long?

by Robert Wilkinson

Unlike last year's extremely powerful Total Solar Eclipse in Cancer, this year's fairly weak Partial Solar Eclipse in Cancer could be termed "what if they gave an Eclipse and no one saw it?" That's right - this Eclipse most likely will be seen by no one on Earth.

Because this Eclipse lasts only 1 hour 29 minutes from start to finish, and it's of a very low magnitude, it will have only a slight impact on everyone for about 18 months. That should be a relief for many of us, since we're already experiencing the increasing effects of past Solar and Lunar Eclipses that are still powerful influences in our lives. I'll post the link to the June 2011 Eclipses at the bottom of this article.

All eclipses shut something down, taking away elements of our lives no longer true for us. Cancer is the sign of feeling, caring, securing, and protecting of home and family, as well as whatever tradition is at one's "root of being." It is how Capricorn, the sign of personal power and expertise, externalizes in forms of social responsibilities, duties, and authority.

So as with the themes of the June 2011 Solar and Lunar Eclipses, this one will help us end old feelings and sentimentalities, as well as things we no longer care about or nurture us, with the void sure to attract new forms of these. Look to the house where this Lunation falls to see what area of your life will be impacted, just as the house where the June 1, 2011 Solar Eclipse fell has already begun to shut down obsolete patterns.

This Partial Solar Eclipse happens on July 1, 2011, 1:54 am PDT, 4:54 am EDT, 9:54 am Greenwich (late June 30 in Hawaii). The Lunation finds 6 Taurus rising in Santa Monica, 10 Taurus in Vancouver, 27 Gemini in Washington DC, 29 Gemini in Rio, 4 Virgo in London, 8 Virgo in Amsterdam, 14 Virgo in Berlin, 17 Virgo in Johannesburg, 19 Virgo in Sofia, 23 Virgo in Tallinn, 24 Virgo in Istanbul, and 25 Virgo in Cairo.

Moving into Asia and Oceana, we find the Ascendants are 30 Libra in Abbottabad, 5 Scorpio in New Delhi, 10 Scorpio in Trivandrum, 1 Sagittarius in Bangkok, 9 Sagittarius in Hong Kong, 25 Sagittarius in Tokyo, 4 Capricorn in Perth, 2 Aquarius in Melbourne, 4 Aquarius in Brisbane, 27 Aquarius in Wellington, and 13 Pisces rising on Maui (late Jun 30).

A solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the Sun and Earth. The moon blocks the light from the Sun and casts a shadow on Earth. In eclipse lore, where the Eclipse is visible will be where the greatest effects can be expected, lasting the number of years that the eclipse is long in hours.

The 2009 Solar Eclipse at 30 Cancer was one of the longest of the 21st century, so its effects will be powerful through 2012 and beyond. The Solar Eclipses of 2010 will also be powerful for a number of years. There's more in the archives, so please take a new look. The Solar Eclipse of January 2011 lasted 4 hours and 20 minutes, which also makes it a player in the events of 2012-2013, since it'll be active for 4 years and 4 months. This one is a mere 1 hour 29 minutes, and so its influence will last just under 18 months.

As I've mentioned in previous articles, we're experiencing 4 Solar Eclipses this year, which is a very rare occurrence. The January 2011 Eclipse was visible in Europe and the major cities of the Middle East. Perhaps that Eclipse had some correlations with the "Arab Spring" revolutions spreading throughout that region.

As noted, this partial solar eclipse will be visible only from the Antarctic sea just off the continent south of the southern tip of Africa. From the NASA bulletin (where you can find more than you could ever want to know about Solar Eclipses!)

Just one lunation after the previous one, the third solar eclipse of the year takes place at the Moon's descending node in western Gemini. This Southern Hemisphere event is visible from a D-shaped region in the Antarctic Ocean south of Africa. Such a remote and isolated path means that it may very well turn out to be the solar eclipse that nobody sees. At greatest eclipse (08:38:23 UT), the magnitude is just 0.097.

So since no one will see it, and its shadow is only over the sea north of Antarctica across from South Africa, I expect few if any events of major significance to shut things down and open things up in that part of the world where the Eclipse shadow falls.

Besides the factor of where the shadow falls, in Astrology Eclipses are said to be most powerful when they conjunct the Sun, Moon, Ascendant, or Midheaven of a birth chart. When this happens it always brings endings related to the planets and sectors involved, but these can be of great benefit in clearing away old life factors that have no place in our future. As it was once sung, "something's lost and something's gained in living every day..."

On a somewhat related note relative to where this Eclipse occurs, on a line from Halifax to Rio, the Eclipse is rising, since Cancer is on the Ascendant. The Eclipse falls near the Midheaven in the Middle East, and it sets in Western Australia where Capricorn is on the Ascendant. It's on the Nadir (IC) in Anchorage, Vancouver, San Francisco, and coastal Southern California. These places will all see developments related to this Eclipse over the next 18 months.

Though this is not a very powerful Eclipse, it will still trigger effects from other recent Eclipses due to several factors. This Eclipse Mars at 8 Gemini is almost exactly conjunct the Mars of the July 2009 30 Cancer Eclipse, thus triggering that one in a big way!

This Eclipse is also conjunct the Lunar degree of the Blue Moon Lunar Eclipse of Dec 31, 2009, and the Pluto of this Eclipse conjuncts the Venus of that one while Uranus of this one opposes the Saturn of that one. While the Dec 31 2009 Lunar Eclipse effects only lasted for a few months into 2010, I have no doubt this Solar Eclipse will have effects directly related to what ended and began during those months.

We also see that the Jan 2010 Solar Eclipse Mercury is the current Pluto position, and its Saturn is also exactly opposed by the Uranus of this one. For a final connection, the June 2010 Lunar Eclipse Moon in Capricorn is the Pluto in this one. Students may want to go back and check out what I said about all these named Eclipses to get a better understanding of what this one will trigger of those energies.

Of course, besides these past echoes and the usual general effects, the Eclipse will also bring losses and endings where it falls in our individual birth charts. In an example of how a loss can work to great benefit, if it conjuncts the Saturn in a birth chart, it can indicate the ending of old, lesser responsibilities, limitations, or fears, and open the being to a greater sense of purpose. If it conjuncts Jupiter, then it could show the ending of an old philosophy or belief system and open the gates to something far greater.

Given a Solar Eclipse is a New Moon, then like all lunations that work their influence over time, it's triggered by subsequent transits to those points. Thus we can assume we will see developments related to this Eclipse in the 2nd week of July 2011, the 3rd week of August 2011, the end of August and beginning of September 2011, the second week of September 2011, the last week of September and first week of October 2011, and the end of November and beginning of December 2011.

Of special note is that this Eclipse will be in full force during all of 2012, due to Pluto opposing the Eclipse the entire year. That means the charts for all celestial events, including the 2012 Eclipses and the Solstice and Equinox charts will have this in motion.

Summer 2012 will be particularly powerful in demonstrating these current Eclipse energies, due to all of the conjunctions made by the inner planets to the Lunation square Saturn in this one. Everyone with planets around 6-12 degrees of Aries, Cancer, Libra, and Capricorn will see major effects in their lives related directly to what this 2011 Cancer Solar Eclipse promises.

In the next part of the series, we'll explore how this Eclipse will manifest and its astrological components, including which signs will be most affected over the next 18 months.

To learn more about the recent June 2011 Solar and Lunar Eclipses and their influences, here's Important Cosmic Influences Happening in late June and July 2011. The January eclipses can be found in the corresponding archives.

© Copyright 2011 Robert Wilkinson

Comments

[Judy Croome]

Robert, how will a strong will survive these energies? If someone has been fighting a battle he can't win (death)and has beaten all impossible odds (medical and astrological) since 2009, and most particularly since Dec 2010 eclipse, will his free will still be strong enough to withstand the force of this eclipse or will this be the time he must surrender, willing or not?

Judy, South Africa

(PS It's my 83 yr old Dad - he has beaten impossible odds and is still fighting but this past week looks very frail and is confused, seeing his parents and brother who passed away decades ago; he is clairvoyant and clairaudient though he doesn't practice healing anymore, he physically can't)

[Maria, The Netherlands]

Dear Robert,
I have been enjoying reading your postings very much. Thank you for these gifts of information and insight!
I have a question about eclipses. You have refered to the effects of the eclipse falling in certain houses or conjuncting natal planets. Is conjunction the only relevant aspect or does the placement of the eclipse making other aspects to natal planets have an effect as well?
Thank you

[Judy Croome]

Robert, please ignore my (panic induced) question about my Dad above, thinking about it, no-one can know when it's time to cross through the veil, so we will just have to stay centred and do as much as we can for my beloved Dad as we can to help him walk the path he must walk through this strong eclipse energy. Reading your columns with much interest to help navigate this critical time for us as a family.
Namaste
Judy, South Africa

[Isabel Nobre]

Dear Robert and Dear Judy,

I would say the same about my Mum, who is nearly 89, ill for more that 14 months and undergoing third Saturn return, opposition of current to natal Pluto in the cardinal cross, Jupiter opposition to natal Jupiter, etc. But I guess we never know when these things will happen... What I know is that last Moon eclipse happened at the end of my 12th, upon my Ascendant and already conjunction north node. I have also just had my Chiron return - the first day or two nothing seemed to happen, then, all of a sudden, all hell broke loose and I went through one of the worst two days of my life.

Much Love, protection and Good Luck to all!

Isabel

[Heli]

Long time several doors have been closed.
Cancer eclipse time and since 2009 (and maybe also little earlier) have been anything but expected. Lot of work but no gain. Or maybe some spiritual?

I see the spiritual gain have come only from aries direction... only place I might have some improvement.
For me that has meant giving up relationships which have no purpose in my life. Freedom...

[BackAgain]

Hi Robert,

Feels good to be back here again, a place to think of anytime. My natal Sun & Pluto are around 10-11 degs Libra and almost perfectly squares this July 1st eclipse. My current job contract which was expected to extend is coming to an end suddenly. Of course, the eclipse happens in my solar 10th house. Since this is a solar eclipse, usually something new opens up, isn't it ? But, how come this ended ? and how is my career in future going to be ? Good thing is this eclipse trines my scorpio ascendant. Please share your wisdom!

Thanks as always!

[Judy Croome]

Hi Isabel, thinking of you at this time. May your Mum walk her path surrounded by love and peace. :)
Judy, South Africa

[Isabel]

Dear Judy,

Thank you ever so much!

Did you see my comment about Mandela just after yours on the post RIP Peter Falk?

Love,

Isabel

[Robert]

Hi all - Really couldn't answer before now as I've been dealing with severe dental problems for the past week. Not yet out of the woods, but at least mostly out of pain.

Hi Judy - At various points throughout life we all must surrender in order to learn humility and redirect our energies to that which is necessary for our well being. The last big surrender is death, which is not the enemy, but the inevitable end of the journey of life. I suspect your father will continue until he "turns to the other side," as I've observed many times when sitting with the dying. From what you say, he's already communing with his loved ones who have passed on. So I suppose it's safe to say he's more there than here anyway. He's still alive, though, so hold his hand, brush his hair (if he has any left!), kiss him, talk to him, and remind him of all the wonderful things he's done and how many love him, both on this side and the other. Please know I am with you in Spirit, and bless your father on his journey from this place of darkness to Devachan, the frequency zone of "Heaven" and the Angels. He's a lucky man to be surrounded by so much Love. May it be so for all of us when it's our time to make the transition.....

Hi Maria, The Netherlands - In traditional astrology, only conjunctions really mattered. I suppose if we approach Eclipses as Lunations, and therefore snapshots of the sky showing us the map into the future, we can regard other aspects and how they impact our charts. This one has the Moon and Sun square Saturn. Surely that will impact us if we have planets around 8-12 of the Cardinal signs or 23-27 of the Fixed signs. So I'd say, yes there's an effect regardless of the aspect it makes, but of course the conjunction is the most powerful since it directly impacts a planet and the houses it rules and occupies.

Hi Isabel Nobre - Yes, if we're fortunate to have our parents into our own middle age, then we will have to say goodbye sometime. I believe that's when we get to open to a greater love, both for them, us, our shared loved ones, and the eternal human process that shows us our impermanence as well as our ability to move beyond the fear of loss into the compassion of knowing how to be with the dying. This teaches us to "walk between worlds," where we can demonstrate the way beyond fear. And I'm sorry you had to go through one of the worst days of your life. That's always a royal drag. But this too will pass, and we will again remember we are Eternals having these difficult human experiences, as well as wonderful ones. Blessings to you and all your loved ones as you move through this transitional period.

Hi Heli - All work yields something, even if we don't see it, or know it, or it's of a nonmaterial nature. And it's always good to give up relationships which have no purpose, since it frees up psychic space for us to be in relationship with others who are more representative of who we have become in the NOW.

Hi BackAgain - Welcome back. Saturn has now prepared you for an authentic functioning and genuine claiming of your role to play in the world. This has been a 9 month time of letting go of lesser things and while I'm sure it's a bit heavy, it's also showing you the power and value of your life experience up to now. Eclipses merely show what must end to create the space for something new to pursue. One career direction closes, another will open at the right time. Just make sure to stay alert, get whatever training you feel will help your effectiveness, and persist in searching for that stream which leads to the river which will take you to the ocean. I also have a couple of good articles on finding a new job, career, or life in the archives, one from a practical view, one from an astrological view. Start here: Looking For A New Job or Career? and then go to the next article, which is part 2.

[Heli]

Thank you Robert.
For some reason I need time and patience (from other warm hearth people like you!) to keep going. And I am grateful for getting all this...

The hint "looking far a job or career" you gave for BackAgain was also useful for me. I should read it again and again, because I like symbols (helps a lot).

Several planets for my frustration reveled. (6th house ruler pisces with retrograde jupiter and neptunus at 3rd, saturn in twins at 9th). I maybe just need time.

MC twins, cancer venus and sun, and leo juno and merkury at 10th reveals that I might have quite many possibilities...
And time to make home and be a perfect mom takes also energy to make "my home base" strong and happy.

You helped me a lot!

[Isabel Nobre]

Thanks, Robert.
Mum is still there, decaying everyday, and we love her and do our best... Much love,and may you too get better!

Isabel