Astrology in April 2014 - On The Threshold of an Annular Solar Eclipse at 9 Taurus

by Robert Wilkinson

I gave you some of this a little while ago, and it bears a new look, given we have a Solar Eclipse coming soon! As I've told you before, no eclipse of itself is "bad," nor do we have anything to fear. We cannot lose what belongs to us; but there are good times to clear out the old to make space for the new that is not yet here.

There is a lot of superstition about Eclipses, mostly focusing on "dreadful" or difficult elements that often seem to accompany them. However, while all eclipses take something away and/or shut something down, an Eclipse can have beneficial effects if we just know "when to hold 'em, when to fold 'em, when to walk away, and when to run."

What’s included in this post was also relevant to the very powerful Total Lunar Eclipse at 26 Aries-Libra we just went through that will impact the entire world for 3+ months. This Solar Eclipse at 9 Taurus is fairly weak, and will impact the world for only a few weeks.

Eclipses are both dreaded and misunderstood recurring phenomena. Solar Eclipse effects usually last for several years, while Lunar Eclipse effects usually last for a few months. And not all eclipses are equal in strength or duration, making some stronger and longer than others.

This Annular Solar happens on April 28, 11:14 pm PDT, April 29 at 2:14 am EDT and 7:14 am Greenwich (BST). It will last only 12 minutes, showing an influence lasting a little over two months, or just over 10 weeks. In an extremely rare occurrence, the influence of this Solar Eclipse will be over before the recent Lunar Eclipse that preceded it!

Today we'll discuss a lot about eclipses in general and a little about this one. In following articles I'll elaborate on the astrophysics of the phenomenon, who is most affected by this Eclipse, symbols, aspects, patterns, and what we can expect from this Annular Solar Eclipse at 9 Taurus.

I've composed quite a few articles on past eclipses in the archives that bear re-visiting, since the Solar Eclipses of 2011, 2012, and 2013 are still manifesting results, if traditional Eclipse lore is to be believed. Core material about the timeline of Eclipse effects can be found in the article, The Solar Eclipse - What It Means and Its Effect On Our Life, as well as many other elements of what we can expect from these recurring celestial events. Links to recent eclipses are at the bottom of this article.

Also, here's another important article explaining even more about what effects we can expect to result from Lunar and Solar Eclipses. For your reconsideration, The Solar and Lunar Eclipse - Is Any Eclipse Destined to Have Bad Effects?

To whet your appetites, here is a bit from the article:

There is a lot of fear and trepidation connected to Eclipses, an unfortunate leftover from previous centuries when Eclipses were believed to augur the fall of empires, dynasties, and powerful people anywhere the Eclipse shadow fell. While Eclipses do tend to shut down some elements in the area of life (house) in which they fall, this is not necessarily a bad thing, since we must bring some things to an end if we are to embrace newer, better ways of doing our Being. While the future effects of an Eclipse may be powerful, in that they last over a long period, they are not necessarily bad.

No Astrological event need be "bad," or have "evil" effects, regardless of whether we're using Vedic, Chinese, Western, or any other approach to defining "All-That-Is" within a precise system of space-time factors. Though a circumstance may seem to have "bad" omens for the future, we can always transcend any negativity and turn the future to beneficent possibilities. No matter where an Eclipse falls, we can turn it to good.

Here it is important to remember Astrology is NOT a "predictive" art, in the usual way this is understood. The craft is less deterministic than most believe, including we professional Astrologers who seem to be able to "hit the mark" regarding future manifestations.

Pattern is everything, and time is a continuum. By knowing the past and present, we can often extrapolate the future. But we can never know how a being will respond to any given life challenge, whether pleasant or painful. Each has their ability to respond as they choose in the moment.

This directly related to the concept that each planet has a duality of function. It is up to us to determine whether the Moon, Sun, Mercury or any other planet involved in eclipses, "bad" aspects, configurations and other phenomena manifests productively or non-productively.

To remind you, a square can be more productive than a trine, and an opposition can produce awareness. Polarization is only a problem on the ego level. Seen from a higher angle, oppositions are necessary for us to acquire objectivity and the ability to encompass duality within a higher view.

By all means, check out the entire article, since I explained how past eclipses affected my chart, and gave examples of the good that can come after an eclipse removes old patterns. This Annular Solar Eclipse in Taurus over time will show us how to “create happiness in dark hours,” and help us to find techniques to substantiate the natural joy of living, based in lessons glimpsed during the late Summer of 2011 and lines of supply revealed since early 2012.

Due to a host of extremely favorable aspects in this chart, this period will bring some very productive, unique, and harmonious experiences that help us ground what we value. This Eclipse will be a very favorable, if very short, influence! Whatever is shut down by this Solar Eclipse creates a space for a new set of values, a new resource, a new technique to substantiate something in our emotional, social, or cultural experience, and the ability for us to “create happiness in dark hours.”

All Eclipses radically transform areas affected by the planetary positions, so look to where you have 9 Taurus to see what will be shut down. That life area will yield a new way of looking at values, resources, money, income and all the other good Taurus keywords. With Venus as the ruler of the Eclipse, we all will get to “walk on” in some way, and see our lives as symphony or sonnet. Given the nodes, as with the recent Lunar Eclipse, we will be pulled to find our allies and “civilized associates.” By “hearing the music of the spheres,” we should know exactly what we need to do or not do.

More on the Solar Eclipses of 2011 and 2012

Though 2012 was no slouch in terms of Eclipse effects, 2011 was a rare year that offered us 6 Eclipses in one year, 4 Solar and 2 Lunar. We had the first Partial Solar Eclipse in January, we had the second one June 1-2, the third one on July 1, and a final one November 24-25! The 2 Lunar Eclipses were also Total Eclipses, following what we saw in December 2010.

While the Lunar Eclipses are no longer in force, the 3 of the 4 Solar Eclipses of 2011 have had powerful effects since then, so if you want a sense of what’s been happening since then, take a look at the numerous January, June, and November 2011 Eclipse articles in the archives. While you’re at it, you may also want to review the articles on the 2012 Solar Eclipses, since they’re also still in major play at the present time and into the future. Some links are at the bottom of this page.

The Solar Eclipses of January and June 2011 brought blessings upon us since they happened. We've simply been challenged to let go of old life patterns that no longer serve the emergent Archetypes we've been living the past two years. Due to such things as the Grand Irrationality and the various Cardinal T-squares and Crosses set up by Uranus in Aries square Pluto in Capricorn, we're all going through major changes that will affect our lives for many years. It may have been a wild ride, but power and new potentials have resulted from our choices.

Since the past is prologue to the future, those who prepared, learned, and allowed themselves to be moved into new ways of relating to others in 2011 found an activation of a concrete higher power or value they could trust in 2012. Those who have not shown kindness and understanding at critical junctures in the past three years have reaped consequences. Our ability to become an elegant and balanced Spiritual Warrior has been put to the test in diverse ways, and 2011 made clear the consequences for seeking what we have sought.

In 2012 we had two Solar Eclipses. The first one in May was Annular, whereas the one on November 13-14 was a Total Solar Eclipse at 22 Scorpio. We also had two Lunar Eclipses. The one on June 4 was a Partial Lunar Eclipse at 15 Sagittarius/Gemini, and marked the "Christ Fest," the third of the 3 "High Moons" of Spring.

The Lunar Eclipse on November 28 2012 was a Penumbral Eclipse that fell at 7 Gemini/Sagittarius. That Eclipse showed effects through mid-March 2013. Please check the archives to find out more if you’re so inclined. And of course, the Eclipses of 2013 had their effects, and the Solar Eclipses are still in play. Again, more in the archives, as well as articles linked at the bottom of this page.

Though there are always endings associated with any Eclipse, these open the space we need to align with Spirit in natural and productive ways. Take a new look to see what really matters and what you do and do not want to bring with you into the new world you're already living.

We've all blasted off into new realms in the past couple of years, and now are moving into a time of stabilizing our long term plans. This Eclipse continues to help us get clear about what we no longer need or want, and we can now let go of many things that have pushed and pulled us in the past. It’s time to “let go, let G_d!”

See you soon with more on this 2014 Annular Solar Eclipse in Taurus!

To check out the 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.

For more about the November 2011 Solar Eclipse with links to the 2011 Gemini Solar Eclipse, please check out The Solar Eclipse at 3 Sagittarius November 24-25, 2011 Pt. 3 - Signs, Sabian Symbols, and What It All Means. (You can follow the internal links in this article to the previous articles about this specific Eclipse.)

For more about the May 2012 Annular Solar Eclipse, here’s The Solar Eclipse at 1 Gemini May 20-21 2012 Pt. 3 (You can follow the internal links in this article to the previous articles about this specific Eclipse.)

For more about the 2012 Scorpio Total Solar Eclipse, here’s The Total Solar Eclipse at 22 Scorpio Nov 13-14, 2012 Pt. 3 - Signs, Sabian Symbols, and What It All Means. (You can follow the internal links in this article to the previous articles about this specific Eclipse.)

For more about the 2013 Taurus Solar Eclipse, here’s The May 2013 Solar Eclipse in Taurus Pt. 3 – How Will This Lunation Affect Us? (As with the previous link, follow the internal links in this one to the previous articles about this Eclipse)

For more about the 2013 Scorpio Solar Eclipse, here’s A Hybrid Solar Eclipse New Moon in Scorpio Pt. 2 – What’s Happening in November 2013 as well as 2014-2015-2016. (link to pt. 1 at the bottom of that article).

The November Hybrid Solar Eclipse New Moon in Scorpio Pt. 3 – Sabian Symbols and What Does It all Mean?

Since that Solar Eclipse occurred so close to the Inferior Conjunction of the Sun and Mercury, here's the article outlining how that influence was a factor in what we experienced then, and will be dealing with for the next 2+ years.

Mercury Retrograde in November 2013 - How Will The Inferior Conjunction in Scorpio Manifest in the Future?

© Copyright 2014 Robert Wilkinson

Comments

[debbie]

brings to mind Demetrius, "The riches that are not found in our soul do not belong to us"

Looking forward to the next post on this, Thank you.

[Jo Garceau]

Wow, reviewing past eclipses is helpful! Just checked out November 2012,and oh my, did that ever set the clock moving for an intensive inner clearing..not done, but I sense that I can see the end in mid 2016! It's interesting that I did not recognize what was coming at the eclipse.

[Stacey]

My Venus is 8 degrees Taurus & Mercury 9 degrees Taurus in my 8th house. Any particular insights for the upcoming eclipse? Thank you.

[caliban]

'intensive inner clearing' . . . well put Jo. I got another knot. Rats! Blocking it worked for awhile. But rats, it's back full force.