by Robert Wilkinson
This Solar Eclipse will have a very beneficial quickening and specializing effect for a very long time. All eclipses shut something down, taking away elements of our lives no longer true for us. Over the next 5+ years we will go through endings while finding more appropriate arenas to do our Being.
Pisces is the sign of endings, closure rituals, secret service, and the feelings we share with all other humans through all time. It is the dreamscape. It is where we take the collective vision of Aquarius and make it real by dreaming it into the atmosphere. It is how Virgo externalizes, and with the North Node where it is, we’re all going to grow into techniques of Divine discernment.
Because this Eclipse lasts 5 hours and 25 minutes from start to finish of the penumbral phase, and 3 hours 16 minutes of the umbral phase, it’s of extremely long duration, so will have an impact for about 5 years and 5 months, with maximum intensity for 3 years and 3+ months. Thus it will have effects for a long time to come, so it’s good that we have several productive and harmonizing aspects in play at the Eclipse to be released through the T-square.
Because the NN shows the line of development, the challenge is to open to seeing what needs to be worked on and adjusted to make it function better. This will help us see the practicality of certain activities, as well as the parts of life that don’t work so well and need correction. Whatever is cleared out via the Pisces SN will over time attract new forms of Virgo expression and activities.
Look to the house where this Lunation falls to see what area of your life will be impacted, just as the houses where past Solar Eclipses fell have already been shutting down obsolete patterns since then. I gave you the positions and links to past eclipses in yesterday’s article. And remember that whatever is taken away will create an attraction for something more appropriate to who you are now, and who you are becoming.
So What’s Happening Where?
This Annular Solar Eclipse happens February 26, 6:58 am PST, 9:58 am EST, and 2:58 pm GMT. This mystical, experiential, and expansive Solar Eclipse will be strongest where it falls near one of the angles in locations around the world, as well as those places within its shadow.
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.
Past Eclipses As Prologue To Our Present and Future
The May 2013 Annular Solar Eclipse at 20 Taurus was in effect for 3 years and 9 months, putting its influence through early 2017. That one was visible in Australia, Indonesia, Oceania and much of the central the Pacific Ocean. The November 2013 Hybrid Solar Eclipse at 12 Scorpio will be in effect for about 3 years and 4 months, also putting its influence in play through early 2017.
That one was visible within a thin corridor, which traverses the North Atlantic and equatorial Africa. A partial eclipse was seen in eastern North America, northern South America, southern Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
As an aside, of some note is that the Solar Eclipse at 12 Scorpio fell during Diwali, a great sacred Festival of Light celebrating the victory of good over evil through the Grace of Lakshmi, one of the Forms of Divine Mother. I suppose whatever is associated with that Eclipse that has been or is yet to be taken away, will be a form of Grace that blesses us.
The April 2014 Annular Solar Eclipse at 9 Taurus was only in effect for 2 months, so its effects were quick to fulfill and pass away. That one was visible in Antarctica, and partially visible in the southern Indian Ocean, the southern edge of Indonesia and all of Australia.
The October 2014 Partial Solar Eclipse at 1 Scorpio will be in effect for 4 years and 3 months, putting its influence through all of 2018. That one was visible across all of North America.
The March 2015 Total Solar Eclipse at 30 Pisces will be in effect for 4 years and 2 months (penumbral length) with the most intense period being 1 year and 2 months (umbral period). That one was visible in Iceland, Europe, North Africa, and North Asia, with the Eclipse visible in its totality in the far north Atlantic, the Norwegian Sea, Svalbard, and the Faroe islands.
The September 2015 Partial Solar Eclipse at 21 Virgo will be in effect for 4 years and 5 months, putting its influence through 2019. That was of a relatively low magnitude, and was only be visible in South Africa, Madagascar, the South Indian Ocean, and Antarctica.
The March 2016 Total Solar Eclipse at 19 Pisces will be in effect for 5 years and 3 months, putting its influence through 2021. It was of high magnitude, and was visible visible in east Asia, Oz, and the Pacific Ocean, with the total eclipse visible in Sumatra, Borneo, Sulawesi, and the Pacific Ocean.
The September 2016 Annular Solar Eclipse at 10 Virgo will be in effect for 5 years and 9+ months, with maximum intensity for 3 years and 6+ months, putting its influence through 2022. It also was high magnitude, and visible in the Atlantic Ocean, most of Central Africa, Madagascar, and the Indian Ocean.
What Does NASA Have To Say About This Eclipse?
I’ve been using information from the NASA Solar Eclipse site for many years. In the past, they included a bunch of information about each eclipse, but two years ago they changed what’s on their site.
There’s a huge amount of information toward the bottom of the page about every eclipse you could ever want to research. Have fun! And this page gives all the technical information about the eclipse.
This Eclipse has a relatively high magnitude, and will be visible in South America south of a line from the South Pacific to Bolivia to northern Brazil, across the South Atlantic ocean, almost all of sub-Sahara Africa, and most of Antarctica. You can find more by going to the NASA site.
More On the Influence of Eclipses and this one specifically
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..."
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 I offered in the article explaining Solar Eclipses in general 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 triggers events related to previous celestial events, and is triggered by subsequent transits to those points. For example, because of where the North Node is, we can assume this Eclipse at 9 Pisces will set developments into motion related to lessons dating back to when Saturn was moving across 4 Virgo in Sept-Oct 2007 and March through June 2008.
Some believe that the powerful Mars conjunct Uranus opposed Jupiter indicates a volatile and violent time ahead. While there will no doubt be upheavals of various sorts and even revolutionary developments, I don’t believe we should take a negative approach to what should be a fairly beneficial Solar Eclipse. The past Lunar Eclipse will be extraordinarily good for many, so I regard these eclipses as excellent and productive for shutting down that which we no longer need, with the void opening new adventures, new dreams, and new growth into new worlds of acting, feeling, and thought.
This one will quicken us in countless ways! (and yes, it's already happening in my own life, and in the lives of many who I'm in touch with.) Some endings are more a blessing than a problem. With this, every ending spurs us to drop unnecessary or obsolete considerations and responses as we enter into a deeper union in the soul realm. Mars in Aries will lend power, spontaneity, and enthusiasm to whatever we're doing, so make sure your energies are expressing the vision you expect to see made manifest. This is where Jupiter will express through Mars, and Uranus can express through Jupiter.
So like last September’s Solar Eclipse in Virgo, this one is where we learn more about training, ordering, precision, and through paying attention to details, sharpen our discernment and efficiency. Again, there is a promise of gifts and high specialization indicated by the Lights quintile Saturn, and major forks in the road of destiny due to the Grand Irrationality triggered by the Eclipse septile Pluto! Destiny is on the move featuring inspired stability and understanding, showing us a new possibility of a larger service. The important opposition-sextile-trine throws very productive energies into our late Gemini sector. I’ll explain more about the aspects in play at this Eclipse in future articles.
In the next part of the series, we'll explore how this Eclipse will manifest and its astrological components, including Sabian Symbols, which signs will be most affected, and more on the mixed energies at work in this Annular Solar Eclipse. Since it’s very bright and of long duration, get ready to say goodbye to sorrows, old motives, and an old way of viewing the movie of your life. This one will ultimately yield optimism and focused potential in new social and emotional forms, so find your innocence, see how everything fits together, forgive much, and bless the old as it slips down the time stream.
See you soon with the next article on this Solar Eclipse!
© Copyright 2017 Robert Wilkinson
I've really felt becoming my soul during the this winter, becoming someone I'd never dreamed of being. I'm not afraid of my power anymore and that's changed the dynamics of my life. As Neptune rising I look forward to this Solar Eclipse. Namaste & blessings!
Posted by: Akasha | February 22, 2017 at 04:18 AM