The Partial Solar Eclipse of January 2019 at 16 Capricorn Pt. 1 - Who Does It Affect and for How Long?

by Robert Wilkinson

This Solar Eclipse will have a beneficial purifying, reorganizing, and explorative effect for a long time. All eclipses shut something down, taking away elements of our lives no longer true for us. Over the next 4+ years we will go through endings while finding more appropriate ways to do our Being in the Capricorn arena of life. This Eclipse will show us our Light.

Capricorn is the sign representing our ability to act in mature and responsible ways to further our public self-interest without ulterior motives getting in the way. It is the Wisdom of our ancient primal Innocence, where we instinctively know how our roots have nourished our “flowering Self,” and how to understand the Wisdom needed in each moment to coax forth the best culmination of every life situation. A Solar Eclipse in Capricorn takes away an old public image, creating space for a new one; old ways of being seen give way to a new reputation, responsibility, or way of directing a social group or one’s authorship in the world.

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.

Because this Eclipse lasts 4 hours and 15 minutes from start to finish of the penumbral phase, it’s of fairly long duration, so will have an impact of about 4 years and 3 months. As its magnitude is weak and it’s only visible in far NE Asia and the far north Pacific ocean, eclipse effects are long but not strong.

Because an Eclipse conjuncts the Moon’s Nodal axis, the nodes are very important guides showing the line of greatest development and showing what we know. The NN shows the line of development, so because it is in Cancer, the challenge is to grow into a greater caring or way of nurturing self and/or others. This is the Mother energy that cares for its young and those it holds close.

Embrace the past, as it shows you how you got here. Embrace yourself for those times you knew to take care of yourself and/or what you cared about. This North Node will further growth in all Cancer areas, so it begins to re-fill the voids left by previous Eclipses in Cancer. Rise to the occasions that present themselves, and you could find yourself integrated in a social field with respect to who you are and how you got to here from where you started.

SN in Capricorn helps us eliminate old limitations and responsibilities, as well as obsolete rules and boundaries we no longer need. It can also give us opportunities to express the growing caring Cancer energy of the NN through forms of responsible demonstration of what we know. Whatever is cleared out via the Capricorn SN will over time attract new forms of Cancer 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 the previous eclipse 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 Partial Solar Eclipse happens 5:28 pm PST January 5, 1:28 am GMT January 6. As I just offered, it will not be visible to anyone on Earth except those in the far northeastern part of Asia, including parts of China, Japan, Manchuria, the Aleutian Islands and far western Alaska, as well as the far north Pacific Ocean. 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 now they’ve changed their site and it has much less scientific data about this eclipse.

More On the Influence of Eclipses

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 which have no place in our future. As you know if you’ve been here for any time at all, I believe that "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 16 Capricorn will have similar evolutionary energies as were present in May 2000, the last time the NN was in this part of Cancer

Also, because 16 Capricorn is where Pluto went stationary retrograde in April 2015, and went back and forth over this degree until November 2016, this Eclipse should take away any bad seeds left over from that period. This will clear the ground for new duties and responsibilities when Saturn crosses this point in February 2019, and again retrograde in late July and early August 2019, and a final time in late October and early November 2019. These will open up in February 2020 with Jupiter’s transit over the Eclipse degree, to be activated by Mars at its next transit of this degree in March 2020.

Summing Up

Aside from the generic tension in the atmosphere anchored by Venus semisquare the Sun and Uranus semisquare Neptune in this Eclipse which I’ll cover in greater detail in future article, this is actually a very favorable Eclipse. While there are tensions shown by the semisquares, a quincunx, and two significant squares, these should help release the phenomenal potential shown by numerous specializing aspects boosting the forks in the road of destiny indicated by the Eclipse biseptile Uranus and Venus septile Pluto. Saturn is the wise and understanding guiding hand in this Eclipse, symbolized by a science teacher giving us a lesson in Earth sciences and processes. If your inner Saturn function is healthy, you’re going to find yourself on the edge of profound discoveries and/or recognition for your knowledge, understanding, and ability to communicate in organized mature ways.

While the North Node remains in Cancer, I regard these eclipses as productive for shutting down old Cancer/Capricorn things and attitudes we no longer need, with the void opening new compassion, caring, nurturing, and a sense of family. We demonstrate these through the house where we have late Capricorn.

Remember that some endings are more a blessing than a problem. With this, we’ll see how we have prepared since 2015, getting in shape to be part of a group effort in a social context to demonstrate some excellence in “a group performance.” Be efficient as you purify your life and intention, and be willing to rise to some occasion which will show you why you have trained as you have in the past.

Since the 2018 Cancer Eclipse, we’ve all expressed a dream offered to us since then, and should be finding ourselves at the end of the quest, one way or another. Keep accepting recognition for the excellence of your “performance,” but also understand that when it’s time to leave the stage and the lights come up, there’s nothing to do but get in the bus and move on to the next performance. Still, the NN in the neighborhood of that Eclipse should help us grow by filling some spaces we’ve created by what we left behind since last July.

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 Partial Solar Eclipse. This one will show us old karma opening new possibilities, with new identities revealed and Divine Intervention by the Mother Force short-circuiting old karmic patterns through compassion and grace. Those who have prepared to leave behind an old public self will find new recognition and a new understanding of truth and the permanent elements in Life.

See you soon with the next article on this Solar Eclipse!

Previous Solar Eclipse articles in this series:

Astrology in January 2019 - On the Threshold of a Partial Solar Eclipse at 16 Capricorn

What Is A Solar Eclipse and How Does It Affect our Life?

© Copyright 2018 Robert Wilkinson

Comments

[Veronica Norman]

Well... my Saturn return happens this year at 15 Capricorn. This eclipse lies on my 1st(Cancer) and 7th(Cap) house axis. And you say this will be active for 4+ years? I have been anticipating my Saturn return, but it seems that I've been amped! So be it! Love and gratitude for your work Robert. Veronica

[Denise]

"because 16 Capricorn is where Pluto went stationary retrograde in April 2015, and went back and forth over this degree until November 2016, this Eclipse should take away any bad seeds left over from that period."

That is really good news - thanks Robert!

[Magenta]

Dear Robert,

Magenta here, after a long hiatus from commenting - but am always reading :-)

How would you characterize the current nodal transit astrology for those of us who have the reverse situation: meaning, natal NN Capricorn / SN Cancer (12th / 6th, in my case) ? Can't quite wrap my mind around how to think about this... Warm regards from the cold Catskills, M

[Robert]

Hi Veronica - So this Lunation will shut down an old Saturn expression, leaving space for new ones to manifest. It would seem that some relationships which are unequal or too rigid will leave. You're most welcome, of course.

Hi Denise - Glad the "Cosmic Recyclers" are working out well for you!

Hi Magenta - "Crossed nodes" happen several times each life, around 9, 27, 45, 63, etc. They indicate periods when we learn by "showing what we know," and release old lines of development. They are times to look at patterns of growth and release, and find entirely different ways to view each.