The Hybrid Solar Eclipse
Several major events will be occurring on April 19/20 and the day after.
We close out the lunar cycle with a second New Moon in Aries and it will take place in the last degrees of Aries, and it is also a hybrid solar eclipse.
The last degree of a sign is considered to be fateful and critical. The Anaretic degree is associated with the completion of karma; indicating that events have reached a breaking point; “it is what it is” and nothing more can be done.
The New Moon is also a hybrid Solar Eclipse. A Solar Eclipse happens when the Moon’s shadow crosses the Earth’s surface. This happens during a New Moon and the Sun and the Moon are astrologically in the same sign. The first eclipse of 2023 is a Hybrid Solar Eclipse, this is a combination of all three types of solar eclipses. A Hybrid Eclipse starts as an annular eclipse and transitions to a total eclipse, then end as an annular. A hybrid Solar Eclipse happens once per decade! ( see www.timeanddate.com What is a Hybrid Solar Eclipse?)
Eclipses are tracked, each eclipse belongs to a Saros cycle. A Saros period is almost 19 years ( 18 years and 9 to 11 days depending on leap years) after which the Sun, Moon, and Earth return to approximately the same position causing a nearly identical eclipse.
Eclipses are significant when they take place at a degree that is exact or near to a planet or on angles in your Natal chart or progressed chart (consult your Astrologer). When eclipse degrees are activated in your chart the effects can last from six months to a year depending on the strength and duration of the eclipse. Eclipses are closely associated with world events. To know if this eclipse will be significant for you check your chart for planets in late cardinal degrees ( Aries, Cancer, Libra, or Capricorn) and any planets in a very early fixed degree (Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, or Aquarius) and check what house the eclipse is taking place in.
Several other important events will happen right after the Eclipse, the Sun and Moon right after the eclipse will move into Taurus and their first aspect will be a square with Pluto now in Aquarius. Pluto will challenge the Sun to shed patterns and habits that have been keeping the Sun from moving forward. If you try to avoid self-examination, Pluto might try to force you, which is never a pleasant experience. It’s never a good idea to resist the lessons of Pluto. Pluto will also square the Moon which can stir up some deep-seated emotions that can take us out of our comfort zone. Pluto wants us to dig deep and clear out emotional cobwebs.
If all these changes weren’t hard enough to process the very next day the planet of communication and commerce, Mercury will go retrograde until May 15!
Stay tuned for more on this upcoming Mercury Retrograde.