This solar eclipse has passed; 10:46 pm EDT on July 12, 2018. How did you sleep? Any interesting dreams or insights this morning? Make note of your feelings as you begin your Friday the thirteenth. It’s a new day, reflected by a new eclipse cycle which only comes about once every nineteen years.

Solar eclipses represent a shift in qualitative identification. Its as if a portal opens challenging us to reconsider that area in our chart which is being eclipsed. Most affected are the Cancer sun signs, the Cancer rising signs and Moon signs, followed by Capricorn Sun, Capricorn rising signs and Moon signs. ALL of us are affected in some way.

Cancer is the sign of home and belonging, sensitivity and feelings, food and nurturance, protectiveness and defensiveness. The solar eclipse offers us a new, and sometimes surprising perspective on these qualities. It’s an initiation into a new way of naming what `feeds us’. It’s as if we have an opportunity to move into a new place of psychological comfort.

Before the comfort comes the challenge. Eclipses can initially feel unsettling and disorienting. What is an eclipse? That which we know to be true— and predictable— sunlight and/or moon light, disappears before our very eyes. And then; voila! The light returns….

You could say experiencing an eclipse cycle is an exercise in faith. What `appears’ to be lost isn’t lost at all; only our perspective shifts.

Sometimes an eclipse does indeed correspond with a loss; way of life, job, identity, relationship. If you are experiencing a major shift in your life then remind yourself that something new, and ultimately `better’ will replace what’s ending. It may take six months…the reflective period of the eclipse, but, the portal will usher in a new place of Cancer comfort and belonging.

The sabian symbol for this solar eclipse, 20 degrees of Cancer, is `The prima donna singing.’

Calling someone a `prima donna’ can be interpreted in a derisive way, as if we are calling someone out for their exaggerated importance or show-boating. However, it takes a lot of arduous work, and, courage to perform. One way of reflecting upon the sabian symbol is to simply acknowledge `excellence’ in your life, and, in the accomplishments of others. Sing a `new song’ of excellence; be proud in displaying your talents.

There is so much more to share with you about this solar eclipse, and the eclipses to come on July 27^th, and August 11^th. To do this important work justice I am offering a day-long workshop which will thoroughly explain the ebb and flow of not only THIS eclipse cycle but eclipses in general. Consider joining me at the internationally renown center of learning, Fellowships of the Spirit on Sunday July 22^nd, Cassadaga, New York, from 9 :00 am-5:00 pm. EARLY BIRD PRICING IS GOOD ONLY UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FRIDAY THE 13^th!! Register on-line today!

And! See you at Lily Dale Assembly this Wednesday the 18^th at 7:00 pm for an `Astrology Discoveries’ working with the MOON; cycles along the pathway!

A SUPER moon=a full moon at its closest orbit to earth which creates a pinkish BLOOD red coloring and receives the title’ BLUE moon for being the second full moon in one calendar month. WOW! Today’s celestial show at 8:27 am EST created quite the stir worldwide for its beauty and rarity. Beyond its’ astronomical significance what does it mean for YOU…emotionally, spiritually and physically?

Eclipses are portals of change. The lunar eclipse, which is the disappearance of the moon, creates emotional shifting. THIS particular eclipse reflects directly backwards to the cycle which was born in August; The `Great American Eclipse’, of 8/21/17.

Today’s Eclipse is the emotional back-splash of whatever intentions you set into motion way back in August. A full moon–any full moon- allows us to receive another perspective on our feelings. We see `better’ by the light of the full moon. The full moon is positioned directly across from the sun, and therefore gains us access to a different point of view.

• Because the  1/31/18 full moon/ lunar eclipse is in LEO, it is directly tied to completing your summer dreams of 2017. What questions, concerns, goals and aspirations were  you experiencing? How have they changed? Leo is all about the heart; joy, bliss, creativity, plus romance and children. Look to where LEO lights up your chart. Today’s eclipse will assist you in crafting the holy grail of your soul.

To ground one sign we turn to it’s opposite. The Aquarius energy within your natal chart needs to be recast and reconfigured. Specifically the negative aspects of Aquarius which is : detachment, cold logic, judgment and group think. This lunar eclipse is asking each of us to surrender and release those cold indifferent qualities so that the brilliant warmth of our hearts’ desire can manifest.

Obviously the Leo and Aquarius energies are most affected by this whole eclipse cycle. If you ARE a sun, moon, or rising sign in Leo or Aquarius you are truly on a roller-coaster of emotion! However, because ALL of us have these energies somewhere in our nature these eclipses affect us all. I invite you to explore those planets & houses in your chart by  turning to my free app ( astrology 101) on my website, or, come to any one of my workshops this month on the eclipses OR the webinairs!

One more thing; The Leo/Aquarius polarity is fixed, meaning, these signs are powerfully fixated on not changing , bending or modifying their personal agenda. Since an eclipse pattern is about surprise!!, then it’s best to cultivate an open receptive mind to the creative principal of the God of our understanding. Meditate and pray today. We have two more weeks of exploring our heart’s desire, without making a `decision.’ Go with the flow now. Be open to downloads of added joy. Once the the second eclipse, the solar one,  occurs on February 15th THEN it’s time to truly ground our new beginning.

Buffalo NY, 12:00 am EST, 12/20/17: In this very moment….Saturn enters Capricorn & a new ERA is born!

Welcome to your new life friends! For the next 2 ½ years Saturn –the planet which rules rules, and structure, and the powers `that be’ will be transiting its’ affiliated sign: Capricorn. It’s as though Saturn—the energy of time, gravitas, responsibility and respectability has come HOME! What does that mean for us? Simply–life as we know it– will radically change.

As you read this, pause, to VISUALIZE the changes YOU want to attract, especially where Capricorn falls in your birth chart. Over the next many months. Capricorn—a cardinal sign—resonates with the visual mode of our brain. The power of our imagination can and will lead us to our higher good, no matter what fear spirals from the impending changes.

Our proceeding cycle of Saturn in Sagittarius, since September of 2015, gave us the gift of `gab’; rhetoric, discussion and philosophical musings. Moving forward we will be inspired to ground the gifts of thought and speech into the material word through innovation, and structural changes to our reality. This can feel, and often metabolize as revolutionary.

The last time we experienced Saturn in Capricorn was in 1989 and 1990. Can we even imagine a world without www.-the World Wide Web? It was in 1989 when the technology which `changed everything’  exploded from consciousness to practical application. The web changed the way we communicate, do business, play, find love, socialize, and, yes, even think.  The Berlin Wall crumbled in 1989, as did the communist ruled governments in Poland and Hungary. The world regrouped.

Previous Saturn in Capricorn Eras included 1961, the year of the Bay of Pigs, the closest brush with nuclear disaster. Thirty years before then we dovetailed into the Great Depression. Saturn in Capricorn is the time outside time, when, Saturn, the archetype of Father Time activates its domain; `reality.’

If you do believe….as so many of us do… that we can and do `create our own reality’, then work with the karmic impulse of Saturn in Capricorn.  Step into your authority, power and truth. Ground your most authentic self. We ultimately have a say in the molding and unfolding of our lives….and Saturn in it’s home sign of Capricorn says `it’s about time!’