On Monday, April 8th 2024 (11:21 AM PDT & 2:21 PM EDT) we will experience a New Moon Total Solar Eclipse in the sign of Aries. The path of totality stretches from Western Mexico going diagonally through to Eastern Canada. It crosses several US States from Texas to Maine. Most of North America will experience at least a partial eclipse. This is the first Total Solar Eclipse in the US since 2017 and the next one won’t occur until 2044.
 
This Solar Eclipse is the fourth lunation of a six part series on the Aries and Libra nodal axis. Since July of 2023 we’ve been asked to release unhealthy patterns of relating from codependency, people pleasing, and placing the relationship over the needs of the self. The North Node in Aries has asked us to put our own needs first and take chances and risks to go after what we really want. This eclipse on April 8th will highlight whether or not we’ve been doing our North Node in Aries work.

Eclipses tend to be dramatic, they speed things up and amplify the lovely world of our unconscious. When the hidden and shadowy aspects of our lives rise to the surface, so do our emotions. Old triggers and wounds might show up now. You might be caught up in your current drama, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it mirrored a story from an early time in your life. The good news is now you have a chance to heal what your younger versions were unable to heal.
 
The recent lunar eclipse on March 25th highlighted the South Node of the Moon and it emphasized endings. Solar eclipses are considered to be intense New Moons and this one is set to kick off an entirely new chapter and offer us new possibilities. Significant transitions are taking place and we are urged to embrace the changes and lean into our own autonomy. Aries carries trailblazing energy and wants us to find our inner strength so we can go after what we really want. This doesn’t mean it will all be smooth sailing. Don’t be surprised if you feel a mixture of emotions from frustration to tears to excitement to fear.
 
This eclipse happens alongside Mercury Retrograde, Chiron (wounded healer), and the North Node. It’s the perfect time to reflect on all the significant events that have led us to where we are today. Honor the choices you’ve made - the heartbreaks, the setbacks, the shifts, the changes, the accomplishments, the losses, the peak moments, and even the blockages. There is a new path waiting for you, but you’ll need to pay attention to what you’ve held onto that’s prevented you from transforming. Maybe it’s been an unfulfilling job, an empty relationship, where you live, or what you believe. Whatever it might be, take a moment and consider: What are your relational soul traps? What holds you back from greater autonomy? What attachments keep you from moving forward?

Just to reiterate, there is a lot happening behind the scenes and while new things are opening, before we can embrace the next chapter, we’re all being asked to reflect, revisit, reconsider, and uncover some insights about our earlier experiences. There’s no quick healing remedy, but we do have an opportunity to meet the more vulnerable parts of our self right now. So keep following the threads in front of you, embrace the changes, and extend compassion, kindness, and gentleness to the younger versions of yourself that helped you arrive at who and where you are today. If you’d like a more personalized reading, I’d love to set up a session with you.